Configuration of section placement files for Segger Embedded Studio – Segger_flash.icf or Flash_placement.xml?

RE: Configuration of section placement files for Segger Embedded Studio – Segger_flash.icf or Flash_placement.xml?

northernLight — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:55:57 GMT

Advice from Segger:

Embedded Studio supports two linkers out of the box.
The one is the gcc linker (section_placement.xml and memory map file) and the other our new Segger Linker (only one .icf file).
The Nordic guide seems to reference the gcc linker.
Make sure that in project options the linker is set to "GNU" instead of "SEGGER".
Then you should get the "Import Section placement" option.

(I was using the Segger linker, hence the import section placement option was not available in the project options menu.)

RE: Configuration of section placement files for Segger Embedded Studio – Segger_flash.icf or Flash_placement.xml?

northernLight — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:23:14 GMT

Edvin

Thankyou for the helpful reply. Your suggestion makes sense. I wish I had known that SDK12.3 and SES v4.12 do not play nicely together before I started this project!

Adding SES support for more recent versions of the SDK is a good idea. Unfortunately it does not help me since I am using NRF51 SoCs which are not supported by versions of the SDK > 12.3

Is it likely that given the SES-Nordic alliance there will be further effort to develop compatibility with the newest version of Segger's IDE?

With kindest regards

Rob

RE: Configuration of section placement files for Segger Embedded Studio – Segger_flash.icf or Flash_placement.xml?

Edvin — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:08:42 GMT

Hello,

I am not quite sure how to check without downloading and installing, but I believe that SES v4.12 has an armgcc compiler version that is "not supported" in our SDKs. By not supported, I mean that it isn't tested properly, and we have seen a few bug reports with weird behavior using this version. I suggest that you download the 3.40 version of Segger Embedded Studio.

However, I am not 100% sure that this is the reason that you don't see the import section placement option. Can you please try to follow this guide:

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/b/blog/posts/segger-embedded-studio-a-cross-platform-ide

I remember that I did this a couple of times before we added support for SES projects in our SDK (included SES project files). And that did work.

So please try to download SES v3.40, and follow the guide from the link.

Best regards,

Edvin