linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] console: console

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Message-ID: <17688.46820.516756.495462@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:13:08 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] console: console_drivers not initialized

Andrew Morton writes:

> What Russell said.  If the arch startup code isn't correctly zeroing bss
> then that's pretty badly busted.

Indeed.  We do actually zero the BSS on startup. :)

Paul.
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