Re: [avr-gcc-list] definition of memeory section

[Julius Luukko]

On Friday 13 February 2004 11:05, Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> Wolfgang Gschwendtner <address@hidden> wrote:
> > section     size      addr
> > .data          0   8388864
> > .text      16684         0
> > .bss        1098   8388864
> > .noinit        0   8389962
> > .eeprom        0   8454144
> > .stab      25488         0
> > .stabstr    6944         0
>
> ..data is initialized data.  Consumes RAM and ROM (for the initializers).
> ..text is the executable code, plus ROM constants.  Consumes ROM.
> ..bss  is uninitialized data.  Consumes RAM, will be cleared to 0 by the
>       the startup code.
> ..noinit is unititialized data.  Consumes RAM, will not be touched by
>       the startup code (IOW: survives a reset).
> ..eeprom is initialized data.  Consumes EEPROM, you gotta transfer the
>       data to EEPROM yourself using the programmer.
> ..stab and .stabstr contain debugging information only.  Will not be
>       transfered to the device, only meaningful to debuggers.

Hello all,

The meaning of all the other sections except .stab and .stabstr are documented 
in the avr-libc documentation. Could these be added there? A quick look on 
both gcc and ld documentation does not tell aything about these sections, or 
do they?

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