diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 73b594abae6..30909237c59 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2519,3 +2519,6 @@
 	* drivers/usbdev/cdcacm.c and include/nuttx/usbdev/cdcacm.h:  The CDC/ACM
 	  driver can now be dynamically connected and disconnected from the host
 	  under software control.
+	* include/nuttx/arch.h, configs/stm3240g-eval/src/up_cxxinitialize.c, and
+	  configs/stm3240g-eval/src/up_cxxinitialize.c:  Add support for C++ static
+	  initializers.
diff --git a/Documentation/NuttxPortingGuide.html b/Documentation/NuttxPortingGuide.html
index 04f4611d032..1966409a601 100644
--- a/Documentation/NuttxPortingGuide.html
+++ b/Documentation/NuttxPortingGuide.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       <h1><big><font color="#3c34ec">
         <i>NuttX RTOS Porting Guide</i>
       </font></big></h1>
-      <p>Last Updated: February 22, 2011</p>
+      <p>Last Updated: February 28, 2011</p>
     </td>
   </tr>
 </table>
@@ -3608,6 +3608,9 @@ void (*notify)(FAR struct pm_callback_s *cb, enum pm_state_e pmstate);
     Toolchain supports C++ and <code>CXX</code>, <code>CXXFLAGS</code>, and <code>COMPILEXX</code>
     have been defined in the configurations <code>Make.defs</code> file.
   </li>
+  <li><code>CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE</code>:
+    The platform-specific logic includes support for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture and for the selected toolchain (via <code>up_cxxinitialize()</code>).
+  </li>
 </ul>
 <p>
   Building application code:
diff --git a/configs/README.txt b/configs/README.txt
index 77d8a556bf3..d69abef17fa 100644
--- a/configs/README.txt
+++ b/configs/README.txt
@@ -172,8 +172,11 @@ defconfig -- This is a configuration file similar to the Linux
 		  should not be selected if you are not using the GNU toolchain.
 		CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM - toolchain supports libm.a
 		CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - toolchain supports C++ and CXX, CXXFLAGS, and
-		  COMPILEXX have been defined in the configuratins Make.defs
+		  COMPILEXX have been defined in the configurations Make.defs
 		  file.
+		CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+		  for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+		  and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 
 	Building application code:
 
