In my NIOS project I'm trying to access a linker symbol from my C file. I'm using the Altera GCC toolchain. The idea is to find out where the end of my code and R/O memory is in flash so I can use the remainder for storage. I have the following in my .c file:
.C file: extern int __ram_rodata_end; void *p = &__ram_rodata_end;
The .map file shows the symbol __ram_rodata_end like this: 0x01014f20 PROVIDE (__ram_rodata_end, (.))
But the linker gives me the error below. If I use a symbol that's in reach (e.g. __sbss_end) everything works and p points to the end of data. The format in the map file is exactly the same so I know that's not the problem.
Linker error: ../test.c:33: Unable to reach __ram_rodata_end (at 0x01014f20) from the global pointer (at 0x0101ed34) because the offset (-40468) is out of the allowed range, -32678 to 32767.
Here's the assembly code causing the problem: 145 0100 040080D0 addi r2,gp,%gprel(__ram_rodata_end) 146 0104 150680E0 stw r2,24(fp)
Is there an easy way of getting the value of a linker symbol into a C variable? I'm not above using inline assembly with a global or static variable to get the value.
Thanks, Andrew