[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Fix ppc4xx clear_bss() code

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Dec 5 20:50:17 CET 2007


In message <20071205194258.79f67211 at siona> you wrote:
> 
> > ppc4xx clear_bss() fails if BSS segment size is not
> > divisible by 4 without remainder. This patch provides
> > fix for this problem.
> 
> Isn't it better to fix the linker script so that the size _is_
> divisible by 4?

>From the robustness point of view Anatolij's patch is needed - it  is
a  desirable  feature of software to show correct behaviour even with
(slightly) wrong input.

ACKED.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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