Subject: Re: sparc ELF kernels with a miniroot are broken.
To: Gandhi woulda smacked you <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/24/1999 10:17:47 
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 00:37:27 -0700 (PDT) 
 Gandhi woulda smacked you <greywolf@starwolf.com> wrote:

 > # >    #   2 .data         0001547c  f014de38  f014de38  00139eb0  2**3
 > # >    #                   CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
 > # >    #   3 .bss          00023d54  f0163300  f0163300  0014f400  2**8
 > # >    #                   ALLOC

...note the difference between .data and .bss.  .data is LOADed, but .bss
is only ALLOCated.

.bss is not actually in the file; it's defined as a zero-fill area.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>