Linker STM32 MPU bin 402MB

vinimac wrote on Wednesday, October 26, 2016:

Hi guys, I’m using this linker script and result xxx.bin file give 402MB. I took from CORTEX_MPU_Simulator_Keil_GCC example.

/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
  ROM (rx)      : ORIGIN = 0x08000000, LENGTH = 512K
  RAM (xrw)       : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 80K
}

/* Variables used by FreeRTOS-MPU. */
_Privileged_Functions_Region_Size = 32K;
_Privileged_Data_Region_Size = 512;

__FLASH_segment_start__ = ORIGIN( ROM );
__FLASH_segment_end__ = __FLASH_segment_start__ + LENGTH( ROM );

__privileged_functions_start__ = ORIGIN( ROM );
__privileged_functions_end__ = __privileged_functions_start__ + _Privileged_Functions_Region_Size;

__SRAM_segment_start__ = ORIGIN( RAM );
__SRAM_segment_end__ = __SRAM_segment_start__ + LENGTH( RAM );

__privileged_data_start__ = ORIGIN( RAM );
__privileged_data_end__ = ORIGIN( RAM ) + _Privileged_Data_Region_Size;


/*
 * The '__stack' definition is required by crt0, do not remove it.
 */
__stack = ORIGIN(RAM) + LENGTH(RAM);
_estack = __stack;

/*
 * Default stack sizes.
 * These are used by the startup in order to allocate stacks
 * for the different modes.
 */

__Main_Stack_Size = 2048 ;

PROVIDE ( _Main_Stack_Size = __Main_Stack_Size ) ;

__Main_Stack_Limit = __stack  - __Main_Stack_Size ;

/*"PROVIDE" allows to easily override these values from an object file or the command line. */
PROVIDE ( _Main_Stack_Limit = __Main_Stack_Limit ) ;

/*
 * There will be a link error if there is not this amount of
 * RAM free at the end.
 */
_Minimum_Stack_Size = 1024 ;

/*
 * Default heap definitions.
 * The heap start immediately after the last statically allocated
 * .sbss/.noinit section, and extends up to the main stack limit.
 */
PROVIDE ( _Heap_Begin = _end_noinit ) ;
PROVIDE ( _Heap_Limit = __stack - __Main_Stack_Size ) ;

/*
 * The entry point is informative, for debuggers and simulators,
 * since the Cortex-M vector points to it anyway.
 */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)

/* Sections Definitions */

SECTIONS
{
    /*
     * For Cortex-M devices, the beginning of the startup code is stored in
     * the .isr_vector section, which goes to ROM
     */
    privileged_functions :
    {
        . = ALIGN(4);
        _isr_vector = .;
        KEEP(*(.isr_vector))
        *(privileged_functions)
        . = ALIGN(4);

        /* Non privileged code is after _Privileged_Functions_Region_Size. */
        __privileged_functions_actual_end__ = .;
        . = _Privileged_Functions_Region_Size;
    } > ROM



    .text :
    {
        . = ALIGN(4);


        /*
         * This section is here for convenience, to store the
         * startup code at the beginning of the flash area, hoping that
         * this will increase the readability of the listing.
         */
        KEEP(*(.after_vectors .after_vectors.*))    /* Startup code and ISR */

        . = ALIGN(4);

        /*
         * These are the old initialisation sections, intended to contain
         * naked code, with the prologue/epilogue added by crti.o/crtn.o
         * when linking with startup files. The standalone startup code
         * currently does not run these, better use the init arrays below.
         */
        KEEP(*(.init))
        KEEP(*(.fini))

        . = ALIGN(4);

        /*
         * The preinit code, i.e. an array of pointers to initialisation
         * functions to be performed before constructors.
         */
        PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);

        /*
         * Used to run the SystemInit() before anything else.
         */
        KEEP(*(.preinit_array_sysinit .preinit_array_sysinit.*))

        /*
         * Used for other platform inits.
         */
        KEEP(*(.preinit_array_platform .preinit_array_platform.*))

        /*
         * The application inits. If you need to enforce some order in
         * execution, create new sections, as before.
         */
        KEEP(*(.preinit_array .preinit_array.*))

        PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);

        . = ALIGN(4);

        /*
         * The init code, i.e. an array of pointers to static constructors.
         */
        PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
        KEEP(*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
        KEEP(*(.init_array))
        PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);

        . = ALIGN(4);

        /*
         * The fini code, i.e. an array of pointers to static destructors.
         */
        PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
        KEEP(*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
        KEEP(*(.fini_array))
        PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
        . = ALIGN(4);

        . = ALIGN(4);

        *(.text*)            /* all remaining code */

        *(vtable)                   /* C++ virtual tables */

    } >ROM

    .rodata :
    {
        *(.rodata*)        /* read-only data (constants) */
    } >ROM

    .glue :
    {
        KEEP(*(.eh_frame*))

        /*
        * Stub sections generated by the linker, to glue together
        * ARM and Thumb code. .glue_7 is used for ARM code calling
        * Thumb code, and .glue_7t is used for Thumb code calling
        * ARM code. Apparently always generated by the linker, for some
        * architectures, so better leave them here.
        */
        *(.glue_7)
        *(.glue_7t)
    } >ROM

    /* ARM magic sections */
    .ARM.extab :
    {
       *(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*)
    } > ROM

