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16 years ago

DMA memtest.c confusion

Hi, I am using DMA device in my Nios program for DE1 board. The code memtest.c is taken from the example given in Nios IDE. The part of the code is shown below between green arterisk: *******...
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16 years ago

Hi BadOmen,

Thanks for the info. Sorry for being curious. May I know why it is recommended to use byte instead or word? Are there any particular reasons? Please enlighten me. Thanks.:)