diff --git a/configs/pcblogic-pic32mx/nsh/defconfig b/configs/pcblogic-pic32mx/nsh/defconfig
index a78f0eac059..877c347a0da 100644
--- a/configs/pcblogic-pic32mx/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/configs/pcblogic-pic32mx/nsh/defconfig
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
 # CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -345,6 +348,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=0
diff --git a/configs/sim/nsh/defconfig b/configs/sim/nsh/defconfig
index c7f34c4eec9..5df10979a36 100644
--- a/configs/sim/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/configs/sim/nsh/defconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_SIM=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
 # CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=0
diff --git a/configs/sim/nsh2/defconfig b/configs/sim/nsh2/defconfig
index 0aca02af7ad..9d2e963c31a 100644
--- a/configs/sim/nsh2/defconfig
+++ b/configs/sim/nsh2/defconfig
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ CONFIG_SIM_TOUCHSCREEN=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPHICS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INPUT=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=0
diff --git a/configs/sim/nx/defconfig b/configs/sim/nx/defconfig
index ee89a97d755..d5977f3f55a 100644
--- a/configs/sim/nx/defconfig
+++ b/configs/sim/nx/defconfig
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ CONFIG_SIM_FBBPP=8
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
 # CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPHICS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=0
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/RIDE/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/RIDE/defconfig
index 6ef6fcb8fb6..f1614be855b 100755
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/RIDE/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/RIDE/defconfig
@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -351,6 +354,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/buttons/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/buttons/defconfig
index 93f4ac7f07a..bc827fe5e41 100644
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/buttons/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/buttons/defconfig
@@ -274,7 +274,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -363,6 +366,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/composite/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/composite/defconfig
index f7c80bbfda2..39e79d08776 100755
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/composite/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/composite/defconfig
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_USB=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nsh/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nsh/defconfig
index de514eab4fb..65d2710ec42 100755
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nsh/defconfig
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -359,6 +362,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nsh2/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nsh2/defconfig
index 51f8fdc70b3..9967cdbf706 100644
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nsh2/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nsh2/defconfig
@@ -318,7 +318,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -410,6 +413,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_USB=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_CAN=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nx/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nx/defconfig
index 25ccc573875..823d67a5a86 100644
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nx/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nx/defconfig
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPHICS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LCD=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nxlines/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nxlines/defconfig
index e93f1d6a3b3..f457cccbc36 100644
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nxlines/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nxlines/defconfig
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPHICS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LCD=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nxtext/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nxtext/defconfig
index 3f65134c23e..b52c387d9ab 100644
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/nxtext/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/nxtext/defconfig
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPHICS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LCD=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/ostest/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/ostest/defconfig
index ba92bb9f790..5e5c4f419e0 100755
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/ostest/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/ostest/defconfig
@@ -298,7 +298,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -387,6 +390,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/usbserial/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/usbserial/defconfig
index 14842092dd7..65aee85d8c0 100755
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/usbserial/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/usbserial/defconfig
@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -362,6 +365,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_USB=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3210e-eval/usbstorage/defconfig b/configs/stm3210e-eval/usbstorage/defconfig
index f470dfcf985..6f7561d372f 100755
--- a/configs/stm3210e-eval/usbstorage/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3210e-eval/usbstorage/defconfig
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_USB=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/dhcpd/defconfig b/configs/stm3240g-eval/dhcpd/defconfig
index 049b8f696cd..0b6b59adebb 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/dhcpd/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/dhcpd/defconfig
@@ -390,7 +390,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -479,6 +482,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/dhcpd/ld.script b/configs/stm3240g-eval/dhcpd/ld.script
index 32aa79e3951..48653f32247 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/dhcpd/ld.script
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/dhcpd/ld.script
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	} > flash
 
+	.init_section : {
+		_sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+		*(.init_array .init_array.*)
+		_einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+	} > flash
+
 	__exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	.ARM.exidx : {
 		*(.ARM.exidx*)
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nettest/defconfig b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nettest/defconfig
index 851aa05a151..0bda593c338 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nettest/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nettest/defconfig
@@ -390,7 +390,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -479,6 +482,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nettest/ld.script b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nettest/ld.script
index 22b041c75fa..29bd8634e5d 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nettest/ld.script
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nettest/ld.script
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	} > flash
 
+	.init_section : {
+		_sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+		*(.init_array .init_array.*)
+		_einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+	} > flash
+
 	__exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	.ARM.exidx : {
 		*(.ARM.exidx*)
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh/defconfig b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh/defconfig
index 5a8646541ff..4a6f39426b3 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh/defconfig
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
 # CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -524,6 +527,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_PWM=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_CAN=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_I2C=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh/ld.script b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh/ld.script
index e7dae66bf3a..dc7c5afbd87 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh/ld.script
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh/ld.script
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	} > flash
 
+	.init_section : {
+		_sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+		*(.init_array .init_array.*)
+		_einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+	} > flash
+
 	__exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	.ARM.exidx : {
 		*(.ARM.exidx*)
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh2/defconfig b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh2/defconfig
index 4a7d2204248..d34eca00351 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh2/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh2/defconfig
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
 # CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -526,6 +529,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_CAN=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_I2C=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_DMA=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh2/ld.script b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh2/ld.script
index 86cd7a836f7..329b4a9a030 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh2/ld.script
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/nsh2/ld.script
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	} > flash
 
+	.init_section : {
+		_sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+		*(.init_array .init_array.*)
+		_einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+	} > flash
+
 	__exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	.ARM.exidx : {
 		*(.ARM.exidx*)
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/ostest/defconfig b/configs/stm3240g-eval/ostest/defconfig
index dae06e1cf32..cb5a1bf7b53 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/ostest/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/ostest/defconfig
@@ -388,7 +388,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -476,6 +479,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/ostest/ld.script b/configs/stm3240g-eval/ostest/ld.script
index 7facca4a0cd..3fabe9bbe70 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/ostest/ld.script
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/ostest/ld.script
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	} > flash
 
