topic Re: Adding attribute results in huge bin file in Kinetis Microcontrollers

Adding attribute results in huge bin file

roymessinger — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 15:24:00 GMT

I've found this link which describes exactly what I'm experiencing in my K64. I've added a custom attribute section to Linker file for returning go and back from/to Kboot bootloader (by using a dedicated flag in specific location in flash).

Now the bin file has increased to 500MB (and using the blhost.exe, obviously takes forever...)

Alas, the startup.c does not have an 'init_data_bss' method.

Is the solution provided by stanish‌ also works for the K64?

If so, what to change in the startup.c code?

Re: Adding attribute results in huge bin file

Alice_Yang — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:10:47 GMT

Hello Roy,

Which IDE do you used ?

Alice

Re: Adding attribute results in huge bin file

roymessinger — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:14:36 GMT

KDS 3.2

Re: Adding attribute results in huge bin file

Alice_Yang — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:49:06 GMT

Hello Roy,

About your code , relocate the flash to flash or RAM?

I refer to the below DOC try to reproduce your problem while no matter relocate the data into RAM or flash,

the size sill the same .

https://community.nxp.com/docs/DOC-104433

Could you please create a simple project, which can reproduce your problem , send it to me , thus

I can test it on my side .

Alice

Re: Adding attribute results in huge bin file

roymessinger — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 09:36:42 GMT

Thanks, Alice,

I want to save a flag ('appFlag') in ROM from boot loader, and read/write it from application.

Can I write this flag to m_text section?

What is the meaning of writing to an exist section (like m_text) or to define a new section in ROM or RAM, like I wrote here in linker file:

MEMORY
{
m_interrupts (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 0x00000400
m_flash_config (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x00000400, LENGTH = 0x00000010
m_text (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x00000410, LENGTH = 0x000FFBF0 - 0xE0000
appFlag (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x00020000, LENGTH = 0x00000002
m_data (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x1FFF0000, LENGTH = 0x00040000
}

Re: Adding attribute results in huge bin file

Alice_Yang — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 03:26:55 GMT

Hello Roy,

1. The "exist section" means the section has exist in the default linker file ,

"define a new section " is like you showing above, the appFlag(RW) section.

2.Refer to your information, I define a flag "appFlag", then relocate it into

0x20000. please have a look at my attachment demo. After build ,from the "k64_test1.map"

file , we can see the flash at 0x20000:

Also there is no change about the code size , below is the original one:

Hope it helps

ALice

Re: Adding attribute results in huge bin file

roymessinger — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 22:20:23 GMT

Hi Alice,

I've written my linker file as follows:

MEMORY
{
m_interrupts (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x0000A000, LENGTH = 0x00000400
m_text (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x0000A400, LENGTH = 0x000FFBF0 - 0xA400 - 0x100
appFlag (RX) : ORIGIN = 0xFFAF0, LENGTH = 0x100
m_data (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x1FFF0000, LENGTH = 0x00010000
m_data_2 (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 0x00030000
}

/* Define output sections */
SECTIONS
{
/* placing appFlag section at given address: */

.my_section :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
KEEP(*(.MyappFlag)) /* keep my variable even if not referenced */
. = ALIGN(4);
} > appFlag

In such way the appFlag is in the last 256 bytes of flash.

nevertheless, no matter what I do, after the appFlag is written in the application, the SW goes to hard fault.

Only when writing the appFlag to m_data_2, as follows, can I read/write the appFlag section.

MEMORY
{
m_interrupts (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x0000A000, LENGTH = 0x00000400
m_text (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x0000A400, LENGTH = 0x00075C00
m_data (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x1FFF0000, LENGTH = 0x00010000
m_data_2 (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 0x00030000
}

/* placing appFlag section at given address:*/
.my_section 0x20020000 :
{

. = ALIGN(4);

KEEP(*(.MyappFlag)) /* keep my variable even if not referenced */

. = ALIGN(4);

} > m_data_2

What am I missing here? I understand here I'm writing to RAM, and before to ROM, right?

But why writing to ROM brings me to hard fault and RAM does not?

Re: Adding attribute results in huge bin file

Alice_Yang — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:00:49 GMT

Hi Roy,

What about your flag size ?

Maybe you can share your project, then I will check it on my side.

Alice