erik malund wrote:
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It is not that simple, every LJMP and LCALL would blow if you did this.


Erik,

I'm not actually looking to move the "logical" address (bank number + 16-bit address) of the functions, but rather I want to modify the hex file so that it places each bank in the specific "physical" address in the Flash or internal OTP ROM (we have both options) that the hardware and/or one of Philips software utilities is expecting.

The microcontroller we are using (Philips SAA5665) has a "linear address" mode available for the address pins in which it expects the banks to be packed into the external code memory (bank0 at 8000H, bank1 at 10000H, bank2 at 18000H).

The other problem I am having is that the Philips DDS tool (Display Development Studio) which allows mating an embedded font with a firmware image requires that each bank be placed in a separate hex file which load that particular bank at physical address 8000H.

I've tried all of the available options for my version of the IAR linker (some of them under the direction of IAR tech support), but none of them placed the banks in the "physical" location I want/need them while at the same time not messing up the "logical" addresses (in the fashion you referred to in your reply). I'm thinking hard about popping for the price of the upgrade as it supposedly addresses my problem (both situations).

Jeff