Access linker symbols in S12Z tool chain (eclipse)

[alessandromommo]

I'm compiling using CW10.6 eclipse plugin. I tried to retreive linker defined symbols referencing to memory segments. I used macros taken from MCU_Build_Tools_Utilities, Revised: June 10, 2014, page 100. They are:

#define __SEG_START_REF(a) __SEG_START_ ## a

#define __SEG_END_REF(a) __SEG_END_ ## a

#define __SEG_SIZE_REF(a) __SEG_SIZE_ ## a

#define __SEG_START_DEF(a) extern char __SEG_START_REF(a) []

#define __SEG_END_DEF(a) extern char __SEG_END_REF( a) []

#define __SEG_SIZE_DEF(a) extern char __SEG_SIZE_REF( a) []

I have defined the symbol SHADOW_ROM_S in prm file covering a memory area from 0xFFEE00 to 0xFFEFFF. In my code I define a variable ptTest and I tried the following assigment

char* const ptTest = __SEG_START_REF(SHADOW_ROM_S);

By the way, before previous assigment i used macro  __SEG_START_DEF(SHADOW_ROM_S) to declare a variable __SEG_START_SHADOW_ROM_S.

I expected to have ptTest egual to 0xFFEE00  but i got a pointer to 0 instead.

What should I do to get the correct value?

Thanks,

Alessandro

[trytohelp]

Hi Alessandro,

I don't have a S12Z device so I can not test it.

I've created an example for S12Z and tried it on S12 simulator.

It seems to be running so I think it should work on S12Z too.

I think the problem is may be linked to the initialization of your variable pTest which should be defined as far.

Please have a look to the example attached.

It should work.

Have a great day,
Pascal Irrle

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[alessandromommo]

Thanks so much for help.

Regards,

Alessandro

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