From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:03:12 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] BSS footprint of FAT very high - SPL issues In-Reply-To: <4D47C1C9.1020002@ti.com> References: <4D4798E2.3050500@ti.com> <20110201075521.60484B187@gemini.denx.de> <4D47C1C9.1020002@ti.com> Message-ID: <20110201100312.241C1B187@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Aneesh V, In message <4D47C1C9.1020002@ti.com> you wrote: > > > Why would that be necessary? Just put the BSS segment in SDRAM, and > > everything is fine, isn't it? > > SDRAM is initialized by the SPL. So, bss can not be initialized and > used until SDRAM initialization is complete. I would prefer to have Yes, this is normal. > rest of the bss in internal RAM so that it's available as soon as we > enter C code. Well, you probably have to decide if you want an easy solution with the restictions of the internal RAM size, or a somewhat more complex solution with much more powerful resources. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de "It's like deja vu all over again." - Yogi Berra