6.7.10.3 Mchp-dinit Option

The --mchp-dinit=type option indicates which form of initialization will be used for data. The type argument can be either word, which forces the runtime startup routines to initialize memory using only word-sized and word-aligned writes, or original, which uses a regular byte-orientated intialization sequence.

Use of the --mchp-dinit=word option will issue to the linker the --word-dinit option, which is described in the MPLAB® XC32 Assembler, Linker and Utilities User’s Guide, along with more detailed information on the word-initialization feature.