IAR EWSTM8 problem: filename strings in binary output executable

[FordFairlane]

Posted on February 09, 2012 at 20:15

I'm using IAR EWSTM8 1.30.2 Kickstart to compile a STM8S003F project. USE_STDPERIPH_DRIVER is defined and I use the library. The software works fine, but I have seen in the output executable (HEX, binary, ELF...) some string constants with the library source code filenames. This is part of ''output.bin'':

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D:\Project\M11\power\software\STM8S_StdPeriph_Driver\src\

stm8s_awu.c D:\Project\M11\powe(...)

(I have changed the path to preserve privacy)

In the map file, the sections located at the address where I have found the filename strings  are ''.near.rodata const'':

  .near_func.text  ro code  0x009167    0x85  stm8s_awu.o [1]

  .near.rodata     const    0x0091ec    0x59  stm8s_adc1.o [1]  .near.rodata     const    0x009245    0x59  stm8s_beep.o [1]  .near.rodata     const    0x00929e    0x59  stm8s_exti.o [1]  .near.rodata     const    0x0092f7    0x59  stm8s_gpio.o [1]  .near.rodata     const    0x009350    0x59  stm8s_tim1.o [1]  .near.rodata     const    0x0093a9    0x59  stm8s_tim4.o [1]  .near_func.text  ro code  0x009402    0x59  stm8s_adc1.o [1]  .near_func.text  ro code  0x00945b    0x59  stm8s_tim2.o [1]  .near.rodata     const    0x0094b4    0x58  stm8s_awu.o [1]

¿Am I doing something wrong?

¿Is there any problem with IAR STM8 compiler or linker?¿Could anybody check this with a dummy project with peripheral driver library?Thank you in advance

[FordFairlane]

Posted on February 13, 2012 at 17:42

I have found the cause of the problem:

#define USE_FULL_ASSERT (1)

in file ''stm8s_conf.h''. When commenting this line, the filename strings disappear.

//#define USE_FULL_ASSERT (1)

The strings were created by this macro:#define assert_param(expr) ((expr) ? (void)0 : assert_failed((uint8_t *)__FILE__, __LINE__))