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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Is the output from mergehex tool deterministic</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/43224/is-the-output-from-mergehex-tool-deterministic</link><description>I&amp;#39;ve noticed sometimes the merged hex file differs slightly between different mergehex runs when merging the same hex files. Is this a bug or mergehex tool never guarantees the output is identical?</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:45:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/43224/is-the-output-from-mergehex-tool-deterministic" /><item><title>RE: Is the output from mergehex tool deterministic</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/169063?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:45:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:f1fe9473-df73-492e-aa68-6178eeb1bc71</guid><dc:creator>dafang982</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately, it&amp;#39;s a transient issue. I&amp;#39;ll capture the inputs when it happens again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Is the output from mergehex tool deterministic</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/168948?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:13:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:89c260e5-6c6a-4fdf-ac5a-81d57b1bd3ef</guid><dc:creator>Aleksei Vegner</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It must be deterministic. If not there is some bug (that&amp;#39;s not likely) or you actually run mergehex with different input files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are 100% sure could you please share the inputs?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>