Predefined Sections

Compiler-defined sections describes the sections that the compiler creates.

Note: The Compiler-defined section names are case sensitive. For example, using .binary instead of .BINARY will not give expected results.

Table 1. Compiler-defined sections
Name	Description
`.bss`	uninitialized global data
`.BINARY`	Binary files.
`.ctors`	C++ constructors and Altivec vector constructors
`.dtors`	C++ destructors
`.data`	initialized global data
`extab`	C++ exception tables
`extabindex`	C++ exception tables
`.init`	initialization executable code from the runtime library
.init_vle	Initialization executable code for VLE compilers
.PPC.EMB.sdata0	Initialized data with addressing relative to address 0
.PPC.EMB.sbss0	Uninitialized data with addressing relative to address 0
`.rodata`	literal values and initialization values in the application's source code
`.sdata`	initialized small global data
`.sdata2`	initialized global small data defined with the `const` keyword
`.sbss`	uninitialized global small data
`.sbss2`	uninitialized global constant small data defined with the `const` keyword
`.text`	application code
.text_vle	application code for VLE compilers