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Circumventing RW data compression

Hello,

I have an array with global linkage that is 4[MB] in size. My image grows by about 64[KB] thanks to R/W compression, which is undesirable - the array does not contain any meaningful data anyway immediately after startup. The linker already chooses the optimal compression algorithm and it cannot be altered beyond the three that ARM makes available. I cannot use "malloc" during startup because we are talking about a LPC1788 with a FreeRTOS+MPU.
Any thoughts?

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  • I had to do this:

    #pragma arm section zidata
      __attribute__ ((zero_init)) umm_block umm_heap[configTOTAL_DDC_HEAP_SIZE/sizeof(umm_block)] UMM_HEAP_SECTION;
    #pragma arm section zidata
    
    Tool Version Numbers:
    Toolchain:        RealView MDK-ARM  Version: 4.14
    Middleware:        RL-ARM Real-Time Library Version V4.13
    Toolchain Path:    BIN40\ 
    C Compiler:         Armcc.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    Assembler:          Armasm.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    Linker/Locator:     ArmLink.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    Librarian:             ArmAr.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    Hex Converter:      FromElf.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    CPU DLL:               SARMCM3.DLL       V4.14
    Dialog DLL:         DARMP1.DLL       V1.20.0.4
    Target DLL:             BIN\UL2CM3.DLL       V1.80
    Dialog DLL:         TARMP1.DLL       V1.20.0.3
    

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  • I had to do this:

    #pragma arm section zidata
      __attribute__ ((zero_init)) umm_block umm_heap[configTOTAL_DDC_HEAP_SIZE/sizeof(umm_block)] UMM_HEAP_SECTION;
    #pragma arm section zidata
    
    Tool Version Numbers:
    Toolchain:        RealView MDK-ARM  Version: 4.14
    Middleware:        RL-ARM Real-Time Library Version V4.13
    Toolchain Path:    BIN40\ 
    C Compiler:         Armcc.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    Assembler:          Armasm.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    Linker/Locator:     ArmLink.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    Librarian:             ArmAr.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    Hex Converter:      FromElf.Exe       V4.1.0.567
    CPU DLL:               SARMCM3.DLL       V4.14
    Dialog DLL:         DARMP1.DLL       V1.20.0.4
    Target DLL:             BIN\UL2CM3.DLL       V1.80
    Dialog DLL:         TARMP1.DLL       V1.20.0.3
    

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