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From: Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
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On Sat Mar 16, 2002 at 08:06:51PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +static devfs_handle_t devfs_handle = NULL;
> > +static unsigned int tp_count = 0;   /* tipar count */
> > +static unsigned long opened = 0;    /* opened devices */
> 
> Variables in .bcc are auto-zeroed - you can drop the intialization.

I'm sure all the users of elks will be disappointed that their
compiler auto zeros all variables.  :)

I think you mean .bss...

 -Erik

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