Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Franck Bui-Huu wrote:
>
>>> I guess for a bss-type section you want to use something like:
>>>
>>> .section .init.bss,"aw",@nobits
>>>
>> Sorry but I'm missing your point here. This indeed should be added
>> for assembler code but I don't see how it's related with the kernel
>> image size difference I was seeing.
>
> Well, otherwise the section is marked as containing data and therefore
> taking space in the image.
Well, since .init.bss is declared as follow:
.init.bss (NOLOAD) : {
...
}
data should not take any space in the image...
>
> What do you mean by "assembler code" in this context, BTW?
I meant to be able to put data into .init.bss section from assembly
code (*.S files) like __INITDATA does for .init.data section.
Franck
