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21 years ago

uClinux .data segment in SDRAM?

For a number of reasons, I'd like to run my kernel in SRAM but allocate data memory (i.e. socket buffers) in SDRAM. This seems possible with a NIOS 'Hello World' application, or the like...
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20 years ago

actually my system has sram in a lower address than sdram. And there is a hole between them. I tried to add sram to the paging pool and did not find problems. I can allocate buffer from sram. All the mods needed were discussed in this thread.