Added BINARY macro and build target, remove dep from dependencies of

individual targets

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 - Added velocity mode to MIDI-Trig
 - Added MIDI multiplexing so multiple MIDI modules can use the same MIDI device on Windows
 - Made Module Browser layout more compact
-- Add power meter
-- Add icons to toolbar
+- Added power meter
+- Added icons to toolbar
 - [VCV Bridge](https://vcvrack.com/manual/Bridge.html) 0.6.1
 	- Replaced VST effect plugin with VST instrument plugin with audio inputs
 	- Added MIDI support

compile.mk

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ endif
 
 include $(RACK_DIR)/arch.mk
 
+LD ?= ld
+OBJCOPY ?= objcopy
+
 FLAGS += -DVERSION=$(VERSION)
 # Generate dependency files alongside the object files
 FLAGS += -MMD -MP
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ CXXFLAGS += $(FLAGS)
 
 # Derive object files from sources and place them before user-defined objects
 OBJECTS := $(patsubst %, build/%.o, $(SOURCES)) $(OBJECTS)
+OBJECTS += $(patsubst %, build/%.bin.o, $(BINARIES))
 DEPENDENCIES := $(patsubst %, build/%.d, $(SOURCES))
 
 # Final targets
@@ -53,23 +57,23 @@ $(TARGET): $(OBJECTS)
 
 -include $(DEPENDENCIES)
 
-build/%.c.o: %.c | dep
+build/%.c.o: %.c
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-build/%.cpp.o: %.cpp | dep
+build/%.cpp.o: %.cpp
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-build/%.cc.o: %.cc | dep
+build/%.cc.o: %.cc
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-build/%.m.o: %.m | dep
+build/%.m.o: %.m
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-# Dummy target
-dep:
-
-.PHONY: dep
+build/%.bin.o: %
+	@mkdir -p $(@D)
+	$(LD) -r -b binary -o $@ $<
+	$(OBJCOPY) --rename-section .data=.rodata,alloc,load,readonly,data,contents $@ $@

include/util/common.hpp

@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@ Example:
 #define DEPRECATED __attribute__ ((deprecated))
 
 
+/** References binary files compiled into the program.
+For example, to include a file "Test.dat" directly into your program binary, add
+	BINARIES += Test.dat
+to your Makefile and declare
+	BINARY(Test_dat);
+at the root of a .c or .cpp source file. Note that special characters are replaced with "_". Then use
+	BINARY_START(Test_dat)
+	BINARY_END(Test_dat)
+to reference the data beginning and end as a void* array and
+	BINARY_SIZE(Test_dat)
+to get its size in bytes.
+*/
+#define BINARY(sym) extern char _binary_##sym##_start, _binary_##sym##_end, _binary_##sym##_size
+#define BINARY_START(sym) ((void *) &_binary_##sym##_start)
+#define BINARY_END(sym) ((void *) &_binary_##sym##_end)
+// The symbol "_binary_##sym##_size" doesn't seem to be valid after a plugin is dynamically loaded, so simply take the difference between the two addresses.
+#define BINARY_SIZE(sym) ((size_t) (&_binary_##sym##_end - &_binary_##sym##_start))
+
+
 #include "util/math.hpp"