What won't this objcopy split work?

What won't this objcopy split work?

[Russ.Shaw]

Hi all,

I'm producing code for a 16-bit h8/300h cpu, and want to
generate an srec file for all the even bytes, and an srec
file for all the odd bytes, using objcopy:

h8300-hms-objcopy --output-target=srec --interleave=2
                          --byte=1 flash.coff flodd.srec

However, it responds with flodd.srec: illegal operation

What can be wrong?

I'm using mandrake-7.0

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Re: What won't this objcopy split work?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Russel,

: I'm producing code for a 16-bit h8/300h cpu, and want to
: generate an srec file for all the even bytes, and an srec
: file for all the odd bytes, using objcopy:
: 
: h8300-hms-objcopy --output-target=srec --interleave=2
:                           --byte=1 flash.coff flodd.srec
: 
: However, it responds with flodd.srec: illegal operation
: 
: What can be wrong?

I am not sure.  I was able to run the same command (admittedly with a
different input file) on my test machine and it gave me no problems.
Also when I searched through the sources I could not find the 'illegal
operation' error message anywhere!

I suspect that you may a different set of sources from the ones that I
am using.  Perhaps you could try downloading the latest sources from
the CVS repository and building a new version of objcopy from them ?

The sources can be found at:

  http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/?cvsroot=src

Cheers
	Nick

Re: What won't this objcopy split work?

[Alan Modra]

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Nick Clifton wrote:

> Hi Russel,
> 
> : I'm producing code for a 16-bit h8/300h cpu, and want to
> : generate an srec file for all the even bytes, and an srec
> : file for all the odd bytes, using objcopy:
> : 
> : h8300-hms-objcopy --output-target=srec --interleave=2
> :                           --byte=1 flash.coff flodd.srec
> : 
> : However, it responds with flodd.srec: illegal operation
> : 
> : What can be wrong?
> 
> I am not sure.  I was able to run the same command (admittedly with a
> different input file) on my test machine and it gave me no problems.
> Also when I searched through the sources I could not find the 'illegal
> operation' error message anywhere!

Sounds like the message is coming from the operating system then.
Russell, you said you're running Linux, but what platform, and what
version of libc?  Also, what type of filesystem is flodd.srec on?
If it's NFS, try doing the objcopy on a local filesytem instead.

Alan Modra
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