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8c1491 Bob Green 2026-06-02 12:30:13
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# Runtime (crt0)
19a02c Bob Green 2026-06-02 12:15:40
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By default, when using my link scripts, the standard runtime is initialised by crt0 as follows:
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048596 Bob Green 2026-06-02 12:29:29
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| Address | Size | Link Script Variable |Comment |
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| ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
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| `0x03fffe` | ~256k | `_STACK_SIZE` |Stack (SSP). Grows towards 0. At round about 0x0000400 it would start stomping all over the memory area used by the monitor |
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| `0x040000` | n/a | `_RUN_ADDRESS` | Start of user program (.text), followed by initialised data (.data) and then unititialised data (.bss). The .bss area is initialised to all zeroes before main() is called. |
aa3982 Bob Green 2026-06-02 12:27:17
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**Heap**
e7d651 Bob Green 2026-06-02 12:27:24
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7b8b28 Bob Green 2026-06-02 12:27:49
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`crt0` allocates all free memory from the end of the .bss area to the end of ram to the heap (malloc/free).