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21 years ago

alt_load() - Anyone having info?

Hi This function is briefly mentioned in the Nios II Software Developer’s Handbook. It is the boot loader that copies segments from FLASH to RAM at power-up. Best Regards http://forum.n...
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21 years ago

Just curious, why does the .rodata (read only data) section need to be copied to RAM? Wouldn't it save RAM requirements to not copy the section?

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