[ECOS] Separate bss sections for kernel and application

["Retallack, Mark (Poole)" <mark dot retallack at siemens dot com>]

I have a quick question: 

Is there any way of setting the build system up so that the target binary
contains two bss sections (with separate names)? 

The problem is that we have a lot of very old code that contains lots of
global variables that need to be preserved on power-up/down. The ideal
solution would be to separate the kernel (target.a) library bss section from
application's bss section. This would allow us to reset all the kernel data
but keep the application data intact on start-up. It would take too long to
re-design/re-code our application so we need a compile time solution. 

We have tried specifying separate paths to the library and application
objects within the target.ld file with no success and any suggestions would
be gratefully welcomed.    

Mark Retallack
Product Development
Siemens Traffic Control
Sopers Lane
Poole
Dorset
BH17 7ER

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