Re: binary to elf conversion

[Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel dot crashing dot org>]

> So objcopy from binary to  linkable file isn't really the best
> or most reliable way.
>
> Sounds like I need to change  the  procedure on my side
> to generate a .s file which defines the same symbolic
> information around an incbin as objcopy did and then
> assemble it with the same flags as the rest of the application.
> Right?
>
> Or would I be better off to write a program to dump the
> binary file as a C file with an initialized array?

You can use one of the many available "bin2c" style programs
for this; binutils contains one (used during SPU support builds),
the kernel contains one.

Or you can just use a linker script, if you have one target
only.

> I am looking for something cross-target and reliable.

I'd go for bin2c then.


Segher