A Flash Programmer error issue occurred when using E2 Lite

Question

I encountered a problem while flashing a program to the MCU(R7F100GGG) using Renesas Flash Programmer V3.15 and E2 Lite. The software displayed the error message: "Error (E0000305): Specified file contains data outside the device's memory area." However, when I used the debugger and debugged the program in CS+, the error did not occur. 
 Could you kindly explain and suggest a solution to this issue?

JimB · Accepted Answer

Now the problem is pretty obvious. For whatever reason, your .data is being place in RAM space, which cannot contain initialized memory. 
 Normally, the section ".data" is placed into ROM (code flash) and the corresponding RAM section is named ".dataR". The C-startup initialization code will copy the ROM to RAM for proper initialization. 
 
 Your project appears to have changed from the auto-layout, and now the hex-file contains info at address FCFC6 which is outside of the programmable flash range.

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 R7F100G-A01_ExxVxx.txt 
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 S2140FCFC61200FF7F5802200330F8F8F800800100A1
S2140FCFD6000010381138153818381B3820382A38FC
S2140FCFE62D38313836383D3845384E385838643847
S2140FCFF671387F388E389F38B138C438D838F838F5
S2140FD00618391D3924392B393239413950395F3998
S2140FD0166E397D398C399B39AA39B939BC39C0393D
S2140FD026133800000000000000000000000000009B
S2140FD03600000000070000000000000000000000CF
S2140FD04600000000000000000000000000000000C6
S2140FD056000000000000000000000000D440D4408E
S2140FD066DA40DA40D840DA40DA40D840DA40D640DE
S2140FD076D840D640D640D840D640D440D440DA40E2
S2140FD086D440D840DA40D840D840DA40D840D840C6
S2140FD096D640D640D840D640DC40DC40DC40D440B4
S2140FD0A6D440D640D840D440DA40D640D440D640B6
S2140FD0B6DA40D840D640DC40DC40DC40D440D44092
S2140FD0C6D640D440D440DA40D640D440D640D64098
S2140FD0D6D840D640070107030303060304030000E0
S20E0FD0E6000000000000000044CF19
S2070FFEAA00000041
S9030000FC

Disabling the error checking in RFP is a really bad idea, this is producing the error for a reason. It is no wonder the code doesn't run right with this error disabled, the initialized RAM is all garbage. 
 If you fix the section layout for initialized data this should solve your problem.

AZ-Renesas · Answer

Hello, 
 This error occurs when a file that includes data that are out of the range of memory in the target device has been selected. If you do not wish this situation to produce an error, e.g. ignoring the data beyond the range of the memory does not create a problem, it can be changed to a warning. Regarding changing error messages to warnings, refer to &ldquo;(6) Error Settings&rdquo; in section 2.3.2, [Operation Settings] Tabbed Page.

JimB · Answer

Looking at your attachment: 
 .textf 000050cc 0001a929 1585e 1 TEXTF (1a929+50cc= 1F9F5 ) .monitor2 000 1fe00 0001ffff 200 1 DATA_AT 
 There is overlap in the memory sections .textf and .monitor2. 
 The monitor section is required for debugging. It would appear that you have simply run out of code-flash space.

A Flash Programmer error issue occurred when using E2 Lite

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