[U-Boot] [MPC83xx] broken patch "do not fixup NULL ptrs" ?

[Joakim Tjernlund]

André Schwarz <andre.schwarz at matrix-vision.de> wrote on 2010/10/22 
16:30:49:
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> Joakim,
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> your commit d1e0b10accdbac2e0a8b2cbf7c589645442f87c5 renders my MPC8377
> based board unbootable.
> 
> 
> Two weeks ago I got this after power on : 
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> U-Boot 2010.09-00486-gfda6278-dirty (Oct 22 2010 - 16:19:20) MPC83XX
> 
> Reset Status:
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> CPU:   e300c4, MPC8377, Rev: 2.1 at 533.333 MHz, CSB: 266.667 MHz
> Board: Matrix Vision MergerBox
> ....
> 
> 
> 
> After rebasing my work to current master completely silences the serial
> line and the CPU doesn't come up. Bisection leads to your patch.
> 
> reverting it makes the board work again.
> 
> Any ideas ?

Yes, the problem is else where. This code runs after relocation to RAM.
I had a similar problem and the reason was the patch:
 "powerpc: Remove warm reset entry point"

Try sticking 4 nop's right after _start:
in start.S