Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Scott A McConnell wrote:
> > struct console *console_drivers = NULL; <----
> > Need the NULL.
> >
> > Otherwise, bad things can happen on the following statement in printk
> >
> > ~line 311
> >
> > if ((c->flags & CON_ENABLED) && c->write){
>
> Current policy is not explicitly initializing variables to zero. If this causes
> problems, there's a bug in the routine that clears the BSS on kernel entry.
>
Interesting. What is the reason behind the policy? Is that because
initialized variable are put in a different section that takes more size in
the image?
Jun
