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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Werner_Sch=F6nenberger?= <werner DOT schoenenberger AT gmx DOT ch>
Subject: Re: Sequence of Symbol Allocation
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 22:53:04 +0200
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Hi Brian,

thank you for the information. Unfortunately almost all code is written 
in assembler which also doesn't make it easy to understand and to find 
all the traps. But nevertheless to check out GCC might help to find a 
solution.

Thanks again
Werner

>
> If the application uses C code and normal C startup code, allocating
> those variables as if they were C extern in the BSS segment will cause
> them to be zeroed at program initialization.
> Alternatively, look at how GCC handles BSS zeroing, for an example of
> how to do it properly, by arranging symbols with the linker.
>
> -- 
> Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
>
> Brian DOT Inglis AT CSi DOT com 	(Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca)
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