[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 4/8] nios2: enlarge the code relocation range

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Sat Sep 5 14:50:46 CEST 2015


On Saturday, September 05, 2015 at 04:17:05 AM, Thomas Chou wrote:
> Hi Marek,

Hi,

> On 09/04/2015 09:59 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Can't you just call relocate_code the same way arm does it in
> > arch/arm/lib/crt0.S ?
> 
> We didn't include relocation records in nios2 binary image, so there is
> no real relocation like that of ARM.

Can we add them instead ?

> Altera provides small boot loaders for cfi/sf along with their nios2
> jtag flash programmer, which will load the image to the linked address
> in sdram. The relocating loop in start.S works only if such Altera boot
> loader is not used, ie, booting directly from cfi flash.

Hm, Im not using the Altera loader :)

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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