Hi.
I'm trying to compile this program:
int main()
{
int i, j;
for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
{
j = j+1;
}
return 0;
}

arm-elf-gcc -s -Os -o test.elf test.c produces a program with the
following output from arm-elf-size:
text data bss dec hex filename
5484 1872 184 7540 1d74 test.elf

Also, tracing the linking: (arm-elf-gcc -s -Os -Wl,--trace -o test.elf
test.c)
/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/bin/ld: mode armelf
/export/home1/jamesl/arm/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/crtbegin.o
/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/crt0.o
/tmp/cc9r4g2Q.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/libgcc.a)__main.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/libgcc.a)_exit.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)atexit.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)exit.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)impure.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)malloc.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)mallocr.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)memset.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)mlock.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)sbrkr.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)syscalls.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)errno.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/arm-elf/lib/libc.a)freer.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/libgcc.a)_udivsi3.o
(/export/home1/jamesl/arm/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/libgcc.a)_dvmd_tls.
o
/export/home1/jamesl/arm/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/crtend.o

Is there anyway to prevent all these calls?
5484 bytes of code and 1872 bytes of data for a small program like that
is crazy!

I suspect the problem is the _exit() call in crt0.S

Does anyone have a workaround for this.
I'm using newlib-1.8.1 as my libc.

Thanks.

Please CC me for I"m not subscribed to the list.

--James Lamanna

"James Laamnna" <jamesl@appliedminds.com> wrote in message
news:a091da2f.0307251658.39e01baa@posting.google.c om...
Yes.

Make your own startup module and instruct the linker to ignore the default
startup code. The bulk is coming in due to the startup modules crtbegin.o
and crt0.o.

I'm using a module to create an ARM AIF header to the executable and do the
necessary initialisation for the C runtime. It needs also a tailored linker
script (which is needed for stand-alone code anyway).

BTW, you ought to get a compiler warning about uninitialised variable 'j'.

In my experience, -O2 produces code best suited for embedded use.

HTH

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi

Well, I wrote a book about it, does that help?
Seriously, email me privately and I'll dig into my backups and send
you the code (Monday).

All the I/O is memory mapped. You just coerce a pointer into
containing the correct address. The sample source I'll send you
illustrates it simply.

"Rich Webb" <bbew.ar@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote in message
news:89k6ivg2ruiqbdtm15j5hjd271jr9jhdvv@4ax.com...
There seems to be a social request for a very simple ARM board, e.g. an
AT91R40008 with a single Flash chip (e.g. AM29DL163) , crystal, RS-232
buffers, reset chip and connectors for the PIO and JTAG pins.

I could provide a draft schematic, if somebody is interested to make the
thing.

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi

I recommended the AT91EB40 in my book, for that specific reason. It
was $179 at the time (it's now more expensive!). It has been
superseded by the EB40A, which costs $198.00 at Digi-Key (cat
#AT91EB40A-ND). Very reasonably priced kits, I highly recommend them.

Of course, it is almost trivial to make up a simple demo board for
these cheap ARMs. Personally I'd like to make a little board with a
Cirrus EP7312 or Sharp LH79520, a socket for a DIP flash chip, and a
socket for a standard RAM DIMM, and everything else brought out to
headers. The production cost of such an item would be about $100-$120
(in tiny quantity). But I never seem to find time to sit down and
finalize such a project.

Oh, by the way: also look at <http://www.earthlcd.com/marmalade.htm>,
but it still doesn't appear to be shipping yet and there's no
guarantee as to support/availability. So the EB40A is still a safer
bet.

I've done a lot of PCB designs before, so I could make up the PCB
design and everything, and then I could release it to whoever wants it
and give them the names of a few reasonably priced PCB-manufacture
companies.

Also, like one of the previous posters, I was looking to step way up
from a Atmel AVR. I'm looking at the AT91s, but also there is a new
chip coming out from TI, the TMS320F281x series. Pretty fast chip, for
about $20 each. Problem is you have to pay for development tools,
etc....

I searched on the Atmel website and found a few different AT91 eval boards
like AT91EB42, AT91EB55, AT91EB63.

Does someone know the differences ?
What are the prices of them ? Perhaps buying is cheaper than making it
ourself
(especially if you add to get all the parts, perhaps from different
distributors ?).

Can someone point me to a (up-to-date) website,
where i can download the arm-gcc ?

Greetings,

Martin

You can try mine, of course My goal is to get in the top 25,000
selling SKUs on amazon, and I've got a long way to go yet (currently
#70,711 - up a long way from where I started at 2,000,000th!). But at
least I outsell bulk packs of Oberto beef jerky, and also such
memorable tomes as "DB2 Universal Database for OS/390: An Introduction
to DB2 for OS/390 Version 7" and "Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals,
Beastly Fables".

I have made the sourcecode for the book example projects available at
http://www.zws.com/downloads/sourcecode.tar.gz - this source is
intended for the EB40 but should easily be adaptable to the 40A. I
have NOT yet analyzed exactly what would need to be changed (I don't
own an EB40A) so please don't ask

(I haven't linked this file on zws.com yet; I'll do that when I get
time to write some decent text; patience!).

Martin Maurer wrote:
I bought an AT91EB55 and it was about $200 or maybe $250. You need to
check with distribution or Atmel for pricing. This stuff can vary and
they obsolete boards from time to time.

I believe different CPU chips. I know the AT91EB55 uses the AT91M55800A
which has a lot of IO functions on chip.


Building your own board is a PITA. Some of the more commone boards like
the EB40 are defacto standards with a lot of third party support like
board support packages for OS, etc.

Try this link...

http://www.sharpsma.com/sma/Products...ibrary.htm#TOF

You will have to register. I normally use a yahoo account for this sort
of thing.

--

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removed.

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Stupid! The URL is actually:

http://www.zws.com/publications/down...rcecode.tar.gz

Sorry, all!

On 4 Aug 2003 17:43:15 -0700, Greg Holdren <gregh@wx.rose.hp.com> wrote:

Dang -- might have to take a short trip at lunchtime tomorrow. Thanks
for the pointer, looks like a good hack (in the original sense).

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

Hello,


Great idea ! Can you give me the manufacturer and perhaps complete name of
this part ? I am from Germany and want to try to get it in Germany.

Do someone know of equivalent things containing an ARM processor
and flash memory ?

Greetings,

Martin (mailto:newsgroup_05082003@clibb.de)

Martin Maurer <capiman@clibb.de> wrote:

: Great idea ! Can you give me the manufacturer and perhaps complete name of
: this part ? I am from Germany and want to try to get it in Germany.

: Do someone know of equivalent things containing an ARM processor
: and flash memory ?

Item number 290331
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Direct Link:
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You can order it online with the link above.

--
Greg Holdren
greg <dot> holdren <at> <initials of company> <dot> com