[PATCH] arm: Remove rel.dyn from SPL linker scripts

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Thu Jan 29 16:26:44 CET 2026


On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:25:03PM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:06:59PM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 10:54 PM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 10:58:21AM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 10:49:37PM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Tom,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The commits after c08da5d03c2a0b72e81a11ff7ca507e3a6414db3
> > > > > > > All Cyclone V boards are unable to boot, not sure this patch is the fix?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Tom,
> > > > >
> > > > > > Yes, those commits were unintentional and have been reverted.
> > > > >
> > > > > Had tested the last commit 6a1bdb7e952d5841f42742fefa907cae5dc8d50a
> > > > > Same situation that the boards are unable to enter the SPL phase.
> > > > > The commit 8de6e8f8a076d2c9b6d38d8563db135c167077ec works properly.
> > > > > After that things are broken.
> > > >
> > > > Please give
> > > > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20260129035512.639362-1-marek.vasut+renesas@mailbox.org/
> > > > a try as I think it might have been working before by alignment luck
> > > > rather than design.
> > >
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > It is the revert itself that is broken.
> > > I tested f4dfa5d3c2680322fd17fcc7c6221876e00a03c2
> > >
> > >
> > > U-Boot SPL 2026.01-00754-gf4dfa5d3c268-dirty (Jan 29 2026 - 22:56:17 +0800)
> > > Trying to boot from MMC1
> > >
> > > Which revert is correct.
> > >
> > > But once dc2d8423b19d30472b02e02b41504226908a4291
> > > And revert to 431f1ce46bbffff0db8f03437a34400b11b30175
> > >
> > > Then all these broken I don't understand why even file diff cannot
> > > show any changes.
> > >
> > > Do you mean the revert is broken and fixed by alignment?
> >
> > I mean that arbitrary changes (as part of testing these things, the
> > "-dirty" in the version string would lead to failing trees now passing)
> > can make the difference between pass/fail to boot. Did you try Marek's
> > patch I linked to?
> 
> Yes, I had tried. Cannot boot same as I had mentioned failing commit #.
> I apply that patch on the latest master commit.

The other, maybe, thing is you need a bigger SPL_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN ?
Otherwise, you'll need to dig more and see why the device tree isn't
being found where expected on your platform, and possibly where it is
instead.

-- 
Tom
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