Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TMS320F28377S
Hi,
From the QA below, the codestart from Flash should be 0x80000 for standalone operation.
In my output TXT file for SCI kernel, the code is executed from 0x85D79.
Looking at the linker command file, the code start is set to start at 0x80000. I would like to know what is the reason for the code start change.

/*
//###########################################################################
//
// FILE: F280039_flash_lnk.cmd
//
// TITLE: Linker Command File For F280039 Device
//
//###########################################################################
*/
MEMORY
{
BOOT_RSVD : origin = 0x00000002, length = 0x00000126
RAMM0 : origin = 0x00000128, length = 0x000002D8
RAMM1 : origin = 0x00000400, length = 0x000003F8 /* on-chip RAM block M1 */
// RAMM1_RSVD : origin = 0x000007F8, length = 0x00000008 /* Reserve and do not use for code as per the errata advisory "Memory: Prefetching Beyond Valid Memory" */
// RAMLS0 : origin = 0x00008000, length = 0x00000800
// RAMLS1 : origin = 0x00008800, length = 0x00000800
RAMLS0_2 : origin = 0x00008000, length = 0x00001800
// RAMLS2 : origin = 0x00009000, length = 0x00000800
RAMLS3 : origin = 0x00009800, length = 0x00000800
RAMLS4 : origin = 0x0000A000, length = 0x00000800
//RAMLS5 : origin = 0x0000A800, length = 0x00000800
//RAMLS6 : origin = 0x0000B000, length = 0x00000800
RAMLS_5_6 :origin = 0x0000A800,length = 0x00001000
RAMLS7 : origin = 0x0000B800, length = 0x00000800
/* Combining all the LS RAMs */
//RAMLS : origin = 0x00008000, length = 0x00004000
RAMGS0 : origin = 0x0000C000, length = 0x00001000
RAMGS1 : origin = 0x0000D000, length = 0x00001000
RAMGS2 : origin = 0x0000E000, length = 0x00001000
RAMGS3 : origin = 0x0000F000, length = 0x00000FF8
// RAMGS3_RSVD : origin = 0x000FFF8, length = 0x00000008 /* Reserve and do not use for code as per the errata advisory "Memory: Prefetching Beyond Valid Memory" */
BOOTROM : origin = 0x003F8000, length = 0x00007FC0
SECURE_ROM : origin = 0x003F2000, length = 0x00006000
RESET : origin = 0x003FFFC0, length = 0x00000002
CLA1_MSGRAMLOW : origin = 0x001480, length = 0x000080
CLA1_MSGRAMHIGH : origin = 0x001500, length = 0x000080
#ifdef __TI_COMPILER_VERSION__
#if __TI_COMPILER_VERSION__ >= 20012000
GROUP { /* GROUP memory ranges for crc/checksum of entire flash */
#endif
#endif
BEGIN : origin = 0x00080000, length = 0x00000002
/* Flash sectors */
/* BANK 0 */
FLASH_BANK0_SEC0 : origin = 0x080002, length = 0x000FFE
FLASH_BANK0_SEC1 : origin = 0x081000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC2 : origin = 0x082000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC3 : origin = 0x083000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC4 : origin = 0x084000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC5 : origin = 0x085000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC6 : origin = 0x086000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC7 : origin = 0x087000, length = 0x001000
//FLASH_BANK0_SEC8 : origin = 0x088000, length = 0x001000
//FLASH_BANK0_SEC9 : origin = 0x089000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC8_9 : origin = 0x088000, length = 0x002000 /* on-chip Flash */
FLASH_BANK0_SEC10 : origin = 0x08A000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC11 : origin = 0x08B000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC12_13 : origin = 0x08C000, length = 0x002000
// FLASH_BANK0_SEC12 : origin = 0x08C000, length = 0x001000
// FLASH_BANK0_SEC13 : origin = 0x08D000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK0_SEC14_15 : origin = 0x08E000, length = 0x001FF0
//FLASH_BANK0_SEC14_15 : origin = 0x08E000, length = 0x002000
//FLASH_BANK0_SEC15 : origin = 0x08F000, length = 0x001000
SW_PROGRAM_VER : origin = 0x0008FFF0, length = 0x00000010
/* BANK 1 */
