Re: [avr-gcc-list] Avoiding memory initialization

[Lai Kang Tin]

Hi,

There is a loop inside the C startup code for zeroing the bss segment,
to realize your requirement, you need to modify the C startup code
for your own. The startup code uses symbol __bss_end to stop the zeroing loop,
you change it to (__bss_end - 10), ten bytes assumed for your application.

To access these 10 bytes storage, use pointer in your codes:

extern unsigned __bss_end;
char *pointer = (char *)(&__bss_end - 10);

void func()
{
        *pointer = 0x12;
}

Cheers!

Kang Tin LAI

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, [iso-8859-1] S S wrote:

> Hello Everybody,
> 
> I am using Atmega103. I have declared an array of char
> which I do not wish to get initialized on every CPU
> reset signal. I am keeping some acquired data here. In
> short I want to use this array as battery backed up
> RAM. However startup code clears the entire bss
> section on every reset signal. Is there a way to avoid
> this? Can somebody provide me source code to do the
> same?
> 
> Thanks.
> Sean.
> 
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