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Re: Problem with malloc()
- From: "Stefan Karlsson" <stefan dot karlsson at questab dot com>
- To: <newlib at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:06:22 +0200
- Subject: Re: Problem with malloc()
Hi,
Yep, I've read thos articles. They're good but seems a bit outdated with
regard to configuration etc. (?)
Anyway, my problem turned out to be the Flash tool: it messed up the ROM
area that contains initial .data values. That's why the av_ array was
corrupt.
/Stefan
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: newlib-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:newlib-owner@sources.redhat.com] För Moser, Dan (GE Trans)
> Skickat: 12 juli 2005 17:34
> Till: Stefan Karlsson; newlib@sourceware.org
> Ämne: RE: Problem with malloc()
>
> Stefan,
>
> I got my newbie start with newlib by using the following two
> articles by Bill Gatliff and then a couple hours of playing
> around to get the basic pieces in place for my system.
>
> http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20011220S0058
> http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20020103S0073
>
> Dan Moser
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newlib-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:newlib-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Stefan Karlsson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:29 AM
> To: newlib@sourceware.org
> Subject: Problem with malloc()
>
>
>
> I have built a PowerPC executable with Newlib (+ libnosys.a).
> My problem is that malloc() doesn't work. As far as I can see
> the problem is that the av_ array used by _malloc_r()
> contains garbage.
>
> Is there some initialization that needs to be done?
>
>
> /Stefan (newbie)
>
>