From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jorgen Lundman Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 15:17:19 +0900 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] EXT4 In-Reply-To: References: <4FBB08AF.5090402@lundman.net> <4FBB0BBE.6050103@lundman.net> <4FBB2A6D.80403@lundman.net> Message-ID: <4FBB2F6F.5000907@lundman.net> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de > Uninitialized global and static variables reside in .bss and are set > to zero during relocation. Initialised globals and static variables go > into .data Alas, I know from experience that Microsoft's C compiler does not initialise global variables (to make it faster one assumes) which has led to hours of debugging. If u-boot has decided that going without Microsoft compiling support is A-OK, then that is A-OK with me too. :) > Oh and remember, just because you can find a prior art in the U-Boot > code does not mean it will be allowed to be used as a backing argument > ;) This I understand. Even if what came in from legacy has yet to be cleaned, there is no reason to allow more filth in :) > > Only one way to find out ;) But try to make it as clean as you believe > reasonable and explain what's left > Understood, clean enough to eat of is the goal. Lund -- Jorgen Lundman | Unix Administrator | +81 (0)3 -5456-2687 ext 1017 (work) Shibuya-ku, Tokyo | +81 (0)90-5578-8500 (cell) Japan | +81 (0)3 -3375-1767 (home)