Re: Re: linker issue with CCS 6

"Jon Kirwan [email protected] [msp430]" <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:29:31 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.texas-instruments.msp430.discuss
Organization Infinite Factors
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:54:38 -0800, Bill wrote:

>So the problem was the CCS6 settings defaulted to "elf" output format, but
>the original build was in "legacy Coff".  The reason why the change of
>output format from "legacy COFF" to "eabi (ELF)" causes the code size bloat
>is that the code calls log10, sqrt and pow which take double arguments. In
>COFF double is 32-bits but is 64-bits in ELF.  So the issue was .text was
>looking like it was trying to be placed at 0x0 in the map file, but 0x0 was
>just a placeholder as the code would not fit.  Change the output to "legacy
>Coff" and the project builds fine...
>
>-Bill

Thanks Bill. That's not something I could have guessed at.
But it is very useful to be aware of. Update appreciated!

Jon


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