About this Manual
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This manual gives the technical specifications of the ARM Software Development 
Toolkit (the toolkit). Users of the toolkit will find it useful for gaining a 
more detailed understanding of the underlying conventions adopted by the 
toolkit. Specifications are included for the following:

 *  ARM Image Format

 *  ARM Object Format

 *  ARM Object Library Format

 *  ARM Procedure Call Standards

 *  ARM Symbolic Debug Table Format

 *  ARM Remote Debug Interface

 *  ARM Remote Debug Protocol

 *  ARM Debug Monitor

The <Technical> <Specifications> manual is intended to be used in conjunction 
with the rest of the toolkit documentation.


Who should use it
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This manual is for anyone developing applications based on the ARM family of 
RISC microprocessors, or by any reader who requires more detailed information 
on the conventions adopted by the toolkit. 

The information included in this manual will allow developers to optimise their 
design by customising the Toolkit to their particular task; for example: 
developers who are implementing a debug monitor, or interfacing to a 
proprietary linker, or seeking to incorporate a high-level language compiler 
which produces ARM file format output.

 

 

