configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE on AT91SAM7S64 port

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meandmyself wrote on Friday, March 13, 2009:

Hi :slight_smile:

Does anyone know why in FreeRTOSConfig.h a large heap is declared?

#define configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE        ( ( size_t ) 14200 )

14200 bytes of heap seems to be a lot. Also some sort of magical number!

thanks

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icefishhead wrote on Friday, March 13, 2009:

The task stack is also built in this heap, so it’s large.