CodeWarrior Linker Command File (LCF) for Kinetis - Freescale ...

Creating an LCF for a Sample ROM Project
* (.data)
.= ALIGN(0x4) ;
*(.ARM.extab)
.= ALIGN(0x4) ;
__exception_table_start__ = .;
EXCEPTION
__exception_table_end__ = .;
.= ALIGN(0x4) ;
__sinit__ = .;
STATICINIT
.= ALIGN(0x8) ;
} > m_data
The first line contains the instruction AT with the label ___ROM_AT as parameter. This means that the
content of section .app_data is going to be resident in the flash address pointed by label ___ROM_AT.
Then, the startup code performs a routine to copy this data from Flash to RAM using the information
provided in section .romp. This routine can be found in the startup.c file.
The uninitialized data placed in RAM following the m_data.
Listing 5. Section .bss
.bss :
{
.= ALIGN(0x4) ;
__START_BSS = .;
* (.bss)
__END_BSS = .;
.= ALIGN(0x8) ;
} >> m_data
Listing 6. Section .app_data
_romp_at = ___ROM_AT + SIZEOF(.app_data);
.romp : AT(_romp_at)
{
__S_romp = _romp_at; /* structure address used to copy ROM to RAM, if 0 there is no ROM
to RAM copy */
WRITEW(___ROM_AT); /* start address of .app_data in ROM */
WRITEW(ADDR(.app_data)); /*Address of .app_data in RAM, where the data need to be copied */
WRITEW(SIZEOF(.app_data));
WRITEW(0);
WRITEW(0);
WRITEW(0);
}
NOTE The section details are provided in MCU_Kinetis_Compiler.pdf.
The sections are allocated to segments in the order given in SECTIONS block of lcf file.
Variables are added in LCF and these can be used in application as well as internally in linker tool for
computation.
CodeWarrior Linker Command File (LCF) for Kinetis Application Note
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