[PATCH 9/9] Add compressed image support

[Sascha Hauer]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 08:32:38PM +0200, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> > > ...
> > >   LD      barebox
> > > arm-linux-ld -EL  -Map barebox.map -static --gc-sections -o barebox \
> > >                 -T arch/arm/lib/barebox-compressed.lds  \
> > >                 --start-group  common/built-in.o  drivers/built-in.o  commands/built-in.o  lib/built-in.o  crypto/built-in.o  net/built-in.o  fs/built-in.o  arch/arm/boards/foo/built-in.o  arch/arm/mach-foo/built-in.o  arch/arm/lib/built-in.o  arch/arm/cpu/built-in.o piggy.lzo.o --end-group
> > > 
> > > 
> > > It shouldn't link all the -built-in.o into the uncompressor, should it?
> > > Or is it supposed to work via --gc-sections trick?
> > 
> > Yes, it works using --gc-sections. Are you building a defconfig or a
> > custom one? If the error above is correct start_barebox is referenced
> > from the decompressor code. This should not happen.
> 
> I'm building a custom one (unpublished code).  It has some SPI flash
> boot assembly code, I guess that might cause the issue wrt the new section
> annotations.  I'll look at it tomorrow.  However, I still wonder
> about the empty $(barebox-compressed)?

It's empty here aswell, so this shouldn't be a problem. Though I should
probably simpy remove it.

Sascha

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