mwldmcf.exe linker can't find library

[michaeld]

Hi,

I get the following linker error, and I don't know why.

"### mwldmcf.exe Usage Error:

#   No library file found matching 'libcf{.dylib|.a}' or 'cf'"

I am using the following flags for the linker to specify the libraries:

-lr "C:\Program Files\Freescale\CodeWarrior for ColdFire V7.0\ColdFire_Support\msl\MSL_C\MSL_ColdFire\Lib"

-lr "C:\Program Files\Freescale\CodeWarrior for ColdFire V7.0\ColdFire_Support\Runtime"

-lr "C:\Program Files\Freescale\CodeWarrior for ColdFire V7.0\ColdFire_Support\Libraries"

-l+C_4i_CF_Runtime.a

-l+C_4i_CF_SZ_MSL.a

I even have the environment variables set:

CWFolder=C:\Programs Files\Freescale\CodeWarrior\CodeWarrior for ColdFire V7.0

MWLibraries=%CWFolder%\ColdFire_Support\Libraries;%CWFolder%\ColdFire_Support\Runtime;%CWFolder%\ColdFire_Support\msl\MSL_C\MSL_ColdFire\Lib

I followed this post: How to use Linker from command line(error: mwldmcf.exe: No library file found matching  mwldmcf.exe:...

I searched for "libcf.a", "cf.a", and "*.dylib" in the CWFolder and I get no results.

Any advice or tips?

[CrasyCat]

Hello

Apparently the linker is looking for a file called libcf.a.

How did you set environment variable MWLibraryFiles?

How does your linker command line look like? Which arguments are you passing there?

CrasyCat

[michaeld]

MWLibraryFiles is not defined in my "CodeWarrior Development Studio ColdFire® Architectures Edition Build Tools Reference" which I found under the help documentation, so I do not have it set to anything.

The following is the command being passed to the linker with the project object file name redacted:

"C:\Program Files\Freescale\CodeWarrior for ColdFire V7.0\ColdFire_Tools\Command_Line_Tools\mwldmcf.exe" -lcf "lcf\MCF52211_INTERNAL_FLASH.lcf" -processor MCF521X -msgstyle gcc -lr "C:\Program Files\Freescale\CodeWarrior for ColdFire V7.0\ColdFire_Support\msl\MSL_C\MSL_ColdFire\Lib" -lr "C:\Program Files\Freescale\CodeWarrior for ColdFire V7.0\ColdFire_Support\Runtime" -lr "C:\Program Files\Freescale\CodeWarrior for ColdFire V7.0\ColdFire_Support\Libraries" -main '__startup' -force_active '__vect','__cfm' -sreclength 32 -breclength 252 -sreceol unix -keeplocal off -nodeadstrip -listing -show all -warn on -g  -l+C_4i_CF_Runtime.a -l+C_4i_CF_SZ_MSL.a  [list of project specific '.o' object files] -o bin/MCF52211_INTERNAL_FLASH.elf

mwldmcf.exe: No library file found matching 'libcf{.dylib|.a}' or 'cf'

Errors caused tool to abort.

make: *** [bin/MCF52211_INTERNAL_FLASH.elf] Error 1

Notably, this is the first invocation of the linker on the object files.

*EDIT: One thing that I just noticed was the the processor I have specified is "MCF521X".  This is listed on its own in the command line help, but the IDE has "MCF521x/5221x/5222x" all in one option.  I am assuming that the processor option I chose for the command line actually covered the processors as stated in the IDE, but I may be wrong.  I don't see anything in the docs to clarify this.

Message was edited by: Michael D

[CrasyCat · Accepted solution]

Hello

The option -lcf is creating trouble.

In order to specify the .lcf file used for linking just add the path to the .lcf file to your linker command line.

I would remove the option -lcf "lcf\MCF52211_INTERNAL_FLASH.lcf" and just add lcf\MCF52211_INTERNAL_FLASH.lcf right before the list of object files.

CrasyCat

[michaeld]

Hi CrasyCat,

That solved the issue I was having! Thank you!

After modifying the linker command a bit to make sure that I am specifying all the windows paths correctly, I am now consistently getting an application error.  Please see here: mwldmcf.exe application error memory read

I consider this thread answered.