In message <20031027180957.GA25797@linux-mips.org> you wrote: > > .bss is uninitialized. Initialized data can't be in .bss. No. BSS is initialized as zero. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de Life is a game. Money is how we keep score. - Ted Turner