"ralf" suffix in 4.9.1

Till Straumann strauman at slac.stanford.edu
Thu Jan 8 15:29:35 UTC 2009


Leon Pollak wrote:
> On Wednesday January 7 2009, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>   
>> .exe --> natively linked output, usually ELF
>> .ralf --> downloadable image
>>
>> .ralf --> RTEMS Application Loadable File and a nod to Ralf
>> for all he has done. :)
>>     
> Sorry for the obvious question:
> What is the difference between ralf and bin files?
> Thanks.
>   
AFAIK, 'bin' is a pure binary. 'ralf' is a downloadable
image and its format is highly BSP/bootloader dependent.

For some BSPs '.ralf' may be a pure binary, for others
it could be in ELF, multiboot, proprietary or you-name-it
format.

--Till



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