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8. S Records, etc.

8.1 What are S Records?

From the comp.sys.m68kFAQ ( http://www.hitex.com/automation/FAQ/m68k):

S-Records are Ascii characters in a protocol developed by Motorola and is used to transfer data and program code to and from host computers or to store such information. Details of this protocol have been archived at ftp://nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/pub/motorola/general/s_record.zip, and also at ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/misc/motorola/faq/s_record.gz.

8.2 How do I use objcopy to generate S Records?

objcopy can be used to convert an existing file to S Records. Use --output-target=srec. or -O srec.

8.3 How do I use the linker to generate S Records?

Pass -oformat=srec to GLD.