changeset 240:b43e3e23583c

Added not about likely incompatibilities with source code from other assemblers when using the OS9 module target
author lost
date Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:25:55 +0000
parents 1106ec189e4f
children 31231d1c87e6
files doc/manual.docbook.sgml
diffstat 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/manual.docbook.sgml	Sat Aug 15 05:30:25 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/manual.docbook.sgml	Sun Aug 16 00:25:55 2009 +0000
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@
 
 <para>
 
+It is also critical to understand that unlike many OS9 assemblers, LWASM
+does NOT maintain a separate data address counter.  Thus, you must define
+all your data offsets and so on outside of the mod/emod segment.  It is,
+therefore, likely that source code targeted at other assemblers will require
+edits to build correctly.
+
+</para>
+
+<para>
+
 LWLINK does not, yet, have the ability to create OS9 modules from object
 files.