+	.init_section : {
+		_sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+		*(.init_array .init_array.*)
+		_einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+	} > flash
+
 	__exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	.ARM.exidx : {
 		*(.ARM.exidx*)
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/src/Makefile b/configs/stm3240g-eval/src/Makefile
index 99c10a91349..383ee68cf76 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/src/Makefile
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/src/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ AOBJS		= $(ASRCS:.S=$(OBJEXT))
 
 CSRCS		= up_boot.c up_spi.c
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_CXX),y)
+CSRCS		+= up_cxxinitialize.c
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS),y)
 CSRCS		+= up_autoleds.c
 else
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/src/up_cxxinitialize.c b/configs/stm3240g-eval/src/up_cxxinitialize.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b779c65ffc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/src/up_cxxinitialize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/************************************************************************************
+ * configs/stm3240g-eval/src/up_cxxinitialize.c
+ * arch/arm/src/board/up_cxxinitialize.c
+ *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2012 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
+ *   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *    distribution.
+ * 3. Neither the name NuttX nor the names of its contributors may be
+ *    used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+ *    without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+ * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+ * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
+ * OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
+ * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
+ * ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************************/
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ************************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#include <debug.h>
+
+#include <nuttx/arch.h>
+
+#include <arch/stm32/chip.h>
+#include "chip.h"
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXX) && defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE)
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Definitions
+ ************************************************************************************/
+/* Debug ****************************************************************************/
+/* Non-standard debug that may be enabled just for testing the static constructors */
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG
+#  undef CONFIG_DEBUG_CXX
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CXX
+#  define cxxdbg              dbg
+#  define cxxlldbg            lldbg
+#  ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE
+#    define cxxvdbg           vdbg
+#    define cxxllvdbg         llvdbg
+#  else
+#    define cxxvdbg(x...)
+#    define cxxllvdbg(x...)
+#  endif
+#else
+#  define cxxdbg(x...)
+#  define cxxlldbg(x...)
+#  define cxxvdbg(x...)
+#  define cxxllvdbg(x...)
+#endif
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Private Types
+ ************************************************************************************/
+/* This type defines one entry in initialization array */
+
+typedef void (*initializer_t)(void);
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * External references
+ ************************************************************************************/
+/* _sinit and _einit are symbols exported by the linker script that mark the
+ * beginning and the end of the C++ initialization section.
+ */
+
+extern initializer_t _sinit;
+extern initializer_t _einit;
+
+/* _stext and _etext are symbols exported by the linker script that mark the
+ * beginning and the end of text.
+ */
+
+extern uint32_t _stext;
+extern uint32_t _etext;
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Private Functions
+ ************************************************************************************/
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ************************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: up_cxxinitialize
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   If C++ and C++ static constructors are supported, then this function
+ *   must be provided by board-specific logic in order to perform
+ *   initialization of the static C++ class instances.
+ *
+ *   This function should then be called in the application-specific
+ *   user_start logic in order to perform the C++ initialization.  NOTE
+ *   that no component of the core NuttX RTOS logic is involved; This
+ *   function defintion only provides the 'contract' between application
+ *   specific C++ code and platform-specific toolchain support
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+void up_cxxinitialize(void)
+{
+  initializer_t *initp;
+
+  cxxdbg("_sinit: %p _einit: %p _stext: %p _etext: %p\n",
+         &_sinit, &_einit, &_stext, &_etext);
+
+  /* Visit each entry in the initialzation table */
+
+  for (initp = &_sinit; initp != &_einit; initp++)
+    {
+      initializer_t initializer = *initp;
+      cxxdbg("initp: %p initializer: %p\n", initp, initializer);
+
+      /* Make sure that the address is non-NULL and lies in the text region
+       * defined by the linker script.  Some toolchains may put NULL values
+       * or counts in the initialization table
+       */
+
+      if ((void*)initializer > (void*)&_stext && (void*)initializer < (void*)&_etext)
+        {
+          cxxdbg("Calling %p\n", initializer);
+          initializer();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_CXX && CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE */
+
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/telnetd/defconfig b/configs/stm3240g-eval/telnetd/defconfig
index 3380c187f14..107c1775528 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/telnetd/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/telnetd/defconfig
@@ -390,7 +390,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -479,6 +482,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm3240g-eval/telnetd/ld.script b/configs/stm3240g-eval/telnetd/ld.script
index 433bdac3a8d..8108d7545fe 100644
--- a/configs/stm3240g-eval/telnetd/ld.script
+++ b/configs/stm3240g-eval/telnetd/ld.script
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	} > flash
 
