i.MX8M Nano Memory Map

キャンセル
次の結果を表示 
表示  限定  | 次の代わりに検索 
もしかして: 

i.MX8M Nano Memory Map

579件の閲覧回数
ycx
Contributor I

Hi,

I am currently developing a firmware on the Cortex-M7 of the i.MX8M Nano (MIMX8MN4CVTIZ) based on an example using RPmsg-lite, remoteproc, FreeRTOS and CMSIS-DSP. 

I try to build using the linker file MIMX8MN4xxxxx_cm7_ram.ld provided by the MCUXpresso SDK with the following configuration : 

/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
m_interrupts (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 0x00000240
m_text (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x00000240, LENGTH = 0x0001FDC0
m_data (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 0x00020000
m_data2 (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x80000000, LENGTH = 0x01000000
}

 

Which would apparently start at the ITCM of the system according to the declared memory map :

ycx_0-1634133066303.png

When I build the text section is quite big (mostly due to CMSIS-DSP) : 

Memory region         Used Size  Region Size  %age Used
    m_interrupts:         576 B        576 B    100.00%
          m_text:      123704 B     130496 B     94.80%
          m_data:       61032 B       128 KB     46.56%
         m_data2:          0 GB        16 MB      0.00%

And when I run it I get this error : 

[ 82.135828] imx-rproc imx8mn-cm7: Translation failed: da = 0x1e578 len = 0xee68
[ 82.143174] remoteproc remoteproc0: bad phdr da 0x1e578 mem 0xee68

In the output.map I see the address in error corresponds to __DATA_ROM, the end of the text section : 

                0x000000000001e578                __etext = .
                0x000000000001e578                __DATA_ROM = .

.data           0x0000000020000000       0x98 load address 0x000000000001e578
                0x0000000020000000                . = ALIGN (0x4)
                0x0000000020000000                __DATA_RAM = .
                0x0000000020000000                __data_start__ = .
 *(.data)

 

My question is regarding the section declaration of the same linker file (complete file attached) : 

   /* The program code and other data goes into internal RAM */
.text :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
*(.text) /* .text sections (code) */
*(.text*) /* .text* sections (code) */
*(.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

...

__etext = .; /* define a global symbol at end of code */
__DATA_ROM = .; /* Symbol is used by startup for data initialization */

.data : AT(__DATA_ROM)
{
. = ALIGN(4);
__DATA_RAM = .;
__data_start__ = .; /* create a global symbol at data start */
*(.data) /* .data sections */
*(.data*) /* .data* sections */
KEEP(*(.jcr*))
. = ALIGN(4);
__data_end__ = .; /* define a global symbol at data end */
} > m_data

 

Does ".data : AT(__DATA_ROM)" mean that the .data section starts at the end of the .text section ? Why is that and therefore what is the point declaring the start address of m_data in MEMORY {} ? 

If I understand correctly this would mean that .data section could overflow the ITCM range, especially when .text is close to its maximum size like my fw. What am I or the linker doing wrong ? 

Thanks a lot your help! 

ラベル(1)
0 件の賞賛
1 返信

567件の閲覧回数
Yuri
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

@ycx 
Hello,

  Generally the linker file lines below are intended for code / data relocation.

__DATA_ROM = .; /* Symbol is used by startup for data initialization */

.data : AT(__DATA_ROM)
{

  Please use the linked below file with explanation how to do it.

https://community.nxp.com/t5/Kinetis-Design-Studio-Knowledge/Relocating-Code-and-Data-Using-the-KDS-...


In Your case - perhaps - it would be better to try using DRAM configuration; *_cm7_ddr_ram.ld

Regards,
Yuri.

0 件の賞賛