Francis Cagney <private@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'm trying to squeeze how much ram my software will need, and am > confused by the output of the mapfile from the gnu compiler/linker. > I also haven't been able to find a mapfile description anywhere. The easy way would be to run size or objdump -h on your final executable. > COMMON does not seem to relate to anything ? I think COMMON will be the amount of space required by common variables. They are then allocated to the .bss section. Ian