[RTEMS Project] #3379: Move unhex program to rtems-tools

RTEMS trac trac at rtems.org
Tue Mar 27 06:08:39 UTC 2018


#3379: Move unhex program to rtems-tools
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  Reporter:  Sebastian Huber  |      Owner:  Sebastian Huber
      Type:  task             |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  5.1
 Component:  tool             |    Version:  5
  Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
Blocked By:                   |   Blocking:
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 The packhex program ( tools/build/packhex.c) is exported to the standard
 RTEMS build infrastructure via the PACKHEX variable. It is used by some
 legacy BSPs. It as unclear license information:
 {{{
 /*****  P A C K H E X . C
 ************************************************
  *
  *   Packhex is a hex-file compaction utility.  It attempts to concatenate
  *   hex records to produce more size-efficient packaging.
  *
  *   Limitations: Input files must be correctly formatted.  This utility
  *                is not robust enough to detect hex-record formatting
  *                errors.
  *
  *   Published:   May 1993 Embedded Systems Programming magazine
  *                "Creating Faster Hex Files"
  *
  *   URL:         ESP magazine: http://www.embedded.com
  *                Source Code:
 ftp://ftp.mfi.com/pub/espmag/1993/pakhex.zip
  *
  *   Author:      Mark Gringrich
  *
  *   Compiler:    Microsoft C 6.0
  *                cl /F 1000 packhex.c
  *
 **************************************************************************/
 }}}
 Move it to rtems-tools.

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Ticket URL: <http://devel.rtems.org/ticket/3379>
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