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Add documentation of the new hex output formats. Thanks to text contributed by Tom LeMense, the manual now includes documentation of the hex formats he contributed. This also includes some updated text on the ORG directive. Only minor editorial changes vary the text from Tom's original.
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1 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN">
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2 <book>
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3 <bookinfo>
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4 <title>LW Tool Chain</title>
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5 <author><firstname>William</firstname><surname>Astle</surname></author>
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6 <author><firstname>LWTools Contributors</firstname><surname></surname></author>
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7 <copyright><year>2009-2014</year><holder>William Astle and LWTools contributors</holder></copyright>
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8 </bookinfo>
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9 <chapter>
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11 <title>Introduction</title>
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13 <para>
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14 The LW tool chain provides utilities for building binaries for MC6809 and
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15 HD6309 CPUs. The tool chain includes a cross-assembler and a cross-linker
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16 which support several styles of output.
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17 </para>
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19 <section>
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20 <title>History</title>
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21 <para>
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22 For a long time, I have had an interest in creating an operating system for
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23 the Coco3. I finally started working on that project around the beginning of
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24 2006. I had a number of assemblers I could choose from. Eventually, I settled
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25 on one and started tinkering. After a while, I realized that assembler was not
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26 going to be sufficient due to lack of macros and issues with forward references.
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27 Then I tried another which handled forward references correctly but still did
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28 not support macros. I looked around at other assemblers and they all lacked
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29 one feature or another that I really wanted for creating my operating system.
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30 </para>
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32 <para>
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33 The solution seemed clear at that point. I am a fair programmer so I figured
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34 I could write an assembler that would do everything I wanted an assembler to
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35 do. Thus the LWASM probject was born. After more than two years of on and off
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36 work, version 1.0 of LWASM was released in October of 2008.
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37 </para>
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39 <para>
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40 As the aforementioned operating system project progressed further, it became
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41 clear that while assembling the whole project through a single file was doable,
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42 it was not practical. When I found myself playing some fancy games with macros
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43 in a bid to simulate sections, I realized I needed a means of assembling
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44 source files separately and linking them later. This spawned a major development
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45 effort to add an object file support to LWASM. It also spawned the LWLINK
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46 project to provide a means to actually link the files.
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47 </para>
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49 </section>
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51 </chapter>
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53 <chapter>
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54 <title>Output Formats</title>
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55
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56 <para>
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57 The LW tool chain supports multiple output formats. Each format has its
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58 advantages and disadvantages. Each format is described below.
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59 </para>
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61 <section>
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62 <title>Raw Binaries</title>
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63 <para>
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64 A raw binary is simply a string of bytes. There are no headers or other
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65 niceties. Both LWLINK and LWASM support generating raw binaries. ORG directives
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66 in the source code only serve to set the addresses that will be used for
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67 symbols but otherwise have no direct impact on the resulting binary.
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68 </para>
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70 </section>
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71 <section>
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72 <title>DECB Binaries</title>
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74 <para>A DECB binary is compatible with the LOADM command in Disk Extended
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75 Color Basic on the CoCo. They are also compatible with CLOADM from Extended
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76 Color Basic. These binaries include the load address of the binary as well
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77 as encoding an execution address. These binaries may contain multiple loadable
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78 sections, each of which has its own load address.</para>
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80 <para>
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81 Each binary starts with a preamble. Each preamble is five bytes long. The
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82 first byte is zero. The next two bytes specify the number of bytes to load
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83 and the last two bytes specify the address to load the bytes at. Then, a
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84 string of bytes follows. After this string of bytes, there may be another
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85 preamble or a postamble. A postamble is also five bytes in length. The first
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86 byte of the postamble is $FF, the next two are zero, and the last two are
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87 the execution address for the binary.
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88 </para>
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90 <para>
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91 Both LWASM and LWLINK can output this format.
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92 </para>
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93 </section>
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95 <section>
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96 <title>ASCII Hexadecimal</title>
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98 <para>
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99 This human-readable ASCII hexadecimal format consists of CR+LF terminated
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100 lines of ASCII text. Each line has the following structure: a zero-padded
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101 four-digit ASCII hex address, a colon separator, and one or more zero-padded
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102 two-digit hex values separated by commas. ASCII Hexadecimal format favors
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103 paragraph-aligned addresses (i.e. a least significant address nybble value
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104 of zero). During output, the number of hex values on each line are adjusted
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105 to align the address of the next line on a paragraph boundary. The sequence
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106 of addresses in the ASCII Hexadecimal file directly follows that of the source
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107 file; multiple ORG directives in the source code may result in out-of-sequence
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108 addresses in the ASCII Hexadecimal output.
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109 </para>
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111 <para>
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112 LWASM can output this format since version 4.10.
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113 </para>
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114 </section>
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116 <section>
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117 <title>Motorola S-Record</title>
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119 <para>
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120 This ASCII format consists of a series of CR+LF terminated "records" of ASCII
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121 text. Each record has the following structure: a start-of-record character
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122 "S", an ASCII record type digit (0-9), a two-digit ASCII hex byte count, a
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123 four-digit ASCII hex address, an optional sequence of two-digit ASCII hex data
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124 values, and a two-digit ASCII hex checksum. The LW tool chain issues only S0,
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125 S1, S5 and S9 record types. S1 records are limited to maximum of 16 data bytes
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126 in length, and paragraph alignment of addresses is favored. The address
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127 sequence of the S-Records directly follows that of the source file; multiple
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128 ORG directives in the source code may result in out-of-sequence addresses in
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129 the S-Record output.
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130 </para>
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132 <para>
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133 Motorola S-Record format is a standard ASCII format accepted by most memory
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134 device programming equipment. It is particularly useful when the assembled
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140 LWASM can output this format since version 4.10.
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144 <section>
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145 <title>Intel Hex</title>
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148 This ASCII format consists of a series of CR+LF terminated "records" of ASCII
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150 ":", a two-digit ASCII hex byte count, a four-digit ASCII hex address, a two-
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152 values, and a two-digit ASCII hex checksum. The LW tool chain issues only 00,
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154 data bytes in length, and paragraph alignment of addresses is favored. The
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155 address sequence of the Intel hex records directly follows that of the source
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156 file; multiple ORG directives in the source code may result in out-of-sequence
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157 addresses in the Intel Hex output.
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161 Intel Hex format is the other standard ASCII format accepted by most memory
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162 device programming equipment, it and the Motorola S-Record format are used for
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163 similar purposes.
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164 </para>
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166 <para>
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167 LWASM can output this format since version 4.10.
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168 </para>
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169 </section>
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172 <title>OS9 Modules</title>
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173 <para>
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175 Since version 2.5, LWASM is able to generate OS9 modules. The syntax is
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176 basically the same as for other assemblers. A module starts with the MOD
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177 directive and ends with the EMOD directive. The OS9 directive is provided
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178 as a shortcut for writing system calls.
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180 </para>
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182 <para>
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184 LWASM does NOT provide an OS9Defs file. You must provide your own. Also note
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185 that the common practice of using "ifp1" around the inclusion of the OS9Defs
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186 file is discouraged as it is pointless and can lead to unintentional
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187 problems and phasing errors. Because LWASM reads each file exactly once,
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188 there is no benefit to restricting the inclusion to the first assembly pass.
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189
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190 </para>
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191
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192 <para>
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194 As of version 4.5, LWASM also implements the standard data/code address
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195 streams for OS9 modules. That means that between MOD and EMOD, any RMB,
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196 RMD, RMQ, or equivalent directives will move the data address ahead and
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197 leave the code address unmodified. Outside of an actual module, both the
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198 code and data addresses are moved ahead equally. That last bit is critical
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199 to understand because it means any directives that follow an EMOD directive
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200 may have different results than other assemblers.
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202 </para>
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203 <para>
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204
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205 Additionally, within a module body, the ORG directive sets only the data
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206 address, not the code address. However, outside a module body, ORG sets both
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207 addresses.
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209 </para>
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211 <para>
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212 Both code and data addresses are reset to 0 by the MOD directive.
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213 </para>
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215 <para>
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217 As of version 4.5, LWLINK also supports creation of OS9 modules.
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219 </para>
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220 </section>
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221
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222 <section>
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223 <title>Object Files</title>
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224 <para>LWASM supports generating a proprietary object file format which is
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225 described in <xref linkend="objchap">. LWLINK is then used to link these
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226 object files into a final binary in any of LWLINK's supported binary
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227 formats.</para>
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228
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229 <para>Object files also support the concept of sections which are not valid
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230 for other output types. This allows related code from each object file
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231 linked to be collapsed together in the final binary.</para>
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232
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233 <para>
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234 Object files are very flexible in that they allow references that are not
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235 known at assembly time to be resolved at link time. However, because the
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236 addresses of such references are not known at assembly time, there is no way
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237 for the assembler to deduce that an eight bit addressing mode is possible.
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238 That means the assember will default to using sixteen bit addressing
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239 whenever an external or cross-section reference is used.
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240 </para>
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241
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242 <para>
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243 As of LWASM 2.4, it is possible to force direct page addressing for an
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244 external reference. Care must be taken to ensure the resulting addresses
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245 are really in the direct page since the linker does not know what the direct
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246 page is supposed to be and does not emit errors for byte overflows.
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247 </para>
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249 <para>
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250 It is also possible to use external references in an eight bit immediate
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251 mode instruction. In this case, only the low order eight bits will be used.
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252 Again, no byte overflows will be flagged.
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253 </para>
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256 </section>
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257
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258 </chapter>
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259
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260 <chapter>
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261 <title>LWASM</title>
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262 <para>
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263 The LWTOOLS assembler is called LWASM. This chapter documents the various
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264 features of the assembler. It is not, however, a tutorial on 6x09 assembly
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265 language programming.
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266 </para>
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268 <section>
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269 <title>Command Line Options</title>
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270 <para>
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271 The binary for LWASM is called "lwasm". Note that the binary is in lower
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272 case. lwasm takes the following command line arguments.
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273 </para>
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275 <variablelist>
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276
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277 <varlistentry>
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278 <term><option>--6309</option></term>
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279 <term><option>-3</option></term>
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280 <listitem>
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281 <para>
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282 This will cause the assembler to accept the additional instructions available
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283 on the 6309 processor. This is the default mode; this option is provided for
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284 completeness and to override preset command arguments.
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285 </para>
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286 </listitem>
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287 </varlistentry>
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288
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289 <varlistentry>
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290 <term><option>--6809</option></term>
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291 <term><option>-9</option></term>
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292 <listitem>
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293 <para>
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294 This will cause the assembler to reject instructions that are only available
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295 on the 6309 processor.
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296 </para>
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297 </listitem>
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298 </varlistentry>
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299
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300 <varlistentry>
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301 <term><option>--decb</option></term>
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302 <term><option>-b</option></term>
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303 <listitem>
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304 <para>
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305 Select the DECB output format target. Equivalent to <option>--format=decb</option>.
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306 </para>
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307 <para>While this is the default output format currently, it is not safe to rely
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308 on that fact. Future versions may have different defaults. It is also trivial
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309 to modify the source code to change the default. Thus, it is recommended to specify
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310 this option if you need DECB output.
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311 </listitem>
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312 </varlistentry>
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313
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314 <varlistentry>
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315 <term><option>--format=type</option></term>
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316 <term><option>-f type</option></term>
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317 <listitem>
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318 <para>
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319 Select the output format. Valid values are <option>obj</option> for the
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320 object file target, <option>decb</option> for the DECB LOADM format,
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321 <option>os9</option> for creating OS9 modules, <option>raw</option> for
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322 a raw binary, <option>hex</option> for ASCII hexadecminal format,
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323 <option>srec</option> for Motorola S-Record format, and <option>ihex</option>
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324 for Intel Hex format.
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325 </para>
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326 </listitem>
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327 </varlistentry>
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328
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329 <varlistentry>
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330 <term><option>--list[=file]</option></term>
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331 <term><option>-l[file]</option></term>
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332 <listitem>
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333 <para>
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334 Cause LWASM to generate a listing. If <option>file</option> is specified,
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335 the listing will go to that file. Otherwise it will go to the standard output
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336 stream. By default, no listing is generated. Unless <option>--symbols</option>
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337 is specified, the list will not include the symbol table.
