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<p>On 11/02/2020 07:12, Chris Johns wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">+NOTES:
+ Dirtying memory can add significantly to system boot time. It may assist
+ in finding code that assumes memory starts set to zero. In case
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">.. "assumes memory starts set to zero" does not look right to me?
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">At first I disagreed, but then it does seem ambiguous, whether it
means the starting address is 0 or the value is 0.
It should be clarified, "memory values start set to zero" or "set to
all zeroes" to make it clear memory is meant in the plural sense.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">The FreeBSD man page uses "The memory is set to zero." Should I change it to:
"It may assist in finding code that assumes the content of free memory areas is
cleared to zero during system initialization."
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Nice. A minor tweak ...
... incorrectly assumes the contents ... ?</pre>
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<p>Ok, I fixed it in two steps like this:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://git.rtems.org/rtems-docs/commit/?id=0cdd4823fc05429ae834a18d8fca67594b249775">https://git.rtems.org/rtems-docs/commit/?id=0cdd4823fc05429ae834a18d8fca67594b249775</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://git.rtems.org/rtems-docs/commit/?id=c95724b793297994685804fcdaeb324a23cf1fd7">https://git.rtems.org/rtems-docs/commit/?id=c95724b793297994685804fcdaeb324a23cf1fd7</a></p>
<pre><code>NOTES:
Dirtying memory can add significantly to system boot time. It may assist in
finding code that incorrectly assumes the contents of free memory areas is
cleared to zero during system initialization. In case
:ref:`CONFIGURE_ZERO_WORKSPACE_AUTOMATICALLY` is also defined, then the
memory is first dirtied and then zeroed.
Hm, should this be now:
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<code><code>the contents of free memory areas ARE cleared to zero
I probably should have sent this stuff for review first.</code>
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