The S32 Design Studio for S32 Platform supports the S32R45 device with the S32 Debugger. This document provides the details on how to setup and begin a debugging session on the S32R45 evaluation board.   Preparation Setup the software tools Install S32 Design Studio IDE   Use the Extensions and Updates menu within S32 Design Studio for S32 Platform to add the S32R4xx Development Package.   Setup the hardware Confirm the setup of the S32R45 evaluation board.  Configure the JTAG. The S32R45 evaluation board supports both 10- and 20- pin JTAG connections. The default board configuration is set to 20-pin, change the position of the jumper J59 from 2-3(default)  to 1-2, if you are using the 10 Pin JTAG interface. Both are supported by the S32 Debugger and S32 Debug Probe. Connect the power supply cable Setup the S32 Debug Probe Connect the S32 Debug Probe to the evaluation board via JTAG cable. Refer to the S32 Debug Probe User Manual for installation instructions. Use the JTAG connection as was confirmed in the previous step. Connect the S32 Debug Probe to the host PC via USB OR via Ethernet (via LAN or directly connected, and configured for static IP address) and power supply connected to USB port. Launch S32 Design Studio for S32 Platform Create new or open existing project and check that it successfully builds. If creating a new project, be sure the S32 Debugger is selected in the New Project Wizard.     Procedure Open the Debug Configurations menu, then follow the steps depending on whether an S32 Debugger configuration exists for your project. If the project was created using the New Project Wizard in S32 Design Studio for S32 Platform, and the S32 Debugger was selected as the debugger, then it likely has existing debug configuration(s).       S32 Debugger Configuration(s) Exist If existing S32 Debugger configuration, proceed with probe configuration. Otherwise, skip to the next section. Below is shown the debug configuration which appears for the provided SDK example project 'hello_world_s32r45'. The suffixes 'debug', 'ram', and 's32debugger' refer to how the project was built and the debugger the configuration is for. Select the debug configuration which corresponds to the project, build type debug, and primary core (if a multicore project) Select the Debugger tab Select the Interface (Ethernet/USB) by which the S32 Debug Probe is connected. If connected via USB and this option is selected for interface, then the COM port will be detected automatically (in the rare event where 2 or more S32 Debug Probes are connected via USB to the host PC, then it may be necessary to select which COM port is correct for the probe which is connected to the EVB) If connected via Ethernet, enter the IP address of the probe. See the S32 Debug Probe User Manual for ways to determine the IP address.   S32 Debugger Configuration(s) Do Not Exist There might be no existing debug configuration if the project is being ported from another IDE or was created to use another debugger. Select the S32 Debugger heading and click New Launch configuration (or double click on the S32 Debugger heading, or right click on the S32 Debugger heading and select New from the context menu) A new debug configuration appears with the name set to the name of the active project in the Project Explorer window(this can be set by opening a file from the project or selecting an already opened file from the project in the editor), and the build type which was used to build it. If this is not matching your intended project then it can either be modified to match or deleted and recreated after the active project has been changed to the desired project. Adjust the name of the project as desired. From the Main tab, check that the Project field is set to the correct project name, as listed in the Project Explorer, and that the C/C++ Application is set to the ELF file which was built. The name of the project can be customized, but '_' must be used instead of spaces. If the Project field is not set or incorrect, click Browse... and then select the correct project name from the list. If more than one project is open in the workspace, then each will be listed. This shows how, regardless of which project is active in the C/C++ perspective, any available workspace project could be associated. This can be useful when reusing a debug configuration from one project in another. If the C/C++ Application is not set or incorrect, click Search Project... and then select the correct binary file (will only work if Project field is correct and project was successfully built). Switch to the Debugger tab, Click 'Select device and core' and then select the correct core from the list. In this case, the M7_0 core is correct. If this is not the primary core, then uncheck the box next to 'Initial core'. This is done only for multi-core projects for the non-boot cores. This causes the scripts to skip the initialization of the core as the boot core will launch the other cores so additional initialization will not be required. Select the Interface (Ethernet/USB) by which the S32 Debug Probe is connected. If connected via USB and this option is selected for interface, then the COM port will be detected automatically (in the rare event where 2 or more S32 Debug Probes are connected to the host PC, then it may be necessary to select which COM port is correct for the probe which is connected to the EVB) If connected via Ethernet, enter the IP address of the probe. See the S32 Debug Probe User Manual for ways to determine the IP address. Click Apply Click Debug. This will launch the S32 Debugger. When the debugger has been successfully started, the Debug perspective is opened and the application is executed until a breakpoint is reached on the first line in main().  

