On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Graeme Russ <graeme.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: >> Dear Graeme Russ, >> >> In message <d66caabb0910061824s4165d33bu5d5213f6783c0...@mail.gmail.com> you >> wrote: >> >> One reason for not using ELF images for the boot loader is size. The >> ELF header alone is often more than we would be willing to accept, not >> to mention the additional code. >> >
[snip] > The extra code is only three very tight for-loops. I had them wrapped in > functions to improve readability, but they are good inline candidates (only > called once each) and I doubt they use much code space at all (I'll send > through actual numbers soon) 341 bytes in the library archive for the ELF relocation code - I'm sure inlining will further reduce the footprint Regards, Graeme _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
