[avr-gcc-list] read Access to all of the Atmega 128 flash memory

[Roland Zitzke]

Hi,

I am developing a project on an atmega128 with about 16k of code and a lot of (80 k) audio sample data which will reside in flash memory.

 

I would preferably convert this data to C compatible code and let gcc and the linker decide on the actual location of these variables.

 

Code will look like:

#include

#include <progmem.h>

 

unsigned char PROGMEM audio1 [] =

{

0x80, 0x95, 0x3f, ..., 0x4c

};

I will get about 15 variables like this each containing about 5 k of data.

 

The compiler has no choice but to put samples in both lower and upper memory where lower memory is below 64k.

 

Now, how do I access bytes from these variables correctly in gcc?

I see in pgmspace.h (which gets included by progmem.h):

#if 0

#define PRG_RDB(addr) __lpm_inline((unsigned short)(addr))

#else

#define PRG_RDB(addr) _LPM((unsigned short)(addr))

#endif

but to my understanding the LPM instruction can only handle lower memory? (or am I wrong?)

There is the ELPM instruction but it requires of cause an address to be longer than 16 bit. How do I obtain this address from within my gcc code for one of my variables?

Any hints?

Thanks and regards

Roland