Hello, the new release of S32DS for ARM v1.3 is available now in the download section of S32DS web page: http://www.nxp.com/s32ds   The Activation code is required to install the product. The activation code is different to previous versions (v1.1/1.2). You should get the appropriate Activation Code by a notification email which is send automatically when you proceed to the downloading: What is new?  New device supported: S32K144 v2.0 ARM64: Linaro GCC 4.9-2015.05 Fully integrated S32 SDK for S32K144 EAR release v0.8.2. including PinMuxing and Processor Expert configuration. FreeMASTER Serial Communication driver for S32K144 family  Highly Assembly Optimized version of Automotive Math and Motor Control Libraries for KEA and S32K devices v1.1.6  IAR debugger support by new project wizard Updated SEGGER and P&E debug plugins to the latest and greatest versions Reset functionality added with P&E debugger for single core projects (KEA, S32K devices) and A5 core for MAC57D54H Flash configuration supported for S32V234 Header files for KEA and MAC57D54H updated Advanced FreeRTOS kernel aware debug support Bug fixes Project Explorer updated to correctly show active build configuration resources     Note: The plugins to support GreenHills, IAR, iSystem, Lauterbach are not included and have to be installed from corresponding update site or installation.

Create Project From Example S32DS for ARM: Create and Debug a New Project from Example Code in S32 DS IDE for ARM based MCUs. Learn how to create a new project in S32 Design Studio IDE and load an example code to blink an LED using the S32K144EVB and build and debug the project. Create New Project S32DS for ARM: Create and Debug a New Project in S32 DS IDE for ARM based MCUs Learn how to create a new project in S32 Design Studio IDE using Processor Expert and SDK to blink an LED using the S32K144EVB and build and debug the project.

1) Prepare the evaluation board hardware You can use the S32 Debug Probe to download code to target Connect S32 Debug Probe to S32V234 EVB using JTAG connector Connect S32 Debug Probe to PC via USB cable OR ethernet (if connected via ethernet, then USB power cable must also be connected) Connect the S32V234 EVB to PC via ethernet (typically via LAN) Connect power cable to evaluation board and switch on the power     2) Build the project using the TEST_A53 build option. 3) Start debug on A53 core. Project is now built, ELF file is read to be loaded to EVB for execution. 4) Before a debug session can be started, we must complete HOWTO: Setup A Remote Linux Connection in S32DS for Vision. 5) Select the debug drop-down menu and click Debug Configurations     6) Make sure the Debug_Remote_Linux debug configuration is selected and the connection setup in step 4 is selected (points to the IP address of your EVB). Click Debug     7) The first time you connect to a new IP address (i.e. the first time you debug after booting the board), you will receive a warning message, Click Yes and proceed.     The executable file is copied to Linux file system and gdbserver starts. You may get an error message on the first try, this is normal. Just try it again and it will work. 😎 Once the Linux GDB has started on A53 core and the initial breakpoint is reached in main(), we need to set a breakpoint at the function apu_hal_Enable().    This breakpoint has already been created for you, you just need to enable it! Locate the breakpoint in the Breakpoints view. Due to some known issues with Eclipse CDT, it is necessary to enable->disable->enable the breakpoint so it will work properly. The issue only affects this breakpoint, due to the way it is provided, and will not affect breakpoints which you set. 9) Press Resume twice, so that the breakpoint which was set at apu_hal_enable() is reached for the 2nd time. 10) Open Debug Configurations. You will see a debug configuration within the 'S32 Debugger' group (FAST9COLOR as shown below). This is the debug configuration we will use, however, it will require some setup.     11) You should notice the error message at the top of the window, just below the title and a red 'X' on the Debugger tab. Click on the Debugger tab to select it. We must setup the Debug Probe Connection before we can proceed. There are two options: Ethernet USB   If connecting the Probe via Ethernet, please refer to the Quick Start Guide or S32 Debug Probe User Guide provided with the S32 Debug Probe for instructions on how to connect it and determine the Hostname or IP address.     If connecting the Probe via USB, then the COM port will appear in the Port selection setting. If you have more than one S32 Debug Probe connected, you will need to determine which COM port is the correct one, otherwise, only the COM port for your S32 Debug Probe will appear.       12) Click Apply then Debug. It may take a few moments for the APEX core debug to launch.   13) It may take a moment or two before the APEX2 debug thread launch is complete, see the Thread listed within the <kernel_name>[S32 Debugger] in the Debug window. Also note, a new breakpoint is listed in the Breakpoints view. This breakpoint is set for you at the start of the APEX2 graph function. 14) The debugger context is still on the A53 thread. Press RESUME and then select the APEX2 thread to see that it has stopped on the graph function break point. Now you can step through the graph. 15) To step through a kernel, locate the call to the kernel function in the graph function and set a break point on the line. 16) Press RESUME to advance the program counter to the new break point 17) Press STEP INTO to advance the program counter into the kernel. It may take several steps as the optimizations performed by the compiler produce some synchronization inconsistencies. 18) You may need to help the IDE to locate the source files. Now you can see the kernel wrapper function... and the kernel! 19) Step through, monitor variables and registers and set breakpoints.

