On Mon, 4 Jun 2018, 9:23 AM Vagrant Cascadian, <vagr...@debian.org> wrote:
> On 2018-06-03, Chris Packham wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Jun 2018, 7:39 AM Vagrant Cascadian, <vagr...@debian.org> > wrote: > > > >> Without this, u-boot.kwb overlaps where the u-boot environment is > >> stored, and updating the environment can break u-boot and vice versa. > >> > >> https://bugs.debian.org/897671 > >> https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2018-May/327497.html > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@debian.org> > >> --- > >> > >> configs/sheevaplug_defconfig | 1 + > >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > >> > >> diff --git a/configs/sheevaplug_defconfig b/configs/sheevaplug_defconfig > >> index 608e05e64e..d77d198f18 100644 > >> --- a/configs/sheevaplug_defconfig > >> +++ b/configs/sheevaplug_defconfig > >> @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ CONFIG_USB=y > >> CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y > >> CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y > >> CONFIG_LZMA=y > >> +CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD=y > >> -- > > > > > > Stefan sent a patch to move the environment for openrd is it worth doing > > that instead? > > Moving the environment breaks compatibility with older saved > environments, so seems like something that should be done as a last > resort, in my opinion, since upgrading the bootloader can result in an > unbootable system if they depend on the environment. > > Enabling THUMB significantly reduced the size of the image, which should > reduce having to play whack-a-mole every few releases as u-boot > inevitably tends to grow in size over time... at least for a while. > Agreed. The DM changes will likely increase the size at least until everything is converted. > Also isn't there an option to enforce a build size limit so that we notice > > when we've expanded too far? That's how we noticed the problem for > openrd. > > There is, and would obviously be a good thing to add. > > I also have very limited time to work on support for boards I don't have > the ability to test myself. Essentially, relaying this bug due to a bug > report from a Debian user. > Ok I'll see if i can take a look for kirkwood boards that don't already have this in place. > _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
