This thing can be pretty obscure. I had a recent problem (see my post of 31 August 2004) with the reporting of .bss size by msp430-size. Arnd-Hendrik Mathias <arnd-hendrik.math...@stud.uni-erlangen.de> was kind enough to point out that the discrepancy was caused by the inclusion of the uninitialized data in info flash banks, in the .infomemnobits section, as part of the .bss size. To me this is a bug, since the .bss is in RAM and the .infomemnobits is in flash EPROM, separate resources requiring separate management. -- Rick Jenkins <r...@hartmantech.com> Hartman Technica http://www.hartmantech.com Phone +1 (403) 230-1987 voice & fax 221 35 Avenue. N.E., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 2K5