Qualcomm Incorporated

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Zhao-Ming Wu

Marko Slyz

Li Wen

LaShawn McGhee

Example embodiments relate to a mechanism for linking objects to obtain an executable file. In particular, example embodiments include a mechanism that determines a linker order for a plurality of objects included in a version of an executable file and a mechanism that generates a scatter loading file for the version of the executable file, the scatter loading file ordering the plurality of objects using the linker order. Example embodiments also include a mechanism that links the plurality of objects using the scatter loading file to create the version of the executable file.

Object linking based on a determined linker order

A fault-tolerant approach for updating a compressed read-only file system in embedded devices using a two-step approach. In the first phase an update package creates an intermediate memory image where the data blocks are independently compressed so that, if needed, the data therein can be decompressed and read without access to any other surrounding data blocks. Then in the second phase the intermediate memory image is decompressed in a buffer so that it can be reimaged into its final form and order before being recompressed and written back to non-volatile memory over-writing the intermediate memory image.

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Beijing, China

Zhao-Ming Wu