In my map file the SFR, PERIPHERALS_8BIT, and PERIPHERALS_16BIT sections appear to be unused. That can't be correct, I'm using 2 of the microcontroller's UARTs. Any idea what the cause is and can it be fixed so that CCS correctly reports the usage of these sections?
Note that this issue was mentioned in the http://e2e.ti.com/support/microcontrollers/msp430/f/166/p/327869/1143426 thread but I couldn't find the answer there.
The relevant lines of my map file are:
name origin length used unused attr fill
---------------------- -------- --------- -------- -------- ---- --------
SFR 00000000 00000010 00000000 00000010 RWIX
PERIPHERALS_8BIT 00000010 000000f0 00000000 000000f0 RWIX
PERIPHERALS_16BIT 00000100 00000100 00000000 00000100 RWIX
My linker command file is as follows:
/******************************************************************************/
/* lnk_msp430f5438a.cmd - LINKER COMMAND FILE FOR MSP430F5438A PROGRAMS */
/* */
/* Usage: lnk430 <obj files...> -o <out file> -m <map file> lnk.cmd */
/* cl430 <src files...> -z -o <out file> -m <map file> lnk.cmd */
/* */
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* These linker options are for command line linking only. For IDE linking, */
/* you should set your linker options in Project Properties */
/* -c LINK USING C CONVENTIONS */
/* -stack 0x0100 SOFTWARE STACK SIZE */
/* -heap 0x0100 HEAP AREA SIZE */
/* */
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/****************************************************************************/
/* SPECIFY THE SYSTEM MEMORY MAP */
/****************************************************************************/
MEMORY
{
SFR : origin = 0x0000, length = 0x0010
PERIPHERALS_8BIT : origin = 0x0010, length = 0x00F0
PERIPHERALS_16BIT : origin = 0x0100, length = 0x0100
RAM : origin = 0x1C00, length = 0x4000
INFOA : origin = 0x1980, length = 0x0080
INFOB : origin = 0x1900, length = 0x0080
INFOC : origin = 0x1880, length = 0x0080
INFOD : origin = 0x1800, length = 0x0080
FLASH : origin = 0x5C00, length = 0xA380
FLASH2 : origin = 0x10000,length = 0x35C00
INT00 : origin = 0xFF80, length = 0x0002
INT01 : origin = 0xFF82, length = 0x0002
INT02 : origin = 0xFF84, length = 0x0002
INT03 : origin = 0xFF86, length = 0x0002
INT04 : origin = 0xFF88, length = 0x0002
INT05 : origin = 0xFF8A, length = 0x0002
INT06 : origin = 0xFF8C, length = 0x0002
INT07 : origin = 0xFF8E, length = 0x0002
INT08 : origin = 0xFF90, length = 0x0002
INT09 : origin = 0xFF92, length = 0x0002
INT10 : origin = 0xFF94, length = 0x0002
INT11 : origin = 0xFF96, length = 0x0002
INT12 : origin = 0xFF98, length = 0x0002
INT13 : origin = 0xFF9A, length = 0x0002
INT14 : origin = 0xFF9C, length = 0x0002
INT15 : origin = 0xFF9E, length = 0x0002
INT16 : origin = 0xFFA0, length = 0x0002
INT17 : origin = 0xFFA2, length = 0x0002
INT18 : origin = 0xFFA4, length = 0x0002
INT19 : origin = 0xFFA6, length = 0x0002
INT20 : origin = 0xFFA8, length = 0x0002
INT21 : origin = 0xFFAA, length = 0x0002
INT22 : origin = 0xFFAC, length = 0x0002
INT23 : origin = 0xFFAE, length = 0x0002
INT24 : origin = 0xFFB0, length = 0x0002
INT25 : origin = 0xFFB2, length = 0x0002
INT26 : origin = 0xFFB4, length = 0x0002
INT27 : origin = 0xFFB6, length = 0x0002
INT28 : origin = 0xFFB8, length = 0x0002
INT29 : origin = 0xFFBA, length = 0x0002
INT30 : origin = 0xFFBC, length = 0x0002
INT31 : origin = 0xFFBE, length = 0x0002
INT32 : origin = 0xFFC0, length = 0x0002
INT33 : origin = 0xFFC2, length = 0x0002
INT34 : origin = 0xFFC4, length = 0x0002
