boards/mips Linker Scripts: The PIC32M* start-up code initializes .bss by writing 16 bytes at a time in a loop. The start (_sbss) alignment is only required to be 4 bytes since the write is done with 4 store instructions. In a previous change, the end address, _ebss, was aligned to 16 byte to prevent initializing past the end off the .bss region. However, that does not work unless the start address, _sbss, is also aligned to 16 bytes.

boards/mips/pic32mx/mirtoo/scripts/c32-debug.ld

@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/mirtoo/scripts/c32-release.ld

@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/mirtoo/scripts/mips-elf-debug.ld

@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/mirtoo/scripts/mips-elf-release.ld

@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/mirtoo/scripts/xc32-debug.ld

@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/mirtoo/scripts/xc32-release.ld

@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/pic32mx-starterkit/scripts/c32-release.ld

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/pic32mx-starterkit/scripts/mips-release.ld

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/pic32mx7mmb/scripts/c32-release.ld

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/pic32mx7mmb/scripts/mips-release.ld

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/sure-pic32mx/scripts/c32-release.ld

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/sure-pic32mx/scripts/mips-release.ld

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/ubw32/scripts/c32-release.ld

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mx/ubw32/scripts/mips-release.ld

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mz/flipnclick-pic32mz/scripts/c32-debug.ld

@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mz/flipnclick-pic32mz/scripts/mips-debug.ld

@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mz/flipnclick-pic32mz/scripts/pinguino-debug.ld

@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mz/flipnclick-pic32mz/scripts/xc32-debug.ld

@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mz/pic32mz-starterkit/scripts/c32-debug.ld

@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mz/pic32mz-starterkit/scripts/mips-debug.ld

@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mz/pic32mz-starterkit/scripts/pinguino-debug.ld

@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)

boards/mips/pic32mz/pic32mz-starterkit/scripts/xc32-debug.ld

@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .sbss :
     {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _sbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.dynsbss)
         *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)