Global Headers And Blocks - Analog Devices VisualDSP++ 3.5 Manual

An output loader file for 16-bit PROM/FLASH booting with the sec-
ond-stage loader or kernel:
0x00
0x00
0x00
0x00
0x00
Byte 1
Byte 3
Byte 5
........
D15

Global Headers and Blocks

Following kernel code and kernel address in a loader file, there is a 4-byte
global header. The header provides the global settings for a booting
process:
Output .L DR File
4 Bytes
Byte Count (N)
N Bytes nd
2 S tage Loader
2nd Stage Loader
4 Bytes
Address
4 Bytes
G lobal Header
Size of Application
4 Bytes
Code (N1)
N1 Bytes Application Code
VisualDSP++ Loader Manual
for 16-Bit Processors
Output .LDR File
4-Byte Header for
Byte Count (N)
Byte 0
Byte 1
Byte 2
........
Byte 0
Byte 2
Byte 4
........
D8 D7
Byte Count for
nd
2 Stage Loader
Address of the Bottom of L2 Memory
from which 2
See "Global Header"
Blackfin Processor Loader/Splitter
Byte Count for
nd
2 Stage Loader
nd
2 Stage Loader
Application
Code
(in blocks)
D0
nd
Stage Loader runs
2-11