[U-Boot] arm: wrong Relocation and not cleared BSS

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <4CCC1F6C.7040603 at free.fr> you wrote:
>
> Wait a minute. No parts of the code assume BSS is *cleared*, or at least
> no pat of the should *should ever* assume that. BSS is not "zeroed
> data", it is "uninitialized data".

BSS _is_ zeroed data. This is a very basic assumption of the C
runtime.

> BSS is not *required* to be zero. It is zeroed out as a courtesy, but >

No, you are wrong here.

Zeroing of the BSS is a mandatory requirement.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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