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

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Oct 31 12:58:35 CET 2010


Dear Alexander Holler,

In message <4CCD4C1C.2050603 at ahsoftware.de> you wrote:
> 
> > Zeroing of the BSS is a mandatory requirement.
> 
> 
> Beeing curious, I've looked up that part in the C99 standard. Just to=20
> refresh our memories:
> 
> -------------------------------------
> 6.7.8
> 
> 10
>
> If an object that has automatic storage duration is not initialized 
> explicitly, its value is

Wrong section.  We are not talking about variables with "automatic
storage" (which means they are allocated on the stack), but about
_static_ variables.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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