[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARMv7: Fix linker errors across toolchain versions

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <4CF74FED.2030102 at free.fr> you wrote:
> 
> BTW... Why on Earth is it an uint8? Probably a space saving measure, but 
> one I think is not really fruitful, because of probable paddings and 
> alignments; making it an int would allow using smsc_id directly as 
> values for the OMAP3EVM_BOARD_GEN_1 and OMAP3EVM_BOARD_GEN_2...
> 
> ... plus it removes the linker warning!

Oops. Why would this make a difference?

> I thus suggest turning omap3_evm_version from uint8 to int and get on 
> with debugging the board.

No, I don't think this is a good idea as it just papers over an
existing problem.

Does it help when you change the "*(.bss)" in
"arch/arm/cpu/armv7/u-boot.lds"  into "*(.*bss)"
(so it also includes any .sbss objects) ?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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