[ELDK] Compilation problems with ppc_85xx- of ELDK42 tool chain

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear krish,

In message <CAH57MOfPz-_hq4m=+o7puj1UdbBv7_vKyFuj6soS-Sv-WB9p=Q at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> When i tried to compile below program, i am getting following errors.
> Tool chain: ELDK42 (PowerPC, ppc_85xx)
> 
> Error Message:
> (.text+0x20): relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC_REL24 against symbol
...
> //#define MAX_DATA_SEG    0x1Fbf728 /* The max value compilation success */
> #define MAX_DATA_SEG    0x2000000
> char gIntA[MAX_DATA_SEG] = {1};

Your data segment has become too big. This is a limitation of the
Power Architecture.  Don't put any such big data objects into the
(initialized) data segment, instead either allocate it through
malloc() or put it on the bss segment.  The folowing code is
equivalent to yours and builds fine:


	#include <stdio.h>

	#define MAX_DATA_SEG    0x2000000
	char gIntA[MAX_DATA_SEG];

	int main(int argc, char *argv[])
	{
		gIntA[0] = 1;

		return 0;
	}

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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