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LX51 Introduction Linking Programs 
Locating Program Objects Classic 8051 Devices 
Standard Application Example Code Banking Example Extended 8051 Devices Standard Application Example Code Banking Example Using Wildcards Special ROM Handling Class Information Segment Information Using a Target Monitor Data Overlaying Code Banking Real-Time Programs Error MessagesSpecial ROM Handling
The LX51 Linker include special ROM (SROM) handling support that allows you to re-target memory classes and program segments at run-time. This feature allows you to create classes and segments that are stored in one location but execute from another.
The most obvious use for this feature is in-system Flash programming for applications where the code to re-program the Flash is actually stored in Flash. In such applications, these routines must be moved to RAM for execution so that the re-programming process does not corrupt the re-programming code.
The CLASSES and SEGMENTS directives store these SROM classes or segments at one address but link them for execution from another.
To use SROM classes or segments in your program, you must:
- Create the functions that will be re-targeted. You may put these routines in a user-defined class.
- Adjust the linker CLASSES or SEGMENTS directive to relocate the SROM code.
- Create code or a function to copy the SROM code to its execution address using the Segment Information or Class Information the linker automatically creates.
- Execute the SROM code.
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