From: Russel W. <ru...@ru...> - 2001-08-23 08:26:06
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> I can think of an initialized part of data/xdata that is memcpy-ed from cseg > during startup... This proposal of using code segment to store initialized data and then move it to external memory has been mentioned before in a similar but dissimilar context by others. It seems strange to me to have to have the data in twice and moreover have to suffer the problem of copying it as an initialization! Again could be my ignorance of E^2 / ROM / RAM devices but it seems to me that there needs to be a way of saying that different parts of the external memory are ROM and different parts E^2, etc. The ihx file then contains all the right information to do the blowing of the system. This is particularly true when dealing with flash silicon. -- Russel. ===================================================================== Dr Russel Winder +44 20 7585 2200 41 Buckmaster Road +44 7770 465 077 London SW11 1EN, UK ru...@ru... |