+	.init_section : {
+		_sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+		*(.init_array .init_array.*)
+		_einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+	} > flash
+
 	__exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	.ARM.exidx : {
 		*(.ARM.exidx*)
diff --git a/configs/stm32f4discovery/nsh/defconfig b/configs/stm32f4discovery/nsh/defconfig
index 61c4d51f5a9..4c64b29f194 100755
--- a/configs/stm32f4discovery/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32f4discovery/nsh/defconfig
@@ -373,6 +373,9 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
 # CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -470,6 +473,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_PWM=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_CAN=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_QENCODER=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm32f4discovery/nsh/ld.script b/configs/stm32f4discovery/nsh/ld.script
index 1c5fcd4f683..264440d1464 100755
--- a/configs/stm32f4discovery/nsh/ld.script
+++ b/configs/stm32f4discovery/nsh/ld.script
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	} > flash
 
+	.init_section : {
+		_sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+		*(.init_array .init_array.*)
+		_einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+	} > flash
+
 	__exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	.ARM.exidx : {
 		*(.ARM.exidx*)
diff --git a/configs/stm32f4discovery/ostest/defconfig b/configs/stm32f4discovery/ostest/defconfig
index 26b3c570ef4..f54b95725e6 100755
--- a/configs/stm32f4discovery/ostest/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32f4discovery/ostest/defconfig
@@ -355,7 +355,10 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE - enables verbose debug output
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
-# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++S
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -443,6 +446,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE=n
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=n
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
diff --git a/configs/stm32f4discovery/ostest/ld.script b/configs/stm32f4discovery/ostest/ld.script
index fbdfe21c771..274f020ae28 100755
--- a/configs/stm32f4discovery/ostest/ld.script
+++ b/configs/stm32f4discovery/ostest/ld.script
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	} > flash
 
+	.init_section : {
+		_sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+		*(.init_array .init_array.*)
+		_einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+	} > flash
+
 	__exidx_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 	.ARM.exidx : {
 		*(.ARM.exidx*)
diff --git a/configs/stm32f4discovery/src/Makefile b/configs/stm32f4discovery/src/Makefile
index 88fd4e0ecc0..074f8518ef9 100644
--- a/configs/stm32f4discovery/src/Makefile
+++ b/configs/stm32f4discovery/src/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ AOBJS		= $(ASRCS:.S=$(OBJEXT))
 
