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Re: compile error when using newer version ecos configurat ion tool
- To: Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] compile error when using newer version ecos configurat ion tool
- From: Alex Schuilenburg <alexs at redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:48:12 +0000
- Cc: Fabrice Gautier <Fabrice_Gautier at sdesigns dot com>,eCos <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Organization: Red Hat
- References: <B1F6452C89AFD411AE0800A0CC734C2301513F@EMAIL1> <20011113091752.P15856@biferten.ma.tech.ascom.ch>
- Reply-to: alexs at redhat dot com
Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:59:48PM -0800, Fabrice Gautier wrote:
>
>>>PS. What does BSS stand for anyway? Answers on a post card please.
>>>
>>>
>>I actually think I know that, but I don't have any postcard, sorry...
>>
>
> Thats OK. I went hunting and found a definition. Blank Static
> Storage. Took some finding. Its one of the acronyms which everyone
> uses but few people actually know what is stands for.
I asked the compiler folks around here. The answer I got was that
"bss" was actually the mnemonic for the IBM/370 instruction that
zero'ed a section of memory, and hence how the naming of the section was derived.
No-one can recall what the mnemonics actually stood for though - not old enough ;-)
-- Alex