Re: [arm-gnu] zeroing out the .bss area

[Mark Mitchell <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JJ wrote:

> I'm developing an ELF to run on bare-metal. In my "_start", is it
> necessary to zero out the .bss area?

If you are not using the startup code that we provide, then, yes, you
will need to do this.  You might consider whether you could instead use
the CS3 framework, which provides hooks for board-specific
initialization code while still doing necessary startup actions, like
clearing the BSS.

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