Since r176262 read-only data on avr is put into .rodata and thus xfail is no more appropriate.
http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs?view=revision&revision=178649 Johann * gcc.dg/section1.c: Don't xfail for avr. Index: gcc.dg/section1.c =================================================================== --- gcc.dg/section1.c (revision 178527) +++ gcc.dg/section1.c (working copy) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* PR optimization/6871 */ /* Constant variables belong in .rodata, not .bss. */ -/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not "\.bss" { xfail avr-*-*} } } */ +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not "\.bss" } } */ const int i = 0;