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13 years ago

elf size too large for hello world application

Hi All, i am new to Altera's Nios-II, so as usual started with hello world template i am able to build it but the elf size is comes about 677274 bytes after applying all the optimizations (acc...
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13 years ago

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anyways is there any way to exclude jdi and sopc

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You may try nios2-elf-strip command.

Used without any option, it will greatly reduce elf file size, since it strips all symbols.

You may also use the -S and -R options to remove all debug info or specific sections.