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From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: __attribute__((section))
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 13:52:07 CDT
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> >The hack is OK, but where does MYDATA section go? Does it go to separate
> >segment when proggy is loaded? If so, you have to use far pointers/switch DS
> >selector if you want to access the data - BY HAND.

If MYDATA is a separate section, the stub will be confused and either load
the wrong things or ignore it completely.  Look at the stub's source - it
only loads the first 2 sections and zeros the memory associated with the
third section.  If the first 3 sections aren't text,data,bss in that order,
badness will happen.  Sections 4..n will be ignored completely.