[U-Boot] [PATCH] powerpc: do not fixup NULL ptrs

Joakim Tjernlund joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se
Thu Nov 4 11:21:10 CET 2010


Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote on 2010/11/04 10:50:38:
>
> Dear Andre Schwarz,
>
> In message <4CC58B1B.8040005 at matrix-vision.de> you wrote:
> >
> > Diffing both System.maps and U-Boot hexdump gives only trivial results :
> >
> > - "in_flash" and "_start_of_vectors" adress increment = 0x10.
>
> Hey, stop here.
>
> How can _start_of_vectors shift? It i supposed to be at a fixed
> location, i. e. at 0x100.

_start_of_vectors isn't used on 83xx. It is just a pointless symbol
as far as I can tell. 83xx uses _start and that symbol is fixed at 0x100


>
> Hmmm... seems 83xx does not use _start_of_vectors at all. We should
> either fix _start_of_vectors or remove it completely.

Yes.

>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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