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20 years ago

NIOS II relocation types

Hi, I am a student and I am doing my diploma work at the moment. It is about loading elf file on a NIOS II board - I have problems with the relocation that is done as part of the loading of an elf fi...
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20 years ago

Hi dimo,

we developed our ELF bootloader with the exact same spec

that Scott provided. Originally for a different soft-core but

it works for NIOS II as well.

Our loader relocates all sections with the type that has SHT_PROGBITS

and SHF_ALLOC flag set.

To save some space you can run your ELF trough strip first,

but not required.

Cheers, Roger