[U-Boot-Users] u-boot-1.0 and clearing of BSS segment on ARM

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Markus,

in message <200401091408.44458.mpietrek at fsforth.de> you wrote:
> 
> I wonder why there seems to be no BSS clearing function for the SMDK2410 and 
> other ARM platforms like in i386/start.s:bss

We inherited this from the ARMboot port, and so far nobody fixed it -
but see the recent patches by Anders larsen on this list.

> Is it assumed that the memory is already cleared on reset?

I don't know what the guys who implemented this assumed. The code  as
is is broken.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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