initialize data not at file scope - WTF?

[Ian Pilcher]

In include/linux/init.h, it says:

  For initialized data:
  You should insert __initdata between the variable name and equal
  sign followed by value, e.g.:

  static int init_variable __initdata = 0;
  static char linux_logo[] __initdata = { 0x32, 0x36, ... };

  Don't forget to initialize data not at file scope, i.e. within a
  function, as gcc otherwise puts the data into the bss section and not
  into the init section.

Does this mean that __initdata can't be used for file scope variables,
that it can only be used for file scope variables, or something else?

Thanks!

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Ian Pilcher                                        i.pilcher@xxxxxxxxxxx
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