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19 years ago

RedBoot ROM-startup linker script broken?

I've got the "ROMRAM" startup version of RedBoot running fine when loaded into RAM using gdb/JTAG. However, the "ROM" startup version doesn't work at all when programmed into flash (no diagn...
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19 years ago

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I&#39;m becoming very suspicious that our processor configuration isn&#39;t right. The CPU reset address is in SDRAM, so that&#39;s where the .entry section is ending up. Your ROM configuration shows the .entry section in flash along with .text, .rodata, etc.[/b]

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Probably makes sense - the Altera example design has a reset address at offset 0x0 in flash and an exception address at offset 0x20 in sdram.