In message c8f10050526062372e8a833@mail.gmail.com you wrote:

I used to compile U-Boot with ELDK, but I currently need to work with newer toolchain :

• binutils-2.16
• gcc-3.4.3

This looks line a binutils problem, then. May I ask why you have to use binutils-2.16 ?

And which exact board are we talking about?

The "__u_boot_cmd_start" symbol value, generated with this new toolchain, is wrong (U-Boot crashes when relocating the command table).

Can you please provide exact data, like the differences between the System.map and the u-boot.map files when using binutils-2.16 and another, working version of binutils? [Please use the _same_ version of GCC for this comparison.]

There are two new sections between "__u_boot_cmd_start" and ".u_boot_cmd" address :

• .data.rel.local
• .data.rel

Can you please show exactly what happens?

I don't know what these (new) sections are, but the problem can be solved in "u-boot.lds" :

• __u_boot_cmd_start = .; .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) } __u_boot_cmd_end = .;

• __u_boot_cmd_start = ADDR(.u_boot_cmd);

I would like to understand this problem first before deciding about any fixes or patches.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk