[Q] x86 - boot/header.S

Cyrill Gorcunov
2008-02-23T08:34:19Z

Hi Peter, Sam,

could you take a look on x86/boot/header.S:280 please?

# Zero the bss
movw $__bss_start, %di
movw $_end+3, %cx
xorl %eax, %eax
subw %di, %cx
shrw $2, %cx
rep; stosl

I wonder why is $_end there instead of $__bss_stop?
Well, accroding to vmlinux_32.lsd both _end and __bss_stop
are the same BUT __bss_stop is more convenient methink.
Would it be usefull to change?

- Cyrill -