Mike,
Thanks for the feedback. We'll continue along the path we seem to agree
upon... hoping we don't run into any hitches.
Brett
> > The situation is: in an embedded system, certain
> > variables are placed in .persistent.bss
>
> Sounds like a fine name. Why not just use that name?
Doing an exact match on that name in default_section_type_flags_1
is a nice solution for our needs. The reason for our query was
twofold: are
> Ultimately, people just pick names. Once picked, they form crystal
> clear standards.
So there is no documented standard involved.
> >> No, the standard is to be prefix based, this simplifies the impact on
> >> the linker scripts.
> >
> > Ok. So a new category of bss sections could be matche
> > Is there a rationale for the list of bss patterns matched by
> > default_section_type_flags_1 ?
>
> That is how bss sections are named?!
Part of the question is "how bss sections are named" according
to evolution, or some crystal clear standard, or what ???
> > Would matching, say, ".bss"