 CSRCS		= up_boot.c up_spi.c
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_CXX),y)
+CSRCS		+= up_cxxinitialize.c
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS),y)
 CSRCS		+= up_autoleds.c
 else
diff --git a/configs/stm32f4discovery/src/up_cxxinitialize.c b/configs/stm32f4discovery/src/up_cxxinitialize.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..402dfb11140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/stm32f4discovery/src/up_cxxinitialize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/************************************************************************************
+ * configs/stm32f4discovery/src/up_cxxinitialize.c
+ * arch/arm/src/board/up_cxxinitialize.c
+ *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2012 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
+ *   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *    distribution.
+ * 3. Neither the name NuttX nor the names of its contributors may be
+ *    used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+ *    without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+ * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+ * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
+ * OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
+ * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
+ * ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************************/
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ************************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#include <debug.h>
+
+#include <nuttx/arch.h>
+
+#include <arch/stm32/chip.h>
+#include "chip.h"
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXX) && defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE)
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Definitions
+ ************************************************************************************/
+/* Debug ****************************************************************************/
+/* Non-standard debug that may be enabled just for testing the static constructors */
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG
+#  undef CONFIG_DEBUG_CXX
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CXX
+#  define cxxdbg              dbg
+#  define cxxlldbg            lldbg
+#  ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE
+#    define cxxvdbg           vdbg
+#    define cxxllvdbg         llvdbg
+#  else
+#    define cxxvdbg(x...)
+#    define cxxllvdbg(x...)
+#  endif
+#else
+#  define cxxdbg(x...)
+#  define cxxlldbg(x...)
+#  define cxxvdbg(x...)
+#  define cxxllvdbg(x...)
+#endif
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Private Types
+ ************************************************************************************/
+/* This type defines one entry in initialization array */
+
+typedef void (*initializer_t)(void);
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * External references
+ ************************************************************************************/
+/* _sinit and _einit are symbols exported by the linker script that mark the
+ * beginning and the end of the C++ initialization section.
+ */
+
+extern initializer_t _sinit;
+extern initializer_t _einit;
+
+/* _stext and _etext are symbols exported by the linker script that mark the
+ * beginning and the end of text.
+ */
+
+extern uint32_t _stext;
+extern uint32_t _etext;
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Private Functions
+ ************************************************************************************/
+
+/************************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ************************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: up_cxxinitialize
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   If C++ and C++ static constructors are supported, then this function
+ *   must be provided by board-specific logic in order to perform
+ *   initialization of the static C++ class instances.
+ *
+ *   This function should then be called in the application-specific
+ *   user_start logic in order to perform the C++ initialization.  NOTE
+ *   that no component of the core NuttX RTOS logic is involved; This
+ *   function defintion only provides the 'contract' between application
+ *   specific C++ code and platform-specific toolchain support
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+void up_cxxinitialize(void)
+{
+  initializer_t *initp;
+
+  cxxdbg("_sinit: %p _einit: %p _stext: %p _etext: %p\n",
+         &_sinit, &_einit, &_stext, &_etext);
+
+  /* Visit each entry in the initialzation table */
+
+  for (initp = &_sinit; initp != &_einit; initp++)
+    {
+      initializer_t initializer = *initp;
+      cxxdbg("initp: %p initializer: %p\n", initp, initializer);
+
+      /* Make sure that the address is non-NULL and lies in the text region
+       * defined by the linker script.  Some toolchains may put NULL values
+       * or counts in the initialization table
+       */
+
+      if ((void*)initializer > (void*)&_stext && (void*)initializer < (void*)&_etext)
+        {
+          cxxdbg("Calling %p\n", initializer);
+          initializer();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_CXX && CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE */
+
diff --git a/configs/sure-pic32mx/nsh/defconfig b/configs/sure-pic32mx/nsh/defconfig
index 1f7400c379b..f90d09bcc18 100644
--- a/configs/sure-pic32mx/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/configs/sure-pic32mx/nsh/defconfig
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_LIBM=n
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS - build without optimization and with
 #   debug symbols (needed for use with a debugger).
 # CONFIG_HAVE_CXX - Enable support for C++
+# CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE - The platform-specific logic includes support
+#   for initialization of static C++ instances for this architecture
+#   and for the selected toolchain (via up_cxxinitialize()).
 # CONFIG_MM_REGIONS - If the architecture includes multiple
 #   regions of memory to allocate from, this specifies the
 #   number of memory regions that the memory manager must
@@ -349,6 +352,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_USB=n
 CONFIG_PIC32MX_USBDEV_REGDEBUG=n
 
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=n
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=n
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=1
 CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=0
diff --git a/include/nuttx/arch.h b/include/nuttx/arch.h
index 5d181ecb4f9..18b5e911205 100644
--- a/include/nuttx/arch.h
+++ b/include/nuttx/arch.h
@@ -500,6 +500,26 @@ EXTERN char up_romgetc(FAR const char *ptr);
 EXTERN void up_mdelay(unsigned int milliseconds);
 EXTERN void up_udelay(useconds_t microseconds);
 
