[PATCH 01/12] ARM zImage: do memmap if possible

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Sascha" == Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de> writes:

Hi,

 >> Here you're rereading the header as well, instead of everything past
 >> it like the normal case.

 Sascha> Yes, mostly because I was too lazy to calculate the offsets.

You could just have copied it from the line above ;)

 >> Does this give a significant boost? read() from something memmap'able
 >> (like NOR) boils down to a memcpy as well, right?

 Sascha> Hmm, with memmap it's 149ms and with read 156ms in my case. I
 Sascha> think this is because with memmap it goes down to a single
 Sascha> memcpy whereas with read we memcpy in chunks of 4k. I
 Sascha> implemented this out of reflex, but maybe it's really not worth
 Sascha> the added complexity.

I imho don't think it's worth it. One of barebox' big advantages is how
readable and clean the source code is.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard