From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: E Robertson Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:28:55 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] reloacting uboot In-Reply-To: <20090825191136.55EAD833DBD2@gemini.denx.de> References: <200908251403.20809.e.robertson.svg@gmail.com> <20090825191136.55EAD833DBD2@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <200908251428.55255.e.robertson.svg@gmail.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Tuesday 25 August 2009 02:11:36 pm Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear E Robertson, > > In message <200908251403.20809.e.robertson.svg@gmail.com> you wrote: > > I am using the at91sam9263 device from which the bootstrap code load > > u-boot to the desired ram address. However, I would like to re-relocate > > this at the different address based on memory availability. Can / or > > should this be done? > > Yes, it can be done, and it should be done. The fact that we don't do > it so far is due to the fact that the guys who did the original ARM > code found this too complicated (even though they had a working > example in the PowerPC code) and not worth the effort. We're suffering > since from this misconception. > > But there is no reason why you would have to copy the code again - > just copy it to the correct address right from the beginning, like we > do in PowerPC. I don't follow: Yes, but no reason to do so? On the 9263, it's copied once to ram at boot. Are you saying their is no reason to copy it again? If so, yes, in most cases that would be true but I would like to move it again after that initial relocation. Since I've already specified my start address, I wasn't sure about.