Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 24 Sep 2000 08:31:12 -0500 (CDT) | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: how interesting are data->bss patches? |
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> On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:59:59 -0500 (CDT), > Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org> wrote: > >(A related question: __initdata *does* have to be initialized, right?) > > If __initdata is not initialized then it ends up in the global .bss. > This would defeat the purpose of using __initdata.
I am glad this was mentioned... It is a valid use of __initdata for static variables which you want to go away after boot. There might be some wasted space lurking here and there due to un-init'd __initdata vars.
Jeff
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