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I want to place an object file, which is contained inside a library into a named section.
I try the example given in spnu188i ARM Assembler Tools Manual:
SECTIONS
{
boot > BOOT1
{
-l=rts32e.lib<boot.obj> (.text)
}
}
The linker gives me 3 error messages:
-l must specify a file
can not find file .text
can not find file boot.obj
The library is also included in the project (first line in linker cmd file). Without the Boot Section the program links without errors. Using CCS4.2.1.0004
Best regards
Ernst
Ernst,
When you create a project in CCS, it defaults to an "automatic" runtime library selection, meaning that the tools will link in an appropriate runtime library based on your device and other selections (such as endianness, output formatc etc). In your case this is defaulting to rtsv5_A_le_eabi.lib (for ARM9, little endian, eabi selections that were picked during the project wizard). Since this library is picked on the command line prior to the linker command file (take a look at the build command in the console view), it is getting allocated first and then there is no matching boot.obj (.text) section when it encounters it in the linker command file.
If you want to use the rts32e.lib instead of letting the tools choose a default, pick that library in the Project Build Properties->CCS Build
When you do this you can comment out the " -l rts32e.lib" line in your linker command file and use this sytax to place boot.obj in a specific section:
boot > IRAM { -lrts32e.lib<boot.obj> ( .text) }
You may also want to consider using one of the rtsv5*.lib which would be more appropriate for your configuration, in which case you can just select the desired runtime library in the drop-down list shown above, and then modify the specification in the linker command file accordingly.
