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Re: What is the different between "ROM" and "ROMRAM" in the Bootup type ??


On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 05:48:45PM +0800, Steven_cheng wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
>     What is the different between  "ROM" and "ROMRAM" in the Bootup type ??
> 
> Reference to the description of the configure tool :
> 
>     This option is used to control where the application program will run,
> either from RAM or ROM (flash) memory. ROM based applications must be self
> contained, while RAM applications will typically assume the existence of a
> debug environment, such as GDB stubs.
> 
> 
> 
> But What is the different between "ROM" and "ROMRAM"  ??

ROMRAM starts in ROM, but copies itself into RAM.

        Andrew

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