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338 </para>
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339 </listitem>
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340 </varlistentry>
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341
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342 <varlistentry>
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343 <term><option>--symbols</option></term>
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344 <term><option>-s</option></term>
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345 <listitem>
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346 <para>
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347 Causes LWASM to generate a list of symbols when generating a listing.
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348 It has no effect unless a listing is being generated.
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349 </para>
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350 </listitem>
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351 </varlistentry>
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352
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353 <varlistentry>
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354 <term><option>--obj</option></term>
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355 <listitem>
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356 <para>
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357 Select the proprietary object file format as the output target.
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358 </para>
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359 </listitem>
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360 </varlistentry>
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361
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362 <varlistentry>
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363 <term><option>--output=FILE</option></term>
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364 <term><option>-o FILE</option></term>
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365 <listitem>
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366 <para>
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367 This option specifies the name of the output file. If not specified, the
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368 default is <option>a.out</option>.
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369 </para>
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370 </listitem>
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371 </varlistentry>
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372
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373 <varlistentry>
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374 <term><option>--pragma=pragma</option></term>
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375 <term><option>-p pragma</option></term>
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376 <listitem>
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377 <para>
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378 Specify assembler pragmas. Multiple pragmas are separated by commas. The
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379 pragmas accepted are the same as for the PRAGMA assembler directive described
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380 below.
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381 </para>
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382 </listitem>
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383 </varlistentry>
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385 <varlistentry>
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386 <term><option>--raw</option></term>
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387 <term><option>-r</option></term>
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388 <listitem>
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389 <para>
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390 Select raw binary as the output target.
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391 </para>
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392 </listitem>
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393 </varlistentry>
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395 <varlistentry>
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396 <term><option>--includedir=path</option></term>
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397 <term><option>-I path</option></term>
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398 <listitem>
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399 <para>
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400 Add <option>path</option> to the end of the include path.
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401 </para>
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402 </listitem>
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403 </varlistentry>
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404
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405 <varlistentry>
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406 <term><option>--define=SYM[=VAL]</option></term>
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407 <term><option>-D SYM[=VAL]</option></term>
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408 <listitem>
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409 <para>
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410 Pre-defines the symbol SYM as either the specified VAL. If VAL is omitted,
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411 the symbol is defined as 1. The symbol will be defined as though it were
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412 defined using the SET directive in the assembly source. That means it can
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413 be overridden by a SET directive within the source code. Attempting to
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414 redefine SYM using EQU will result in a multiply defined symbol error.
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415 </para>
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416 </listitem>
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417 </varlistentry>
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418
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419
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420 <varlistentry>
0
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421 <term><option>--help</option></term>
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422 <term><option>-?</option></term>
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423 <listitem>
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424 <para>
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425 Present a help screen describing the command line options.
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426 </para>
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427 </listitem>
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428 </varlistentry>
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429
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430 <varlistentry>
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431 <term><option>--usage</option></term>
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432 <listitem>
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433 <para>
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434 Provide a summary of the command line options.
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435 </para>
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436 </listitem>
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437 </varlistentry>
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438
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439 <varlistentry>
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440 <term><option>--version</option></term>
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441 <term><option>-V</option></term>
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442 <listitem>
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443 <para>
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444 Display the software version.
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445 </para>
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446 </listitem>
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447 </varlistentry>
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448
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449 <varlistentry>
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450 <term><option>--debug</option></term>
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451 <term><option>-d</option></term>
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452 <listitem>
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453 <para>
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454 Increase the debugging level. Only really useful to people hacking on the
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455 LWASM source code itself.
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456 </para>
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457 </listitem>
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458 </varlistentry>
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459
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460 </variablelist>
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461
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462 </section>
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463
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464 <section>
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465 <title>Dialects</title>
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466 <para>
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467 LWASM supports all documented MC6809 instructions as defined by Motorola.
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468 It also supports all known HD6309 instructions. While there is general
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469 agreement on the pneumonics for most of the 6309 instructions, there is some
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470 variance with the block transfer instructions. TFM for all four variations
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471 seems to have gained the most traction and, thus, this is the form that is
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472 recommended for LWASM. However, it also supports COPY, COPY-, IMP, EXP,
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473 TFRP, TFRM, TFRS, and TFRR. It further adds COPY+ as a synomym for COPY,
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474 IMPLODE for IMP, and EXPAND for EXP.
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475 </para>
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476
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477 <para>By default, LWASM accepts 6309 instructions. However, using the
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478 <parameter>--6809</parameter> parameter, you can cause it to throw errors on
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479 6309 instructions instead.</para>
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480
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481 <para>
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482 The standard addressing mode specifiers are supported. These are the
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483 hash sign ("#") for immediate mode, the less than sign ("&lt;") for forced
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484 eight bit modes, and the greater than sign ("&gt;") for forced sixteen bit modes.
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485 </para>
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486
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487 <para>
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488 Additionally, LWASM supports using the asterisk ("*") to indicate
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489 base page addressing. This should not be used in hand-written source code,
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490 however, because it is non-standard and may or may not be present in future
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491 versions of LWASM.
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492 </para>
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493
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494 </section>
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495
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496 <section>
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497 <title>Source Format</title>
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498
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499 <para>
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500 LWASM accepts plain text files in a relatively free form. It can handle
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501 lines terminated with CR, LF, CRLF, or LFCR which means it should be able
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502 to assemble files on any platform on which it compiles.
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503 </para>
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504 <para>
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505 Each line may start with a symbol. If a symbol is present, there must not
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506 be any whitespace preceding it. It is legal for a line to contain nothing
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507 but a symbol.</para>
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508 <para>
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509 The op code is separated from the symbol by whitespace. If there is
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510 no symbol, there must be at least one white space character preceding it.
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511 If applicable, the operand follows separated by whitespace. Following the
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512 opcode and operand is an optional comment.
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513 </para>
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514
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515 <para> It is important to note that operands cannot contain any whitespace
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516 except in the case of delimited strings. This is because the first
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517 whitespace character will be interpreted as the separator between the
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518 operand column and the comment. This behaviour is required for approximate
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519 source compatibility with other 6x09 assemblers. </para>
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520
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521 <para>
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522 A comment can also be introduced with a * or a ;. The comment character is
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523 optional for end of statement comments. However, if a symbol is the only
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524 thing present on the line other than the comment, the comment character is
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525 mandatory to prevent the assembler from interpreting the comment as an opcode.
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526 </para>
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527
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528 <para>
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529 For compatibility with the output generated by some C preprocessors, LWASM
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530 will also ignore lines that begin with a #. This should not be used as a general
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531 comment character, however.
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532 </para>
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533
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534 <para>
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535 The opcode is not treated case sensitively. Neither are register names in
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536 the operand fields. Symbols, however, are case sensitive.
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537 </para>
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538
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539 <para> As of version 2.6, LWASM supports files with line numbers. If line
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540 numbers are present, the line must start with a digit. The line number
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541 itself must consist only of digits. The line number must then be followed
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542 by either the end of the line or exactly one white space character. After
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543 that white space character, the lines are interpreted exactly as above.
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544 </para>
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545
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546 </section>
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547
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548 <section>
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549 <title>Symbols</title>
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550
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551 <para>
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552 Symbols have no length restriction. They may contain letters, numbers, dots,
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553 dollar signs, and underscores. They must start with a letter, dot, or
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554 underscore.
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555 </para>
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556
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557 <para>
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558 LWASM also supports the concept of a local symbol. A local symbol is one
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559 which contains either a "?" or a "@", which can appear anywhere in the symbol.
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560 The scope of a local symbol is determined by a number of factors. First,
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561 each included file gets its own local symbol scope. A blank line will also
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562 be considered a local scope barrier. Macros each have their own local symbol
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563 scope as well (which has a side effect that you cannot use a local symbol
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564 as an argument to a macro). There are other factors as well. In general,
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565 a local symbol is restricted to the block of code it is defined within.
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566 </para>
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567
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568 <para>
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569 By default, unless assembling to the os9 target, a "$" in the symbol will
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570 also make it local. This can be controlled by the "dollarlocal" and
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571 "nodollarlocal" pragmas. In the absence of a pragma to the contrary, for
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572 the os9 target, a "$" in the symbol will not make it considered local while
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573 for all other targets it will.
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574 </para>
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575
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576 </section>
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577
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578 <section>
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579 <title>Numbers and Expressions</title>
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580 <para>
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581
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582 Numbers can be expressed in binary, octal, decimal, or hexadecimal. Binary
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583 numbers may be prefixed with a "%" symbol or suffixed with a "b" or "B".
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584 Octal numbers may be prefixed with "@" or suffixed with "Q", "q", "O", or
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585 "o". Hexadecimal numbers may be prefixed with "$", "0x" or "0X", or suffixed
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586 with "H". No prefix or suffix is required for decimal numbers but they can
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587 be prefixed with "&amp;" if desired. Any constant which begins with a letter
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588 must be expressed with the correct prefix base identifier or be prefixed
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589 with a 0. Thus hexadecimal FF would have to be written either 0FFH or $FF.
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590 Numbers are not case sensitive.
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591
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592 </para>
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593
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594 <para> A symbol may appear at any point where a number is acceptable. The
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595 special symbol "*" can be used to represent the starting address of the
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596 current source line within expressions. </para>
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597
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598 <para>The ASCII value of a character can be included by prefixing it with a
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599 single quote ('). The ASCII values of two characters can be included by
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600 prefixing the characters with a quote (").</para>
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601
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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602 <para>
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603
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604 LWASM supports the following basic binary operators: +, -, *, /, and %.
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605 These represent addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and
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606 modulus. It also supports unary negation and unary 1's complement (- and ^
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607 respectively). It is also possible to use ~ for the unary 1's complement
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608 operator. For completeness, a unary positive (+) is supported though it is
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609 a no-op. LWASM also supports using |, &, and ^ for bitwise or, bitwise and,
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610 and bitwise exclusive or respectively.
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611
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612 </para>
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613
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614 <para>
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615
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616 Operator precedence follows the usual rules. Multiplication, division, and
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617 modulus take precedence over addition and subtraction. Unary operators take
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618 precedence over binary operators. Bitwise operators are lower precdence
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619 than addition and subtraction. To force a specific order of evaluation,
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620 parentheses can be used in the usual manner.
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621
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622 </para>
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623
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624 <para>
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625
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626 As of LWASM 2.5, the operators && and || are recognized for boolean and and
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627 boolean or respectively. They will return either 0 or 1 (false or true).
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628 They have the lowest precedence of all the binary operators.
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629
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630 </para>
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631
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632 </section>
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633
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634 <section>
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635 <title>Assembler Directives</title>
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636 <para>
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637 Various directives can be used to control the behaviour of the
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638 assembler or to include non-code/data in the resulting output. Those directives
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639 that are not described in detail in other sections of this document are
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640 described below.
