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defining .bss section in SDRAM
von Amit C. (aseem)

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Hi,

     I'm able to interface SDRAM with lpc2478.But now my .bss section is
too large to fit in SRAM, & trying to locate entire .bss section in
SDRAM.
     Is it right to use SDRAM for storing variables in SDRAM? Will it
affects my code.

Thanks.

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Re: defining .bss section in SDRAM
von Martin T. (mthomas) (Moderator)

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Amit Chatre wrote:
>      I'm able to interface SDRAM with lpc2478.But now my .bss section is
> too large to fit in SRAM, & trying to locate entire .bss section in
> SDRAM.
Create an additional memory area in the linker-script and assign the
.bss (.bss.*) C-sections to this area. Take the given
section-definitions as templates. Make sure to enable/setup the
memory-interface before writing zeros to bss during startup.

>      Is it right to use SDRAM for storing variables in SDRAM? Will it
> affects my code.
I do not fully understand you question. Maybe the access to the external
SDRAM will be slower than internal SRAM. Check the datasheet and the
RAM-interface setup (wait-states, bus-width etc.).
For performace reasons it might be better keep the "standard" bss in
internal SRAM end use the extra sections for huge arrays in external RAM
(see gcc-manual variable attribute section).

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