Section Control Directives

These directives identify the different sections of an assembly file:

• text
  Specifies an executable code section; must be in front of the actual code in a file.
• data
  Specifies an initialized read-write data section.
• rodata
  Specifies an initialized read-only data section.
• bss
  Specifies an uninitialized read-write data section.
• sdata
  Specifies a small data section as initialized and read-write.
• sdata2
  Specifies a small data section as initialized and read-only.
• sbss
  Specifies a small data section as uninitialized and read-write.
• text_vle
  Specifies a Variable length encoded section as read/execute.
• debug
  Specifies a debug section.
• previous
  Reverts to the previous section; toggles between the current section and the previous section.
• offset
  Starts a record definition, which extends to the start of the next section.
• section
  Defines a section of an ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) object file.