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641 </para>
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642
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643 <section>
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644 <title>Data Directives</title>
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645 <variablelist>
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646 <varlistentry><term>FCB <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term>
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647 <term>.DB <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term>
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648 <term>.BYTE <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term>
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649 <listitem>
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650 <para>Include one or more constant bytes (separated by commas) in the output.</para>
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651 </listitem>
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652 </varlistentry>
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653
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654 <varlistentry>
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655 <term>FDB <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term>
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656 <term>.DW <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term>
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657 <term>.WORD <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term>
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658 <listitem>
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659 <para>Include one or more words (separated by commas) in the output.</para>
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660 </listitem>
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661 </varlistentry>
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662
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663 <varlistentry>
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664 <term>FQB <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term>
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665 <term>.QUAD <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term>
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666 <term>.4BYTE <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term>
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667 <listitem>
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668 <para>Include one or more double words (separated by commas) in the output.</para>
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669 </listitem>
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670 </varlistentry>
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671
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672 <varlistentry>
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673 <term>FCC <parameter>string</parameter></term>
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674 <term>.ASCII <parameter>string</parameter></term>
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675 <term>.STR <parameter>string</parameter></term>
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676 <listitem>
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677 <para>
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678 Include a string of text in the output. The first character of the operand
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679 is the delimiter which must appear as the last character and cannot appear
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680 within the string. The string is included with no modifications>
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681 </para>
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682 </listitem>
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683 </varlistentry>
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684
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685 <varlistentry>
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686 <term>FCN <parameter>string</parameter></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
687 <term>.ASCIZ <parameter>string</parameter></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
688 <term>.STRZ <parameter>string</parameter></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
689 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
690 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
691 Include a NUL terminated string of text in the output. The first character of
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
692 the operand is the delimiter which must appear as the last character and
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
693 cannot appear within the string. A NUL byte is automatically appended to
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
694 the string.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
695 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
696 </listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
697 </varlistentry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
698
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
699 <varlistentry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
700 <term>FCS <parameter>string</parameter></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
701 <term>.ASCIS <parameter>string</parameter></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
702 <term>.STRS <parameter>string</parameter></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
703 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
704 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
705 Include a string of text in the output with bit 7 of the final byte set. The
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
706 first character of the operand is the delimiter which must appear as the last
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
707 character and cannot appear within the string.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
708 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
709 </listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
710 </varlistentry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
711
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
712 <varlistentry><term>ZMB <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
713 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
714 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
715 Include a number of NUL bytes in the output. The number must be fully resolvable
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
716 during pass 1 of assembly so no forward or external references are permitted.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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717 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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718 </listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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719 </varlistentry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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720
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
721 <varlistentry><term>ZMD <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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722 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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723 <para>
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724 Include a number of zero words in the output. The number must be fully
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
725 resolvable during pass 1 of assembly so no forward or external references are
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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726 permitted.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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727 </para>
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728 </listitem>
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729 </varlistentry>
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730
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731 <varlistentry><term>ZMQ <parameter>expr<parameter></term>
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732 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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733 <para>
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parents:
diff changeset
734 Include a number of zero double-words in the output. The number must be fully
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
735 resolvable during pass 1 of assembly so no forward or external references are
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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736 permitted.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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737 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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738 </listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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739 </varlistentry>
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740
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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741 <varlistentry>
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742 <term>RMB <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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743 <term>.BLKB <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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parents:
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744 <term>.DS <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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745 <term>.RS <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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746 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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747 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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748 Reserve a number of bytes in the output. The number must be fully resolvable
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
diff changeset
749 during pass 1 of assembly so no forward or external references are permitted.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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750 The value of the bytes is undefined.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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751 </para>
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752 </listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
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753 </varlistentry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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754
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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755 <varlistentry><term>RMD <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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756 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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757 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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758 Reserve a number of words in the output. The number must be fully
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
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759 resolvable during pass 1 of assembly so no forward or external references are
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
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760 permitted. The value of the words is undefined.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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761 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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762 </listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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763 </varlistentry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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764
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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765 <varlistentry><term>RMQ <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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766 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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767 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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768 Reserve a number of double-words in the output. The number must be fully
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
769 resolvable during pass 1 of assembly so no forward or external references are
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
770 permitted. The value of the double-words is undefined.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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771 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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772 </listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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773 </varlistentry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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774
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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775 <varlistentry>
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776 <term>INCLUDEBIN <parameter>filename</parameter></term>
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777 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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778 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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779 Treat the contents of <parameter>filename</parameter> as a string of bytes to
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
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780 be included literally at the current assembly point. This has the same effect
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
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781 as converting the file contents to a series of FCB statements and including
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
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782 those at the current assembly point.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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783 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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784
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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785 <para> If <parameter>filename</parameter> beings with a /, the file name
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
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786 will be taken as absolute. Otherwise, the current directory will be
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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787 searched followed by the search path in the order specified.</para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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788
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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789 <para> Please note that absolute path detection including drive letters will
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
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790 not function correctly on Windows platforms. Non-absolute inclusion will
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
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791 work, however.</para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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792
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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793 </listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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794 </varlistentry>
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795
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796 <varlistentry>
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797 <term>FILL <parameter>size</parameter>,<parameter>byte</parameter></term>
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798 <listitem>
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799
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800 <para>
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801 Insert <parameter>size</parameter> bytes of <parameter>byte</parameter>.
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802 </para>
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803
155799f6cfa5 Add documentation for the FILL pseudo operation
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804 </listitem>
155799f6cfa5 Add documentation for the FILL pseudo operation
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805 </varlistentry>
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806
0
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807 </variablelist>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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808
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809 </section>
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810
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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811 <section>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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812 <title>Address Definition</title>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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813 <para>The directives in this section all control the addresses of symbols
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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parents:
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814 or the assembly process itself.</para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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815
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816 <variablelist>
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817 <varlistentry><term>ORG <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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818 <listitem>
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819 <para>Set the assembly address. The address must be fully resolvable on the
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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820 first pass so no external or forward references are permitted. ORG is not
324
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821 permitted within sections when outputting to object files. For target formats
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822 that include address information (decb, hex, srec, and ihex), an ORG
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823 directive will re-start the address sequence within the output. When using
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824 the raw target format, ORG is used only to determine the addresses of symbols.
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825 </para>
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826 </listitem>
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827 </varlistentry>
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828
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829 <varlistentry>
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830 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EQU <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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831 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> = <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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832 <listitem>
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833 <para>Define the value of <parameter>sym</parameter> to be <parameter>expr</parameter>.
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834 </listitem>
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835 </varlistentry>
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836
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837 <varlistentry>
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838 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> SET <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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839 <listitem>
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840 <para>Define the value of <parameter>sym</parameter> to be <parameter>expr</parameter>.
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841 Unlike EQU, SET permits symbols to be defined multiple times as long as SET
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842 is used for all instances. Use of the symbol before the first SET statement
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843 that sets its value is undefined.</para>
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844 </listitem>
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845 </varlistentry>
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846
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847 <varlistentry>
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848 <term>SETDP <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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849 <listitem>
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850 <para>Inform the assembler that it can assume the DP register contains
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851 <parameter>expr</parameter>. This directive is only advice to the assembler
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852 to determine whether an address is in the direct page and has no effect
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853 on the contents of the DP register. The value must be fully resolved during
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854 the first assembly pass because it affects the sizes of subsequent instructions.
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855 </para>
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856 <para>This directive has no effect in the object file target.
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857 </para>
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858 </listitem>
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859 </varlistentry>
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860
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861 <varlistentry>
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862 <term>ALIGN <parameter>expr</parameter>[,<parameter>value</parameter>]</term>
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863 <listitem>
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864
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865 <para>Force the current assembly address to be a multiple of
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866 <parameter>expr</parameter>. If <parameter>value</parameter> is not
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867 specified, a series of NUL bytes is output to force the alignment, if
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868 required. Otherwise, the low order 8 bits of <parameter>value</parameter>
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869 will be used as the fill. The alignment value must be fully resolved on the
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870 first pass because it affects the addresses of subsquent instructions.
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871 However, <parameter>value</parameter> may include forward references; as
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872 long as it resolves to a constant for the second pass, the value will be
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873 accepted.</para>
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874
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875 <para>Unless <parameter>value</parameter> is specified as something like $12,
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876 this directive is not suitable for inclusion in the middle of actual code.
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877 The default padding value is $00 which is intended to be used within data
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878 blocks. </para>
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879
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880 </listitem>
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881 </varlistentry>
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882
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883 </variablelist>
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884
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885 </section>
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886
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887 <section>
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888 <title>Conditional Assembly</title>
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889 <para>
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890 Portions of the source code can be excluded or included based on conditions
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891 known at assembly time. Conditionals can be nested arbitrarily deeply. The
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892 directives associated with conditional assembly are described in this section.
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893 </para>
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894 <para>All conditionals must be fully bracketed. That is, every conditional
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895 statement must eventually be followed by an ENDC at the same level of nesting.
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896 </para>
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897 <para>Conditional expressions are only evaluated on the first assembly pass.
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898 It is not possible to game the assembly process by having a conditional
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899 change its value between assembly passes. Due to the underlying architecture
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900 of LWASM, there is no possible utility to IFP1 and IFP2, nor can they, as of LWASM 3.0, actually
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901 be implemented meaningfully. Thus there is not and never will
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902 be any equivalent of IFP1 or IFP2 as provided by other assemblers. Use of those opcodes
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903 will throw a warning and be ignored.</para>
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904
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905 <para>It is important to note that if a conditional does not resolve to a constant
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906 during the first parsing pass, an error will be thrown. This is unavoidable because the assembler
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907 must make a decision about which source to include and which source to exclude at this stage.
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908 Thus, expressions that work normally elsewhere will not work for conditions.</para>
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909
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910 <variablelist>
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911 <varlistentry>
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912 <term>IFEQ <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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913 <listitem>
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914 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to zero, the conditional
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915 will be considered true.
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916 </para>
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917 </listitem>
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918 </varlistentry>
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919
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920 <varlistentry>
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921 <term>IFNE <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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922 <term>IF <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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923 <listitem>
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924 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a non-zero value, the conditional
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925 will be considered true.
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926 </para>
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927 </listitem>
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928 </varlistentry>
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929
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930 <varlistentry>
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931 <term>IFGT <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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932 <listitem>
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933 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value greater than zero, the conditional
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934 will be considered true.
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935 </para>
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936 </listitem>
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937 </varlistentry>
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938
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939 <varlistentry>
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940 <term>IFGE <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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941 <listitem>
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942 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value greater than or equal to zero, the conditional
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943 will be considered true.
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944 </para>
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945 </listitem>
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946 </varlistentry>
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947
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948 <varlistentry>
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949 <term>IFLT <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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950 <listitem>
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951 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value less than zero, the conditional
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952 will be considered true.
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953 </para>
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954 </listitem>
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955 </varlistentry>
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956
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957 <varlistentry>
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958 <term>IFLE <parameter>expr</parameter></term>
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959 <listitem>
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960 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value less than or equal to zero , the conditional
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961 will be considered true.
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962 </para>
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963 </listitem>
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964 </varlistentry>
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965
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966 <varlistentry>
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967 <term>IFDEF <parameter>sym</parameter></term>
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968 <listitem>
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969 <para>If <parameter>sym</parameter> is defined at this point in the assembly
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970 process, the conditional
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971 will be considered true.
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972 </para>
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973 </listitem>
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974 </varlistentry>
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975
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976 <varlistentry>
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977 <term>IFNDEF <parameter>sym</parameter></term>
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978 <listitem>
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979 <para>If <parameter>sym</parameter> is not defined at this point in the assembly
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980 process, the conditional
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981 will be considered true.
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982 </para>
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983 </listitem>
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984 </varlistentry>
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985
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986 <varlistentry>
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987 <term>ELSE</term>
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988 <listitem>
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989 <para>
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990 If the preceding conditional at the same level of nesting was false, the
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991 statements following will be assembled. If the preceding conditional at
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992 the same level was true, the statements following will not be assembled.
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993 Note that the preceding conditional might have been another ELSE statement
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994 although this behaviour is not guaranteed to be supported in future versions
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995 of LWASM.
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996 </para>
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997 </listitem>
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998
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999 <varlistentry>
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1000 <term>ENDC</term>
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1001 <listitem>
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1002 <para>
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1003 This directive marks the end of a conditional construct. Every conditional
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1004 construct must end with an ENDC directive.
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1005 </para>
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1006 </listitem>
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1007 </varlistentry>
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1008
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1009 </variablelist>
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1010 </section>
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1011
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1012 <section>
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1013 <title>OS9 Target Directives</title>
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1014
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1015 <para>This section includes directives that apply solely to the OS9
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1016 target.</para>
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1017
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1018 <variablelist>
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1019
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1020 <varlistentry>
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1021 <term>OS9 <parameter>syscall</parameter></term>
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1022 <listitem>
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1023 <para>
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1024
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1025 This directive generates a call to the specified system call. <parameter>syscall</parameter> may be an arbitrary expression.
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1026
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1027 </para>
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1028 </listitem>
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1029 </varlistentry>
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1030
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1031 <varlistentry>
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1032 <term>MOD <parameter>size</parameter>,<parameter>name</parameter>,<parameter>type</parameter>,<parameter>flags</parameter>,<parameter>execoff</parameter>,<parameter>datasize</parameter></term>
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1033 <listitem>
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1034 <para>
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1035
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1036 This tells LWASM that the beginning of the actual module is here. It will
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1037 generate a module header based on the parameters specified. It will also
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1038 begin calcuating the module CRC.
