Re: [avr-gcc-list] Re: bootloader / flash coding / avr

[E. Weddington]

Reza Naima wrote:

> I think I found the culprit to my woes.  I havn't been able to test it
> (need to go into office where the gear is at), but it seems that I was
> using a default Makefile which generated the binary using this syntax :
>
> avr-objcopy -j .text -j .data -O binary
>
> Thus, the .bootloader section would not be generated. (Grr..).  I
> removed the -j options, and the code grew from a few K to over 100K,
> which is about what I would have expected it be.  I should have been
> tipped off that the programming (via avarice) went so fast, but I
> thought it was just skipping over the unsued space.  .
>
> What is the best way to generate a file to be uploaded (not sure the
> formats that avarice accepts) via objcopy where I'll be having a
> separate bootloader section?
>

Usually the Intel Hex format (ihex) is the most commonly used for load
files.

Eric