The Vision SDK root is contributed to the Design Studio as a dynamic path variable “S32DS_VSDK_DIR”. Several Design Studio services use this variable to access the resources inside the Vision SDK. By default, this variable points to “${eclipse_home}../S32DS/s32v234_sdk”, i.e. to the Vision SDK shipment bundled with Design Studio. Technically you can change this variable to point to another instance of Vision SDK using the following steps: 1. Go to the main menu "Window -> Preferences" 2. Filter the preference dialog with "sub" keyword or just navigate to "Run/Debug -> String Substitution node. 3. Edit Variable "S32DS_VSDK_DIR" to assign another value to be substituted as Vision SDK root 4. Press OK when changes are complete.

S32DS for Vision contains many example projects from which you can learn how S32DS for Vision can be used with the help of the Vision SDK to develop vision applications. The example projects contain generated and hand-written code, which utilize the Vision SDK to demonstrate a workflow using S32DS for Vision. In this document, the procedure for creating a project from one of the provided APEX2 examples through to execution on the EVB is detailed. 1) Launch S32DS for Vision 2) Select 'New S32DS Project from example' 3) Select apex2_fast9 project 4) Click Finish 5) Change to C/C++ perspective, click on 'Switch to C/C++ Development' 6) Select apex2_fast9: A53 in the Project Explorer panel. Build the project using build config 'TEST_A53'. 7) Start a debug session using method as described in HOWTO: Create A53 Linux Project in S32DS for Vision, beginning at step 9. 😎 Click Resume  Should see something similar to what is pictured below There are green diamonds at the corners in the image as identified by the fast9 corner detection algorithm

This document describes a way, how to place custom constant data into specific flash memory area. Create a custom linker section in the linker file (.ld), where custom data should be placed into. Use the KEEP keyword in case you would like to avoid dead stripping if and object is not referenced. add the __attribute__ section statements to the custom data definition. Map file should looks like this way Hope it helps. Martin

