I did have a little search around the microchip web site for .CINIT, but drew a blank....however my poor web browsing ability is legendary. Cheers, Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu > [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu]On Behalf > Of olin_piclist@embedinc.com > Sent: 09 November 2004 17:03 > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: Re: [PIC]Initialised data initialisation > > > Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: > > By the name you give the IDATA section. > > In that startupcode (that moves the data from flask to RAM) > you probably > > use the name of the symbol that points to the "table". > Probably there > > must be two symbols, one pointing the the flash/retlw > table, and one to > > the RAM table, I'm not sure there... > > It was my understanding that the .CINIT table contained all > the information > about what values to put at what addresses. This would mean > the generic > startup code to set up initialized RAM doesn't need to know your IDATA > section names, which actually makes a lot of sense when you > think about it. > However, I can't recall where I heard this about the .CINIT > table, and I > don't really know what's in there. I can say that in dozens of PIC > projects, I've never used an IDATA section. ============================================================================== This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist