Does .text/.text_vle section have to be contiguously allocated?

[codehead9]

I have a large .text_vle section and need to allocate some memory at a fixed address in the middle of the region that would otherwise fit it.

I am using CW for MPC55xx, MPC56xx 2.10.

Is there a way to configure the LCF file place the .text_vle section around this?

[TICS_Fiona]

Hello Ben

.text and.text_vle section can be allocated at different memory area.

You can place the .text_vle at a fixed address by LOAD command in link command file, or create a new memory area specially for .text_vle section, and place it into this area.

To understand the commands and directives in link command file, please review chapter 13 in:

http://cache.freescale.com/files/soft_dev_tools/doc/ref_manual/CWMCUPABTR.pdf

The application note in the link below should also be helpful:

http://cache.freescale.com/files/soft_dev_tools/doc/app_note/AN4497.pdf

Hope this helps!

Best Regards

Fiona Kuang

Technical Information & Commercial Support

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[codehead9]

Thanks for the reply. Let me clarify my question a little.

Does text_vle have to be allocated contiguously? I have three 128kb sectors available:

0x20000 length 0x20000 (128kb)

0x40000 length 0x20000 (128kb)

0x60000 length 0x20000 (128kb)

I have some fixed memory that occupies 0x40000-0x42FFF.

Can my .text_vle be larger than 0x3D000 (244kb)? This would assume that allocate it to 0x43000-0x7FFFF.

Thanks!