Re: [avr-gcc-list] use of specifin RAM location

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:05, address@hidden wrote:
> I have the same problem, and the point is that part of my external
> memory is inside an FPGA, basically under control of the FPGA (It's
> high-speed ADC data), while another part is external SRAM which I use
> for my heap etc.

You should be able to do..
char *foo;
foo = 0x1234;

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        putc(foo[0]);

or similar..

> I access the FPGA memory at the moment using pointers which I initialise
> to the right value. I don't yet have a method mapped out for the SRAM -
> it's on the next version of the board (the present version has no
> external SRAM).
>
> I will have a need to allocate some large-ish arrays in the external
> SRAM in the next hardware version.

I don't think it would be any different to the above unless you are using a 
malloc routine, in which case you would need to tell it to not allocate 
memory in certain places.

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