Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v2] [x86] Don't relocate symbols which point to things that aren't relocated

On Tuesday 08 November 2011 02:08:42 Gabe Black wrote:

This change adds an upper bound for symbols which are fixed up after u-boot is relocated into RAM. This way portions that are left at their original location can be referred to without having to manually fix up any pointers.

i'm not familiar with the u-boot relocation handling on x86, but if a symbol shouldn't be relocated, then why does it have an elf reloc ? shouldn't it be an absolute symbol ? -mike