Hi Jon, > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: >> Dear Jon Smirl, >> >> In message <9e4733910903261435x598055f8m74c5ac03ad16b...@mail.gmail.com> you >> wrote: >>> >>> The *.bin format is not smart enough to encode gaps. It just puts in >>> 60KB of zeros. >> >> Yes, of course. A binary image cannot have holes in it. >> >>> My ELF files are 73KB. >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jonsmirl jonsmirl 73290 2009-03-26 16:49 hello_world >>> >>> Tell me the right way to make these example programs small and I'll >>> submit a patch. >> >> I don't see a problem that needs fixing. These are example problems. >> The image size plays no role. If you have any specific requirements >> for your own code, then adjust the linker script according to your >> requirements. > > By providing a sample linker script to make the example programs > smaller, you could avoid discussions like this in the future.
But as long as we do not understand what we change or what this does, we may well get a lot of bug threads in return. And I have to admit, I'm not to keen on that. Cheers Detlev -- ... and I will continue to use a low-level language to indicate how machines actually compute. Readers who only want to see algorithms that are already packaged in a plug-in way, using a trendy language, should buy other people's books. -- Donald Knuth, Fascicle 1 -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: d...@denx.de _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot