--- newlib-2.1.0/libgloss/arm/crt0.S.orig	2013-10-14 17:15:12.000000000 +0200
+++ newlib-2.1.0/libgloss/arm/crt0.S	2014-07-14 16:03:31.997315300 +0200
@@ -260,8 +260,15 @@
 	.thumb_func
 __change_mode:	
 #endif
-	
 	bl	FUNCTION (memset)
+
+        /* Initialize .data section. */
+        ldr     a1, .LC3                /* First arg: start of .data section */
+        ldr     a2, .LC3+4              /* Second arg: start of initializers in ROM */
+        ldr     a3, .LC3+8              /* Third arg: length of .data section. */
+        subs    a3, a3, a1
+        bl      FUNCTION (memcpy)
+        
 #if !defined (ARM_RDP_MONITOR) && !defined (ARM_RDI_MONITOR)
 /* Changes by toralf: Taken from libgloss/m68k/crt0.S
  * initialize target specific stuff. Only execute these
@@ -485,6 +492,11 @@
 	.word	__bss_start__
 .LC2:
 	.word	__bss_end__
+.LC3:
+        .word   __data_start__
+        .word   __data_load__
+        .word   __data_end__
+
 #ifdef __USES_INITFINI__
 #ifdef _LITE_EXIT
 .Latexit: