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10.2 objcopy.exe
10.2.1 Function
The objcopy is the gnu standard object file format conversion utility, and it copies and converts data format of object files.
In application development for the S1C17 Family, this tool is used to convert an elf format object file into Motorola S3 format files
so that data can be written to the ROMs.
Although objcopy supports many functions (options) and file formats, this section treats only the elf to Motorola S3 format file
conversion function. Refer to the documents for the gnu utilities for details of objcopy.
10.2.2 Input/Output Files
Input file
Object file
File format:
Binary file in elf format
<filename> .elf
File name:
Description:
An executable object file after the linkage process by the linker has been completed.
Output file
SA file (ROM data)
File format:
Motorola S3 format file
<filename> .sa
File name:
Description:
A file for writing to the ROM. When the system uses two or more ROMs, create a data file for each ROM by
extracting the section data to write to the ROM from the elf object file.
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