[ECOS] Re-use RedBoot RAM segment in the application

[Gary Thomas]

On 07/03/2011 12:50 AM, Elad Yosef wrote:
> But My RedBoot code is running directly from the ROM.
> What you are saying is that when the application is calling "UART
> write" for example
> The code which runs is the RedBoot code from the ROM, which I agree about it.
> But all the parameters I think they are located on the calling
> Thread's stack, Am I wrong here?

Even when RedBoot runs in ROM, there are static data which it uses (not
everything can be kept on stacks).

As I said below (top posting is evil BTW), if your application is built
with CYGSEM_HAL_USE_ROM_MONITOR == 1, then you *will* need the data
segment of RedBoot to remain intact.

> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Gary Thomas<gary@mlbassoc.com>  wrote:
>> On 07/01/2011 06:28 AM, Elad Yosef wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> My Target is short with RAM and I want to use the RedBoot RAM in the
>>> application as well.
>>> Is it possible? it is a waste of RAM if not.
>>
>> It's only a waste if your application does not use RedBoot for
>> runtime services.  By default, your code will call functions in
>> RedBoot for such things as console I/O, network debug support,
>> GDB support, etc.  You can only reuse RedBoot's RAM section if
>> you are not using any of those (CYGSEM_HAL_USE_ROM_MONITOR == 0)

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