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Re: How to build a executed-in-flash application?

On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 01:42:07PM +0800, Wang Cui wrote:
> As I know, normally RedBoot use startup type "ROM", and application use
> startup type "RAM", then we can use RedBoot "load" application into ram and
> "go" it.
> 
> On my target board, this method works pretty well now. But since the ram
> size is only 512K, I want the application image executed-in-place in the
> flash to save ram for usage.
> 
> Could anyone give me some advices for it? Thanks in advance.

You need to make a custom set of .ldi and .h files in the
$HAL/current/include/pkgconf directory. This should be set so that the
image is linked for the location it will be in FLASH. 

To execute it, just do

go <address_in_flash>

   Andrew

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