Atollic TrueStudio generated a very large elf.bin output file

[Vprabhu]

I am trying to generate the elf.bin file from my project which generates elf.hex of size 8329KB where as when i try to generate the elf.bin output it generated of size 30,35,513KB, why is this a too large size, how do i reduce it so that i can use this binary in other application

Attached a screenshot for the generated output files.

Thanks in Advance

[AvaTar]

> how do i reduce it ...

By not using BIN.

ELF, HEX or S19 have address specifiers, and don't need to dump-fill memory areas.

BTW, this queston had already been answered several time here.

[Tesla DeLorean]

A binary file is a single file, you clearly describe multiple memory regions to the linker, and these regions are separated by vast distances. Use a .HEX file it can better describe a sparse memory map.

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For example ​0x10000000 and 0x20000000 are 256MB apart.

[Vprabhu]

I am working on in application programming where as my flash size is 1MB , i need to dump my application binary of size below 960 KB(64KB i have my bootloader code), how do i do that , my application output size are mentioned in file

[Tesla DeLorean]

I'd take the .HEX file, or .ELF/AXF and package that into a compact binary form, based on my understanding of the memory map being used.

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Perhaps you should look at the .DFU format, and tools for generating them.​