[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2 v6] Make libgcc inclusion from common Makefile overridable by platform config file

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Jul 17 13:37:14 CEST 2009


Dear Detlev Zundel,

In message <m2r5wfzh0l.fsf at ohwell.denx.de> you wrote:
> 
> I also think that making our lifes easier is a very good thing.  Our
> "it's only a bootloader" codebase is pretty complex already so I welcome
> making it more robust.  I was kind of surprised the other day that
> null-pointer jumps(*) did not result in immediate "bad programmer, no
> cookie this time" messages but in random crashes.

Well, what do you suggest? remember for example that booting a  Linux
kernel  means  jumping to it's entry point address - which happens to
be 0 - or is this NULL ? How do you detemine the difference?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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