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To: R.E.Wolff@bitwizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
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[Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@bitwizard.nl>]
> However, if my code assumes that the compiler needs to initialize the
                                       ^^^^^^^^kernel
> variable one way or another, I want to put in the initialization,
> even if that means an "= 0;" which is already the default.

Well, your object file just grew 12 bytes.  Not that it matters very
much, since granularity of mm and most filesystems is at least 1k, but
if you have a lot of such variables (or a large array) it can add up.

Peter
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