How to make/link intel HEX format with gcc

[Michael Meissner]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 03:29:16PM +0100, Jon Bäcklund wrote:
> Is it possible to get output from gcc as intel HEX format (i386). If so,
> how, what options is needed.
> 
> If it is not possible, how can I make intel HEX-format in an other way?
> 
> I use Cygwin32/gcc.

While the linker can be instructed to link directly to IHEX format, I find it
is usually better to let the linker link to it's native format, and then
convert it using the objcopy program:

	gcc -o foo.exe foo.o
	objcopy -O ihex foo.exe foo.ihx

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