Dear Albert ARIBAUD, In message <4d6611a7.5050...@free.fr> you wrote: > > >>> In the U-Boot image itself, knowing the image size could be achieved in > >>> ARM by using a general _end symbol that would be set after the last > >>> image output section, so _end-_start would equal the image size. > >> > >> we have such a "_end" in u-boot.lds files. > > I *knew* this name did not pop up in my mind without a reason. :) > > Apologies for not having checked. > > > I guess we need a __dynsym_end in all u-boot.lds files. > > I'd rather go for "_end", which does not tie the solution to dynsym > being the last section in the image -- imagine for some reason we move > dynsym inside the image rather than at the end, end the image size will > be wrong again. With _end, and a suitable comment in the LD file... this > will be averted where-ever dynsym ends up. > > After all, the bug you uncovered was due to using the wrong symbol, a > BSS related one rather than an image-related one, in the first place; so > let's try and learn from past mistakes.
I think the location of _end in the linker scripts needs to be changed - so far it covers the maximum of dynsym and bss, but it should refer to the end of dynsym only. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de If in any problem you find yourself doing an immense amount of work, the answer can be obtained by simple inspection. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
