> > The situation is: in an embedded system, certain > > variables are placed in .persistent.bss > > Sounds like a fine name. Why not just use that name?
Doing an exact match on that name in default_section_type_flags_1 is a nice solution for our needs. The reason for our query was twofold: are there standards (of any form :) that such a choice would be incompatible with?; would anything more general be appropriate (thus the suffix question)? Brett