Compiler/CC3220MODA: .data section showing up in *.bin file with '0' padding in between

//*****************************************************************************
// cc3220FS.cmd
//
// CCS linker configuration file for CC3220SF production device, where
// it has 256kB of RAM (where bootloader uses 16kB of RAM) and 1024 KB of
// on-chip Flash memory.
//
// Copyright (C) 2014 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
//
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//*****************************************************************************


--retain=g_pfnVectors
--retain=ulDebugHeader

//*****************************************************************************
// The following command line options are set as part of the CCS project.
// If you are building using the command line, or for some reason want to
// define them here, you can uncomment and modify these lines as needed.
// If you are using CCS for building, it is probably better to make any such
// modifications in your CCS project and leave this file alone.
//*****************************************************************************


//*****************************************************************************
// The starting address of the application.  Normally the interrupt vectors
// must be located at the beginning of the application.
//*****************************************************************************
#define FLHDR_BASE 0x010EBF80
#define FLASH_BASE 0x010EC780


/* System memory map */

MEMORY
{
    /* Application uses internal RAM for program and data */
    FLASH_HDR	(RX)  : origin = 0x01000000, length = 0x0007FF /* 2 KB */
    MAGIC_NUM   (R)   : origin = 0x010E6800, length = 0x000004 /* 4 B */
    APP_ENTRY   (RX)  : origin = 0x010E6804, length = 0x0003FC /* 1 KB */
    FLASH_CODE  (RX)  : origin = 0x010E6C00, length = 0x0193FF /* 101 KB */
    // Total of 102 KB for Matlab Application
    SRAM_DATA   (RWX) : origin = 0x2003C000, length = 0x004000 /* 16 KB */
}

/* Section allocation in memory */

SECTIONS
{
	.magicnum             : > MAGIC_NUM
	.dgbhdr     	      : > FLHDR_BASE
	.app_entry            : > APP_ENTRY
    .text                 : > FLASH_CODE
    .const                : > FLASH_CODE
    .cinit                : > FLASH_CODE
    .pinit                : > FLASH_CODE
    .data                 : > SRAM_DATA
    .bss                  : > SRAM_DATA
    .sysmem               : > SRAM_DATA
    .stack                : > SRAM_DATA(HIGH)
}