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How to determine program start/stop Address Range

I have a C-Program that I Build using the Nios II IDE. Lets say the program executes in external SRAM. How do I determine where in memory the program starts and ends ? I have a requirement ...
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originally posted by slacker@May 12 2006, 11:48 AM

most of the info. you need can be found in an objdump file, which can be optionally generated by the ide. (nios2-elf-objdump on the command line)

you do, however, have to be wary of where you've decided to place the stack, heap, and exception address.

there's a pretty decent description of how memory is managed (albeit in a linux system) here (http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=173438).

in general, what you'd like to do is not really possible unless you place the stack and heap in a separate memory or are darn sure that neither your stack nor your heap will "invade" the area that you're attempting to test.

cheers,

- slacker

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Slacker,

Thanks for the fast reply.

Thats the info I was looking for.

Jim