Dear Mike Frysinger,
In message 200904280854.53669.vapier@gentoo.org you wrote:
You mean in the code? Well, if you're using a separate section for it (like the ppcenv section) this should be straightforward using the `=FILLEXP' output section attribute for the linker.
hmm, a quick grep shows that almost no one has a dedicated section. the
Everybody who uses CONFIG_SYS_USE_PPCENV or CONFIG_NAND_U_BOOT has:
-> find * -name 'u-boot*.lds' | xargs fgrep -l .ppcenv | wc -l 50
majority of people (Blackfin boards included) insert it into the middle of their .text section. this is the use case i was thinking of when i said "no way" because i hadnt seen anyone using a dedicated section before.
But that would be easy to change - see how it's done on ppc.
if you want the "--binary" thing, i can post a new patch. otherwise yes, i dont see any changes to be made for now.
OK.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk