initialize data not at file scope - WTF?

[Ian Pilcher <i.pilcher@comcast.net>]

In include/linux/init.h, it says:

   For initialized data:
   You should insert __initdata between the variable name and equal
   sign followed by value, e.g.:

   static int init_variable __initdata = 0;
   static char linux_logo[] __initdata = { 0x32, 0x36, ... };

   Don't forget to initialize data not at file scope, i.e. within a
   function, as gcc otherwise puts the data into the bss section and not
   into the init section.

Does this mean that __initdata can't be used for file scope variables,
that it can only be used for file scope variables, or something else?

Thanks!

-- 
========================================================================
Ian Pilcher                                        i.pilcher@comcast.net
========================================================================