Question
Generating external Loader (.stldr) for specific hardware
In the last weeks, I was working on running W25Q256 nor flash chip from vendor Winbond with STM32F746 MCU on a custom board. My guideline in this road is ST's how to run QSPI flash video tutorial (5-part video) and of course some genius guys in the community who's helped me a lot to rewrite the functions of QSPI flash (Init, Erase, Write, Memory-mapped). So far functions tested in the Main.c and I can read the pre-written data on the memory. The next step is to generate (.stldr) external loader file and modify Flash.ld file.
according to the video tutorial, I added Loader_Src.c, dev_inf.c, and dev_inf.h files to the workspace but there is a little confusion about flash.ld file that contains memory definitions and all other data and text stuff to assign to specific memory (>FLASH, >RAM, >QUADSPI).
for the point of concern, I use STM32F746 with IS42S32400F SD-RAM connected with 2-banks to MCU and of-course W25Q256 NOR-FLASH.
- how to modify flash.ld file to my specific condition and generate .stldr file using loader files added?
- I generated an external loader file before, but when I added the loader file to the CUBEPROGRAMMER directory, it didn't recognize by the programmer and got an error with blank fields in EL section of the programmer!
here I uploaded relevant files for check
STM32F746BGTX_FLASH.ld
/**
******************************************************************************
* @file LinkerScript.ld
* @author Auto-generated by STM32CubeIDE
* @brief Linker script for STM32F746BGTx Device from STM32F7 series
* 1024Kbytes FLASH
* 320Kbytes RAM
*
* Set heap size, stack size and stack location according
* to application requirements.
*
* Set memory bank area and size if external memory is used
******************************************************************************
* @attention
*
* <h2><center>© Copyright (c) 2020 STMicroelectronics.
* All rights reserved.</center></h2>
*
* This software component is licensed by ST under BSD 3-Clause license,
* the "License"; You may not use this file except in compliance with the
* License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
* opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
*
******************************************************************************
*/
/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)
/* Highest address of the user mode stack */
_estack = ORIGIN(RAM) + LENGTH(RAM); /* end of "RAM" Ram type memory */
_Min_Heap_Size = 0x200 ; /* required amount of heap */
_Min_Stack_Size = 0x400 ; /* required amount of stack */
/* Memories definition */
MEMORY
{
RAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 320K
FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8000000, LENGTH = 1024K
}
/* Sections */
SECTIONS
{
/* The startup code into "FLASH" Rom type memory */
.isr_vector :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
KEEP(*(.isr_vector)) /* Startup code */
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
/* The program code and other data into "FLASH" Rom type memory */
.text :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
*(.text) /* .text sections (code) */
*(.text*) /* .text* sections (code) */
*(.glue_7) /* glue arm to thumb code */
*(.glue_7t) /* glue thumb to arm code */
*(.eh_frame)
KEEP (*(.init))
KEEP (*(.fini))
. = ALIGN(4);
_etext = .; /* define a global symbols at end of code */
} >FLASH
/* Constant data into "FLASH" Rom type memory */
.rodata :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
*(.rodata) /* .rodata sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
*(.rodata*) /* .rodata* sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
.ARM.extab : {
. = ALIGN(4);
*(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*)
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
.ARM : {
. = ALIGN(4);
__exidx_start = .;
*(.ARM.exidx*)
__exidx_end = .;
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
.preinit_array :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(.preinit_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
.init_array :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.init_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
.fini_array :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.fini_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
/* Used by the startup to initialize data */
_sidata = LOADADDR(.data);
/* Initialized data sections into "RAM" Ram type memory */
.data :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
_sdata = .; /* create a global symbol at data start */
*(.data) /* .data sections */
*(.data*) /* .data* sections */
. = ALIGN(4);
_edata = .; /* define a global symbol at data end */
} >RAM AT> FLASH
/* Uninitialized data section into "RAM" Ram type memory */
. = ALIGN(4);
.bss :
{
/* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss section */
_sbss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss start */
__bss_start__ = _sbss;
*(.bss)
*(.bss*)
*(COMMON)
. = ALIGN(4);
_ebss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss end */
__bss_end__ = _ebss;
} >RAM
/* User_heap_stack section, used to check that there is enough "RAM" Ram type memory left */
._user_heap_stack :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
PROVIDE ( end = . );
PROVIDE ( _end = . );
. = . + _Min_Heap_Size;
. = . + _Min_Stack_Size;
. = ALIGN(8);
} >RAM
/* Remove information from the compiler libraries */
/DISCARD/ :
{
libc.a ( * )
libm.a ( * )
libgcc.a ( * )
}
.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
}Dev_inf.c
/*
* Dev_Inf.c
*
*/
#include "Dev_Inf.h"
#include "quadspi.h"
/* This structure contains information used by ST-LINK Utility to program and erase the device */
#if defined (__ICCARM__)
__root struct StorageInfo const StorageInfo = {
#else
struct StorageInfo const StorageInfo = {
#endif
"QSPI_flashloader_CSP", // Device Name + version number
NOR_FLASH, // Device Type
0x90000000, // Device Start Address
MEMORY_FLASH_SIZE, // Device Size in Bytes
MEMORY_PAGE_SIZE, // Programming Page Size
0xFF, // Initial Content of Erased Memory
// Specify Size and Address of Sectors (view example below)
{ {
(MEMORY_FLASH_SIZE / MEMORY_SECTOR_SIZE), // Sector Numbers,
(uint32_t) MEMORY_SECTOR_SIZE
}, //Sector Size
{ 0x00000000, 0x00000000 }
}
};