Is Relocation forced?

[Sascha Hauer]

Hi Allen,

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 09:24:17AM -0500, Allen Kennedy Jr. wrote:
> Hello,
>   I have relocatable binary set to "n"  and I load barebox into ram
> exactly where it is supposed to be, but it still runs the function
> "relocate binary"
> 
>   Is the option to not relocate barebox, not supported?
> 
> Why would I want it not-relocated?  Because relocate_to_current_adr()
> causes an exception every time, and barebox won't boot.  And I can't
> figure out why the exception occurs.

Generally relocatable barebox is not enforced and barebox runs happily
without it. However, there are some combinations of PBL/TEXT_BASE which
really do need relocation support.

What SoC/board are you running? Could you post your .config file?

Sascha

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