Hi All, I have bunch of code that we want to put the compiled file in the external flash, in the runtime i want to copy the code to RAM and run it from RAM. Consider that the code is using some variable in the RAM. the code is like this:
extern PROTOCOL_SOLVER PROTOCOL_CAN_SOLVER; //for ccn!!! CAN_FILTERING_ARRAY filter_array = { {0x650},1}; Can_Device m_canDev = {0x750, 0x0, 0xff, 500, &filter_array}; ProtocolProfiler profile1 = { PROTOCOL_CAN, &m_canDev, &PROTOCOL_CAN_SOLVER }; //task development ::::: ProtocolProfiler * m_CurrentProfile = &profile1; float Calculate_Ids_B0(void) { return 0.0f; } taskDiag task_sample[2] = {{1, 3, Calculate_Ids_B0, {{0, {0x10,0x90},2}}, {1}, 0, {""}, {0}}, {1, 3, Calculate_Ids_B0, {{0, {0x10,0x90},2}}, {1}, 0, {""}, {0}}}; ////just for references..... typedef struct _can_devices_ { uint16_t ID_part; uint8_t split_part; uint8_t fill_the_Rest ; uint16_t Delay_BetweenFrm; CAN_FILTERING_ARRAY * filter_array; } Can_Device; typedef struct _frame_bank_ { uint8_t frmBank[270]; uint16_t rec_byte_number; } m_FrmBank; typedef struct _PROTOCOL_SOLVER_ { uint8_t (*ConnectProcedure) (Can_Device * canSpec); uint8_t (*SendAndRecieveFrame) (Can_Device * DevSpec, uint8_t * buffer, uint16_t size_of_buffer, uint8_t bank_frm_num); } PROTOCOL_SOLVER; typedef struct _comm_protocol_profile_ { uint8_t protocol_type; Can_Device * can_spect; PROTOCOL_SOLVER * protocol_solver; } ProtocolProfiler;
I am using LPC1788 and EA-1788 board. I hope someone can help me.
Best Regards, MJM
I compile and link them separately with the fixed part of code.
The phrase "the fixed part of code" means two different things, and that difference will quite likely break that plan.
Your plan appears to be based on fixing a part of the source code, which you then expect to yield a fixed part of the executable code. Well, sorry, but it ain't that simple. For that plan to ever work, you'll most likely have to tie the compiler's hands so thoroughly, disabling most meaningful optimizations, that in the end the fixed portion no longer fits into its allotted space any more.
And even if that doesn't kill your plan, there's another, equally bad issue: linking 1000 versions of the complete program will take an inacceptably long time. And you'll have to re-do it all every time you make any change to the "fixed" part of the program. I.e. the non-fixed fragments stand virtually no chance of surviving any update to the parent executble.
Thank you for your nice clarification.
I think because two parts have no overlap just like a library. I can tie the compiler hands. I hope. About the update, I think that 1000* ~3k = 3MByte. It can be manageable to update. About the compile: if the fixed part change, I should recompile them every time.you are right it is time-consuming. But It will be done automatically. By the way, I really agree with you that this solution is not neat. I should change it.
So ,as Dear Per Westermark, I should divide PROGRAM to CODE and DATA region. But how can I put the CODE in the external NAND flash? Another most important thing, I should put the encrypted ( I usually use AES 256-bit) DATA or CODE in NAND flash. Because these data are valuable in some way.
It is something hard to handle this project. But I should find a neat solution. :D:D:D
Finally, thank you so much for your valuable help and supports.