    __exidx_start = .;
    .ARM.exidx :
    {
       *(.ARM.exidx* .gnu.linkonce.armexidx.*)
    } > ROM
    __exidx_end = .;

    . = ALIGN(4);
    _etext = .;
    __etext = .;

    /*
     * This address is used by the startup code to
     * initialise the .data section.
     */
    _sidata = _etext;

    /* MEMORY_ARRAY */
    /*
    .ROarraySection :
    {
        *(.ROarraySection .ROarraySection.*)
    } >MEMORY_ARRAY
    */


    privileged_data :
    {
        *(privileged_data)
        /* Non kernel data is kept out of the first _Privileged_Data_Region_Size
        bytes of SRAM. */
        __privileged_data_actual_end__ = .;
        . = _Privileged_Data_Region_Size;
    } > RAM

    /*
     * The initialised data section.
     * The program executes knowing that the data is in the RAM
     * but the loader puts the initial values in the ROM (inidata).
     * It is one task of the startup to copy the initial values from
     * ROM to RAM.
     */
    .data  : AT ( _sidata )
    {
        . = ALIGN(4);

        /* This is used by the startup code to initialise the .data section */
        _sdata = . ;            /* STM specific definition */
        __data_start__ = . ;
        *(.data_begin .data_begin.*)

        *(.data .data.*)

        *(.data_end .data_end.*)
        . = ALIGN(4);

        /* This is used by the startup code to initialise the .data section */
        _edata = . ;            /* STM specific definition */
        __data_end__ = . ;

    } >RAM


    /*
     * The uninitialised data section. NOLOAD is used to avoid
     * the "section `.bss' type changed to PROGBITS" warning
     */
    .bss (NOLOAD) :
    {
        . = ALIGN(4);
        __bss_start__ = .;      /* standard newlib definition */
        _sbss = .;              /* STM specific definition */
        *(.bss_begin .bss_begin.*)

        *(.bss .bss.*)
        *(COMMON)

        *(.bss_end .bss_end.*)
        . = ALIGN(4);
        __bss_end__ = .;        /* standard newlib definition */
        _ebss = . ;             /* STM specific definition */
    } >RAM

    .noinit (NOLOAD) :
    {
        . = ALIGN(4);
        _noinit = .;

        *(.noinit .noinit.*)

         . = ALIGN(4) ;
        _end_noinit = .;
    } > RAM

    /* Mandatory to be word aligned, _sbrk assumes this */
    PROVIDE ( end = _end_noinit ); /* was _ebss */
    PROVIDE ( _end = _end_noinit );
    PROVIDE ( __end = _end_noinit );
    PROVIDE ( __end__ = _end_noinit );
    PROVIDE ( ROM_DATA_START = __data_start__ );

    /*
     * Used for validation only, do not allocate anything here!
     *
     * This is just to check that there is enough RAM left for the Main
     * stack. It should generate an error if it's full.
     */
    ._check_stack :
    {
        . = ALIGN(4);

        . = . + _Minimum_Stack_Size ;

        . = ALIGN(4);
    } >RAM

    /* After that there are only debugging sections. */

    /* This can remove the debugging information from the standard libraries */
    /*
    DISCARD :
    {
     libc.a ( * )
     libm.a ( * )
     libgcc.a ( * )
     }
     */

    /* Stabs debugging sections.  */
    .stab          0 : { *(.stab) }
    .stabstr       0 : { *(.stabstr) }
    .stab.excl     0 : { *(.stab.excl) }
    .stab.exclstr  0 : { *(.stab.exclstr) }
    .stab.index    0 : { *(.stab.index) }
    .stab.indexstr 0 : { *(.stab.indexstr) }
    .comment       0 : { *(.comment) }
    /*
     * DWARF debug sections.
     * Symbols in the DWARF debugging sections are relative to the beginning
     * of the section so we begin them at 0.
     */
    /* DWARF 1 */
    .debug          0 : { *(.debug) }
    .line           0 : { *(.line) }
    /* GNU DWARF 1 extensions */
    .debug_srcinfo  0 : { *(.debug_srcinfo) }
    .debug_sfnames  0 : { *(.debug_sfnames) }
    /* DWARF 1.1 and DWARF 2 */
    .debug_aranges  0 : { *(.debug_aranges) }
    .debug_pubnames 0 : { *(.debug_pubnames) }
    /* DWARF 2 */
    .debug_info     0 : { *(.debug_info .gnu.linkonce.wi.*) }
    .debug_abbrev   0 : { *(.debug_abbrev) }
    .debug_line     0 : { *(.debug_line) }
    .debug_frame    0 : { *(.debug_frame) }
    .debug_str      0 : { *(.debug_str) }
    .debug_loc      0 : { *(.debug_loc) }
    .debug_macinfo  0 : { *(.debug_macinfo) }
    /* SGI/MIPS DWARF 2 extensions */
    .debug_weaknames 0 : { *(.debug_weaknames) }
    .debug_funcnames 0 : { *(.debug_funcnames) }
    .debug_typenames 0 : { *(.debug_typenames) }
    .debug_varnames  0 : { *(.debug_varnames) }
}

Does anyone have a working Linker Script for the STM32 family and the MPU-port?
Or an explanation for the behavior?

edwards3 wrote on Wednesday, October 26, 2016:

probably the bin file is just filling the memory between valid addresses with 0s. Use the elf file to program the chip.