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Re: [avr-gcc-list] 'relocation truncated to fit' diagnosis ideas?


From: Joerg Wunsch
Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] 'relocation truncated to fit' diagnosis ideas?
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 08:52:22 +0200 (MET DST)

Jim Brain <address@hidden> wrote:

>> *which* relocations are truncated?

> It moved around, depending on how much code I compiled in.  The last
> batch were EEPROM routine references.

That basically rules out the -lm issue.

>> What are your compiler commandline options?  I hope you didn't use the
>> silly -mshort-calls option.  This option would better not exist at
>> all.

> *hangs head in shame*  Yes, I did.

Sheesh, I wish this option had not invented at all.  I'm tempted to
open a GCC PR requesting its immediate removal.

> After removal, compilation is back 
> to normal.

Good to know.

> In my (somewhat lame) defense, I believe I copied this Makefile from a 
> Tiny2313 project (it started life on a Tiny), and was trying to keep 
> code size at a bare minimum.

It wouldn't have changed a bit.  As the ATtiny2313 does not have long
jumps/calls anyway, code generation for it always uses RJMP/RCALL.
Only on devices with more than 8 KiB of flash, the code generation
uses JMP/CALL.  The way to shorten the jumps and calls afterwards is
not to force the compiler not issuing them in the first place (now,
you ought to know why this is not the correct way, Jim ;-), but to use
the -mrelax option.  (Yes, Jan, I know it has its own set of issues.)+
That lets the linker decide which jumps or calls are real candidates
for being shortened.

You are not alone.  Even AVR Studio offers that nonsensical option
(while leaving out more important things).  Another common nonsensical
option is to apply -fpack-struct: as the AVR has no alignment
requirements beyond a single byte, structs on the AVR are always
packed as tight as possible.
-- 
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