Re: [avr-gcc-list] Growing .data section when compiling with GCC 4.0 instead of GCC 3.4.3

[E. Weddington]

Bernard Fouché wrote:

> E. Weddington wrote:
>
> > Dave Hylands wrote:
> >
> > > It's really an issue of whether the tables are stored in flash or in
> > > RAM. Actually, because they're in RAM, they take up space twice, once
> > > in flash (used to initialize the RAM) and once in RAM, where they're
> > > actually used.
> > >
> > >  
> > Sure. I don't know for sure, though, but I would guess that that 
> > section of the port hasn't really changed, so in essence it's not a 
> > bug. It's a mis-feature, so technically it would be an enhancement 
> > request. Somebody who is more familiar with the AVR port (see new 
> > additions to CC list) can perhaps comment.
> >
> > Eric
> There are also table jumps in gcc-3.4.3, and we don't see RAM used for 
> the table itself.


Well, then perhaps this is a regression, and you need to fill out a gcc 
bug report....

Eric