RE: [avr-gcc-list] migrating from iar to gcc

[Dave Hylands]

Hi Missimiliano,

> I have some sources writed for iar compiler. I want to port these
> sources to gcc.
> 
> I don't know how to translate this:
> 
> char __flash *p;
> 
> p is a pointer stored in default memory. The pointer
> points to an integer in flash memory.
> 
> how is translated this declaration in gcc?

I'm sharing some new found knowledge, which I'm hoping is correct...

You can write it a couple of ways:

        prog_char       *p;
Or
        char *p PROGMEM;

In either case, you'll need to add

        #include <avr/pgmspace.h>

In order to get the correct definitions.

If you want to initialize p with a string, use the PSTR macro:

        prog_char *p = PSTR( "Test" );

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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/