Running RTEMS on a LEON2 from ROM

[Mike Looijmans]

On 26-07-17 17:41, Jiri Gaisler wrote:
...
> Let me clarify this. The rdb_start is set by either the prom loader,
> grmon or simulator to the top of available RAM (64-byte aligned), RTEMS
> then use the value to allocate the stack and heap. So your boot code
> must write this value before the system starts initializing. If you have
> 1 Mbyte of RAM, then set 0x400007c0 = 0x400fffe0 and it should work. The
> reason for this is historical, but it allows the same executable to run
> on different boards with varying amount of memory.


0x400fffe0 is not 64-byte aligned, it's 32 bytes below 0x40100000.

And what is the relation to the stack pointer. Since the stack starts at the 
end-of-ram, should I move that down below the "rdb_start" value? If something 
writes to that location, it corrupts the stack.


Kind regards,

Mike Looijmans
System Expert

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