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Big binary file, after moving code to different memory regions.
Posted on December 06, 2017 at 07:39
Hi, after I moved my .bss and .data sections to SRAM2 on L476 my binary file blows into 400mb I know this question was raised here before but I still don't understand in my example why is this happening in this case. In my case, I place all the buffers and heap and stack in SRAM1 so, in reality, this is all uninitialized data which is later initialized to 0 in startup code. Why is it referenced anyway in a binary file? Also if I define sections like so placing them in:
RAM AT>FLASH
code links into small binary, but I guess it's not allowed since this is reservedfor variables initialised with constant data from flash.
/*
*****************************************************************************
**
** File : LinkerScript.ld
**
** Abstract : Linker script for STM32L476RGTx Device with
** 1024KByte FLASH, 96KByte RAM
**
** Set heap size, stack size and stack location according
** to application requirements.
**
** Set memory bank area and size if external memory is used.
**
** Target : STMicroelectronics STM32
**
**
** Distribution: The file is distributed as is, without any warranty
** of any kind.
**
*****************************************************************************
** @attention
**
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*****************************************************************************
*/
/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)
/* Highest address of the user mode stack */
_estack = 0x20018000; /* end of RAM */
/* Generate a link error if heap and stack don't fit into RAM */
_Min_Heap_Size = 0x200; /* required amount of heap */
_Min_Stack_Size = 0x400; /* required amount of stack */
/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
RAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 96K
RAM2BLVAR (xrw): ORIGIN = 0x10000000, LENGTH = 0x20
RAM2 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x10000020, LENGTH = 0x7FE0
FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8000000, LENGTH = 1020K
VERSION(rx): ORIGIN = 0x808F000,LENGTH = 2K
CONFIG (xrw): ORIGIN = 0x808F800, LENGTH = 2K
}
/* Define output sections */
SECTIONS
{
/* The startup code goes first into FLASH */
.isr_vector :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
KEEP(*(.isr_vector)) /* Startup code */
. = ALIGN(8);
} >FLASH
/* The program code and other data goes into FLASH */
.text :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
*(.text) /* .text sections (code) */
*(.text*) /* .text* sections (code) */
*(.glue_7) /* glue arm to thumb code */
*(.glue_7t) /* glue thumb to arm code */
*(.eh_frame)
KEEP (*(.init))
KEEP (*(.fini))
. = ALIGN(8);
_etext = .; /* define a global symbols at end of code */
} >FLASH
/* Constant data goes into FLASH */
.rodata :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
*(.rodata) /* .rodata sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
*(.rodata*) /* .rodata* sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
. = ALIGN(8);
} >FLASH
.ARM.extab :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
*(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*)
. = ALIGN(8);
} >FLASH
.ARM : {
. = ALIGN(8);
__exidx_start = .;
*(.ARM.exidx*)
__exidx_end = .;
. = ALIGN(8);
} >FLASH
.preinit_array :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(.preinit_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);
. = ALIGN(8);
} >FLASH
.init_array :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.init_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);
. = ALIGN(8);
} >FLASH
.fini_array :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.fini_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
. = ALIGN(8);
} >FLASH
/* placing my named section at given address: */
.verSection :
{
KEEP(*(.verSection)) /* keep my variable even if not referenced */
} > VERSION
/* used by the startup to initialize data */
_sidata = LOADADDR(.data);
/* Initialized data sections goes into RAM, load LMA copy after code */
.data :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
_sdata = .; /* create a global symbol at data start */
*(.data) /* .data sections */
*(.data*) /* .data* sections */
. = ALIGN(8);
_edata = .; /* define a global symbol at data end */
} >RAM2 AT> FLASH
/* Uninitialized data section */
. = ALIGN(4);
.bss :
{
/* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss secion */
_sbss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss start */
__bss_start__ = _sbss;
*(.bss)
*(.bss*)
*(COMMON)
. = ALIGN(4);
_ebss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss end */
__bss_end__ = _ebss;
} >RAM2
/* RTOS Heap goes into RAM */
.rtosHeap :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
_srtosHeap = .;
__rtosHeap_start__ = _srtosHeap;
*(.rtosHeap)
*(.rtosHeap*)
. = ALIGN(4);
_ertosHeap = .;
__rtosHeap_end__ = _ertosHeap;
} >RAM
.ramSection :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
_sramSection = .;
__ramSection_start__ = _sramSection;
*(.ramSection)
*(.ramSection*)
. = ALIGN(4);
_eramSection = .;
__ramSection_end__ = _eramSection;
} >RAM
/* User_heap_stack section, used to check that there is enough RAM left */
._user_heap_stack :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
PROVIDE ( end = . );
PROVIDE ( _end = . );
. = . + _Min_Heap_Size;
. = . + _Min_Stack_Size;
. = ALIGN(8);
} >RAM
/* Remove information from the standard libraries */
/DISCARD/ :
{
libc.a ( * )
libm.a ( * )
libgcc.a ( * )
}
.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
}
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