Wolfgang,
Please be careful in the use of terms. It appears you are using "relocating" when you actually mean "copying". Keep in mind that these are two very different operations.
I understand. Sorry for the confusion.
Note that there is no guarantee that such an approach will continue to work in future releases. Also note that you will then have to maintain your own linker script and keep it in sync with all other changes - which just adds maintenance efforts.
I agree. The linker script approach is far from ideal.
Why exactly do you care about this? What is the problem you're trying to address?
I am primarily motivated by reducing boot time but I have not yet determined exactly how much time is spent performing the copy. At this point I am simply trying to understand my options. Additionally, I was curious how others dealt with the flexibility/performance trade on boards with earlier bootloaders.
Thanks, Tim Kryger