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16 years ago

How can I allocate a variable to a specific section?

I want a variable to be allocated in the on-chip RAM. I have all sections (.text, .rodata, .rwdata, .heap, and .stack) in DDR2_SDRAM in the auto-generated linker script. I define a global varia...
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16 years ago

Yes I am using it for the reset vectors which starts at 0x04120000 and ends at 0x0412001f, and the exception vectors which starts at 0x04120020 and seems to end at 0x0412013f. So if the exception vectors ends at this address and the variable is located after it, there must not be a problem writing to it!

I still can't find a clear memory map for the design.

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