For some reason I didn't get an email pinging me that you responded...
Anyway, I'm not using MCUExpresso, but at some point, MCUExpresso must create (or use) a loader (*.ld) file for final linkage. In the armgcc version of the SDK, each example project has at least one .ld file for building in different mapped modes (run from flexspi, sdram, ram, etc...). Anyway as far as I can tell that's the only difference. They all seem to have the same basic labels in them. Below is an example (1062xxxxx_ram.ld from sdk), note that there is a label for __NCACHE_REGION_START & __NCACHE_REGION_SIZE and __noncachedata_start__ & __noncachedata_start__. I know that MMU initialization uses the __NCACHE... tags, but I'm not sure what the purpose of the others.
/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)
HEAP_SIZE = DEFINED(__heap_size__) ? __heap_size__ : 0x2000;
STACK_SIZE = DEFINED(__stack_size__) ? __stack_size__ : 0x2000;
/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
m_interrupts (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 0x00000400
m_text (RX) : ORIGIN = 0x00000400, LENGTH = 0x0001FC00
m_data (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 0x00020000
m_data2 (RW) : ORIGIN = 0x20200000, LENGTH = 0x000C0000
}
/* Define output sections */
SECTIONS
{
__NCACHE_REGION_START = ORIGIN(m_data2);
__NCACHE_REGION_SIZE = 0;
/* The startup code goes first into internal RAM */
.interrupts :
{
__VECTOR_TABLE = .;
. = ALIGN(4);
KEEP(*(.isr_vector)) /* Startup code */
. = ALIGN(4);
} > m_interrupts
/* 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
.ARM.extab :
{
*(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*)
} > m_text
.ARM :
{
__exidx_start = .;
*(.ARM.exidx*)
__exidx_end = .;
} > m_text
.ctors :
{
__CTOR_LIST__ = .;
/* gcc uses crtbegin.o to find the start of
the constructors, so we make sure it is
first. Because this is a wildcard, it
doesn't matter if the user does not
actually link against crtbegin.o; the
linker won't look for a file to match a
wildcard. The wildcard also means that it
doesn't matter which directory crtbegin.o
is in. */
KEEP (*crtbegin.o(.ctors))
KEEP (*crtbegin?.o(.ctors))
/* We don't want to include the .ctor section from
from the crtend.o file until after the sorted ctors.
The .ctor section from the crtend file contains the
end of ctors marker and it must be last */
KEEP (*(EXCLUDE_FILE(*crtend?.o *crtend.o) .ctors))
KEEP (*(SORT(.ctors.*)))
KEEP (*(.ctors))
__CTOR_END__ = .;
} > m_text
.dtors :
{
__DTOR_LIST__ = .;
KEEP (*crtbegin.o(.dtors))
KEEP (*crtbegin?.o(.dtors))
KEEP (*(EXCLUDE_FILE(*crtend?.o *crtend.o) .dtors))
KEEP (*(SORT(.dtors.*)))
KEEP (*(.dtors))
__DTOR_END__ = .;
} > m_text
.preinit_array :
{
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(.preinit_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);
} > m_text
.init_array :
{
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.init_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);
} > m_text
.fini_array :
{
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.fini_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
} > m_text
__etext = .; /* define a global symbol at end of code */
__DATA_ROM = .; /* Symbol is used by startup for data initialization */
__VECTOR_RAM = ORIGIN(m_interrupts);
__RAM_VECTOR_TABLE_SIZE_BYTES = 0x0;
.data : AT(__DATA_ROM)
{
. = ALIGN(4);
__DATA_RAM = .;
__data_start__ = .; /* create a global symbol at data start */
*(m_usb_dma_init_data)
*(.data) /* .data sections */
*(.data*) /* .data* sections */
KEEP(*(.jcr*))
. = ALIGN(4);
__data_end__ = .; /* define a global symbol at data end */
} > m_data
__NDATA_ROM = __DATA_ROM + (__data_end__ - __data_start__);
.ncache.init : AT(__NDATA_ROM)
{
__noncachedata_start__ = .; /* create a global symbol at ncache data start */
*(NonCacheable.init)
. = ALIGN(4);
__noncachedata_init_end__ = .; /* create a global symbol at initialized ncache data end */
} > m_data
. = __noncachedata_init_end__;
.ncache :
{
*(NonCacheable)
. = ALIGN(4);
__noncachedata_end__ = .; /* define a global symbol at ncache data end */
} > m_data
__DATA_END = __NDATA_ROM + (__noncachedata_init_end__ - __noncachedata_start__);
text_end = ORIGIN(m_text) + LENGTH(m_text);
ASSERT(__DATA_END <= text_end, "region m_text overflowed with text and data")
/* Uninitialized data section */
.bss :
{
/* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss section */
. = ALIGN(4);
__START_BSS = .;
__bss_start__ = .;
*(m_usb_dma_noninit_data)
*(.bss)
*(.bss*)
*(COMMON)
. = ALIGN(4);
__bss_end__ = .;
__END_BSS = .;
} > m_data
.heap :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
__end__ = .;
PROVIDE(end = .);
__HeapBase = .;
. += HEAP_SIZE;
__HeapLimit = .;
__heap_limit = .; /* Add for _sbrk */
} > m_data
.stack :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
. += STACK_SIZE;
} > m_data
/* Initializes stack on the end of block */
__StackTop = ORIGIN(m_data) + LENGTH(m_data);
__StackLimit = __StackTop - STACK_SIZE;
PROVIDE(__stack = __StackTop);
.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
ASSERT(__StackLimit >= __HeapLimit, "region m_data overflowed with stack and heap")
}
