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[M16C-ELF] : S-REC file generated by ObjCopy is greater than input file (*.x or *.out)

Prafulla Thakare PrafullaT@KPITCummins.com
Thu Dec 22 09:29:00 GMT 2005 
Hi,

We have downloaded the latest FSF sources for GCC and binutils for M16C
port.
We could successfully build the cross toolchain i.e. m32c-elf-*.

However, we are facing a strange problem while using binary utility 
"m32c-elf-objcopy". The file size for S-REC file generated using objcopy
is 
greater than the input file size. 

Following are the commands used,

#m32c-elf-gcc foo.c -o my.x -mcpu=m16c -msim -g
Output File -> my.x {Size = 114KB}

#m32c-elf-objcopy -O srec my.x  big.mot
Output File -> big.mot {Size = 227KB}

We are using binutils snapshot dated 21st December 2005, 
"GNU objcopy 051221 20051221".

What could be the reason for above behavior? 
Is it a bug with objcopy?

We have these observations with default linker script as well as custom 
linker script.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Prafulla Thakare
KPIT Cummins InfoSystems Ltd.
Pune, India

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