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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2002
Applicants:
Trefor Southwell, Bristol, GB;
Peter Hedinger, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Trefor Southwell, Bristol, GB;
Peter Hedinger, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Limited, Bristol, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of linking a plurality of object files to generate an executable program, the method comprises identifying in the object files at least one routine to be locked into a cache when the program is executed, locating said routine at a set of memory addresses which man onto a set of cache locations and introducing into the executable program gaps at other sets of memory addresses which map onto the same set of cache locations.