Dear Graeme Russ,
In message <d66caabb0910061824s4165d33bu5d5213f6783c0...@mail.gmail.com> you
wrote:
>
> I think that even the -mrelocatable / .fixup method may not be needed at
> all. -pie / -pic used by themselves creates enough information for an OS
> dynamic loader to relocate an executable, so why not U-Boot? Given that
> the type and location of each section is easily determined, a striped
> down dynamic loader can provide a platform-independent relocation scheme.
One reason for not using ELF images for the boot loader is size. The
ELF header alone is often more than we would be willing to accept, not
to mention the additional code.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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