[U-Boot-Users] Re: [PATCH][CFT] bring ARM memory layout in line with the documented behaviour

Steven Scholz steven.scholz at imc-berlin.de
Mon Oct 27 16:05:23 CET 2003


Hi,

I am confused about ARM and the use of TEXT_BASE:

Anders Larsen wrote:
 > Memory layout example based on my PXA255 (TEXT_BASE = 0xA07E0000):
 >
 > 0xA079FF74   Monitor Stack (growing downwards)
 > 0xA079FF80   Board Info Data and permanent copy of Global Data
 > 0xA07A0000   Malloc Arena
 > 0xA07E0000   RAM copy of Monitor Code
 > ...          optional: Frame Buffer
 > 0xA07FFFFF   [End of RAM]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> TEXT_BASE determines the start address in FLASH memory which is  used
> before relocation.

Now is TEXT_BASE the "address in FLASH memory" or the address of the "RAM copy 
of Monitor Code"???

Thanks!

Steven





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