Re: [Fx2lib-devel] Setupdata at 0xe000

[Daniel O'C. <doc...@gs...>]

On 16/09/2011, at 20:26, Chris McClelland wrote:
> Interesting. But I think we should ask ourselves where the string
> descriptors really belong. Are the arguments for putting the string
> descriptors in code mem or xdata mem equally valid? If so then it boils
> down to the arbitrary positioning of the code/xdata boundary. If not
> then we should choose one or the other and stick with it.

I think there's a good argument for putting it at 0xe000 because it saves precious code memory :)

I don't think there is any performance consideration one way or the other.

The only reason I'd think to leave it would be because of existing code (which isn't necessarily a small thing!)

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