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Memory Management Using Overlays ........................................... 5-4
Introduction to Memory Overlays ............................................ 5-5
Overlay Managers .................................................................... 5-7
Breakpoints on Overlays ...................................................... 5-7
Memory Overlay Support ........................................................ 5-8
Example - Managing Two Overlays ....................................... 5-12
Linker-Generated Constants .................................................. 5-15
Overlay Word Sizes ................................................................ 5-15
Storing Overlay ID ................................................................ 5-16
Overlay Manager Function Summary ..................................... 5-17
Reducing Overlay Manager Overhead .................................... 5-17
Using PLIT{} and Overlay Manager ....................................... 5-22
Inter-Overlay Calls ............................................................ 5-24
Inter-Processor Calls ......................................................... 5-24
Advanced LDF Commands ......................................................... 5-27
MPMEMORY{} .................................................................... 5-28
OVERLAY_GROUP{} ........................................................... 5-29
Ungrouped Overlay Execution ........................................... 5-31
Grouped Overlay Execution .............................................. 5-33
PLIT{} .................................................................................. 5-34
PLIT Syntax ..................................................................... 5-34
Command Evaluation and Setup ................................... 5-35
Allocating Space for PLITs ................................................ 5-36
PLIT Example .................................................................. 5-37
VisualDSP++ 3.5 Linker and Utilities Manual
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