[U-Boot-Users] Patch fixes bug for clearing the bss section

mushtaq khan mushtaq_k at procsys.com
Fri Jun 1 15:01:00 CEST 2007


Hi Wolfgang Denk,
   
    Any  issues with my Patches, SATA and clearing of bss section. 
Please update me.

Thanks,
-Mushtaq



Wolfgang Denk wrote:

>In message <4635C48A.5050703 at procsys.com> you wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>There is a bug in the code of clearing the bss section for processor 
>>i386.(File: cpu/i386/start.S)
>>In the code, bss_start addr (starting addr of bss section) is put into 
>>the register %eax, but the code which clears the bss section refers to 
>>the addr pointed by %edi.
>>
>>This patch fixes this bug by putting bss_start into %edi register.
>>    
>>
>
>Applied to u-boot-testing.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Wolfgang Denk
>
>  
>





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