.template section in command file in CCS 4.1.3

Nicolas GUILLAUME

Prodigy 180 points

Hello,

I trying to use a command file in CCS 4 that works in CCS 3.3 and that contains the following line :

SECTIONS
{
.template > IRAM
}

But I get a linker error :

illegal output section name; ".template" is a reserved section name

Why?

It works if I comment the line. But I am trying to have the same file in my CCS 3.3 projet and in my CCS 4.1.3 project (because it is easier to maintain as every body has not switched to 4.1.3 yet).

Thank you.

Regards

over 13 years ago

0 AartiG over 13 years ago

TI__Guru**** 173310 points

The section name .template is reserved by the compiler, and should not be used in user code. Unfortunately, this is not documented anywhere. We have a request in our database (tracking # SDSCM00035322) to document all reserved section names so users do not use them in their code, but it has not been done yet. I suspect that in the earlier version of the tools (CCS 3.3) the check was not enforced, but now it is.

0 Nicolas GUILLAUME over 13 years ago in reply to AartiG

Prodigy 180 points

Thanks.

In fact in CCS3.3, if we don't put the .template section we get a warning:

>> warning: creating output section .template without SECTIONS 
specification

It is why it is present in our command files.

Regards

0 AartiG over 13 years ago in reply to Nicolas GUILLAUME

TI__Guru**** 173310 points

Nicolas GUILLAUME said:
In fact in CCS3.3, if we don't put the .template section we get a warning:
>> warning: creating output section .template without SECTIONS 
specification

It is why it is present in our command files.

Could you check if your code is defining a section with this name somewhere? If so, you should change the name of the section.

0 Nicolas GUILLAUME over 13 years ago in reply to AartiG

Prodigy 180 points

No but we use C++ templates.

0 AartiG over 13 years ago in reply to Nicolas GUILLAUME

TI__Guru**** 173310 points

It might be that the older compiler tools were generating that section and then the warning if it was not specified in the linker command file, differently than the newer tools. For the newer tools I would suggest removing that specification from the linker command file.

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