Hi there, > Additionally i'm still stuck with free_mem_end_ptr sticking to > 0x00000000, while free_mem_ptr is 0x04xxxxxx or 0x05xxxxxx depending on > which binutils i used (2.11.90.0.29 and 2.11.92.0.10)
I looked into arch/i386/config/ldscript.base and I noticed, that heap is defined thus: .heap . : { _heap = .; /* Reserve 256K for the heap */ . = HEAP_SIZE ; . = ALIGN(4); _eheap = .; } In the Alpha linker script, this looks similar: .heap : { _heap = .; /* Reserve a 128K for the heap */ . = . + 128*1024; . = ALIGN(8); _eheap = .; } Should . = HEAP_SIZE ; not be . = . + HEAP_SIZE ? high heap address would otherwise be set to HEAP_SIZE instead of _heap + HEAP_SIZE, which might be the reason, newer binutils do not produce working images. I'll try it as soon as I'm near the geode. Best regards, Stefan Reinauer -- Ok hex 4666 dup negate do i 4000 dup 2* negate do " *" 0 dup 2dup 1e 0 do 2swap * e >>a 2* 5 pick + -rot - j + dup dup * e >>a rot dup dup * e >>a rot swap 2dup + 10000 > if 3drop 3drop " " 0 dup 2dup leave then loop 2drop 2drop type 268 +loop cr drop 5de +loop