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1039
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1040 </para>
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1041
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1042 <para>
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1043
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1044 The precise meaning of the various parameters is beyond the scope of this
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1045 document since it is not a tutorial on OS9 module programming.
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1046
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1047 </para>
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1048
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1049 </listitem>
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1050 </varlistentry>
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1051
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1052 <varlistentry>
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1053 <term>EMOD</term>
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1054 <listitem>
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1055 <para>
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1056
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1057 This marks the end of a module and causes LWASM to emit the calculated CRC
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1058 for the module.
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1059
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1060 </para>
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1061 </varlistentry>
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1062
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1063 </variablelist>
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1064 </section>
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1065
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1066 <section>
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1067 <title>Miscelaneous Directives</title>
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1068
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1069 <para>This section includes directives that do not fit into the other
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1070 categories.</para>
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1071
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1072 <variablelist>
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1073
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1074 <varlistentry>
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1075 <term>INCLUDE <parameter>filename</parameter></term>
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1076 <term>USE <parameter>filename</parameter></term>
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1077
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1078 <listitem> <para> Include the contents of <parameter>filename</parameter> at
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1079 this point in the assembly as though it were a part of the file currently
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1080 being processed. Note that if whitespace appears in the name of the file,
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1081 you must enclose <parameter>filename</parameter> in quotes.
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1082 </para>
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1083
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1084 <para>
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1085 Note that the USE variation is provided only for compatibility with other
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1086 assemblers. It is recommended to use the INCLUDE variation.</para>
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1087
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1088 <para>If <parameter>filename</parameter> begins with a &quot;/&quot;, it is
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1089 interpreted as an absolute path. If it does not, the search path will be used
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1090 to find the file. First, the directory containing the file that contains this
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1091 directive. (Includes within an included file are relative to the included file,
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1092 not the file that included it.) If the file is not found there, the include path
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1093 is searched. If it is still not found, an error will be thrown. Note that the
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1094 current directory as understood by your shell or operating system is not searched.
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1095 </para>
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1096
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1097 </listitem>
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1098 </varlistentry>
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1099
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1100 <varlistentry>
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1101 <term>END <parameter>[expr]</parameter></term>
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1102 <listitem>
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1103 <para>
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1104 This directive causes the assembler to stop assembling immediately as though
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1105 it ran out of input. For the DECB target only, <parameter>expr</parameter>
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1106 can be used to set the execution address of the resulting binary. For all
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1107 other targets, specifying <parameter>expr</parameter> will cause an error.
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1108 </para>
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1109 </listitem>
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1110 </varlistentry>
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1111
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1112 <varlistentry>
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1113 <term>ERROR <parameter>string</parameter></term>
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1114 <listitem>
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1115 <para>
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1116 Causes a custom error message to be printed at this line. This will cause
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1117 assembly to fail. This directive is most useful inside conditional constructs
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1118 to cause assembly to fail if some condition that is known bad happens. Everything
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1119 from the directive to the end of the line is considered the error message.
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1120 </para>
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1121 </listitem>
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1122 </varlistentry>
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1123
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1124 <varlistentry>
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1125 <term>WARNING <parameter>string</parameter></term>
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1126 <listitem>
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1127 <para>
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1128 Causes a custom warning message to be printed at this line. This will not cause
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1129 assembly to fail. This directive is most useful inside conditional constructs
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1130 or include files to alert the programmer to a deprecated feature being used
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1131 or some other condition that may cause trouble later, but which may, in fact,
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1132 not cause any trouble.
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1133 </para>
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1134 </listitem>
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1135 </varlistentry>
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1136
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1137 <varlistentry>
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1138 <term>.MODULE <parameter>string</parameter></term>
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1139 <listitem>
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1140 <para>
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1141 This directive is ignored for most output targets. If the output target
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1142 supports encoding a module name into it, <parameter>string</parameter>
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1143 will be used as the module name.
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1144 </para>
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1145 <para>
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1146 As of version 3.0, no supported output targets support this directive.
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1147 </para>
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1148 </listitem>
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1149 </varlistentry>
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1150
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1151 </variablelist>
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1152 </section>
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1153
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1154 </section>
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1155
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1156 <section>
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1157 <title>Macros</title>
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1158 <para>
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1159 LWASM is a macro assembler. A macro is simply a name that stands in for a
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1160 series of instructions. Once a macro is defined, it is used like any other
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1161 assembler directive. Defining a macro can be considered equivalent to adding
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1162 additional assembler directives.
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1163 </para>
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1164
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1165 <para>Macros may accept parameters. These parameters are referenced within a
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1166 macro by the a backslash ("\") followed by a digit 1 through 9 for the first
0
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1167 through ninth parameters. They may also be referenced by enclosing the
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1168 decimal parameter number in braces ("{num}"). The special expansion "\*"
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1169 translates to the exact parameter string, including all parameters, passed
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1170 to the macro. These parameter references are replaced with the verbatim text
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1171 of the parameter passed to the macro. A reference to a non-existent
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1172 parameter will be replaced by an empty string. Macro parameters are expanded
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1173 everywhere on each source line. That means the parameter to a macro could be
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1174 used as a symbol or it could even appear in a comment or could cause an
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1175 entire source line to be commented out when the macro is expanded. </para>
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1176
0
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1177 <para>
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1178 Parameters passed to a macro are separated by commas and the parameter list
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1179 is terminated by any whitespace. This means that neither a comma nor whitespace
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1180 may be included in a macro parameter.
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1181 </para>
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1182 <para>
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1183 Macro expansion is done recursively. That is, within a macro, macros are
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1184 expanded. This can lead to infinite loops in macro expansion. If the assembler
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1185 hangs for a long time while assembling a file that uses macros, this may be
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1186 the reason.</para>
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1187
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1188 <para>Each macro expansion receives its own local symbol context which is not
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1189 inherited by any macros called by it nor is it inherited from the context
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1190 the macro was instantiated in. That means it is possible to use local symbols
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1191 within macros without having them collide with symbols in other macros or
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1192 outside the macro itself. However, this also means that using a local symbol
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1193 as a parameter to a macro, while legal, will not do what it would seem to do
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1194 as it will result in looking up the local symbol in the macro's symbol context
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1195 rather than the enclosing context where it came from, likely yielding either
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1196 an undefined symbol error or bizarre assembly results.
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1197 </para>
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1198 <para>
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1199 Note that there is no way to define a macro as local to a symbol context. All
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1200 macros are part of the global macro namespace. However, macros have a separate
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1201 namespace from symbols so it is possible to have a symbol with the same name
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1202 as a macro.
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1203 </para>
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1204
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1205 <para>
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1206 Macros are defined only during the first pass. Macro expansion also
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1207 only occurs during the first pass. On the second pass, the macro
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1208 definition is simply ignored. Macros must be defined before they are used.
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1209 </para>
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1210
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1211 <para>The following directives are used when defining macros.</para>
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1212
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1213 <variablelist>
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1214 <varlistentry>
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1215 <term><parameter>macroname</parameter> MACRO [NOEXPAND]</term>
0
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1216 <listitem>
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1217 <para>This directive is used to being the definition of a macro called
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1218 <parameter>macroname</parameter>. If <parameter>macroname</parameter> already
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1219 exists, it is considered an error. Attempting to define a macro within a
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1220 macro is undefined. It may work and it may not so the behaviour should not
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1221 be relied upon.
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1222 </para>
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1223
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1224 <para>If NOEXPAND is specified, the macro will not be expanded in a program
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1225 listing. Instead, all bytes emitted by all instructions within the macro
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1226 will appear to be emitted on the line where the macro is invoked, starting
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1227 at the address of the line of the invokation. If the macro uses ORG or other
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1228 directives that define symbols or change the assembly address, these things
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1229 will also be hidden (except in the symbol table) and the output bytes will
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1230 appear with incorrect address attribution. Thus, NOEXPAND should only be
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1231 used for macros that do not mess with the assembly address or otherwise
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual
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1232 define symbols that should be visible.</para>
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1233
0
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1234 </listitem>
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1235 </varlistentry>
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1236
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1237 <varlistentry>
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1238 <term>ENDM</term>
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1239 <listitem>
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1240 <para>
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1241 This directive indicates the end of the macro currently being defined. It
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1242 causes the assembler to resume interpreting source lines as normal.
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1243 </para>
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1244 </listitem>
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1245 </variablelist>
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1246
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1247 </section>
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1248
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1249 <section>
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1250 <title>Structures</title>
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1251 <para>
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1252
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1253 Structures are used to group related data in a fixed structure. A structure
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1254 consists a number of fields, defined in sequential order and which take up
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1255 specified size. The assembler does not enforce any means of access within a
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1256 structure; it assumes that whatever you are doing, you intended to do.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1257 There are two pseudo ops that are used for defining structures.
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1258
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1259 </para>
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1260
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1261 <variablelist>
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1262 <varlistentry>
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1263 <term><parameter>structname</parameter> STRUCT</term>
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1264 <listitem>
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1265 <para>
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1266
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1267 This directive is used to begin the definition of a structure with name
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1268 <parameter>structname</parameter>. Subsequent statements all form part of
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1269 the structure definition until the end of the structure is declared.
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1270
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1271 </para>
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1272 </listitem>
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1273 </varlistentry>
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1274 <varlistentry>
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1275 <term>ENDSTRUCT</term>
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1276 <term>ENDS</term>
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1277 <listitem>
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1278 <para>
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1279 This directive ends the definition of the structure. ENDSTRUCT is the
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1280 preferred form. Prior to version 3.0 of LWASM, ENDS was used to end a
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1281 section instead of a structure.
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1282 </para>
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1283 </listitem>
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1284 </varlistentry>
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1285 </variablelist>
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1286
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1287 <para>
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1288
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1289 Within a structure definition, only reservation pseudo ops are permitted.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1290 Anything else will cause an assembly error.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1291 </para>
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1292
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1293 <para> Once a structure is defined, you can reserve an area of memory in the
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1294 same structure by using the structure name as the opcode. Structures can
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1295 also contain fields that are themselves structures. See the example
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1296 below.</para>
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1297
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1298 <programlisting>
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1299 tstruct2 STRUCT
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1300 f1 rmb 1
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1301 f2 rmb 1
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1302 ENDSTRUCT
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1303
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1304 tstruct STRUCT
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1305 field1 rmb 2
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1306 field2 rmb 3
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1307 field3 tstruct2
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1308 ENDSTRUCT
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1309
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1310 ORG $2000
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1311 var1 tstruct
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1312 var2 tstruct2
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1313 </programlisting>
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1314
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1315 <para>Fields are referenced using a dot (.) as a separator. To refer to the
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1316 generic offset within a structure, use the structure name to the left of the
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1317 dot. If referring to a field within an actual variable, use the variable's
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1318 symbol name to the left of the dot.</para>
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1319
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1320 <para>You can also refer to the actual size of a structure (or a variable
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1321 declared as a structure) using the special symbol sizeof{structname} where
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1322 structname will be the name of the structure or the name of the
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1323 variable.</para>
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1324
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1325 <para>Essentially, structures are a shortcut for defining a vast number of
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1326 symbols. When a structure is defined, the assembler creates symbols for the
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1327 various fields in the form structname.fieldname as well as the appropriate
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1328 sizeof{structname} symbol. When a variable is declared as a structure, the
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1329 assembler does the same thing using the name of the variable. You will see
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1330 these symbols in the symbol table when the assembler is instructed to
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1331 provide a listing. For instance, the above listing will create the
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1332 following symbols (symbol values in parentheses): tstruct2.f1 (0),
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1333 tstruct2.f2 (1), sizeof{tstruct2} (2), tstruct.field1 (0), tstruct.field2
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1334 (2), tstruct.field3 (5), tstruct.field3.f1 (5), tstruct.field3.f2 (6),
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1335 sizeof{tstruct.field3} (2), sizeof{tstruct} (7), var1 {$2000}, var1.field1
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1336 {$2000}, var1.field2 {$2002}, var1.field3 {$2005}, var1.field3.f1 {$2005},
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1337 var1.field3.f2 {$2006}, sizeof(var1.field3} (2), sizeof{var1} (7), var2
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1338 ($2007), var2.f1 ($2007), var2.f2 ($2008), sizeof{var2} (2). </para>
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1339
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1340 </section>
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1341
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1342 <section>
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1343 <title>Object Files and Sections</title>
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1344 <para>
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1345 The object file target is very useful for large project because it allows
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1346 multiple files to be assembled independently and then linked into the final
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1347 binary at a later time. It allows only the small portion of the project
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1348 that was modified to be re-assembled rather than requiring the entire set
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1349 of source code to be available to the assembler in a single assembly process.
