RE: [ECOS] moving functions into RAM

["Matt Sartori" <msartori@hanoverdisplays.com>]

Ok, solved it myself :)
It seems that the functions that you put in sections need to be in a
separate source file.

Unfortunately the relevant code seems to remain in flash...does the
linker place the section in ram or is it simply providing a convenient
label for Redboot to use to relocate from ROM to RAM? I'm a bit shaky on
this side of things. Objdump shows the flash addresses where the code
goes; should it not also show RAM addresses for things you've asked to
be placed in RAM?

m@

-----Original Message-----
From: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org
[mailto:ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org] On Behalf Of Matt
Sartori
Sent: 19 September 2005 13:55
To: eCos Discussion
Subject: [ECOS] moving functions into RAM

Hi all,
I've looked through all the archived posts that mention the 
	Relocation truncated to fit: R_ARM_PC24
and any mention of
	__attribute__ (section(

in the hope of finding any hint as to why I'm failing to link with the
above relocation error.
I'm trying to ensure that a function is loaded to RAM instead of flash. 
I'm doing so by adding a section attribute to the end of my function
declaration:

void FLASH_SectorErase(u32 Xsectors) __attribute__ ((section
(".2ram.flashsectorerase")));

I get the linker errors at all the points in the source where I'm
calling the FLASH_SectorErase presumably because the BL target address
won't fit in the 24 bits available to the address. I've edited the
redboot/current/makefile to add a -mlong-calls but to no avail.

Is the linker ignoring the argument or am I missing something else?

Any info appreciated.

m@

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