[U-Boot] Most ARM CPU's have buggy clear_bss?

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Oct 28 10:31:38 CEST 2010


Dear Reinhard Meyer,

In message <4CC919E4.6010904 at emk-elektronik.de> you wrote:
> Dear Heiko Schocher,
> > Hmm.. I think the question is, is CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT not
> > obsolete?
> Why don't we remove ALL that dead code ASAP from ARM start.S and board.c files?
> 
> All unmaintained ARM boards are now broken anyway, and those that are fixed are
> using elf relocation.
> 
> (I know that there is a 'promise' to keep ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC until next March,
> but does that really make sense anymore?)

I think you are right. Let's have a poll.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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