Re: [avr-gcc-list] re: structures in EEProm

[David Kelly]

On Aug 23, 2005, at 1:11 AM, Jim Brooks wrote:

> I would like to define some default data structures in EEProm and  
> have them
> loaded/initialzed when I program the Flash from Avr Studio.

Write to flash and write to eeprom are two separate processes.

I do things like this:

typedef struct {
    uint16_t    n, d;
} SCALE;

SCALE    scale;
SCALE ee_scale __attribute__ ((section (".eeprom")))
        = { 1, 1 };

Early in my code I block copy ee_scale into scale for later quick  
access.

Looking at disassembly list files, map files, and hex files I  
generate the data is there. But not when AVR Studio writes the chip  
using the same dwarf-2 file used to generate the list, map, and hex  
files.

Had the "preserve EEPROM on chip erase" fuse selected and couldn't  
write the hex file to EEPROM without complaint of verification error.  
Looked to be the same mess as when the dwarf-2 was loaded, zeroed  
with wrong data in some places, occasionally right data in the wrong  
place. Unchecked that fuse bit and the hex file wrote and verified  
correctly. Have not tried loading the dwarf-2 file with that fuse  
change yet.

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David Kelly N4HHE, address@hidden
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