Re: How to tell the linker to place the particular function at the specified address?

In general (i.e. untested ;) you'd add a linker script snippet like
this:

section_TAO 0xC400 : {
  *(.myfuncsec_TAO)
}

Then tag your function with a section attribute:

static void __interrupt __attribute__((section(".myfuncsec_TAO")))
Timer0_A0_alter(void)
{
}


The key here is that you can change the section a function (or
anything, like data or tables) is in, and the linker knows how to put
specific sections at specific addresses.

Note that this only works if *other* output sections in the link do
not overlap.  I typically avoid the examples above, and instead use
memory regions, that way I know they won't overlap or overflow.

MEMORY {
        MYFUNCSEC (r) : ORIGIN = 0x0c400, LENGTH = 0x00400
}

section_TAO : {
  *(.myfuncsec_TAO)
} > MYFUNCSEC


Note that you can also do per-file placement, by replacing the '*' wildcard
with the file name you want:

section_TAO {
  int_a0.o(.text)
} > MYFUNCSEC

but if there are other .text things in that object that you're not
aware of, that won't guarantee that the specific handler is at the
address you want.

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