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: up_cxxinitialize
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   If C++ and C++ static constructors are supported, then this function
+ *   must be provided by board-specific logic in order to perform
+ *   initialization of the static C++ class instances.
+ *
+ *   This function should then be called in the application-specific
+ *   user_start logic in order to perform the C++ initialization.  NOTE
+ *   that no component of the core NuttX RTOS logic is involved; This
+ *   function defintion only provides the 'contract' between application
+ *   specific C++ code and platform-specific toolchain support
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXX) && defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE)
+EXTERN void up_cxxinitialize(void);
+#endif
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * These are standard interfaces that are exported by the OS
  * for use by the architecture specific logic
diff --git a/libxx/Makefile b/libxx/Makefile
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 0326e64e45b..f34a5260008
--- a/libxx/Makefile
+++ b/libxx/Makefile
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ ASRCS		=
 AOBJS		= $(ASRCS:.S=$(OBJEXT))
 CSRCS		= 
 COBJS		= $(CSRCS:.c=$(OBJEXT))
-CXXSRCS		= libxx_new.cxx libxx_newa.cxx libxx_delete.cxx \
-		  libxx_deletea.cxx libxx_cxapurevirtual.cxx
+CXXSRCS		= libxx_cxapurevirtual.cxx libxx_delete.cxx libxx_deletea.cxx \
+			  libxx_eabi_atexit.cxx libxx_new.cxx libxx_newa.cxx 
 CXXOBJS		= $(CXXSRCS:.cxx=$(OBJEXT))
 
 SRCS		= $(ASRCS) $(CSRCS) $(CXXSRCS)
diff --git a/libxx/README.txt b/libxx/README.txt
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diff --git a/libxx/libxx_cxapurevirtual.cxx b/libxx/libxx_cxapurevirtual.cxx
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diff --git a/libxx/libxx_delete.cxx b/libxx/libxx_delete.cxx
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diff --git a/libxx/libxx_deletea.cxx b/libxx/libxx_deletea.cxx
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diff --git a/libxx/libxx_eabi_atexit.cxx b/libxx/libxx_eabi_atexit.cxx
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+++ b/libxx/libxx_eabi_atexit.cxx
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+//***************************************************************************
+// libxx/libxx_eabi_atexit.cxx
+//
+//   Copyright (C) 2012 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
+//   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+// are met:
+//
+// 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+//    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+// 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+//    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+//    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+//    distribution.
+// 3. Neither the name NuttX nor the names of its contributors may be
+//    used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+//    without specific prior written permission.
+//
+// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
+// FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+// INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+// BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
+// OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
+// AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+// LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
+// ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+// POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+//
+//***************************************************************************
+
+//***************************************************************************
+// Included Files
+//***************************************************************************
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+//***************************************************************************
+// Definitions
+//***************************************************************************
+
+//***************************************************************************
+// Private Data
+//***************************************************************************
+
+extern "C"
+{
+  //*************************************************************************
+  // Public Data
+  //*************************************************************************
+
+  void *__dso_handle = NULL;
+
+  //*************************************************************************
+  // Public Functions
+  //*************************************************************************
+
+  //*************************************************************************
+  // Name: __aeabi_atexit
+  //
+  // Description:
+  //   Registers static object destructors.  Normally atexit(f) should call
+  //   __aeabi_atexit (NULL, f, NULL).  But in the usage model here, static
+  //   constructors are initialized at power up and are never destroyed
+  //   because they have global scope and must persist for as long as the
+  //   embedded device is powered on.
+  //
+  // Reference:
+  //   http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0041c/IHI0041C_cppabi.pdf
+  //
+  //*************************************************************************
+
+  int __aeabi_atexit(void* object, void (*destroyer)(void*), void *dso_handle)
+    {
+      //return __cxa_atexit(destroyer, object, dso_handle); // 0 ? OK; non-0 ? failed }
+      return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libxx/libxx_new.cxx b/libxx/libxx_new.cxx
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diff --git a/libxx/libxx_newa.cxx b/libxx/libxx_newa.cxx
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