[PATCH 2/2] bsps/arm: Sort fast text/data sections

[Sebastian Huber]

On 21/10/2020 02:25, Chris Johns wrote:

> On 21/10/20 3:04 am, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> ---
>>   bsps/arm/shared/start/linkcmds.base | 4 ++--
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/bsps/arm/shared/start/linkcmds.base b/bsps/arm/shared/start/linkcmds.base
>> index d0663cf97e..8fa127ce08 100644
>> --- a/bsps/arm/shared/start/linkcmds.base
>> +++ b/bsps/arm/shared/start/linkcmds.base
>> @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ SECTIONS {
>>   
>>   	.fast_text : ALIGN_WITH_INPUT {
>>   		bsp_section_fast_text_begin = .;
> What is `fast text` (and fast data)? I have not heard of this before and I
> cannot find anything on it?
I added this section 11 years ago as a section for code which could 
reside in a faster memory. For example, normal code could reside on a 
16-bit SDRAM and the fast code on an internal 32-bit SRAM in a chip 
without a cache. In the recent Cortex-M7 BSPs, the fast text is mapped 
to the ITCM.