Hi.
I hope this is the right place to ask to open this question.
I define an initialized variable in my C code, let's say:
...
int MyVariable = 0xDEADABBA;
Using a scatter file, I instruct the arm linker to locate my variable "MyVariable" at address 0x04020000 :
LR_RAM_1 RAM_1_START RAM_1_SIZE ; load region starts at 0x04020000
{ ; start of execution region descriptions
ER_SRAM8 RAM_1_START SRAM8_SIZE
{
* (+RW, +ZI) ; All RW sections and All ZI sections are placed consecutively into this region
}
....
I expect the __main() function to initialize "MyVariable" with value 0xDEADABBA at start time, before my application "main()" function is executed.
However, I can clearly see in my RTL simulation that, for some reasons, MyVariable is not initialized, as if the compiler/linker consider the execution region "ER_SRAM8" as being already initialized (basically as if it was a ROM memory).
How to instruct the ARM linker that any initialized variable placed in execution region "ER_SRAM8" must be initialzed by the __main() function at boot time since this correspond to a SRAM area which by definition does not contain any valid data at boot time ?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
ARM Linker, 5.03 [Build 24]
ARM C/C++ Compiler, 5.03 [Build 24]
Didier C.
Hi Simon.
Thanks for your answers. I'll go through the user guide and come back with more details.
Best regards.