How do I put the content of a file "as is" into the .data section (or somewhere else into memory)? - Aeroflex Gaisler

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How do I put the content of a file "as is" into the .data section (or somewhere else into memory)?

You can add a binary file to an existing elf file with objcopy, by adding a new section and fill it with the desired content:

sparc-elf-objcopy --add-section .myelfsection=file.bin --change-section-address .myelfsection=0x00001000



--set-section-flags .myelfsection=alloc,contents,load,data file.exe

The example above adds the file 'file.bin' to the elf file 'file.exe' at address 0x1000. Note that this is done after linking.



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