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1350 This can be particularly important if there are a large number of macros,
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1351 symbol definitions, or other metadata that uses resources at assembly time.
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1352 By far the largest benefit, however, is keeping the source files small enough
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1353 for a mere mortal to find things in them.
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1354 </para>
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1355
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1356 <para>
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1357 With multi-file projects, there needs to be a means of resolving references to
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1358 symbols in other source files. These are known as external references. The
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1359 addresses of these symbols cannot be known until the linker joins all the
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1360 object files into a single binary. This means that the assembler must be
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1361 able to output the object code without knowing the value of the symbol. This
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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1362 places some restrictions on the code generated by the assembler. For
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1363 example, the assembler cannot generate direct page addressing for instructions
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1364 that reference external symbols because the address of the symbol may not
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1365 be in the direct page. Similarly, relative branches and PC relative addressing
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1366 cannot be used in their eight bit forms. Everything that must be resolved
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1367 by the linker must be assembled to use the largest address size possible to
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1368 allow the linker to fill in the correct value at link time. Note that the
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1369 same problem applies to absolute address references as well, even those in
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1370 the same source file, because the address is not known until link time.
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1371 </para>
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1372
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1373 <para>
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1374 It is often desired in multi-file projects to have code of various types grouped
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1375 together in the final binary generated by the linker as well. The same applies
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1376 to data. In order for the linker to do that, the bits that are to be grouped
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1377 must be tagged in some manner. This is where the concept of sections comes in.
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1378 Each chunk of code or data is part of a section in the object file. Then,
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1379 when the linker reads all the object files, it coalesces all sections of the
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1380 same name into a single section and then considers it as a unit.
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1381 </para>
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1382
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1383 <para>
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1384 The existence of sections, however, raises a problem for symbols even
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1385 within the same source file. Thus, the assembler must treat symbols from
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1386 different sections within the same source file in the same manner as external
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1387 symbols. That is, it must leave them for the linker to resolve at link time,
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1388 with all the limitations that entails.
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1389 </para>
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1390
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1391 <para>
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1392 In the object file target mode, LWASM requires all source lines that
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1393 cause bytes to be output to be inside a section. Any directives that do
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1394 not cause any bytes to be output can appear outside of a section. This includes
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1395 such things as EQU or RMB. Even ORG can appear outside a section. ORG, however,
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1396 makes no sense within a section because it is the linker that determines
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1397 the starting address of the section's code, not the assembler.
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1398 </para>
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1399
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1400 <para>
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1401 All symbols defined globally in the assembly process are local to the
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1402 source file and cannot be exported. All symbols defined within a section are
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1403 considered local to the source file unless otherwise explicitly exported.
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1404 Symbols referenced from external source files must be declared external,
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1405 either explicitly or by asking the assembler to assume that all undefined
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1406 symbols are external.
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1407 </para>
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1408
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1409 <para>
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1410 It is often handy to define a number of memory addresses that will be
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1411 used for data at run-time but which need not be included in the binary file.
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1412 These memory addresses are not initialized until run-time, either by the
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1413 program itself or by the program loader, depending on the operating environment.
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1414 Such sections are often known as BSS sections. LWASM supports generating
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1415 sections with a BSS attribute set which causes the section definition including
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1416 symbols exported from that section and those symbols required to resolve
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1417 references from the local file, but with no actual code in the object file.
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1418 It is illegal for any source lines within a BSS flagged section to cause any
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1419 bytes to be output.
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1420 </para>
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1421
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1422 <para>The following directives apply to section handling.</para>
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1423
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1424 <variablelist>
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1425 <varlistentry>
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1426 <term>SECTION <parameter>name[,flags]</parameter></term>
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1427 <term>SECT <parameter>name[,flags]</parameter></term>
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1428 <term>.AREA <parameter>name[,flags]</parameter></term>
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1429 <listitem>
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1430 <para>
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1431 Instructs the assembler that the code following this directive is to be
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1432 considered part of the section <parameter>name</parameter>. A section name
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1433 may appear multiple times in which case it is as though all the code from
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1434 all the instances of that section appeared adjacent within the source file.
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1435 However, <parameter>flags</parameter> may only be specified on the first
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1436 instance of the section.
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1437 </para>
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1438
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1439 <para><parameter>flags</parameter> is a comma separated list of flags. If a
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1440 flag is "bss", the section will be treated as a BSS section and no
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1441 statements that generate output are permitted.</para>
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1442
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1443 <para>If the flag is "constant",
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1444 the same restrictions apply as for BSS sections. Additionally, all symbols
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1445 defined in a constant section define absolute values and will not be
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1446 adjusted by the linker at link time. Constant sections cannot define
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1447 complex expressions for symbols; the value must be fully defined at assembly
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1448 time. Additionally, multiple instances of a constant section do not
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1449 coalesce into a single addressing unit; each instance starts again at offset
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1450 0.</para>
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1451
0
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1452 <para>
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1453 If the section name is "bss" or ".bss" in any combination of upper and
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1454 lower case, the section is assumed to be a BSS section. In that case,
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1455 the flag <parameter>!bss</parameter> can be used to override this assumption.
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1456 </para>
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1457
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1458 <para> If the section name is "_constants" or "_constant", in any
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1459 combination of upper and lower case, the section is assumed to be a constant
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1460 section. This assumption can be overridden with the "!constant"
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1461 flag.</para>
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1462
0
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1463 <para>
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1464 If assembly is already happening within a section, the section is implicitly
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1465 ended and the new section started. This is not considered an error although
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1466 it is recommended that all sections be explicitly closed.
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1467 </para>
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1468 </listitem>
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1469 </varlistentry>
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1470
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1471 <varlistentry>
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1472 <term>ENDSECTION</term>
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1473 <term>ENDSECT</term>
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1474 <listitem>
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1475 <para>
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1476 This directive ends the current section. This puts assembly outside of any
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1477 sections until the next SECTION directive. ENDSECTION is the preferred form.
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1478 Prior to version 3.0 of LWASM, ENDS could also be used to end a section but
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1479 as of version 3.0, it is now an alias for ENDSTRUCT instead.
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1480 </listitem>
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1481 </varlistentry>
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1482
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1483 <varlistentry>
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1484 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EXTERN</term>
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1485 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EXTERNAL</term>
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1486 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> IMPORT</term>
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1487 <listitem>
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1488 <para>
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1489 This directive defines <parameter>sym</parameter> as an external symbol.
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1490 This directive may occur at any point in the source code. EXTERN definitions
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1491 are resolved on the first pass so an EXTERN definition anywhere in the
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1492 source file is valid for the entire file. The use of this directive is
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1493 optional when the assembler is instructed to assume that all undefined
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1494 symbols are external. In fact, in that mode, if the symbol is referenced
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1495 before the EXTERN directive, an error will occur.
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1496 </para>
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1497 </listitem>
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1498 </varlistentry>
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1499
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1500 <varlistentry>
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1501 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EXPORT</term>
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1502 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> .GLOBL</term>
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1503
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1504 <term>EXPORT <parameter>sym</parameter></term>
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1505 <term>.GLOBL <parameter>sym</parameter></term>
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1506
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1507 <listitem>
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1508 <para>
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1509 This directive defines <parameter>sym</parameter> as an exported symbol.
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1510 This directive may occur at any point in the source code, even before the
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1511 definition of the exported symbol.
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1512 </para>
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1513 <para>
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1514 Note that <parameter>sym</parameter> may appear as the operand or as the
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1515 statement's symbol. If there is a symbol on the statement, that will
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1516 take precedence over any operand that is present.
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1517 </para>
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1518 </listitem>
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1519
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1520 </varlistentry>
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1521
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1522 <varlistentry>
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1523 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EXTDEP</term>
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1524 <listitem>
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1525
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1526 <para>This directive forces an external dependency on
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1527 <parameter>sym</parameter>, even if it is never referenced anywhere else in
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1528 this file.</para>
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1529
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1530 </listitem>
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1531 </varlistentry>
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1532 </variablelist>
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1533
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1534 </section>
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1535
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1536 <section>
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1537 <title>Assembler Modes and Pragmas</title>
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1538 <para>
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1539 There are a number of options that affect the way assembly is performed.
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1540 Some of these options can only be specified on the command line because
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1541 they determine something absolute about the assembly process. These include
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1542 such things as the output target. Other things may be switchable during
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1543 the assembly process. These are known as pragmas and are, by definition,
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1544 not portable between assemblers.
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1545 </para>
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1546
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1547 <para>LWASM supports a number of pragmas that affect code generation or
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1548 otherwise affect the behaviour of the assembler. These may be specified by
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1549 way of a command line option or by assembler directives. The directives
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1550 are as follows.
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1551 </para>
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1552
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1553 <variablelist>
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1554 <varlistentry>
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1555 <term>PRAGMA <parameter>pragma[,...]</parameter></term>
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1556 <listitem>
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1557 <para>
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1558 Specifies that the assembler should bring into force all <parameter>pragma</parameter>s
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1559 specified. Any unrecognized pragma will cause an assembly error. The new
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1560 pragmas will take effect immediately. This directive should be used when
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1561 the program will assemble incorrectly if the pragma is ignored or not supported.
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1562 </para>
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1563 </listitem>
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1564 </varlistentry>
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1565
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1566 <varlistentry>
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1567 <term>*PRAGMA <parameter>pragma[,...]</parameter></term>
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1568 <listitem>
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1569 <para>
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1570 This is identical to the PRAGMA directive except no error will occur with
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1571 unrecognized or unsupported pragmas. This directive, by virtue of starting
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1572 with a comment character, will also be ignored by assemblers that do not
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1573 support this directive. Use this variation if the pragma is not required
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1574 for correct functioning of the code.
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1575 </para>
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1576 </listitem>
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1577 </varlistentry>
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1578
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1579 <varlistentry>
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1580 <term>*PRAGMAPUSH <parameter>pragma[,...]</parameter></term>
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1581 <listitem>
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1582 <para>
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1583 This directive saves the current state of the specified pragma(s) for later retrieval. See discussion below for more information.
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1584 </para>
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1585
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1586 <para>This directive will not throw any errors for any reason.</para>
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1587
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1588 </listitem>
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1589 </varlistentry>
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1590
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1591 <varlistentry>
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1592 <term>*PRAGMAPOP <parameter>pragma[,...]</parameter></term>
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1593 <listitem>
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1594 <para>
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1595 This directive restores the previously saved state of the specified pragma(s). See discussion below for more information.
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1596 </para>
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1597
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1598 <para>This directive will not throw any errors for any reason.</para>
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1599
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1600 </listitem>
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1601 </varlistentry>
0
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1602 </variablelist>
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1603
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1604 <para>Each pragma supported has a positive version and a negative version.
0
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1605 The positive version enables the pragma while the negative version disables
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1606 it. The negatitve version is simply the positive version with "no" prefixed
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1607 to it. For instance, "pragma" vs. "nopragma". When only one version is
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1608 listed below, its opposite can be obtained by prepending "no" if it is not
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1609 present or removing "no" from the beginning if it is present.</para>
0
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1610
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1611 <para>Pragmas are not case sensitive.</para>
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1612
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1613 <variablelist>
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1614 <varlistentry>
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1615 <term>index0tonone</term>
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1616 <listitem>
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1617 <para>
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1618 When in force, this pragma enables an optimization affecting indexed addressing
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1619 modes. When the offset expression in an indexed mode evaluates to zero but is
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1620 not explicity written as 0, this will replace the operand with the equivalent
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1621 no offset mode, thus creating slightly faster code. Because of the advantages
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1622 of this optimization, it is enabled by default.