      Product Release Announcement Automotive Microcontrollers and Processors S32 Design Studio for ARM® 2018.R1  Update 9          What is new? S32K1xx SDK RTM 3.0.0 supporting S32K116, S32K118, S32K142, S32K144, S32K146, and S32K148  (S32K1xx SDK release notes) AMMCLIB version 1.1.15  (AMMCLIB S32K14x release notes) Segger J-Link drivers v6.42a (J-Link release notes) This is a cumulative update - it includes all the content of previous updates (Update 1, Update 2, Update 3, Update 4, Update 5, Update 6, Update 7, Update 8) Installation instructions The update is available for online (via Eclipse Updater) or offline installation (direct download link)  installation:  go to menu "Help" -> "Install New Software..." dialog  select predefined update site "S32DesignStudio - http://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/updates/Eclipse/S32DS_ARM_2018.R1/updatesite" select all available items and click "Next" button   offline installation:   go to S32 Design Studio for ARM product page -> Downloads section or use direct link to download the update archive zip file Start S32DS and go to "Help" -> "Install New Software..." Add a new "Archive" repository and browse to select the downloaded update archive .zip file you downloaded in the previous step Select all available items and click "Next" button.   This will starts the update installation process.

Sometimes you would like to share sources between projects and - even better - between platforms. Let's say that we are developing software with the very same functionality for S32K144 and MPC5744P. In this case, we can identify platform independent functions - generic, platform specific functions - not related to MCU itself, but related to the way some peripheral works (for example different ADC result range) - and MCU dependent functions like clock init. In attachment is a very simple SDK which can be shared with S32K144 and MPC5744P (each in different S32DS editions).  Unzip my_sdk.zip archive (for example C:\NXP folder). You can import example projects, but instead let's start from the beginning. Create a new S32DS Application project and choose MCU: You can use default project configurations and click through to finish: Right click on project name -> Properties and select SDKs -> Add Complete the Name, Version and Description fields in New SDK dialog and click on Change button next to Location field. In Change SDK Location dialog, leave Define new variable setting selected, click Browse and find the my_sdk path: Now we can select files (sources, headers...) from selected SDK, you can select all available files. If you select a folder, then all files in that folder will be selected as well. Don't forget to select header files too: If you choose Copy - the files will be copied into project folder and you can do local changes. Without this option (default) - changes will be shared between all projects depended on this particular SDK. The ability to individually select the files to be included from the SDK as well as to copy into the project folder, provides much flexibility to customize SDK usage in your projects. Click on OK, then Attach/Detach... to attach this SDK into your project:  If you like to use your SDK for newly created projects (as an option in SDK select list) - click on Make global button: Now you can see changes in your project: As well, the SDK can be viewed in SDK Explorer (Window -> Show View -> Other...), where functions and macros are available for drag and drop functionality into your code: Platform specific code is filtered by preprocessor-defined macro. So - let's define if we are working with S32K144 or MPC5744P. Right click on project name -> Properties -> C/C++ Build -> Settings -> <Standard S32DS C Compiler OR name of your compiler> -> Preprocessor: We are done - now we can use SDK functions - S32K144:  and MPC5744P (enabling interrupts is default part of empty project for MPC5744P - that's only difference):

The Vision SDK root is contributed to the Design Studio as a dynamic path variable “S32DS_VSDK_DIR”. Several Design Studio services use this variable to access the resources inside the Vision SDK. By default, this variable points to “${eclipse_home}../S32DS/s32v234_sdk”, i.e. to the Vision SDK shipment bundled with Design Studio. Technically you can change this variable to point to another instance of Vision SDK using the following steps: 1. Go to the main menu "Window -> Preferences" 2. Filter the preference dialog with "sub" keyword or just navigate to "Run/Debug -> String Substitution node. 3. Edit Variable "S32DS_VSDK_DIR" to assign another value to be substituted as Vision SDK root

Eclipse caches some settings within the workspace directory. After installing a new version of S32DS, some settings in old workspaces may not match the requirement of the new version. The result is often errors reported on new as well as previously existing projects located in an existing workspace which you selected when launching S32DS. The best way to resolve this is to create a new workspace and then import your projects. This will ensure the workspace is created using all the correct settings for the version you have installed.

