Baseport Template Tools Guide

Build +tools

The following build tools are available:

+ + + +Name +Description + + + + +BUILDROM +BUILDROM is a unified ROM building front end. +It invokes ROMBUILD to build the ROM image and ROFSBUILD to build the ROFS image. + + +ROMBUILD +ROMBUILD is the Symbian platform binary XIP +(execute-in-place) ROM builder. It is normally invoked through BUILDROM. + + +ROFSBUILD +ROFSBUILD is the Symbian platform non-XIP +ROFS builder. It is normally invoked through BUILDROM. + + +iMaker +iMaker is a ROM-image creation tool that creates +a flash image from a set of Symbian binary and data files. iMaker mainly functions on top of BUILDROM. + + +SPITOOL +SPITOOL is a utility tool to create static +plug-in information (SPI) files. + + +InterpretSIS +InterpretSIS is a command-line tool used to +install SIS files. It can be invoked either through BUILDROM or directly. + + +READIMAGE +READIMAGE is a command-line tool that provides +readable data from a ROM, ROFS, or E32 image. + + +MAKSYM/MAKSYMROFS +MAKSYM/MAKSYMROFS is a tool to create a readable +symbol file listing the virtual addresses of the exported functions. + + +Obey +Files +OBEY files are standard text files containing +statements that are used to control the operation of the ROM building +tools. + + +Symbian Build System v2 +SBSv2 is a tool for building Symbian platform +and applications developed for Symbian platform. It helps you build +a set of components, or the complete Symbian platform, on Windows +and Linux platforms for the ARMv5, TOOLS2 and WINSCW target platforms. +They also provide a reference to the file formats used as input to +the build tools. For more information about SBSv2, see the Symbian +Build System v2 documentation that is provided with the Platform +Developer Toolkit. + + + +