Re: [avr-gcc-list] storing values at a spcified location in FLASH..?

[Andy Warner]

Eivind Sivertsen wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I am looking for a way to store values at specified locations in flash, for
> instance calibration values, serial number...etc...
> I know that other compilers may use preprocessor directives to do this, but
> I cant find the combination that does the trick with WinAVR...
> The solution below seems to just add the data at the flash location wherever
> code ends.

Is it important to you that the values are stored at a particular
physical address in flash, or just that your program can always
access the values in flash reliably ?

I ask because you can just ask the linker to "put them in the
flash somewhere", and have it tell you where it put them
(by means of a variable.) Unless you have a compelling reason
to anchor the data at a _specific_ flash location, I would
always recommend letting the linker take care of this kind of
detail - it's way better at it than most programmers, and it
will not break as the code grows/moves.

There was a recent thread about this on this list, check the
archives for the "Including a binary file as resource" thread.
Using objcopy like your example was discussed, along with
the fact that objcopy helpfully creates symbols with the
start/end/size of the data, you should be able to use those
symbols and let go of exactly _where_ in flash the data ended
up (unless you have a solid reason for having the data nailed down
at a specific flash address.)
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