4.5.2. __attribute__((at(address)))
This variable attribute enables you to specify the absolute address of a variable.
The variable is placed in its own section, and the section containing the variable is given an appropriate type by the compiler:
Read-only variables are placed in a section with type RO.
Initialized read‑write variables are placed in a section with type RW.
In particular, variables explicitly initialized to zero are placed in RW not ZI. Such variables are not candidates for the ZI-to-RW optimization of the compiler.
Uninitialized variables are placed in a section with type ZI.
Note
This variable attribute is not supported by GNU compilers.
__attribute__((at(address)))
Where:
addressis the desired address of the variable.
The keyword __at comes immediately after the variable name.
The linker is not always able to place sections produced by the at variable attribute.
The linker gives an error message if it is not possible to place a section at a specified address.
const int x1 __attribute__((at(0x10000))) = 10; /* RO */ int x2 __attribute__((at(0x12000))) = 10; /* RW */int x3 __attribute__((at(0x14000))) = 0; /* RW, not ZI */int x4 __attribute__((at(0x16000))); /* ZI */