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TMS320F28027: What does :retain marked on .text section item mean?

Part Number: TMS320F28027


Hi folks,

I was checking out the .map file for my current project on a 28027 and noticed that some of the items in the .text.n sections, as well as being marked with ".text" are also marked with ":retain", that is the complete line is "foo.obj (.text:retain)". What does the ":retain" mean or signify? I couldn't find any mention of this on the wikis's C28x tools page or linker primer page, nor in the assembly language tools user guide.

Thanks, T.