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.
+Reference: tools: MAKSYM outlines +the syntax of the command.
+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.
+The following example MAKSYM log is taken from an EKA1 build; +however, the principle is the same for EKA2.
+From \Epoc32\Release\Misa\UREL\ekern.exe
+
50003040 0094 _E32Startup
500030d4 002c ImpDma::Init1(void)
50003100 0004 ImpDma::Init3(void)
50003104 0008 ImpDma::MaxBlockSize(void)
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:
+> cd \e32
+> abld listing misa urel ekern ka_dma
+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.
+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:
+7 Init1__6ImpDma:
8 @ args = 0, pretend = 0, frame = 0
9 @ frame_needed = 0, current_function_anonymous_args = 0
10 @ I don't think this function clobbers lr
11 0000 18209FE5 ldr r2, .L793
12 0004 0630A0E3 mov r3, #6
13 0008 003082E5 str r3, [r2, #0]
14 000c 10309FE5 ldr r3, .L793+4
15 0010 10009FE5 ldr r0, .L793+8
16 0014 000083E5 str r0, [r3, #0]
17 0018 1810A0E3 mov r1, #24
18 001c FEFFFFEA b FillZ__3MemPvi
Offset 8 is the first STR instruction. Comparing this with the C++ +source:
+void ImpDma::Init1()
//
// Phase 1 initialisation of the Dma channels
//
{
PP::DmaMaxChannels=KNumberOfDmaChannels;
PP::DmaChannelTable=(TDma **)(&DmaChannels[0]);
Mem::FillZ(PP::DmaChannelTable,sizeof(TDma *)*KNumberOfDmaChannels);
}
The first store is to PP::DmaMaxChannels, so clearly there is a +problem writing this memory.
+ +