Re: [avr-gcc-list] Struct problem

[Simon Han]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Erik Christiansen wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 07:17:23PM -0800, Simon Han wrote:
> >
> > Sounds a wonderful tool.
> > Is it open source?  :-)
> > Can I get a copy?
>
> Errr, sorry, wish that I could. We don't all own what we write. :)
>
> It's not hard to write, though, since each pool is only a 2D array.
> My preference for allocation control is by linked list. The block at the
> head of the free list is always the one to take. Using an array index
> instead of a pointer saves RAM when each pool has < 257 blocks. (Pretty
> likely on the average AVR)
>
> Not a solution to every problem, but block allocation must be in the
> textbooks, somewhere.
>
> A thought: You might find a GPLed example in existing free software.
>
> Erik
>
Thank you!  You almost wrote it for me.  :-)
I should be able to implement that in a short time.

Simon