Why GNU ARM Toolchain objcopy didn't redefine and strip symbols, what a possible workaround?

Fgi

I have Android shared library with armeabi-v7 architecture, and I need to rename some functions inside this.

Firstly, I tried ARM toolchain v4.9 of Android NDK.

I tried:

objcopy --redefine-sym _Z3foo1v=_Z3foo2v libTest.so libTestResult.so

It throws no…

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My new tablet

frosty boy

Note: This was originally posted on 29th May 2012 at http://forums.arm.com

Hi,
I have just bought a new (very cheap) tablet and am confused about the processor.
It is a Synaptics 7" MID and the processor was specified as being A10 1500MHz.
The box has…

Optimizing code for ARM: ARMv7, ARMv8, Memory Models and NEON Intrinsics

Matthew Du Puy

Matthew Gretton-Dann titled this presentation: Porting & Optimising Code 32-bit to 64-bit

The title is accurate but he does a better job of giving a high level overview of the ARMv7 and ARMv8 architecture differences, C++11 memory models (which become…

Recompile neon 32bit instruction for ARMv8 using ndk r10c

Vidit

Hello,

I have an android application which has neon optimised native code. The neon instructions were written for armv7a architecture. I've read that ARMv8 arch can run in both 32bit mode and 64bit mode. I've been trying to compile the code using ndk…

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