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BL51: WARNING 16 (UNCALLED SEGMENT, IGNORED FOR OVERLAY ...)

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Information in this article applies to:

• C51 Version 5.50

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QUESTION

When I attempt to link my project, the linker responds with the following diagnostic:

WARNING L16: UNCALLED SEGMENT, IGNORED FOR OVERLAY PROCESS
SEGMENT: segment-name

ANSWER

This warning occurs when functions which are not called are contained in a program (e.g. for test purposes). The function specified is excluded from the overlay process in this case. Often this warning is accompanied by

ERROR L107: ADDRESS SPACE OVERFLOW

If you fix the uncalled warning, then Error 107 is often cleared as well.

There are two ways to solve this problem.

1. Call the uncalled function from somewhere in your program.
2. Remove or #if out the function that is not called. You can do that using #if 0 in front of and #endif after the uncalled function. For example:

   #if 0
   void uncalled_function (void)
   {
   }
   #endif
   

MORE INFORMATION

• Refer to Warning L16 in the BL51 User's Guide.
• Refer to Error L107 in the BL51 User's Guide.

SEE ALSO 

• BL51: WARNING L16 (UNCALLED SEGMENT, IGNORED FOR OVERLAY)

FORUM THREADS

The following Discussion Forum threads may provide information related to this topic.

• Getting *** WARNING L16: UNCALLED FUNCTION, IGNORED FOR OVERLAY PROCESS
• Error L107: Address Space Overflow

Last Reviewed: Friday, July 15, 2005

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