RE: [avr-gcc-list] jump_to_null question

[Eric Weddington]

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> Subject: [avr-gcc-list] jump_to_null question
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> Hi all!
>       I'm currently working on a bootloader for Mega8 and 88
> and found a
> problem I do not yet understand. At the end of the bootloader
> the code
> has to jump to the main reset vector at address 0x0000. If I do the
> usual way
>       void (*jump_to_null)(void) = 0x0000;
> gcc 3.4.6 complies:
>       LDI     R30, 0x0102
>       LDI     R31, 0x0103
>       ICALL
> and everything works fine, as expected.
>       But if I try to be more specific and define
>       void (* const jump_to_main)(void) = 0x0000;
> gcc 3.4.6 complies
>       RCALL   PC-0x0009
> which unfortunately does not what I intended.
>       Could anyone please point me to my error in reasoning
> or lack of
> understanding? Many thanks!

Hmm.

I would recommend that you just stick with the first way of doing it, since
it generates the correct code. You're using GCC 3.4.6 so reporting a bug for
that version would be a waste of time since the latest version of GCC is
4.2.0 (or 4.1.2 for many of the distros). If you find that GCC generates the
same bad code for GCC 4.x, then file a bug report for that.

Eric