[U-Boot] Relocation issue - need help!

[Marek Vasut]

On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 11:27:42 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > In message <CANVMifLGzKz+=-K-E9_sSXBxpYPdG1YqEXc-
tsCApi7WVxQAHg at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> > > > I had exactly the same behaviour some time ago and tracked it down to
> > > 
> > > > this (and posted it on the mailing list, but sadly got no feedback):
> > > Thanks a lot for this pointer.
> > > 
> > > > So there a three things to notice:
> > > > 1. Do not use gcc 4.8 and u-boot at the moment.
> > > > 2. You might not notice that you have a problem until you erase
> > > > u-boot from flash (and get your cache flushed).
> > > > 3. Handling relro properly should be on the TODO-List
> > > 
> > > I confirm that the problem is in my case with gcc 4.8.1, too.  I did
> > > not try another compiler yet.
> > > 
> > > > Maybe this is already common knowledge an maybe somebody is already
> > > > working on this - but I did not notice yet. So in this case: sorry
> > > > for the noise :)
> > > 
> > > I highly appreciate your hint, it was definitely very useful. Thanks!
> > 
> > Is this ARM or PowerPC?  The kernel has blacklisted 4.8.x for ARM in
> > some cases, and this may or may not be related (see
> > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58854)
> 
> Just for the record, I also stree strange issues with 4.8.1 on
> arm/socfpga. u-boot works ok when compiled with 4.7.2, and behaviour
> on 4.8.1 seems to change based on compiler flags (-Os vs. -O2).
> 
> If anyone knows some kind of workaround, that would be nice... I'm
> using bitbake with eldk-5.5, and changing that would not be too easy

What is the issue that you do see and I do not see ? What are the symptoms?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut