AVOID attribute

The configurer allows areas of memory to be marked as 'do not use'. These areas will not be loaded with code or data by the configurer: a common use of this facility is to preserve an area of memory for some non-Diamond use. For example, AVOID= might be used to allocate a memory buffer at a fixed location known by host software or by other processors but not controlled by Diamond at run time.

The format of the AVOID= attribute is as follows:

AVOID=start-address:size

For example:

processor special MyProc200 avoid=0x04001000:16k