Managing Alignment And Fill Properties - Analog Devices VisualDSP++ 3.5 Manual

Managing Alignment and Fill Properties

The Alignment tab allows you to set the alignment and fill values for the
output section. When the output section is aligned on an address, the
linker fills the gap with zeros (0),
To specify alignment properties:
1. Right-click a memory segment in the Memory Map pane.
2. Choose Properties.
3. Click the Alignment tab
If you select No Alignment, the output section will not be aligned on an
address.
If you select Align each input section to the next address that is a multi-
ple of, select an integer value from the drop-down list to specify the
output section alignment.
When the output section is aligned on an address, a gap is filled by the
linker. Based on the processor architecture, the Expert Linker determines
the opcode for the
The Fill value is either 0, a
(a hexadecimal value entered in the entry box).
VisualDSP++ 3.5 Linker and Utilities Manual
for 16-Bit Processors
NOP
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instruction.
NOP
instruction, or a user-specified value
NOP
instructions, or a specified value.
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