Why is the AVR GCC compiler using a full `CALL` even though I have set the `-mshort-calls` flag?
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I have set the -mshort-calls flag which is documented to replace the 4 byte long CALL instruction with the 2 byte long RCALL instruction when possible to save flash space and and cycles...
-mshort-calls
Assume that RJMP and RCALL can target the whole program memory.
This option is used internally for multilib selection. It is not an
optimization option, and you don’t need to set it by hand.
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/AVR-Options.html#index-mshort-calls
...and it set in Atmel Studio here...
Unfortunately the compiler is still using full CALL instructions even for a call that is only 2 bytes away...
...
35f6: 0e 94 fd 1a call 0x35fa ; 0x35fa
35fa: f8 94 cli
...
What am I doing wrong?
avr gcc rcall
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I have set the -mshort-calls flag which is documented to replace the 4 byte long CALL instruction with the 2 byte long RCALL instruction when possible to save flash space and and cycles...
-mshort-calls
Assume that RJMP and RCALL can target the whole program memory.
This option is used internally for multilib selection. It is not an
optimization option, and you don’t need to set it by hand.
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/AVR-Options.html#index-mshort-calls
...and it set in Atmel Studio here...
Unfortunately the compiler is still using full CALL instructions even for a call that is only 2 bytes away...
...
35f6: 0e 94 fd 1a call 0x35fa ; 0x35fa
35fa: f8 94 cli
...
What am I doing wrong?
avr gcc rcall
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I have set the -mshort-calls flag which is documented to replace the 4 byte long CALL instruction with the 2 byte long RCALL instruction when possible to save flash space and and cycles...
-mshort-calls
Assume that RJMP and RCALL can target the whole program memory.
This option is used internally for multilib selection. It is not an
optimization option, and you don’t need to set it by hand.
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/AVR-Options.html#index-mshort-calls
...and it set in Atmel Studio here...
Unfortunately the compiler is still using full CALL instructions even for a call that is only 2 bytes away...
...
35f6: 0e 94 fd 1a call 0x35fa ; 0x35fa
35fa: f8 94 cli
...
What am I doing wrong?
avr gcc rcall
asked Apr 18 at 23:12
bigjoshbigjosh
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I have set the -mshort-calls flag which is documented to replace the 4 byte long CALL instruction with the 2 byte long RCALL instruction when possible to save flash space and and cycles...
-mshort-calls
Assume that RJMP and RCALL can target the whole program memory.
This option is used internally for multilib selection. It is not an
optimization option, and you don’t need to set it by hand.
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/AVR-Options.html#index-mshort-calls
...and it set in Atmel Studio here...
Unfortunately the compiler is still using full CALL instructions even for a call that is only 2 bytes away...
...
35f6: 0e 94 fd 1a call 0x35fa ; 0x35fa
35fa: f8 94 cli
...
What am I doing wrong?
avr gcc rcall
avr gcc rcall
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This option was removed in gcc 4.8 but not all the documentation was updated. Atmel Studio also still uses the obsolete flag.
The new option is called -mrelax on the compiler command line or --relax on the linker command line...
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.9.2/gcc/AVR-Options.html
After adding that flag, the above code compiled to...
...
3584: 00 d0 rcall .+0 ; 0x3586
3586: f8 94 cli
...
If you are using Atmel Studio, the new flag is misleadingly called "Relax Branches" and is located here...
In my case, enabling relative jumps and calls resulted in significant flash savings. If you are here because you also need to save flash space and/or cycles, I'd also recommend looking into enabling Link Time Optimization which also offers great savings at no cost.
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This option was removed in gcc 4.8 but not all the documentation was updated. Atmel Studio also still uses the obsolete flag.
The new option is called -mrelax on the compiler command line or --relax on the linker command line...
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.9.2/gcc/AVR-Options.html
After adding that flag, the above code compiled to...
...
3584: 00 d0 rcall .+0 ; 0x3586
3586: f8 94 cli
...
If you are using Atmel Studio, the new flag is misleadingly called "Relax Branches" and is located here...
In my case, enabling relative jumps and calls resulted in significant flash savings. If you are here because you also need to save flash space and/or cycles, I'd also recommend looking into enabling Link Time Optimization which also offers great savings at no cost.
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This option was removed in gcc 4.8 but not all the documentation was updated. Atmel Studio also still uses the obsolete flag.
The new option is called -mrelax on the compiler command line or --relax on the linker command line...
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.9.2/gcc/AVR-Options.html
After adding that flag, the above code compiled to...
...
3584: 00 d0 rcall .+0 ; 0x3586
3586: f8 94 cli
...
If you are using Atmel Studio, the new flag is misleadingly called "Relax Branches" and is located here...
In my case, enabling relative jumps and calls resulted in significant flash savings. If you are here because you also need to save flash space and/or cycles, I'd also recommend looking into enabling Link Time Optimization which also offers great savings at no cost.
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This option was removed in gcc 4.8 but not all the documentation was updated. Atmel Studio also still uses the obsolete flag.
The new option is called -mrelax on the compiler command line or --relax on the linker command line...
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.9.2/gcc/AVR-Options.html
After adding that flag, the above code compiled to...
...
3584: 00 d0 rcall .+0 ; 0x3586
3586: f8 94 cli
...
If you are using Atmel Studio, the new flag is misleadingly called "Relax Branches" and is located here...
In my case, enabling relative jumps and calls resulted in significant flash savings. If you are here because you also need to save flash space and/or cycles, I'd also recommend looking into enabling Link Time Optimization which also offers great savings at no cost.
answered Apr 18 at 23:12
bigjoshbigjosh
7,3651736
$endgroup$
This option was removed in gcc 4.8 but not all the documentation was updated. Atmel Studio also still uses the obsolete flag.
The new option is called -mrelax on the compiler command line or --relax on the linker command line...
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.9.2/gcc/AVR-Options.html
After adding that flag, the above code compiled to...
...
3584: 00 d0 rcall .+0 ; 0x3586
3586: f8 94 cli
...
If you are using Atmel Studio, the new flag is misleadingly called "Relax Branches" and is located here...
In my case, enabling relative jumps and calls resulted in significant flash savings. If you are here because you also need to save flash space and/or cycles, I'd also recommend looking into enabling Link Time Optimization which also offers great savings at no cost.
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