On 08/04/2009 04:49 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Darius Augulis, > > In message<4a78342c.5090...@gmail.com> you wrote: >> usually TEXT_BASE is offset, which size depends on your requirements for > > No. TEXT_BASE is an absolute address.
yes, but depends on the physical RAM base and size. > >> stack size and memory size for malloc. If your DRAM base is 0x0 and >> TEXT_BASE is 0xf80000, you will have almost 16Mb for stack and malloc >> and your u-boot code will be linked and loaded to 0xf80000 address. >> 16Mb is probably too much, or your DRAM base is not 0x0. > > On architectures like ARM (where the implementation is based on a > broken concept of the system memory map) TEXT_BASE should always be > chosen to be as high as possible to put the ("relocated") U-Boot code > as close as possible to the very end of available RAM. For systems > with several RAM size options you have to set this according to the > smallest possible RAM size, of course (which is a major PITA). could you please explain more? why to the end of RAM? for example I have 16MB RAM, base is 0x10000000. TEXT_BASE = 0x10400000. Why is better to set this to 0x10F00000 ? To have more stack and malloc memory? But U-boot will never exceed such limit? Please explain where I am wrong. Thanks! Darius A. > > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot