Tomislav wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to store very large
constant array directly to
> FLASH. This array should be preloaded to FLASH, before I start my
> program. The size of array will be about 200-250k.
>
> Unfortunately, FLASH Magic doesn't have Send File command like SAM-BA
> has. Can I use const keyword? Is there any other program for this purpose ?
I don't know/remember what file formats FLASH Magic supports but if it eats
hex
then maybe objcopy will be your friend.
With 'const' you are embedding your variable into the application
binary. If
you execute it directly from FLASH, then your variable will be in FLASH too,
which might be what you want. If you first copy your application into the SDRAM
and execute it from there, then you end up copying the variable too, which may
not be what you want. If the latter is your case, you may want to read about
named sections in gcc manual and MEMORY and SECTIONS (especially Output Section
LMA) linker script commands in ld manual.
--
Timo
