Re: [MiNT] Binutils FIXED!

[Evan Langlois <Evan@CoolRunningConcepts.com>]

On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 14:39 -0400, Mark Duckworth wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 20:38 +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote:
> > Petr Stehlik píše v Út 06. 09. 2005 v 20:35 +0200:
> > > No.
> > > 
> > > fast alloc = do not clear RAM.
> > 
> > LOL, I've been too quick in guessing what do you mean by "fast alloc".
> > Sorry. Konrad's answer is the correct one.
> > 
> > Petr
> 
> Indeed it would seem i've been confused as well.  This seems perfectly
> reasonable that a program may need to run in ST-ram but can alloc
> fastram or vice versa.  Blame the stupid porters (me :( ) ;) 
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark

Your both right.  There are all three.  The old "fastload" flag (bit 0)
is to only clear the BSS and not the whole heap.  Bit 1 allows loading
into FastRAM, Bit 2 allows Malloc from FastRAM, and I think there are
some more bits for memory protection.