      Product Release Announcement Automotive Microcontrollers and Processors S32 Design Studio for ARM® 2018.R1  Update 2          What is new? This update adds bare-board device support for S32K118 and some minor fixes. This is a cumulative update - it includes all the content of previous Update 1 Installation instructions The update is available for online (via Eclipse Updater) or offline installation (direct download link) online installation:  go to menu "Help" -> "Install New Software..." dialog  select predefined update site "S32DesignStudio - http://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/updates/Eclipse/S32DS_ARM_2018.R1/updatesite" select all available items and click "Next" button   offline installation:   go to S32 Design Studio for ARM product page -> Downloads section or use direct link to download the update archive zip file Start S32DS and go to "Help" -> "Install New Software..." Add a new "Archive" repository and browse to select the downloaded update archive .zip file you downloaded in the previous step Select all available items and click "Next" button.   This will starts the update installation process.

Example show one of the methods how to create and use shared memory with symbols between cores. In source code shared_mem.c are variables which can be seen by each core. This file is built once (during s32r274_shmemZ7_0 project compilation) and is linked to other core's elf file by linker into shared_mem section (see linker file for each core) starting on the very same address for each core. Hardware semaphores are used for access shared memory. Lock/Unlock functions are implemented in the shared_func.c (build once during s32r274_shmemZ7_0 project compilation too) file and the object is linked into .text section. Each core has it's own instance of shared functions. There is counter in the shared memory for each core increased each time when shared memory can be accessed by particular core.

Example contains modified startup code to be able run in BookE only mode. For GNU gcc and as you need to add -mno-vle parameter in project properties:  For debugging with PE Micro you need to use modified Initialization script in Advanced options: Please note that there is no STD C BookE only library available:

      Product Release Announcement Automotive Microcontrollers and Processors S32 Design Studio for Power Architecture v2.1 Update 8          What is new? Integrated Radar SDK RTM 1.4.0 (replacing RSDK 1.3.0) (see the RSDK release notes) This is a cumulative update - it includes all the content of previous updates (Update 1,Update 2, Update 7) Installation instructions The update is available for online installation (via S32DS Extensions and Updates) or offline installation (direct download link)  installation:  go to menu "Help" -> "S32DS Extensions and Updates" dialog  select from available items and click "Install/Update" button offline installation:   go to S32 Design Studio for Power product page -> Downloads section or use direct link to download the update archive zip file  Start S32 Design Studio and go to "Help" -> "S32DS Extensions and Updates", then click 'Go to Preferences' link And add a new site "Add..." repository and browse to select the downloaded update archive zip file you downloaded in the previous step Select the 'S32 Design Studio for Power Architecture Device Package' and 'Update with S32 SDK 3.0.2 for Power Architecture' packages and click "Install/Update" button.   This will start the update installation process.

      Product Release Announcement Automotive Microcontrollers and Processors S32 Design Studio for ARM® 2.2  Update 1          What is new? SDK S32K1xx RTM SR 3.0.3 (Patch for SDK S32K1xx RTM 3.0.0) AMMCLIB version 1.1.19 for KEAx, for S32K11x, for S32K14x AMMCLIB version 1.1.20 for KEAx, for S32K11x, for S32K14x Installation instructions The update is available for online (via Eclipse Updater) or offline installation (direct download link)  online installation: go to menu "Help" -> "S32DS Extensions and Updates" dialog check boxes next to "S32K1xx development package", "S32K1xx SDK 3.0.3 pakage" and "S32 Design Studio for ARM Devices development package" click "Install/Update 3 item(s)" offline installation:   go to S32 Design Studio for ARM product page -> Downloads section or use direct link to download the update archive zip file go to menu "Help" -> "S32DS Extensions and Updates" dialog select "Go to Preferences" Add a new Software Site Add a new "Archive" repository and browse to select the downloaded update archive .zip file you downloaded in the previous step check boxes next to "S32K1xx development package" and "S32 Design Studio for ARM Devices development package" click "Install/Update 2 item(s)" This will start the update installation process.

There are often errors displayed after the indexer completes building its data base following the creation of a new project or the opening of a project not already in the workspace and again just before building. Some of these errors can be due to settings in the Eclipse Indexer settings. In one scenario, a project which builds clean, that is, no compiler or IDE errors, will mark code lines in a source file which includes a large header file as 'cannot resolve symbol xxxx'. In this case, the header file is larger than 17 MB. In the Eclipse Indexer settings, there are settings 'Skip files larger than' and 'Skip included files larger than'. These settings, by default, are set to 8 MB. This would be too low for the header file in this example. In order to resolve the issue, the setting should be increased to allow for the large header file to be indexed.

