Hi Jon,
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Wolfgang Denk wd@denx.de wrote:
Dear Jon Smirl,
In message 9e4733910903261435x598055f8m74c5ac03ad16b67e@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
The *.bin format is not smart enough to encode gaps. It just puts in 60KB of zeros.
Yes, of course. A binary image cannot have holes in it.
My ELF files are 73KB. -rwxr-xr-x 1 jonsmirl jonsmirl 73290 2009-03-26 16:49 hello_world
Tell me the right way to make these example programs small and I'll submit a patch.
I don't see a problem that needs fixing. These are example problems. The image size plays no role. If you have any specific requirements for your own code, then adjust the linker script according to your requirements.
By providing a sample linker script to make the example programs smaller, you could avoid discussions like this in the future.
But as long as we do not understand what we change or what this does, we may well get a lot of bug threads in return. And I have to admit, I'm not to keen on that.
Cheers Detlev