F_CLOCK = $(F_CPU)
-# Starting byte address of the bootloader, as a byte address. Note that the address given
-# in the AVRStudio fuse programming dialogue uses word addresses, which will have to be
-# doubled to obtain the starting byte address of the bootloader section.
+# Starting byte address of the bootloader, as a byte address - computed via the formula
+# BOOT_START = ((TOTAL_FLASH_BYTES - BOOTLOADER_SECTION_SIZE_BYTES) * 1024)
+#
+# Note that the bootloader size and start address given in AVRStudio is in words and not
+# bytes, and so will need to be doubled to obtain the byte address needed by AVR-GCC.
BOOT_START = 0x1E000
# -Map: create map file
# --cref: add cross reference to map file
LDFLAGS = -Wl,-Map=$(TARGET).map,--cref
+LDFLAGS += -Wl,--section-start=.text=$(BOOT_START)
LDFLAGS += -Wl,--relax
LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections
LDFLAGS += $(EXTMEMOPTS)