diff -r 89d6a7a84779 -r 25a17d01db0c Symbian3/PDK/Source/GUID-684F99F3-7C7D-5B50-8EC0-BE14E22C33BE.dita --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Symbian3/PDK/Source/GUID-684F99F3-7C7D-5B50-8EC0-BE14E22C33BE.dita Fri Jan 22 18:26:19 2010 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ + + + + + +ROM +Compression of Executable Files +

Both EKA1 and EKA2 both allow compression of files in non-XIP ROM images. +EKA2 can also compress executables in XIP ROM images.

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When an executable file is built into the release directory, it is either +in a compressed or an uncompressed state, depending on whether the compresstarget or uncompresstarget keyword +is specified in the .mmp file that describes how the +executable is built. This does not change in EKA2.

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Non-XIP ROM +image

The general rule for an executable file in a non-XIP ROM +image is the same in both EKA1 and EKA2, i.e. the file is in the same state +as in the release directory, unless it is overridden by specifying the compress option on +the ROM_IMAGE keyword in the .oby file +that you pass to BUILDROM. (Note that this gets translated +to the command line option ‑compress, and passed to the appropriate +tool: rombuild or rofs +build .

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XIP ROM image

EKA1

In EKA1, an executable file is always uncompressed in +a XIP ROM image. The uncompressed file has had all of its symbols resolved, +and can only be executed in its location within the XIP ROM. Files are specified +by using the file keyword in the .oby file. +The following diagram summarises the situation for EKA1.

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EKA2

In +EKA2, executables can be placed in the ROM in:

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  • uncompressed form +with all of its symbols resolved, and able to be executed in its location +within the XIP ROM. The executable is usually specified by using the file keyword +in the .oby file.

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  • in uncompressed form, +but with all of its relocatable information still present; this is specified +by using the new fileuncompress keyword in the .oby file.

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  • in compressed form, +but with all of its relocatable information still present; this is specified +by using the filecompress keyword in the .oby file.

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