[U-Boot-Users] initializing environment buffer in flash
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Tue Mar 30 16:00:34 CEST 2004
In message <200403301343.i2UDh7Ug029908 at mxsf27.cluster1.charter.net> you wrote:
>
> I am saving my environment to flash and relocating it from flash to ram when uboot starts. After I burn the flash, and run uboot, I noticed that the environment that was relocated had garbage data in it. I need to figure out if my build is incorrect,
Please restrict your line length to some 70 characters or so.
Your build is obviously incorrect, as it doesn't run correctly ;-)
> and if not, how can I define a buffer in uboot that is located at a fixed address, and is intialized to all zeros
You can create a data aobject of sufficient size and edit the linker
sript to place it where you like, but I cannot see a valid reason why
you would want to do that. If you need zeroed RAM, just use data in
BSS.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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