Re: [ECOS] rodata feature :-(

["Boris V. Guzhov" <borg at int dot spb dot ru>]

> > There is strange memory hole between "bit_first_set8" and "
> > Cyg_libc_str_null_mask_1":
> > 0x92d08 - 0x7a0e0 = 0x18C28 (~100 kb).
> >
> > How can you explain it?
> >
> > Note that:
> > - the bit_first_set8 declaration is  "extern const unsigned char
> > bit_first_set8[256];",
> > - the bit_first_set8 and Cyg_libc_str_null_mask_*  variables are
declared in
> > different files.
>
> Seems like some sort of tools problem. Have you tried generating a linker
> map? Perhaps do an objdump --section-headers on the relevant intermediate
> object files (i.e. .o files) to see if any of them have odd alignment
> constraints or sizes. If so, try examining the assembly version of the
> affected files to see how it is coming about.
>
> Jifl


Thanks,

I used objdump and objcopy and realized that is due to ASSERT .
I my eCos configuration are used ASSERTs (CYGPKG_INFRA_DEBUG=1,
CYGDBG_USE_ASSERTS=1). These options provide too
many of constant strings in project and "nm" command does not
show them.

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Boris Guzhov,
St.Petersburg, Russia