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Chapter 8 Using scatter files The following topics describe how you use scatter files with armlink to create complex images: Tasks • Specifying stack and heap using the scatter file on page 8-12 • Creating root execution regions on page 8-14 • Using the FIXED attribute to create root regions on page 8-17 • Placing functions and data at specific addresses on page 8-18 • Placing a named section explicitly using scatter-loading on page 8-23 • Placing unassigned sections with the .ANY module selector on page 8-25 • Selecting veneer input sections in scatter-loading descriptions on page 8-34 • Using __attribute__((section("name"))) on page 8-35 • Using __at sections to place sections at a specific address on page 8-37 • Placing a key in flash memory using __at on page 8-42 • Placing a structure over a peripheral register using __at on page 8-43 • Reserving an empty region on page 8-52 • Using preprocessing commands in a scatter file on page 8-57 • Using expression evaluation in a scatter file to avoid padding on page 8-59. Concepts • About scatter-loading on page 8-3 • When to use scatter-loading on page 8-4 • Scatter-loading command-line option on page 8-5 ARM DUI 0474C Copyright © 2010-2011 ARM. All rights reserved. 8-1 ID080411 Non-Confidential
Using scatter files • Images with a simple memory map on page 8-7 • Images with a complex memory map on page 8-9 • Linker-defined symbols that are not defined when scatter-loading on page 8-11 • What is a root region? on page 8-13 • Examples of using placement algorithms for .ANY sections on page 8-28 • Example of next_fit algorithm showing behavior of full regions, selectors, and priority on page 8-30 • Examples of using sorting algorithms for .ANY sections on page 8-32 • Restrictions on placing __at sections on page 8-38 • Automatic placement of __at sections on page 8-39 • Manual placement of __at sections on page 8-41 • Placement of sections with overlays on page 8-44 • About placing ARM C and C++ library code on page 8-47 • Example of placing code in a root region on page 8-48 • Example of placing ARM C library code on page 8-49 • Example of placing ARM C++ library code on page 8-50 • Example of placing ARM library helper functions on page 8-51 • About creating regions on page boundaries on page 8-54 • Overalignment of execution regions and input sections on page 8-56 • Expression evaluation in scatter files on page 8-58 • Equivalent scatter-loading descriptions for simple images on page 8-60 • Type 1 image, one load region and contiguous execution regions on page 8-61 • Type 2 image, one load region and non-contiguous execution regions on page 8-63 • Type 3 image, two load regions and non-contiguous execution regions on page 8-65 • Scatter file to ELF mapping on page 8-67. Developing Software for ARM ® Processors: • Scatter-loading file with link to bit-band objects on page 3-16. ARM DUI 0474C Copyright © 2010-2011 ARM. All rights reserved. 8-2 ID080411 Non-Confidential
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Contents ARM Compiler toolchain Usi
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Contents 7.15 Creating a symdefs fi
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Chapter 1 Conventions and feedback
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Chapter 2 Overview of the linker Th
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Concepts • Demand paging on page
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2.3 Linker command-line options lis
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Chapter 3 Linking models supported
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3.2 Bare-metal linking model 3.2.1
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Linking models supported by armlink
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Image structure and generation •
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4.27 Use of the strict family of op
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