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µTasker Forum => NXPTM M522XX, KINETIS and i.MX RT => Topic started by: mark on April 19, 2023, 01:32:37 PM
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Hi All
With the release of NXP's MCUXpresso V11.5, which is supplied with a newer version of the GCC tool chain, i.MX RT projects could no longer be build due to an incompatibility in the linker scripts.
Interestingly this however didn't affect Kinetis projects, where the same incompatibility was not experienced.
Originally attempts were made to identify what had changed and work around it but this proved to be a dead-end and so finally a new linker script was generated using the NXP SDK and then adapted to suit the uTasker code (such as inserting the same variable section references so that the initialisation code didn't need to be modified).
The result is that by swapping out original linker scripts against newer ones projects can be built with MCUXpresso versions pre-V11.5 and post.
At this time there are still some linker scripts to be adapted and tested but for the main usage I have attached the ones that can already be used (later they will be checked into the repository for general use)
- iMX_RT_10XX_FlexSPI_NOR.ld This can be saved to \Applications\uTaskerBoot\GNU_iMX (overwriting the original) and allows the primary loader to be built for i.MX RT 10xx parts (excluding the i.MX RT 1064)
- iMX_RT_1064_FlexSPI_NOR.ld. This can be saved to \Applications\uTaskerBoot\GNU_iMX (overwriting the original) and allows the primary loader to be built for the i.MX RT 1064
- iMX_RT_10XX_FlexSPI_NOR_BOOT.ld. This can be saved to \Applications\uTaskerSerialBoot\GNU_iMX (overwriting the original) and also to \Applications\uTaskerV1.4\GNU_iMX and allows the secondary loaders and application to be built for i.MX RT 10xx parts operating in RAM (the main operation configuration and always used by the serial loaders).
- iMX_RT_10XX_SDP_Boot.ld. This can be saved to \Applications\uTaskerSerialBoot\GNU_iMX (overwriting the original) and allows serial download protocol images for i.MX RT 10xx parts. This tends to be built in parallel with the serial loader and so, even if the SDP outputs are never used, it will stop the build failing.
Regards
Mark
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I'm using Visual Studio, but have a complete c:\gnu\ folder where I keep all my gcc stuff together. Currently running 9-2019-q4-major-win32. Does this MCUXpresso update use a later gcc tool chain? I see from the source (https://developer.arm.com/downloads/-/gnu-rm) I see a 10-2020-q4-major-win32, and the current 10.3-2021.10-win32. Is there a prefered tool chain that is best for iMX_RT's and Kinetis with uTasker?
Ray
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Hi Ray
I don't think there is anything in the newer GCC versions that are greatly beneficial and older ones work fine:
Maybe there are some better warning messages in newer ones (pointing out potential code issues) but these are not critical.
Regards
Mark