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Re: strataflash functions in RAM
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: Jani Monoses <jani at iv dot ro>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 10 Sep 2003 10:43:54 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] strataflash functions in RAM
- Organization: MLB Associates
- References: <20030910193041.668f6924.jani@iv.ro>
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 10:30, Jani Monoses wrote:
> Could somebody tell me what's the reasoning behing this
>
> Quote from the description of strataflash CDL option
> CYGOPT_DEVS_FLASH_STRATA_NOT_IN_RAM
>
> "Rarely, it is useful to disable the request that flash driver code be
> copied to separate RAM for execution. This option lets you do that.It
> should only be controlled by redboot_XXX.ecm config files, for building
> different varieties of RedBoot.
> NEVER disable this option for ROM startup code, which executes in place
> from Flash: the build will not work."
>
> is there any reason why strataflash cannot use the section (".2ram")
> approach for some targets?
Only that it vastly predates the ".2ram" strategy and there was never
any time (or compunction) to change it. Feel free to make these changes
and submit a patch.
--
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates
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