diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/shared/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/shared/ChangeLog
index 7d8cfbce27..a78382bb9a 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/shared/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/shared/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-04-17	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* bootcard.c: RTEMS Workspace now defaults to not being zeroed. This
+	significantly speeds up boot time on targets not requiring memory to
+	be touched at boot time.
+
 2007-04-02	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* dummy_printk_support.c: New file.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/shared/bootcard.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/shared/bootcard.c
index 4c00fa5d64..1ec373d559 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/shared/bootcard.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/shared/bootcard.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int boot_card(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
   Cpu_table.predriver_hook                  = NULL;
   Cpu_table.postdriver_hook                 = NULL;
   Cpu_table.idle_task                       = NULL;
-  Cpu_table.do_zero_of_workspace            = TRUE;
+  Cpu_table.do_zero_of_workspace            = FALSE;
   Cpu_table.interrupt_stack_size            = RTEMS_MINIMUM_STACK_SIZE;
   Cpu_table.extra_mpci_receive_server_stack = 0;
   Cpu_table.stack_allocate_hook             = NULL;