BMP 1.0.2 488 command line compile

On my dell 620, I succeeded in compiling Win32 flavor of a sample app
C:\bmpSampleCode\samples\c_basicapp>

following the steps here:

https://developer.brewmp.com/resources/primers/brew-mp-developer-primer/command-line-primer/building-application#

ARM BPABI: Base Platform Arm Binary Interface

From ARM Linker user manual:

http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.dui0206g/Babcabdi.html

6.1. Introduction

The Base Platform ABI for the ARM Architecture [BPABI] governs the format and content of executable and shared object files generated by static linkers. It supports platform-specific executable files using post linking and provides a base standard that is used to derive a platform ABI. The standard defines three platform families based on the shared object model:

• Bare metal

• DLL-like

• System V release 4 (SVr4).

The linker conforms to the BPABI and so enables you to:

• link a collection of objects and libraries into a:

  • Bare metal executable image

  • BPABI DLL or SVr4 shared object

  • BPABI or SVr4 executable file.

• link a collection of objects against shared libraries

• partially link a collection of objects into an object that can be used as input to a subsequent link step.

What is the register IP in ARM assembler?

"ip" means intra procedure call scratch register (r12)

As in:

orr ip, pc, #1
bx ip

What is SPRITE in computer graphics?

A graphic image that can move within a larger graphic. Animation software that supports sprites enables the designer to develop independent animated images that can then be combined in a larger animation. Typically, each sprite has a set of rules that define how it moves and how it behaves if it bumps into another sprite or a static object.

Question about Brew style .mod entryfunc: is it called for each process?

For a statically linked Foo.mod with FooAEEMod_New(), is FooAEEMod_New() called for each process?