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From: Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler <nntp-2004-12@t-domaingrabbing.de>
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Subject: Re: Efficiently setting up large quantities of constant data
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Dr. Adrian Wrigley wrote:

> I presume this needs to be done at the linker stage, but I don't
> see any options to link in non-object files.

You could give "objcopy" a try. It can convert a binary file into an
object file which could then be linked normally.

See the man page for the --binary-architecture option. You just should
be _very_ sure about what the binary file contains and how to map it
onto the appropriate Ada-type(s).


Vinzent.