Laczen opened a new issue, #18384: URL: https://github.com/apache/nuttx/issues/18384
### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. NuttX has several bootloaders that are supported in nuttx-apps. However when creating bootloaders there seem to be some basic items missing: 1. Bootloaders typically use a dedicated linker file that is optimized for its purpose. E.g. to allow ram loading of images a bootloader will use a part or ram at the "end" so that the image that is loaded can be as large as possible. For devices that are started by loading the bootloader to ram the image needs to be as small as possible and only contain the bare minimum. 2. To allow a dedicated bootloader script to be used there should be some kconfig value "IS_BOOTLOADER" or similar, this does not seem to exist in NuttX. 3. To achieve a minimal size bootloader many parts of NuttX are unnecessary, a dedicated "entry" could be used when a bootloader is created. ### Describe the solution you'd like 1. Introduce a Kconfig "IS_BOOTLOADER" and allow a dedicated linker script to be associated with this config. 2. Allow the dedicated bootloader "entry" routine to skip most of the NuttX support. When this is allowed this could also result in the nuttx build system creating a almost baremetal application. I am looking for feedback on this. ### Describe alternatives you've considered Create a bootloader for NuttX without any usage of the NuttX build system and completely separate from NuttX. ### Verification - [x] I have verified before submitting the report. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
