In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> I tried to find documentation on this, but couldn't.
>
> I've discovered, on PowerPC 85xx systems at least, that the mere presence of a
> non-static global variable, even if it isn't used by any code, will cause
> relocation to fail. Exactly how it fails, I can't say, but U-Boot does hang.
>
> If I make the global variable static, the problem goes away. Note that I have
> no code that actually references the variable. It just sits there, occupying
> space.
>
> Fortunately, the data structure doesn't need to be non-static. I just forgot
> to
> put 'static' in its definition. Of course, it would have been nice to know
> this
> up front.
>
> Can someone explain why this is the case? Do I need to do anything special in
> my code to access global variables, static or not static?
You don't seriously expect any real help given such a vague
description? It would be somewhat helpful if you said exactly which
changes cause the code to work or fail...
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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