CW10.0 pragma section begin

[WHookway]

Hello,

I am trying t o use the external RAM on the M52259EVL board.  I have defined a section as:

#pragma define_section extData ".extdata" ".extdatabss" far_absolute RW
#pragma section extData begin
unsigned char    myExtData = 5;
unsigned char    myExtData1;
unsigned char    myExtData2[10] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0};
#pragma section extData end

Initialized variables are placed in .extdata as I would hope for.

myExtData1 is placed in bss and I have not been able to get it to .extdatabss.

If I try:

#pragma define_section extData ".extdata" ".extdatabss" far_absolute RW
#define    EXT_RAM        __declspec(extData)

EXT_RAM    unsigned char    myExtData = 5;
EXT_RAM    unsigned char    myExtData1;
EXT_RAM    unsigned char    myExtData2[10] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0};

It works like a charm, any ideas?

Thanks,

Will

[kecart]

The only thing I see is that myExtData1 is the only variable that is not initialized in it's declaration.  Try

unsigned char myExtData1=0;

instead of

unsigned char myExtData1;

and see if that gives you the expected results.

[CrasyCat]

Hello

On my side I always use __declspec to place symbols into a user defined section,

If the pragma section begin ...pragma section end does not work as documented I would recommend you to

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CrasyCat