      Product Release Announcement Automotive Microcontrollers and Processors S32 Design Studio for ARM® 2018.R1  Update 10          What is new? S32K1xx SDK RTM-SR 3.0.1 introducing support for three new pin variants: S32K142 - 48LQFP, S32K144 - 48LQFP, S32K148 - 100LQFP and for two new TJA devices: TJA1101HN (NXP) Production and TJA1102HN (NXP) Production  (S32K1xx SDK release notes) This is a cumulative update - it includes all the content of previous updates (Update 1, Update 2, Update 3, Update 4, Update 5, Update 6, Update 7, Update 8, Update 9 ) Installation instructions The update is available for online (via Eclipse Updater) or offline installation (direct download link)  installation:  go to menu "Help" -> "Install New Software..." dialog  select predefined update site "S32DesignStudio - http://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/updates/Eclipse/S32DS_ARM_2018.R1/updatesite" select all available items and click "Next" button   offline installation:   go to S32 Design Studio for ARM product page -> Downloads section or use direct link to download the update archive zip file Start S32DS and go to "Help" -> "Install New Software..." Add a new "Archive" repository and browse to select the downloaded update archive .zip file you downloaded in the previous step Select all available items and click "Next" button.   This will starts the update installation process.

1) Prepare the evaluation board hardware You can use the S32 Debug Probe to download code to target Connect S32 Debug Probe to S32V234 EVB2 using JTAG connector Connect S32 Debug Probe to PC via USB cable OR ethernet (if connected via ethernet, then USB power cable must also be connected) Connect the S32V234 EVB2 to PC via ethernet (typically via LAN) Connect power cable to evaluation board and switch on the power     2) Build the project using the A53 build option. 3) The project is now built, and the ELF file is ready to be loaded to the EVB for execution. Before a debug session can be started, we must complete HOWTO: Setup A Remote Linux Connection in S32DS (S32V234). Start A53 Debug 4) Select the debug drop-down menu and click Debug Configurations     5) Make sure the '{project_name}_Remote_Linux' debug configuration is selected and the Connection (see step 3) is selected (points to the IP address of your EVB). Click Debug     6) The first time you connect to a new IP address (i.e. the first time you debug after creating a new workspace), you will receive a warning message, Click Yes and proceed.     The executable file is copied to Linux file system and gdbserver starts.   You may get an error message on the first try, this is normal. Just try it again and it will work. 7) Once the Linux GDB has started on A53 core and the initial break point is reached in main(), it is almost ready for to start debug on ISP. Click Resume as the A53 must be running before we can attach the ISP debug thread. 😎 Return to the Debug Configurations menu and locate the ISP debug configuration. You will see a debug configuration within the 'S32 Debugger' group (in our example, isp_sonyimx224_csi_dcu_mipi_simple_IPUS0 as shown below). This is the debug configuration we will use, however, it will require some setup.     9) You should notice the error message at the top of the window, just below the title and a red 'X' on the Debugger tab. Click on the Debugger tab to select it. We must setup the Debug Probe Connection before we can proceed. There are two options: Ethernet USB   If connecting the Probe via Ethernet, please refer to the Quick Start Guide or S32 Debug Probe User Guide provided with the S32 Debug Probe for instructions on how to connect it and determine the Hostname or IP address.     If connecting the Probe via USB, then the COM port will appear in the Port selection setting. If you have more than one S32 Debug Probe connected, you will need to determine which COM port is the correct one, otherwise, only the COM port for your S32 Debug Probe will appear.   10) This is already done for our example, but for your application, it may be necessary to setup the symbols for the ISP engine. Go to the Startup tab and:    a) Check the box for 'Load symbols'    b) Select the option for 'Use file', click Workspace... and locate the object file (.opius) for the ISP engine you wish to debug.   11) Click Apply then Debug. It may take a few moments for the ISP core debug to launch.   12) Wait for the ISP debug launch to complete. You may notice the A53 thread has terminated. This is normal and expected since the camera input cannot be suspended. When the launch completes, the context of the Debug window will switch to the ISP debug thread. 13) Enable Instruction Stepping mode and then step one time to load the object file which was setup in step 6. 14) The ISP debugging is now running and you can step through the ISP engine, look at registers, set a break point, etc. Note: only one hardware break point is supported for ISP.

