In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
>
> I think this discussion covers much more ground than needed: certainly
> the problem of running the same executable at different addresses has
> been solved many times over, for different architectures and file
> formats. The thing is that unless we want the loader be part of u-boot
> we can not use those standard solutions. And I don't think we want,
> because it would be an unnecessary complication.
We do not need a "loader". All we need is "just" relocation working
completely and correctly. At the moment, it is now working completely.
> I still believe that my original suggestion of determining the
> addresses of pointers to relocate by comparing to stripped binaries is
> the simplest way to do it across architectures. Apparently the same
Maybe I should have been more explicit right from the beginning. I
repeat: forget it. This will *not* go into mainline. Zero chance.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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