[U-Boot] [STATUS] v2010.12-rc2 released

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Nov 30 21:54:06 CET 2010


Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <4CF55ADE.4010003 at free.fr> you wrote:
>
> > I suppose we should be suspecting the timers? I think I recall hearing
> > that the time code can mix poorly with relocation.
>
> There is no issue with relocation and timers per se, but with the use of
> BSS variables before relocation. Any code run in the course of executing
> board_init_f() and which accesses globals can cause problems.

Correct. And I would also like to pont out that the problem existed
before, it just was not as clearly visible.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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