Re: [avr-gcc-list] section flags .data

[Joerg Wunsch]

Torsten Mohr <address@hidden> wrote:

> It does not make sense to me to "download" the .data section into
> flash memory.

It makes a lot of sense to me though.

After all, .data contains the *initialized* variables.  Somehow, the
initialization data need to be passed down.  If not by ROM, how else?

(Uninitialized data, i.e. those cleared out to 0, go into section
..bss.)

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