Placing variables in memory

Hi Emme,

> Note that i want to put the variable in some fixed location, not in some section

> like .text,.rodata et., or provided the allocation in a section, I want the freedom to

> choose the address within that memory.

The compiler puts variables, code, etc. into sections ... there's no choice in this matter other than

specifying a compiler output section ... so, if you want to do things at run time, you'll have to use a

pointer:

alt_u8 *pDummyByte = (alt_u8 *) 0x0080000;

or something similar.

Regards,

--Scott