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1623 </para>
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1624 </listitem>
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1625 </varlistentry>
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1626
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1627 <varlistentry>
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1628 <term>cescapes</term>
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1629 <listitem>
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1630 <para>
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1631 This pragma will cause strings in the FCC, FCS, and FCN pseudo operations to
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1632 have C-style escape sequences interpreted. The one departure from the official
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1633 spec is that unrecognized escape sequences will return either the character
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1634 immediately following the backslash or some undefined value. Do not rely
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1635 on the behaviour of undefined escape sequences.
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1636 </para>
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1637 </listitem>
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1638 </varlistentry>
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1639
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1640 <varlistentry>
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1641 <term>importundefexport</term>
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1642 <listitem>
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1643 <para>
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1644 This pragma is only valid for targets that support external references. When
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1645 in force, it will cause the EXPORT directive to act as IMPORT if the symbol
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1646 to be exported is not defined. This is provided for compatibility with the
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1647 output of gcc6809 and should not be used in hand written code. Because of
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1648 the confusion this pragma can cause, it is disabled by default.
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1649 </para>
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1650 </listitem>
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1651 </varlistentry>
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1652
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1653 <varlistentry>
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1654 <term>undefextern</term>
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1655 <listitem>
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1656 <para>
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1657 This pragma is only valid for targets that support external references. When in
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1658 force, if the assembler sees an undefined symbol on the second pass, it will
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1659 automatically define it as an external symbol. This automatic definition will
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1660 apply for the remainder of the assembly process, even if the pragma is
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1661 subsequently turned off. Because this behaviour would be potentially surprising,
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1662 this pragma defaults to off.
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1663 </para>
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1664 <para>
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1665 The primary use for this pragma is for projects that share a large number of
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1666 symbols between source files. In such cases, it is impractical to enumerate
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1667 all the external references in every source file. This allows the assembler
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1668 and linker to do the heavy lifting while not preventing a particular source
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1669 module from defining a local symbol of the same name as an external symbol
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1670 if it does not need the external symbol. (This pragma will not cause an
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1671 automatic external definition if there is already a locally defined symbol.)
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1672 </para>
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1673 <para>
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1674 This pragma will often be specified on the command line for large projects.
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1675 However, depending on the specific dynamics of the project, it may be sufficient
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1676 for one or two files to use this pragma internally.
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1677 </para>
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1678 </listitem>
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1679 </varlistentry>
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1680
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1681 <varlistentry>
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1682 <term>export</term>
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1683 <listitem>
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1684
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1685 <para>This pragma causes all symbols to be added to the export list
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1686 automatically. This is useful when a large number of symbols need to be
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1687 exported but you do not wish to include an EXPORT directive for all of them.
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1688 This is often useful on the command line but might be useful even inline
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1689 with the PRAGMA directive if a large number of symbols in a row are to be
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1690 exported.</para>
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1691
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1692 </listitem>
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1693 </varlistentry>
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1694
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1695 <varlistentry>
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1696 <term>dollarlocal</term>
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1697 <listitem>
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1698
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1699 <para>When set, a "$" in a symbol makes it local. When not set, "$" does not
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1700 cause a symbol to be local. It is set by default except when using the OS9
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1701 target.</para>
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1702
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1703 </listitem>
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1704 </varlistentry>
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1705
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1706 <varlistentry>
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1707 <term>dollarnotlocal</term>
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1708 <listitem>
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1709
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1710 <para> This is the same as the "dollarlocal" pragma except its sense is
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1711 reversed. That is, "dollarlocal" and "nodollarnotlocal" are equivalent and
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1712 "nodollarlocal" and "dollarnotlocal" are equivalent. </para>
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1713
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1714 </listitem>
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1715 </varlistentry>
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1716
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1717 <varlistentry>
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1718 <term>pcaspcr</term>
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1719 <listitem>
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1720
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1721 <para> Normally, LWASM makes a distinction between PC and PCR in program
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1722 counter relative addressing. In particular, the use of PC means an absolute
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1723 offset from PC while PCR causes the assembler to calculate the offset to the
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1724 specified operand and use that as the offset from PC. By setting this
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1725 pragma, you can have PC treated the same as PCR. </para>
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1726
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1727
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1728 </listitem>
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1729 </varlistentry>
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1730
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1731 <varlistentry>
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1732 <term>shadow</term>
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1733 <listitem>
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1734
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1735 <para>When this pragma is in effect, it becomes possible to define a macro
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1736 that matches an internal operation code. Thus, it makes it possible to
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1737 redefine either CPU instructions or pseudo operations. Because this feature
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1738 is of dubious utility, it is disabled by default.</para>
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1740 </listitem>
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1741 </varlistentry>
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1742
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1743 <varlistentry>
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1744 <term>nolist</term>
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1745 <listitem>
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1746
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1747 <para>Lines where this pragma is in effect will not appear in the assembly
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1748 listing. Also, any symbols defined under this pragma will not show up in
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1749 the symbol list. This is most useful in include files to avoid spamming the
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1750 assembly listing with dozens, hundreds, or thousands of irrelevant
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1751 symbols.</para>
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1752
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1753 </listitem>
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1754 </varlistentry>
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1755
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1757 <term>autobranchlength</term>
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1758 <listitem>
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1759
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1760 <para>One of the perennial annoyances for 6809 programmers is that the
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1761 mneumonics for the short and long branch instructions are different (bxx vs.
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1762 lbxx), which is at odds with the rest of the instruction set. This pragma
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1763 is a solution to those annoying byte overflow errors that short branch
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1764 instructions tend to aquire.</para>
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1765
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1766 <para>When this pragma is in effect, which is not the default, whenever any
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1767 relative branch instruction is used, its size will be automatically
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1768 determined based on the actual distance to the destination. In other words,
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1769 one can write code with long or short branches everywhere and the assembler
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1770 will choose a size for the branch.</para>
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1771
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1772 <para>Also, while this pragma is in effect, the > and < symbols can be used
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1773 to force the branch size, analogous to their use for other instructions with
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1774 < forcing 8 bit offsets and > forcing 16 bit offets.</para>
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1775
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1776 <para>Because this pragma leads to source that is incompatible with other
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1777 assemblers, it is strongly recommended that it be invoked using the PRAGMA
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1778 directive within the source code rather than on the command line or via the
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1779 *PRAGMA directive. This way, an error will be raised if someone tries to
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1780 assemble the code under a different assembler.</para>
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1781
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1782 <varlistentry>
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1783 <term>nosymbolcase</term>
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1784 <term>symbolnocase</term>
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1785 <listitem>
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1786
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1787 <para>Any symbol defined while this pragma is in force will be treated as
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1788 case insensitive, regardless whether the pragma is in force when the symbol
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1789 is referenced.</para>
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1790
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1791 <para>It is important to note that this pragma will not work as expected in
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1792 all cases when using the object file assembly target. It is intended for
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1793 use only when the assembler will be producing the final binary.</para>
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1794
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1795 <varlistentry>
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1796 <term>condundefzero</term>
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1797 <listitem>
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1798
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1799 <para>This pragma will cause the assembler to change the way it handles
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1800 symbols in conditional expressions. Ordinarily, any symbol that is not
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1801 defined prior to the conditional will throw an undefined symbol error. With
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1802 this pragma in effect, symbols that are not yet defined at the point the
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1803 conditional is encountered will be treated as zero.</para>
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1804
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1805 <para>This is not the default because it encourages poor code design. One
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1806 should use the "IFDEF" or "IFNDEF" conditionals to test for the presence of
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1807 a symbol.</para>
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1808
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1809 <para>It is important to note that if a symbol is defined but it does not
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1810 yet evaluate to a constant value at the point where the conditional appears,
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1811 the assembler will still complain about a non constant condition.</para>
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1812
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1813
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1814 </listitem>
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1815 </varlistentry>
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1816
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1817 </variablelist>
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1818
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1819 <para>As a convenience, each input file has a pragma state stack. This
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1820 allows, through the use of *PRAGMAPUSH and *PRAGMAPOP, a file to change a
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1821 pragma state and then restore it to the precise state it had previously.
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1822 If, at the end of an input file, all pragma states have not been popped,
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1823 they will be removed from the stack. Thus, it is critical to employ
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1824 *PRAGMAPOP correctly. Because each input file has its own pragma stack,
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1825 using *PRAGMAPUSH in one file and *PRAGMAPOP in another file will not
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1826 work.</para>
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1827
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1828 <para>Pragma stacks are more useful in include files, in particular in
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1829 conjunction with the nolist pragma. One can push the state of the nolist
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1830 pragma, engage the nolist pragma, and then pop the state of the nolist
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1831 pragma at the end of the include file. This will cause the entire include
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1832 file to operate under the nolist pragma. However, if the file is included
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1833 while nolist is already engaged, it will not undo that state.</para>
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1834
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1835
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1836
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1837 </section>
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1838
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1839 </chapter>
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1840
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1841 <chapter>
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1842 <title>LWLINK</title>
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1843 <para>
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1844 The LWTOOLS linker is called LWLINK. This chapter documents the various features
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1845 of the linker.
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1846 </para>
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1847
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1848 <section>
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1849 <title>Command Line Options</title>
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1850 <para>
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1851 The binary for LWLINK is called "lwlink". Note that the binary is in lower
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1852 case. lwlink takes the following command line arguments.
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1853 </para>
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1854 <variablelist>
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1855 <varlistentry>
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1856 <term><option>--decb</option></term>
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1857 <term><option>-b</option></term>
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1858 <listitem>
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1859 <para>
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1860 Selects the DECB output format target. This is equivalent to <option>--format=decb</option>
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1861 </para>
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1862 </listitem>
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1863 </varlistentry>
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1864
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1865 <varlistentry>
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1866 <term><option>--output=FILE</option></term>
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1867 <term><option>-o FILE</option></term>
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1868 <listitem>
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1869 <para>
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1870 This option specifies the name of the output file. If not specified, the
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1871 default is <option>a.out</option>.
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1872 </para>
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1873 </listitem>
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1874 </varlistentry>
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1875
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1876 <varlistentry>
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1877 <term><option>--format=TYPE</option></term>
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1878 <term><option>-f TYPE</option></term>
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1879 <listitem>
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1880 <para>
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1881 This option specifies the output format. Valid values are <option>decb</option>
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1882 and <option>raw</option>
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1883 </para>
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1884 </listitem>
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1885 </varlistentry>
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1886
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1887 <varlistentry>
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1888 <term><option>--raw</option></term>
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1889 <term><option>-r</option></term>
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1890 <listitem>
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1891 <para>
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1892 This option specifies the raw output format.
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1893 It is equivalent to <option>--format=raw</option>
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1894 and <option>-f raw</option>
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1895 </para>
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1896 </listitem>
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1897 </varlistentry>
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1898
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1899 <varlistentry>
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1900 <term><option>--script=FILE</option></term>
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1901 <term><option>-s</option></term>
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1902 <listitem>
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1903 <para>
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1904 This option allows specifying a linking script to override the linker's
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1905 built in defaults.
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1906 </para>
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1907 </listitem>
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1908 </varlistentry>
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1909
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1910 <varlistentry>
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1911 <term><option>--section-base=SECT=BASE</option></term>
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1912 <listitem>
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1913 <para>
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1914 Cause section SECT to load at base address BASE. This will be prepended
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1915 to the built-in link script. It is ignored if a link script is provided.
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1916 </para>
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1917 </listitem>
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1918 </varlistentry>
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1919
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1920 <varlistentry>
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1921 <term><option>--map=FILE</option></term>
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1922 <term><option>-m FILE</option></term>
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1923 <listitem>
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1924 <para>
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1925 This will output a description of the link result to FILE.
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1926 </para>
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1927 </listitem>
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1928 </varlistentry>
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1929
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1930 <varlistentry>
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1931 <term><option>--library=LIBSPEC</option></term>
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1932 <term><option>-l LIBSPEC</option></term>
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1933 <listitem>
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1934 <para>
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1935 Load a library using the library search path. LIBSPEC will have "lib" prepended
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1936 and ".a" appended.
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1937 </para>
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1938 </listitem>
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1939 </varlistentry>
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1940
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1941 <varlistentry>
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1942 <term><option>--library-path=DIR</option></term>
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1943 <term><option>-L DIR</option></term>
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1944 <listitem>
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1945 <para>
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1946 Add DIR to the library search path.
