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<h2>Using the MAKSYM Tool</h2>
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<p>MAKSYM is a command line tool that processes the log file generated
when building a ROM image, and creates a text file that lists the address of
every global and exported function in the ROM.</p>
<p>Reference: tools: MAKSYM outlines
the syntax of the command.</p>
<p>If you know the address of the instruction which caused an exception,
you can compare this address with the MAKSYM log to see which function this is
in. You can narrow this down to the exact code within the function by using
ABLD LISTING to get the assembler output from the compiler.</p>
<p>The following example MAKSYM log is taken from an EKA1 build;
however, the principle is the same for EKA2.</p>
<p class="listing">From    \Epoc32\Release\Misa\UREL\ekern.exe<br>
  <br>50003040    0094    _E32Startup<br>500030d4    002c    ImpDma::Init1(void)<br>50003100    0004    ImpDma::Init3(void)<br>50003104    0008    ImpDma::MaxBlockSize(void)</p>
<p>If, for example, the code address of the exception is at
0x500030dc, then you can see from the log that this is in the
ImpDma::Init1() function, at offset 8 from the start of the
function. This function is in the file
...\e32\ekern\epoc\arm\sa1100\ka_dma.cpp, so use ABLD LISTING to
obtain the assembler:</p>
<p class="listing">&gt; cd \e32</p>
<p class="listing">&gt; abld listing misa urel ekern ka_dma </p>
<p>Notice that you must specify the component that the file is part of,
in this case EKERN, and that you do not put the .cpp extension on
the source file name. If you do not specify a source file ABLD will create an
assembler listing for every file in component EKERN.</p>
<p>The listing file will be placed in the same directory as
ka_dma.cpp, and will be called ka_dma.lis. If you
look at this file you will see something like this:</p>
<p class="listing">7              &nbsp;Init1__6ImpDma:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@ args = 0, pretend = 0, frame = 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@ frame_needed = 0, current_function_anonymous_args = 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;10              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@ I don't think this function clobbers lr<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;11 0000 18209FE5 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ldr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;r2, .L793<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;12 0004 0630A0E3 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mov&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;r3, #6<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;13 0008 003082E5 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;str&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;r3, [r2, #0]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;14 000c 10309FE5 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ldr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;r3, .L793+4<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;15 0010 10009FE5 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ldr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;r0, .L793+8<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;16 0014 000083E5 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;str&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;r0, [r3, #0]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;17 0018 1810A0E3 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mov&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;r1, #24<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;18 001c FEFFFFEA &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b&nbsp;&nbsp;FillZ__3MemPvi</p>
<p>Offset 8 is the first STR instruction. Comparing this with the C++
source:</p>
<p class="listing">void ImpDma::Init1()<br>//<br>// Phase 1 initialisation of the Dma channels<br>//<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PP::DmaMaxChannels=KNumberOfDmaChannels;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PP::DmaChannelTable=(TDma **)(&amp;DmaChannels[0]);<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mem::FillZ(PP::DmaChannelTable,sizeof(TDma *)*KNumberOfDmaChannels);<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}</p>
<p>The first store is to PP::DmaMaxChannels, so clearly there is a
problem writing this memory. </p> 

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