.section name, subsection

Assemble the following code into end of subsection numbered subsection in the COFF named section name. If you omit subsection, as uses subsection number zero. `.section .text' is equivalent to the .text directive; `.section .data' is equivalent to the .data directive. This directive is only supported for targets that actually support arbitrarily named sections; on a.out targets, for example, it is not accepted, even with a standard a.out section name as its parameter.