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1947 </para>
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1948 </listitem>
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1949 </varlistentry>
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1950
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1951 <varlistentry>
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1952 <term><option>--debug</option></term>
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1953 <term><option>-d</option></term>
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1954 <listitem>
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1955 <para>
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1956 This option increases the debugging level. It is only useful for LWTOOLS
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1957 developers.
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1958 </para>
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1959 </listitem>
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1960 </varlistentry>
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1961
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1962 <varlistentry>
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1963 <term><option>--help</option></term>
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1964 <term><option>-?</option></term>
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1965 <listitem>
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1966 <para>
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1967 This provides a listing of command line options and a brief description
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1968 of each.
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1969 </para>
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1970 </listitem>
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1971 </varlistentry>
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1972
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1973 <varlistentry>
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1974 <term><option>--usage</option></term>
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1975 <listitem>
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1976 <para>
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1977 This will display a usage summary
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1978 of each command line option.
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1979 </para>
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1980 </listitem>
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1981 </varlistentry>
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1982
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1983
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1984 <varlistentry>
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1985 <term><option>--version</option></term>
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1986 <term><option>-V</option></term>
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1987 <listitem>
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1988 <para>
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1989 This will display the version of LWLINK.
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1990 </para>
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1991 </listitem>
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1992 </varlistentry>
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1993
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1994 </section>
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1995
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1996 <section>
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1997 <title>Linker Operation</title>
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1998
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1999 <para>
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2000
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2001 LWLINK takes one or more files in supported input formats and links them
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2002 into a single binary. Currently supported formats are the LWTOOLS object
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2003 file format and the archive format used by LWAR. While the precise method is
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2004 slightly different, linking can be conceptualized as the following steps.
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2005
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2006 </para>
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2007
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2008 <orderedlist>
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2009 <listitem>
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2010 <para>
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2011 First, the linker loads a linking script. If no script is specified, it
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2012 loads a built-in default script based on the output format selected. This
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2013 script tells the linker how to lay out the various sections in the final
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2014 binary.
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2015 </para>
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2016 </listitem>
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2017
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2018 <listitem>
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2019 <para>
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2020 Next, the linker reads all the input files into memory. At this time, it
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2021 flags any format errors in those files. It constructs a table of symbols
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2022 for each object at this time.
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2023 </para>
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2024 </listitem>
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2025
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2026 <listitem>
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2027 <para>
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2028 The linker then proceeds with organizing the sections loaded from each file
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2029 according to the linking script. As it does so, it is able to assign addresses
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2030 to each symbol defined in each object file. At this time, the linker may
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2031 also collapse different instances of the same section name into a single
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2032 section by appending the data from each subsequent instance of the section
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2033 to the first instance of the section.
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2034 </para>
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2035 </listitem>
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2036
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2037 <listitem>
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2038 <para>
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2039 Next, the linker looks through every object file for every incomplete reference.
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2040 It then attempts to fully resolve that reference. If it cannot do so, it
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2041 throws an error. Once a reference is resolved, the value is placed into
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2042 the binary code at the specified section. It should be noted that an
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2043 incomplete reference can reference either a symbol internal to the object
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2044 file or an external symbol which is in the export list of another object
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2045 file.
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2046 </para>
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2047 </listitem>
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2048
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2049 <listitem>
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2050 <para>
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2051 If all of the above steps are successful, the linker opens the output file
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2052 and actually constructs the binary.
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2053 </para>
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2054 </listitem>
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2055 </orderedlist>
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2056
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2057 </section>
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2058
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2059 <section
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2060 <title>Linking Scripts</title>
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2061 <para>
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2062 A linker script is used to instruct the linker about how to assemble the
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2063 various sections into a completed binary. It consists of a series of
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2064 directives which are considered in the order they are encountered.
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2065 </para>
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2066 <para>
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2067 The sections will appear in the resulting binary in the order they are
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2068 specified in the script file. If a referenced section is not found, the linker will behave as though the
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2069 section did exist but had a zero size, no relocations, and no exports.
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2070 A section should only be referenced once. Any subsequent references will have
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2071 an undefined effect.
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2072 </para>
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2073
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2074 <para>
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2075 All numbers are in linking scripts are specified in hexadecimal. All directives
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2076 are case sensitive although the hexadecimal numbers are not.
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2077 </para>
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2078
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2079 <para>A section name can be specified as a "*", then any section not
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2080 already matched by the script will be matched. The "*" can be followed
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2081 by a comma and a flag to narrow the section down slightly, also.
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2082 If the flag is "!bss", then any section that is not flagged as a bss section
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2083 will be matched. If the flag is "bss", then any section that is flagged as
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2084 bss will be matched.
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2085 </para>
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2086
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2087 <para>The following directives are understood in a linker script.</para>
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2088 <variablelist>
234
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2089
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2090 <varlistentry>
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2091 <term>sectopt <parameter>section</parameter> padafter <parameter>byte,...</parameter></term>
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2092 <listitem>
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2093
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2094 <para>
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2095
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2096 This will cause the linker to append the specified list of byte values
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2097 (specified in hexadecimal separated by commas) to the end of the named
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2098 section. This is done once all instances of the specified section are
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2099 collected together. This has no effect if the specified section does not
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2100 appear anywhere in any of the objects specified for linking.
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2101
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2102 </para>
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2103
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2104 <para>
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2105
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2106 If code depends on the presence of this padding somewhere, it is sufficient
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2107 to include an empty section of the specified name in the object that depends
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2108 on it.
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2109
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2110 </para>
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2111
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2112 </listitem>
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2113
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2114 <varlistentry>
234
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2115 <term>define basesympat <parameter>string</parameter></term>
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2116 <listitem>
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2117
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2118 <para>
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2119
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2120 This causes the linker to define a symbol for the ultimate base address of
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2121 each section using the pattern specified by <parameter>string</parameter>.
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2122 In the string, %s can appear exactly once and will be replaced with the
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2123 section name. The base address is calculated after all instances of each
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2124 section have been collapsed together.
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2125
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2126 </para>
236
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2127
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2128 <para>
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2129
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2130 It should be noted that if none of the objects to be linked contains a
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2131 particular section name, there will be no base symbol defined for it, even
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2132 if it is listed explicitly in the link script. If code depends on the
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2133 presence of these symbols, it is sufficient to include an empty section of
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2134 the specified name in the object that depends on it.
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2135
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2136 </para>
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2137
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2138
234
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2139 <para> If the pattern resolves to the same string for multiple
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2140 sections, the results are undefined.
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2141
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2142 </para>
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2143 </listitem>
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2144
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2145 <varlistentry>
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2146 <term>define lensympat <parameter>string</parameter></term>
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2147 <listitem>
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2148
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2149 <para>
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2150
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2151 This causes the linker to define a symbol for the ultimate length of each
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2152 section using the pattern specified by <parameter>string</parameter>. In
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2153 the string, %s can appear exactly once and will be replaced with the section
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2154 name. The length is calculated after all instances of a section have been
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2155 collapsed together.
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2156
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2157 </para>
236
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2158
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2159 <para>
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2160
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2161 It should be noted that if none of the objects to be linked contains a
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2162 particular section name, there will be no length symbol defined for it, even
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2163 if it is listed explicitly in the link script. If code depends on the
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2164 presence of these symbols, it is sufficient to include an empty section of
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2165 the specified name in the object that depends on it.
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2166
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2167 </para>
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2168
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2169
234
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2170 <para>
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2171 If the pattern resolves to the same string for multiple
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2172 sections, the results are undefined.
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2173
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2174 </para>
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2175 </listitem>
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2176
0
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2177 <varlistentry>
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2178 <term>section <parameter>name</parameter> load <parameter>addr</parameter></term>
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2179 <listitem><para>
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2180
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2181 This causes the section <parameter>name</parameter> to load at
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diff changeset
2182 <parameter>addr</parameter>. For the raw target, only one "load at" entry is
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diff changeset
2183 allowed for non-bss sections and it must be the first one. For raw targets,
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diff changeset
2184 it affects the addresses the linker assigns to symbols but has no other
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2185 affect on the output. bss sections may all have separate load addresses but
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diff changeset
2186 since they will not appear in the binary anyway, this is okay.
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2187 </para><para>
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2188 For the decb target, each "load" entry will cause a new "block" to be
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diff changeset
2189 output to the binary which will contain the load address. It is legal for
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2190 sections to overlap in this manner - the linker assumes the loader will sort
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2191 everything out.
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2192 </para></listitem>
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2193 </varlistentry>
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2194
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2195 <varlistentry>
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2196 <term>section <parameter>name</parameter> high <parameter>addr</parameter></term>
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2197 <listitem><para>
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2198
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2199 This causes the section <parameter>name</parameter> to load with its end
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2200 address just below <parameter>addr</parameter>. Subsequent sections are
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2201 loaded at progressively lower addresses. This may lead to inefficient file
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2202 encoding for some targets. As of this writing, it will also almost
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2203 certainly do the wrong thing for a raw target.
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2204
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2205 </para><para>
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2206
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2207 This is useful for aligning a block of code with high memory. As an
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2208 example, if the total size of a section is $100 bytes and a high address of
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2209 $FE00 is specified, the section will actually load at $FD00.
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2210
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2211 </para></listitem>
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2212 </varlistentry>
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2213
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2214 <varlistentry>
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2215 <term>section <parameter>name</parameter></term>
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2216 <listitem><para>
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2217
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2218 This will cause the section <parameter>name</parameter> to load after the previously listed
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2219 section.
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2220 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
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2221 <varlistentry>
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2222 <term>entry <parameter>addr or sym</parameter></term>
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2223 <listitem>
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2224 <para>
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2225 This will cause the execution address (entry point) to be the address
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2226 specified (in hex) or the specified symbol name. The symbol name must
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2227 match a symbol that is exported by one of the object files being linked.
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2228 This has no effect for targets that do not encode the entry point into the
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2229 resulting file. If not specified, the entry point is assumed to be address 0
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2230 which is probably not what you want. The default link scripts for targets
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2231 that support this directive automatically starts at the beginning of the
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2232 first section (usually "init" or "code") that is emitted in the binary.
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2233 </para>
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2234 </listitem>
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2235 </varlistentry>
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2236
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2237 <varlistentry>
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2238 <term>pad <parameter>size</parameter></term>
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2239 <listitem><para>
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2240 This will cause the output file to be padded with NUL bytes to be exactly
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2241 <parameter>size</parameter> bytes in length. This only makes sense for a raw target.
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2242 </para>
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2243 </listitem>
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2244 </varlistentry>
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2245 </variablelist>
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2246
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2247
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2248
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2249 </section>
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2250
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2251 <section>
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2252 <title>Format Specific Linking Notes</title>
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2253
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2254 <para>Some formats require special information to be able to generate actual
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2255 binaries. If the specific format you are interested in is not listed in
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2256 this section, then there is nothing special you need to know about to create
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2257 a final binary.</para>
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2258
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2259 <section>
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2260 <title>OS9 Modules</title>
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2261
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2262 <para>OS9 modules need to embed several items into the module header. These
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2263 items are the type of module, the langauge of the module, the module
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2264 attributes, the module revision number, the data size (bss), and the
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2265 execution offset. These are all either calculated or default to reasonable
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2266 values.</para>
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2267
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2268 <para>The data size is calcuated as the sum of all sections named "bss" or
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2269 ".bss" in all object files that are linked together.</para>
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2270
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2271 <para>The execution offset is calculated from the address of the special
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2272 symbol "__start" which must be an exported (external) symbol in one of the
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2273 objects to be linked.</para>
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2274
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2275 <para>The type defaults to "Prgrm" or "Program module". The language
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2276 defaults to "Objct" or "6809 object code". Attributes default to enabling
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2277 the re-entrant flag. And finally, the revision defaults to zero.</para>
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2278
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2279 <para>The embedded module name is the output filename. If the output
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2280 filename includes more than just the filename, this will probably not be
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2281 what you want.</para>
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2282
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2283 <para>The type, language, attributes, revision, and module name can all be
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2284 overridden by providing a special section in exactly one of the object files
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2285 to be linked. This section is called "__os9" (note the two underscores).
