Okay to change default zImage link/load address?
David Gibson
david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Sat Feb 10 11:53:31 EST 2007
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 04:25:33PM -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 04:21:00PM -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 09:40:10AM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> >
> > > Note that the zImage is already build -fPIC and capable of relocating
> > > itself if loaded at an address other than 4MB...
> >
> > That doesn't address the issue.
> >
> > Many firmwares look at the address in the ELF header and that's where
> > they download it, period. Right now, that address is 4MB, period.
> > 4MB doesn't work on some platforms so I'm looking for an acceptable
> > alternative.
>
> David, if I sounded rude, I didn't mean to.
No no. I see your point.
Hrm... I've already been thinking that we'll need to make the crt0.S
replaceable by platform. The same is probably true for the linker
script.
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