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[Ashley Duncan]

Hi there,

 

   I'm having some trouble using the linker...  I am using V4.1.2 as part of the WinAVR package.  The issue I am having is as follows...  The package includes a linker script named avr5.x.  In that script it has the line "PROVIDE(__heap_start = .)".  When I use the linker with --defsym=__heap_start=0x801100, the value generated for __heap_start by the provide is used (0x800124 in my case) rather than the --defsym value.  If I comment out the provide line in the linker script the compile fails with an error "Undefined reference to __heap_start" as my code references __heap_start to initialise the heap...  Should the --defsym not be providing __heap_start to my code in the absence of the provide() statement?  And the --defsym should also override the provide() statement!

 

   I am not 100% sure this is a bug, but cant find any other explanation.  Some forum searches reveled some mention of the command line not working in this case.  I image this would be a commonly used command line option so should be OK???

 

   Any help would be greatly appreciated...  I have attached the linker script and makefiles in case they are of use...

 

Thanks

 

Ashley

 

 

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avr5.x
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