FLASH_BANK1_SEC0 : origin = 0x090000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC1 : origin = 0x091000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC2 : origin = 0x092000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC3 : origin = 0x093000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC4 : origin = 0x094000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC5 : origin = 0x095000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC6 : origin = 0x096000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC7 : origin = 0x097000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC8 : origin = 0x098000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC9 : origin = 0x099000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC10 : origin = 0x09A000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC11 : origin = 0x09B000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC12 : origin = 0x09C000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC13 : origin = 0x09D000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC14 : origin = 0x09E000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK1_SEC15 : origin = 0x09F000, length = 0x001000
/* BANK 2 */
FLASH_BANK2_SEC0 : origin = 0x0A0000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC1 : origin = 0x0A1000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC2 : origin = 0x0A2000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC3 : origin = 0x0A3000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC4 : origin = 0x0A4000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC5 : origin = 0x0A5000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC6 : origin = 0x0A6000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC7 : origin = 0x0A7000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC8 : origin = 0x0A8000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC9 : origin = 0x0A9000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC10 : origin = 0x0AA000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC11 : origin = 0x0AB000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC12 : origin = 0x0AC000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC13 : origin = 0x0AD000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC14 : origin = 0x0AE000, length = 0x001000
FLASH_BANK2_SEC15 : origin = 0x0AF000, length = 0x000FF0
FLASH_BANK2_SEC15_DO_NOT_USE : origin = 0x0AFFF0, length = 0x000010 /* Reserve and do not use for code as per the errata advisory "Memory: Prefetching Beyond Valid Memory" */
#ifdef __TI_COMPILER_VERSION__
#if __TI_COMPILER_VERSION__ >= 20012000
} crc(_ccs_flash_checksum, algorithm=C28_CHECKSUM_16)
#endif
#endif
}
SECTIONS
{
codestart : > BEGIN, ALIGN(8)
.text : >> FLASH_BANK0_SEC2 | FLASH_BANK0_SEC3 | FLASH_BANK0_SEC4 | FLASH_BANK0_SEC5 | FLASH_BANK0_SEC6 | FLASH_BANK0_SEC7 | FLASH_BANK0_SEC8_9 | FLASH_BANK0_SEC10 | FLASH_BANK0_SEC11, ALIGN(8)
.cinit : > FLASH_BANK0_SEC1, ALIGN(8)
.switch : > FLASH_BANK0_SEC1, ALIGN(8)
.reset : > RESET, TYPE = DSECT /* not used, */
.stack : > RAMM1
#if defined(__TI_EABI__)
.init_array : > FLASH_BANK0_SEC1, ALIGN(8)
.bss : > RAMLS5
.bss:output : > RAMLS3
.bss:cio : > RAMLS0
.data : > RAMLS5
.sysmem : > RAMLS5
.const : > FLASH_BANK0_SEC4, ALIGN(8)
#else
.pinit : > FLASH_BANK0_SEC1, ALIGN(8)
.ebss : > RAMLS_5_6
.esysmem : > RAMLS7
.cio : > RAMLS7
.econst : > FLASH_BANK0_SEC14_15, ALIGN(8)
swversion : > SW_PROGRAM_VER, ALIGN(8)
#endif
ramgs0 : > RAMGS0
ramgs1 : > RAMGS0
.reset : > RESET,TYPE = DSECT /* not used, */
/* Allocate IQ math areas: */
IQmath : > FLASH_BANK0_SEC1, ALIGN(8)
IQmathTables : > FLASH_BANK0_SEC2, ALIGN(8)
/* CLA specific sections */
Cla1Prog : LOAD = FLASH_BANK0_SEC12_13,
RUN = RAMLS0_2,
LOAD_START(_Cla1ProgLoadStart),
RUN_START(_Cla1ProgRunStart),
LOAD_SIZE(_Cla1ProgLoadSize),
ALIGN(8)
Cla1ToCpuMsgRAM : > CLA1_MSGRAMLOW
CpuToCla1MsgRAM : > CLA1_MSGRAMHIGH
.TI.ramfunc : LOAD = FLASH_BANK0_SEC1,
RUN = RAMLS4
LOAD_START(_RamfuncsLoadStart),
LOAD_SIZE(_RamfuncsLoadSize),
LOAD_END(_RamfuncsLoadEnd),
RUN_START(_RamfuncsRunStart),
RUN_SIZE(_RamfuncsRunSize),
RUN_END(_RamfuncsRunEnd),
ALIGN(8)
.scratchpad : > RAMLS3
.bss_cla : > RAMLS3
Cla1DataRam : > RAMLS4
cla_shared : > RAMLS3
CLADataLS1 : > RAMLS3
/* crc/checksum section configured as COPY section to avoid including in executable */
.TI.memcrc : type = COPY
.const_cla : LOAD = FLASH_BANK0_SEC2,
RUN = RAMLS4,
RUN_START(_Cla1ConstRunStart),
LOAD_START(_Cla1ConstLoadStart),
LOAD_SIZE(_Cla1ConstLoadSize),
ALIGN(8)
/* CLAmathライブラリ配置セクション */
CLA1mathTables : LOAD = FLASH_BANK0_SEC3,
RUN = RAMLS4,
RUN_START(_Cla1mathTablesRunStart),
LOAD_START(_Cla1mathTablesLoadStart),
LOAD_SIZE(_Cla1mathTablesLoadSize),
ALIGN(8)
}
/*
//###########################################################################
// End of file.
//###########################################################################
*/
Thanks,
Conor
