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In a scatter file explicitly place variable initializer values in a flash region

LJ Ye

Hi,

Is there a way to explicitly place variable initializer values in a defined flash region using scatter files?

For example, using the scatter file below,

LOAD_ROM 0x0000 0x8000       ; Name of load region (LOAD_ROM),
                             ; Start address for load region (0x0000),
                             ; Maximum size of load region (0x8000)
{
    EXEC_ROM 0x0000 0x8000   ; Name of first exec region (EXEC_ROM),
                             ; Start address for exec region (0x0000),
                             ; Maximum size of first exec region (0x8000)
    {
        * (+RO)              ; Place all code and RO data into
                             ; this exec region
    }
    SRAM 0x10000 0x6000      ; Name of second exec region (SRAM),
                             ; Start address of second exec region (0x10000),
                             ; Maximum size of second exec region (0x6000)
    {
        * (+RW, +ZI)         ; Place all RW and ZI data into
                             ; this exec region
    }
}

If I declare

int aGlobalVar = 0xDEADBEEF;


aGlobalVar will get placed in SRAM, and the initializer value 0xDEADBEEF will get placed at the end of EXEC_ROM (this seems to be the case according to my experiment).

Is there a way for me to force explicit placement of 0xDEADBEEF in a flash region?

Thanks,
LJ

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