Microsoft KB Archive/297343

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INFO: MIPS Platforms Require Two Pages at Beginning of RAM

Article ID: 297343

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder 2.1
  • Microsoft Windows CE 2.10 Enhancement Pack for Windows CE Embedded Toolkit for Visual C++ 5.0
  • Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder 2.11
  • Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder 2.12
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 2001



This article was previously published under Q297343

SUMMARY

On MIPS platforms, two physical pages at the beginning of the RAM address space must be reserved for implicit use by the Windows CE kernel.

MORE INFORMATION

All memory regions defined in the Binary Image Builder (BIB) file MEMORY section must start at an address no lower than 0x80002000. If memory in this area is used, then it may be corrupted as the kernel installs interrupt handlers at startup. If the contents of this region are altered after the system starts, then the system may stop responding ("hang").

Keywords: kbinfo KB297343