pointer out of range link error

Your first sugestion did the trick (use [])!

One thing I noticed is that when I run readelf with -s I don't see the symbol I'm referencing. I see others like __bss_start

Here is the linker script portion that declares my symbol:

.cpu_memory_data :

{

PROVIDE (_alt_partition_cpu_memory_data_start = ABSOLUTE(.));

*(.cpu_memory_data)

. = ALIGN(32 / 8);

PROVIDE (_alt_partition_cpu_memory_data_end = ABSOLUTE(.));

} > cpu_memory_data

Here is the output of nios2-elf-readelf -s

re/ssec/Debug

[SOPC Builder]$ nios2-elf-readelf.exe -s project.elf | grep partition

373: 11000000 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT ABS _alt_partition_cpu_memory

1617: 11000000 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT ABS _alt_partition_cpu_memory

I am referencing these symbols in the code:

extern char _alt_partition_cpu_memory_data_start[];

extern char _alt_partition_cpu_memory_data_end[];

printf("start:%p end:%p\n", _alt_partition_cpu_memory_data_start, _alt_partition_cpu_memory_data_end);

which works.

Should this symbol show up in the readelf output?

Thanks,

Dan