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From: gil@snsys.com (Gil Jaysmith)
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Subject: Re: Object file max size
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 10:48:23 GMT
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James Russell <jamesr@peace.co.nz> wrote:
>For convenience, when I create raw data I convert it to a source file
>consisting of:
>char MyRawData[] ={ 0x12, 0x34, ..... }
>and then compile it into an object file. This way, I can reference
>MyRawData from within by program without having to figure out what
>address to load it to using DLOAD, and I upload one file instead of 20.
>While this works well for small files, large files are having trouble
>linking. Is there a maximum size for object files?

Don't know whether there's a maximum size, although there shouldn't
be. If you'd rather upload binary files, why not declare empty arrays
with specific sizes, check where they end up in the linker map file
(does ld do one of them?) and then upload them manually. Or suss out
how to use a proper linker script, which is the really powerful way,
although ld's scripting language is a bit, er, yes, well.


Gil Jaysmith
SN Systems Software Ltd (http://www.snsys.com)
Standard disclaimer for personal opinions.