Objcopy as replacement to srec_cat command
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Description
In Simple-System example there's the common make file that is responsible for generating the output of the toolchain.
ibex/examples/sw/simple_system/common/common.mk
to generate the .vmem file, we need to use srec_cat command as in here
https://github.com/lowRISC/ibex/blob/1449ed5ea8f3d03127f7c3624e635e132830367d/examples/sw/simple_system/common/common.mk#L60C43-L60C48
which requires installing the package Srecord as you may know.
Due to restrictions in my OS (root permission) I am not able to install this package. So, Is there a certain way to replace this command with objcopy instead? like using objcopy -o srec ...
My Environment
EDA tool and version:
Cadence Xcelium 2023.03-s09
Operating system:
CentOS 7
Version of the Ibex source code:
5977d4e3a0433e96d43a9225bae941a216ecac8e
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Research direction
Start with ibex/examples/sw/simple_system/common/common.mk, especially the command linked around line 60, and compare the required .vmem output with what objcopy can produce on CentOS 7. Confirm the replacement works without installing Srecord, then verify that the Simple-System example still generates the expected .vmem file.
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Assessment
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100