Far typecasting error in code for M16C28

[JaMe]

when I compiled this code,

const char* name= dir_entry->long_name;
char * name_ext;

name_ext = strrchr(name, '.');

compiler shows warning warning message:
[Warning(ccom)] assign far pointer to near pointer,bank value ignored
===> name_ext = strrchr(name, '.');

I am using High-performance Embedded Workshop by Renesas Technology.
The microcontroller is M16C28, which is 16-bit processor. Any idea about this ?

 

[Nandulal]

Re: Far Typecasting

I've checked in my HEW environment,
typedef unsigned char byte;

const byte *name = "12.67";

void main(void)
{
byte *name_ext;
................................

name_ext = strrchr(name, '.');
...................................
}

I'm not getting any warning here. FYI, I'm working on R8C tiny (R5F21237) CPU.
I think you can check this code in your HEW environment.
There may problem with your structure.

Nandu

 

[jhbbunch]

Far Typecasting

It just means that the compiler can't use a more compact address mode and is using a larger address mode given the demands you are placing on this pointer.It probably ran out of space in a data segment and had to put some data in another segment and this resulted in smoe bank switching that the compiler would call a far ponter. But there could be a lot of other reasons. It depends on the micro,
To understand how C pointer work I alway tell a programmer to learn how the assembly language and address modes work for a particular micro. Then how C pointers work for that particular platform becomes self-evident.