TASKING VX-toolset for ARM User Guide

Assembly Language.SECTION, .ENDSECSyntax.SECTION name[,at( address)].....ENDSECDescriptionWith the .SECTION directive you define a new section. Each time you use the .SECTION directive, anew section is created. It is possible to create multiple sections with exactly the same name.If you define a section, you must always specify the section name. The names have a special meaningto the locating process and have to start with a predefined name, optionally extended by a dot '.' and auser defined name. The predefined section name also determines the type of the section (code, data ordebug). Optionally, you can specify the at() attribute to locate a section at a specific address.You can use the following predefined section names:Section name.text.data.bss.rodata.debugDescriptionCode sectionsInitialized dataUninitialized data (cleared)ROM data (constants)Debug sectionsSection typecodedatadatadatadebugSections of a specified type are located by the linker in a memory space. The space names are definedin a so-called 'linker script file' (files with the extension .lsl) delivered with the product in the directoryinstallation-dir\include.lsl.Example.SECTION .data;;.ENDSEC; Declare a .data section.SECTION .data.abs, at(0x0) ; Declare a .data.abs section at; an absolute address;;.ENDSECRelated Information.OFFSET (Move location counter forwards)129