6.8. The scatter load description file
An image is made up of regions and areas. Every region in
the image can have a different load and execution address.
The types of region used in scatter loading are:
- load region
The memory occupied by a program when it has been loaded into memory,
but before it starts executing can be split into a set of disjoint load
regions. Each load region is a contiguous chunk of bytes,
and contains one or more execution regions.
- execution region
The memory
used by a program while it is executing can also be split into a
set of disjoint execution regions. Each execution regions
belongs to only one load region. An area must be in one, and only
one, execution region.
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