linking arbitrary data using GCC ARM toolchain

Question

I want to link in raw binary data. I\'d like to either put it at a particular address, or have it link to a symbol (char* mydata, for instance) I have defined in code. Sinc

Answer 1

Another approach might be to use xxd.

xxd -i your_data your_data.c

In the file you'll get two symbols unsigned char your_data[] and unsigned int your_data_len. First one will be a huge array containing your data, second one will be the lenght of that array.

Compilation of created C file might be time taking, so if you are using a build system / Makefile handle it properly avoiding unnecessary recompilations.

xxd should be part of vim (vim-common) package for your Linux distribution.