INT35 : origin = 0xFFC6, length = 0x0002
INT36 : origin = 0xFFC8, length = 0x0002
INT37 : origin = 0xFFCA, length = 0x0002
INT38 : origin = 0xFFCC, length = 0x0002
INT39 : origin = 0xFFCE, length = 0x0002
INT40 : origin = 0xFFD0, length = 0x0002
INT41 : origin = 0xFFD2, length = 0x0002
INT42 : origin = 0xFFD4, length = 0x0002
INT43 : origin = 0xFFD6, length = 0x0002
INT44 : origin = 0xFFD8, length = 0x0002
INT45 : origin = 0xFFDA, length = 0x0002
INT46 : origin = 0xFFDC, length = 0x0002
INT47 : origin = 0xFFDE, length = 0x0002
INT48 : origin = 0xFFE0, length = 0x0002
INT49 : origin = 0xFFE2, length = 0x0002
INT50 : origin = 0xFFE4, length = 0x0002
INT51 : origin = 0xFFE6, length = 0x0002
INT52 : origin = 0xFFE8, length = 0x0002
INT53 : origin = 0xFFEA, length = 0x0002
INT54 : origin = 0xFFEC, length = 0x0002
INT55 : origin = 0xFFEE, length = 0x0002
INT56 : origin = 0xFFF0, length = 0x0002
INT57 : origin = 0xFFF2, length = 0x0002
INT58 : origin = 0xFFF4, length = 0x0002
INT59 : origin = 0xFFF6, length = 0x0002
INT60 : origin = 0xFFF8, length = 0x0002
INT61 : origin = 0xFFFA, length = 0x0002
INT62 : origin = 0xFFFC, length = 0x0002
RESET : origin = 0xFFFE, length = 0x0002
}
/****************************************************************************/
/* SPECIFY THE SECTIONS ALLOCATION INTO MEMORY */
/****************************************************************************/
SECTIONS
{
.bss : {} > RAM /* GLOBAL & STATIC VARS */
.sysmem : {} > RAM /* DYNAMIC MEMORY ALLOCATION AREA */
.stack : {} > RAM (HIGH) /* SOFTWARE SYSTEM STACK */
.text : {}>> FLASH | FLASH2 /* CODE */
.text:_isr : {} > FLASH /* ISR CODE SPACE */
.cinit : {} > FLASH /* INITIALIZATION TABLES */
.const : {} > FLASH /* CONSTANT DATA */
.patch : {} > FLASH2
.cio : {} > RAM /* C I/O BUFFER */
.pinit : {} > FLASH /* C++ CONSTRUCTOR TABLES */
.infoA : {} > INFOA /* MSP430 INFO FLASH MEMORY SEGMENTS */
.infoB : {} > INFOB
.infoC : {} > INFOC
.infoD : {} > INFOD
.int00 : {} > INT00 /* MSP430 INTERRUPT VECTORS */
.int01 : {} > INT01
.int02 : {} > INT02
.int03 : {} > INT03
.int04 : {} > INT04
.int05 : {} > INT05
.int06 : {} > INT06
.int07 : {} > INT07
.int08 : {} > INT08
.int09 : {} > INT09
.int10 : {} > INT10
.int11 : {} > INT11
.int12 : {} > INT12
.int13 : {} > INT13
.int14 : {} > INT14
.int15 : {} > INT15
.int16 : {} > INT16
.int17 : {} > INT17
.int18 : {} > INT18
.int19 : {} > INT19
.int20 : {} > INT20
.int21 : {} > INT21
.int22 : {} > INT22
.int23 : {} > INT23
.int24 : {} > INT24
.int25 : {} > INT25
.int26 : {} > INT26
.int27 : {} > INT27
.int28 : {} > INT28
.int29 : {} > INT29
.int30 : {} > INT30
.int31 : {} > INT31
.int32 : {} > INT32
.int33 : {} > INT33
.int34 : {} > INT34
.int35 : {} > INT35
.int36 : {} > INT36
.int37 : {} > INT37
.int38 : {} > INT38
.int39 : {} > INT39
.int40 : {} > INT40
.int41 : {} > INT41
.int42 : {} > INT42
.int43 : {} > INT43
.int44 : {} > INT44
.int45 : {} > INT45
.int46 : {} > INT46
.int47 : {} > INT47
.int48 : {} > INT48
.int49 : {} > INT49
.int50 : {} > INT50
.int51 : {} > INT51
.int52 : {} > INT52
.int53 : {} > INT53
.int54 : {} > INT54
.int55 : {} > INT55
.int56 : {} > INT56
.int57 : {} > INT57
.int58 : {} > INT58
.int59 : {} > INT59
.int60 : {} > INT60
.int61 : {} > INT61
.int62 : {} > INT62
.reset : {} > RESET /* MSP430 RESET VECTOR */
}
/****************************************************************************/
/* INCLUDE PERIPHERALS MEMORY MAP */
/****************************************************************************/
-l msp430f5438a.cmd
I'm using an MSP430F5438.
Thanks,
Samuel