User`s guide

Target Settings
DSP56800E-Specific Target Settings Panels
63Targeting MC56F83xx/DSP5685x Controllers
List Unused
Objects
checkbox
Checked — Linker includes unused objects
in the link map.
Clear — Linker does not include unused
objects in the link map.
This checkbox is available only if the
Generate Link Map checkbox is
checked.
Show Transitive
Closure
checkbox
Checked — Link map includes a list of all
objects that main( ) references.
Clear — Link map does not include this list.
Text after this table includes an
example list.
This checkbox is available only if the
Generate Link Map checkbox is
checked.
Annotate Byte
Symbols
Checked — Linker includes B annotation
for byte data types (e.g., char) in the Linker
Command File.
Clear — By default, the Linker does not
include the B annotation in the Linker
Command File. Everything without the B
annotation is a word address.
For an example of the Linker
Command File with and without the B
annotation, see Listing 4.3
.
Disable
Deadstripping
checkbox
Checked — Prevents the linker from
stripping unused code or data.
Clear — Lets the linker deadstrip.
Generate ELF
Symbol Table
checkbox
Checked — Linker includes and ELF
symbol table and relocation list in the ELF
executable file.
Clear — Linker does not include these
items in the ELF executable file.
Suppress
Warning
Messages
checkbox
Checked — Linker does not display
warnings in the message window.
Clear — Linker displays warnings in the
message window.
Generate S-
Record File
checkbox
Checked — Linker generates an output file
in S-record format. Activates subordinate
checkboxes.
Clear — Linker does not generate an S-
record file.
For the DSP56800E, this option
outputs three S-record files: .s (both
P and X memory contents), .p (P
memory contents), and .x (X memory
contents). The linker puts S-record
files in the output folder (a sub-folder
of the project folder.)
Sort By Address
checkbox
Checked — Enables the compiler to use
byte addresses to sort type S3 S-records
that the linker generates.
Clear — Does not enable byte-address
sorting.
This checkbox is available only if the
Generate S-Record File checkbox is
checked.
Table 4.11 M56800E Linker Panel Elements (continued)
Element Purpose Comments