VisualDSP++ 4.5 Loader and Utilities Manual - Analog Devices

A brief description of each phase follows.
Compiling and Assembling
Introduction
Input source files are compiled and assembled to yield object files. Source
files are text files containing C/C++ code, compiler directives, possibly a
mixture of assembly code and directives, and, typically, preprocessor commands.
The assembler and compiler are documented in the VisualDSP++
4.5 Assembler and Preprocessor Manual and VisualDSP++ 4.5 C/C++ Compiler
and Library Manual, which are part of the online help.
Linking
SOURCE
FILES
.ASM, .C, .CPP
ASSEMBLER
AND/OR
COMPILER
PROCESSOR
Figure 1-1. Program Development Flow
.DOJ .DXE
LINKER
TARGET SYSTEM
BOOTING
UPON
RESET
EXTERNAL
MEMORY
LOADER
AND/OR
SPLITTER
Under the direction of the linker description file (LDF) and linker settings,
the linker consumes separately-assembled object and library files to
yield an executable file. If specified, the linker also produces the shared
memory files and overlay files. The linker output (.dxe files) conforms to
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