Subject: BSS, was Re: Getting "TLB IPI rendezvous failed..."
To: Stephan Uphoff <ups@tree.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/24/2005 10:57:12
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 11:56:23AM -0500, Stephan Uphoff wrote:
>=20
> > Zeroing out idt_allocmap isn't needed, since it's declared
> > statically.
>=20
> Mhhh OK - but who is zeroing BSS?

The boot loader. BSS is a large section of to-be-zeroed memory, and any=20
correct loader will zero it.

Take care,

Bill

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