“Target Platform” Settings

Once you have selected an AC500 CPU, the general CPU parameters are displayed:

The tab “Target Platform” displays the general settings for the CPU. These parameters cannot be changed.

The parameters have the following meaning:

Parameter	Meaning
Platform	Target system type - PowerPC
Floating point processor	PM57x/PM58x: Floating point operations are emulated PM59x: Floating point processor
First parameter register (integer)	Register where the first (integer) parameter of C function calls is passed (range depends on the operating system).
Last parameter register (integer)	Register where the last (integer) parameter of C function calls is passed (range depends on the operating system).
Register for return value (integer)	Register where the integer values of C function calls are returned (range depends on the operating system).
Intel byte order	If deactivated: Motorola byte address scheme is applied.
Maximum argument size on stack (byte)