Re: [avr-libc-dev] [bug #22878] eeprom_*_word/dword/block causehanginATmega256x

[Erik Christiansen]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 01:38:54PM -0600, Stu Bell wrote:
> I'm not sure I should respond to this, as I'm not sure what the asm
> directive ".rept 30000" does.

Having not seen anyone stop to provide an explanation, here's one.

   .rept 30000
   nop
   .endr

merely plonks 30,000 NOPs into the source. Thus the fourth function
would seem to end above 120,000 (instructions), or 240kB, if my glance
at Dimitry's OP was not too cross-eyed.

(It's also useful inside macros, for creating structs in assembler.)

Erik