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64 ><A
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65 NAME="OBJCHAP"
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66 ></A
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67 >Chapter 6. Object Files</H1
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68 ><P
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69 >LWTOOLS uses a proprietary object file format. It is proprietary in the sense
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70 that it is specific to LWTOOLS, not that it is a hidden format. It would be
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71 hard to keep it hidden in an open source tool chain anyway. This chapter
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72 documents the object file format.</P
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73 ><P
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74 >An object file consists of a series of sections each of which contains a
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75 list of exported symbols, a list of incomplete references, and a list of
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76 "local" symbols which may be used in calculating incomplete references. Each
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77 section will obviously also contain the object code.</P
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78 ><P
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79 >Exported symbols must be completely resolved to an address within the
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80 section it is exported from. That is, an exported symbol must be a constant
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81 rather than defined in terms of other symbols.</P
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82 ><P
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83 >Each object file starts with a magic number and version number. The magic
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84 number is the string "LWOBJ16" for this 16 bit object file format. The only
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85 defined version number is currently 0. Thus, the first 8 bytes of the object
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86 file are <FONT
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88 >4C574F424A313600</FONT
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89 ></P
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90 ><P
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91 >Each section has the following items in order:</P
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92 ><P
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93 ></P
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94 ><UL
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95 ><LI
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96 ><P
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97 >section name</P
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98 ></LI
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99 ><LI
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100 ><P
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101 >flags</P
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102 ></LI
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103 ><LI
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104 ><P
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105 >list of local symbols (and addresses within the section)</P
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106 ></LI
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107 ><LI
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108 ><P
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109 >list of exported symbols (and addresses within the section)</P
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110 ></LI
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111 ><LI
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112 ><P
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113 >list of incomplete references along with the expressions to calculate them</P
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114 ></LI
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115 ><LI
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116 ><P
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117 >the actual object code (for non-BSS sections)</P
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118 ></LI
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119 ></UL
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120 ><P
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121 >The section starts with the name of the section with a NUL termination
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122 followed by a series of flag bytes terminated by NUL. There are only two
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123 flag bytes defined. A NUL (0) indicates no more flags and a value of 1
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124 indicates the section is a BSS section. For a BSS section, no actual
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125 code is included in the object file.</P
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126 ><P
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127 >Either a NULL section name or end of file indicate the presence of no more
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128 sections.</P
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129 ><P
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130 >Each entry in the exported and local symbols table consists of the symbol
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131 (NUL terminated) followed by two bytes which contain the value in big endian
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132 order. The end of a symbol table is indicated by a NULL symbol name.</P
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133 ><P
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134 >Each entry in the incomplete references table consists of an expression
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135 followed by a 16 bit offset where the reference goes. Expressions are
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136 defined as a series of terms up to an "end of expression" term. Each term
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137 consists of a single byte which identifies the type of term (see below)
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138 followed by any data required by the term. Then end of the list is flagged
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139 by a NULL expression (only an end of expression term).</P
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144 ></A
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145 ><P
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146 ><B
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147 >Table 6-1. Object File Term Types</B
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148 ></P
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153 ><COL><COL><THEAD
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154 ><TR
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155 ><TH
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156 >TERMTYPE</TH
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157 ><TH
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158 >Meaning</TH
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164 >00</TD
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165 ><TD
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166 >end of expression</TD
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167 ></TR
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168 ><TR
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169 ><TD
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170 >01</TD
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171 ><TD
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172 >integer (16 bit in big endian order follows)</TD
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175 ><TD
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176 >02</TD
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177 ><TD
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178 > external symbol reference (NUL terminated symbol name follows)</TD
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182 >03</TD
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183 ><TD
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184 >local symbol reference (NUL terminated symbol name follows)</TD
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187 ><TD
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188 >04</TD
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190 >operator (1 byte operator number)</TD
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193 ><TD
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194 >05</TD
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196 >section base address reference</TD
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200 ></DIV
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201 ><P
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202 >External references are resolved using other object files while local
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203 references are resolved using the local symbol table(s) from this file. This
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204 allows local symbols that are not exported to have the same names as
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205 exported symbols or external references.</P
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213 >Table 6-2. Object File Operator Numbers</B
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221 ><TH
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222 >Number</TH
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223 ><TH
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229 ><TD
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230 >01</TD
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231 ><TD
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236 >02</TD
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238 >subtraction (-)</TD
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241 ><TD
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242 >03</TD
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244 >multiplication (*)</TD
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247 ><TD
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248 >04</TD
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249 ><TD
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256 >modulus (%)</TD
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260 >06</TD
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262 >integer division (\) (same as division)</TD
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272 >08</TD
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273 ><TD
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310 >An expression is represented in a postfix manner with both operands for
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311 binary operators preceding the operator and the single operand for unary
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