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Question about multiprocessor code execution

When I use nios2-download to send an elf file to a multiprocessor system, how does it know which processor to use to execute the code? Is it solely based on the addresses in memory that the code is l...
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20 years ago

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originally posted by bkucera@Jan 3 2006, 08:48 PM

ok, but how would sending that message work? doesn't that imply that there's already some code running on that cpu waiting to receive the message?

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Yes... the second CPU have to stay somehow sleeping (e.g., in an onchip memory inside a loop), then when the transfer is completed the CPU recognises it and you have to jump to the right location... there was a thread on a similar topic a few days ago on the forum...

(I looked for it bu I couldn&#39;t find it again, sorry!)

bye

Paolo