[ECOS] C variables in sections

[will]

   Is there any way to put a C variable in a specific section
without having to initialize it?  I found the following example
for initialed variables:
  char stack[10000] __attribute__ ((section ("STACK"))) = { 0 };

When I leave off the initialization to 0, the variable no longer
appears in the appropriate section.  I have some battery-backed
RAM that should not be cleared on startup.

Thanks,
Will

PS- I'm new to the GCC cross-compiler (so hopefully this mail
 is to the right place..).