The document describes the steps that need to be done in order to place and execute a library function from a custom memory section - typically RAM using GNU Build tools. The instructions are applicable to any GNU tool-chain. It is demonstrated on a New S32DS Project created in S32 Design Studio for ARM. Lets assume that we'd like to execute memcpy() function from the standard library (NewLib). 1) The first step is to exclude specific library object file(s) from the input section (using EXCLUDE_FILE) so they will not be linked into the standard .text* flash section.  The input section associated with EXCLUDE_FILE shall not interfere with the same input section used later in section list (e.g. with *(.text*) input section deleted from the list below). EXCLUDE_FILE in behaves the same was as *.(text*) rule - it only exclude selected file(s) but places all the remaining (non-excluded) input data. /* The program code and other data goes into internal flash */ .text : { . = ALIGN(4); *(.text) /* .text sections (code) */ /* Exclude file(s) from NewLib libc.a from .text.* section */ *(EXCLUDE_FILE (*libc.a:lib_a-memcpy-stub.o) .text*) *(.rodata) /* .rodata sections (constants, strings, etc.) */ *(.rodata*) /* .rodata* sections (constants, strings, etc.) */ *(.glue_7) /* glue arm to thumb code */ *(.glue_7t) /* glue thumb to arm code */ *(.eh_frame) KEEP (*(.init)) KEEP (*(.fini)) . = ALIGN(4); } > m_text‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ 2) Now let's place the memcpy object into a code_ram section which is already defined in the project .ld file. This section is dedicated to a code that shall be executed from RAM (startup routine initializes this section). For more details see HOWTO: Run a routine from RAM in S32 Design Studio  . The following line places the code (.text* section) from the object file (lib_a-memcpy-stub.o) from the standard NewLib (libc.a)  *libc.a:lib_a-memcpy-stub.o (.text*)‍ into .code section: .code : AT(__CODE_ROM) { . = ALIGN(4); __CODE_RAM = .; __code_start__ = .; /* Create a global symbol at code start. */ __code_ram_start__ = .; *(.code_ram) /* Custom section for storing code in RAM */ *libc.a:lib_a-memcpy-stub.o (.text*) /* add memcpy from the NewLib library here*/ . = ALIGN(4); __code_end__ = .; /* Define a global symbol at code end. */ __code_ram_end__ = .; } > m_data‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ After building the project you can check the map file to confirm memcpy is indeed placed into .code section in RAM memory: .code 0x1fff881c 0x18 load address 0x00000d90 0x1fff881c . = ALIGN (0x4) 0x1fff881c __CODE_RAM = . 0x1fff881c __code_start__ = . 0x1fff881c __code_ram_start__ = . *(.code_ram) *libc.a:lib_a-memcpy-stub.o(.text*) .text.memcpy 0x1fff881c 0x16 C:/NXP/S32DS_ARM_v2018.R1/Cross_Tools/gcc-6.3-arm32-eabi/arm-none-eabi/newlib/lib/thumb/v7e-m\libc.a(lib_a-memcpy-stub.o) 0x1fff881c memcpy 0x1fff8834 . = ALIGN (0x4) *fill* 0x1fff8832 0x2 0x1fff8834 __code_end__ = . 0x1fff8834 __code_ram_end__ = . 0x00000da8 __CODE_END = (__CODE_ROM + (__code_end__ - __code_start__)) 0x00000da8 __CUSTOM_ROM = __CODE_END‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Note If you are placing a function into RAM always consider to add sub-functions called by that function (typically located in a different object file).