Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:26:41 -0800 From: Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com> To: Randall Stewart <rrs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r203010 - head/sys/mips/rmi/dev/xlr Message-ID: <4B5E7D11.7000602@bluezbox.com> In-Reply-To: <201001260514.o0Q5EoVg087688@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201001260514.o0Q5EoVg087688@svn.freebsd.org>
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Randall Stewart wrote: > Author: rrs > Date: Tue Jan 26 05:14:50 2010 > New Revision: 203010 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/203010 > > Log: > 1) Make sure static is init'd to 0 > Static variables without initializer should be zero-initialized by loader. I believe RMI loader does not zero .bss/.sbss segments so you should do it manually in platform_start to ensure that all static variable are zeroed to prevent side-effects. Check platform_start from ar71xx/ar71xx_machdep.c, for example.
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