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2286 To override the type, language, attributes, or revision values, define a
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2287 non-exported symbol in this section called "type", "lang", "attr", or "rev"
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2288 respectively. Any other symbols defined are ignored. To override the
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2289 module name, include as the only actual code in the section a NUL terminated
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2290 string (the FCN directive is useful for this). If there is no code in the
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2291 section or it beings with a NUL, the default name will be used. Any of the
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2292 preceeding that are not defined in the special section will retain their
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2293 default values.</para>
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2294
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2295 <para>The built-in link script for OS9 modules will place the following
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2296 sections, in order, in the module: "code", ".text", "data", ".data". It
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2297 will merge all sections with the name "bss" or ".bss" into the "data"
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2298 section. All other section names are ignored. What this means is that you
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2299 must define your data variables in the a section called "bss" or ".bss" even
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2300 though you will be refencing them all as offsets from U. This does have the
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2301 unpleasant side effect that all BSS references will end up being 16 bit
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2302 offsets because the assembler cannot know what the offset will be once the
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2303 linker is finished its work. Thus, if the tightest possible code is
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2304 required, having LWASM directly output the module is a better choice.</para>
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2305
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2306 <para>While the built-in link script is probably sufficient for most
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2307 purposes, you can provide your own script. If you provide a custom link
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2308 script, you must start your code and data sections at location 000D to
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2309 accommodate the module header. Otherwise, you will have an incorrect
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2310 location for the execution offset. You must use the ENTRY directive in the
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2311 script to define the entry point for the module.</para>
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2312
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2313 <para>It should also be obvious from the above that you cannot mix the bss
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2314 (rmb) definitions with the module code when linking separately. Those
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2315 familiar with typical module creation will probably find this an unpleasant
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2316 difference but it is unavoidable.</para>
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2317
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2318 <para>It should also be noted that direct page references should also be
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2319 avoided because you cannot know ahead of time whether the linker is going to
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2320 end up putting a particular variable in the first 256 bytes of the module's
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2321 data space. If, however, you know for certain you will have less than 256
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2322 bytes of defined data space across all of the object files that will be
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2323 linked, you can instead use forced DP addressing for your data addresses
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2324 instead of the ,u notation. When linking with 3rd party libraries, this
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2325 practice should be avoided. Also, when creating libraries, always use the
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2326 offset from U technique.</para>
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2327
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2328 </section>
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2329
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2330 </section>
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2331
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2332 </chapter>
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2333
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2334 <chapter>
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2335 <title>Libraries and LWAR</title>
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2336
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2337 <para>
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2338 LWTOOLS also includes a tool for managing libraries. These are analogous to
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2339 the static libraries created with the "ar" tool on POSIX systems. Each library
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2340 file contains one or more object files. The linker will treat the object
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2341 files within a library as though they had been specified individually on
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2342 the command line except when resolving external references. External references
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2343 are looked up first within the object files within the library and then, if
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2344 not found, the usual lookup based on the order the files are specified on
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2345 the command line occurs.
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2346 </para>
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2347
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2348 <para>
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2349 The tool for creating these libary files is called LWAR.
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2350 </para>
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2351
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2352 <section>
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2353 <title>Command Line Options</title>
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2354 <para>
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2355 The binary for LWAR is called "lwar". Note that the binary is in lower
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2356 case. The options lwar understands are listed below. For archive manipulation
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2357 options, the first non-option argument is the name of the archive. All other
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2358 non-option arguments are the names of files to operate on.
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2359 </para>
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2360
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2361 <variablelist>
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2362 <varlistentry>
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2363 <term><option>--add</option></term>
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2364 <term><option>-a</option></term>
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2365 <listitem>
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2366 <para>
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2367 This option specifies that an archive is going to have files added to it.
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2368 If the archive does not already exist, it is created. New files are added
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2369 to the end of the archive.
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2370 </para>
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2371 </listitem>
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2372 </varlistentry>
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2373
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2374 <varlistentry>
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2375 <term><option>--create</option></term>
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2376 <term><option>-c</option></term>
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2377 <listitem>
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2378 <para>
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2379 This option specifies that an archive is going to be created and have files
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2380 added to it. If the archive already exists, it is truncated.
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2381 </para>
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2382 </listitem>
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2383 </varlistentry>
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2384
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2385 <varlistentry>
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2386 <term><option>--merge</option></term>
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2387 <term><option>-m</option></term>
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2388 <listitem>
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2389 <para>
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2390 If specified, any files specified to be added to an archive will be checked
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2391 to see if they are archives themselves. If so, their constituent members are
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2392 added to the archive. This is useful for avoiding archives containing archives.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2393 </para>
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2394 </listitem>
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2395 </varlistentry>
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2396
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2397 <varlistentry>
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2398 <term><option>--list</option></term>
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2399 <term><option>-l</option></term>
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2400 <listitem>
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2401 <para>
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2402 This will display a list of the files contained in the archive.
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2403 </para>
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2404 </listitem>
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2405 </varlistentry>
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2406
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2407 <varlistentry>
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2408 <term><option>--debug</option></term>
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2409 <term><option>-d</option></term>
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2410 <listitem>
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2411 <para>
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2412 This option increases the debugging level. It is only useful for LWTOOLS
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2413 developers.
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2414 </para>
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2415 </listitem>
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2416 </varlistentry>
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2417
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2418 <varlistentry>
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2419 <term><option>--help</option></term>
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2420 <term><option>-?</option></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2421 <listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2422 <para>
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2423 This provides a listing of command line options and a brief description
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2424 of each.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2425 </para>
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2426 </listitem>
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2427 </varlistentry>
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2428
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2429 <varlistentry>
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2430 <term><option>--usage</option></term>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2431 <listitem>
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2432 <para>
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2433 This will display a usage summary
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2434 of each command line option.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2435 </para>
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2436 </listitem>
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2437 </varlistentry>
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2438
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2439
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2440 <varlistentry>
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2441 <term><option>--version</option></term>
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2442 <term><option>-V</option></term>
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2443 <listitem>
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2444 <para>
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2445 This will display the version of LWLINK.
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2446 of each.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2447 </para>
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2448 </listitem>
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2449 </varlistentry>
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2450
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2451 </section>
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2452
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2453 </chapter>
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2454
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2455 <chapter id="objchap">
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2456 <title>Object Files</title>
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2457 <para>
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2458 LWTOOLS uses a proprietary object file format. It is proprietary in the sense
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2459 that it is specific to LWTOOLS, not that it is a hidden format. It would be
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2460 hard to keep it hidden in an open source tool chain anyway. This chapter
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2461 documents the object file format.
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2462 </para>
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2463
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2464 <para>
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2465 An object file consists of a series of sections each of which contains a
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2466 list of exported symbols, a list of incomplete references, and a list of
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2467 "local" symbols which may be used in calculating incomplete references. Each
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2468 section will obviously also contain the object code.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2469 </para>
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2470
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2471 <para>
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2472 Exported symbols must be completely resolved to an address within the
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2473 section it is exported from. That is, an exported symbol must be a constant
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2474 rather than defined in terms of other symbols.</para>
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2475
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2476 <para>
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2477 Each object file starts with a magic number and version number. The magic
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2478 number is the string "LWOBJ16" for this 16 bit object file format. The only
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2479 defined version number is currently 0. Thus, the first 8 bytes of the object
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2480 file are <code>4C574F424A313600</code>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2481 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2482
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2483 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2484 Each section has the following items in order:
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2485 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2486
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2487 <itemizedlist>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2488 <listitem><para>section name</para></listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2489 <listitem><para>flags</para></listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2490 <listitem><para>list of local symbols (and addresses within the section)</para></listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2491 <listitem><para>list of exported symbols (and addresses within the section)</para></listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2492 <listitem><para>list of incomplete references along with the expressions to calculate them</para></listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2493 <listitem><para>the actual object code (for non-BSS sections)</para></listitem>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2494 </itemizedlist>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2495
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2496 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2497 The section starts with the name of the section with a NUL termination
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2498 followed by a series of flag bytes terminated by NUL. There are only two
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2499 flag bytes defined. A NUL (0) indicates no more flags and a value of 1
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2500 indicates the section is a BSS section. For a BSS section, no actual
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2501 code is included in the object file.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2502 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2503
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2504 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2505 Either a NULL section name or end of file indicate the presence of no more
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2506 sections.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2507 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2508
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2509 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2510 Each entry in the exported and local symbols table consists of the symbol
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2511 (NUL terminated) followed by two bytes which contain the value in big endian
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2512 order. The end of a symbol table is indicated by a NULL symbol name.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2513 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2514
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2515 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2516 Each entry in the incomplete references table consists of an expression
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2517 followed by a 16 bit offset where the reference goes. Expressions are
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2518 defined as a series of terms up to an "end of expression" term. Each term
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2519 consists of a single byte which identifies the type of term (see below)
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2520 followed by any data required by the term. Then end of the list is flagged
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2521 by a NULL expression (only an end of expression term).
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2522 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2523
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2524 <table frame="all"><title>Object File Term Types</title>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2525 <tgroup cols="2">
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2526 <thead>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2527 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2528 <entry>TERMTYPE</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2529 <entry>Meaning</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2530 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2531 </thead>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2532 <tbody>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2533 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2534 <entry>00</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2535 <entry>end of expression</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2536 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2537
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2538 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2539 <entry>01</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2540 <entry>integer (16 bit in big endian order follows)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2541 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2542 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2543 <entry>02</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2544 <entry> external symbol reference (NUL terminated symbol name follows)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2545 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2546
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2547 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2548 <entry>03</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2549 <entry>local symbol reference (NUL terminated symbol name follows)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2550 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2551
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2552 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2553 <entry>04</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2554 <entry>operator (1 byte operator number)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2555 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2556 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2557 <entry>05</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2558 <entry>section base address reference</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2559 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2560
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2561 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2562 <entry>FF</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2563 <entry>This term will set flags for the expression. Each one of these terms will set a single flag. All of them should be specified first in an expression. If they are not, the behaviour is undefined. The byte following is the flag. Flag 01 indicates an 8 bit relocation. Flag 02 indicates a zero-width relocation (see the EXTDEP pseudo op in LWASM).</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2564 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2565 </tbody>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2566 </tgroup>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2567 </table>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2568
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2569
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2570 <para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2571 External references are resolved using other object files while local
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2572 references are resolved using the local symbol table(s) from this file. This
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2573 allows local symbols that are not exported to have the same names as
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2574 exported symbols or external references.
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2575 </para>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2576
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2577 <table frame="all"><title>Object File Operator Numbers</title>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2578 <tgroup cols="2">
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2579 <thead>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2580 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2581 <entry>Number</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2582 <entry>Operator</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2583 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2584 </thead>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2585 <tbody>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2586 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2587 <entry>01</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2588 <entry>addition (+)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2589 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2590 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2591 <entry>02</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2592 <entry>subtraction (-)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2593 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2594 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2595 <entry>03</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2596 <entry>multiplication (*)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2597 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2598 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2599 <entry>04</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2600 <entry>division (/)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2601 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2602 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2603 <entry>05</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2604 <entry>modulus (%)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2605 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2606 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2607 <entry>06</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2608 <entry>integer division (\) (same as division)</entry>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2609 </row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2610
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
parents:
diff changeset
2611 <row>
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
lost@l-w.ca
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2612 <entry>07</entry>
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2613 <entry>bitwise and</entry>
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2614 </row>
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2615
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2616 <row>
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2617 <entry>08</entry>
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2618 <entry>bitwise or</entry>
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2619 </row>
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2620
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2621 <row>
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2622 <entry>09</entry>
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2623 <entry>bitwise xor</entry>
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2624 </row>
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2625
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2626 <row>
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2627 <entry>0A</entry>
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2628 <entry>boolean and</entry>
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2629 </row>
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2630
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2631 <row>
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2632 <entry>0B</entry>
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2633 <entry>boolean or</entry>
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2634 </row>
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2635
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2636 <row>
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2637 <entry>0C</entry>
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2638 <entry>unary negation, 2's complement (-)</entry>
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2639 </row>
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2640
2c24602be78f Initial import from lwtools 3.0.1 version, with new hand built build system and file reorganization
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2641 <row>
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2642 <entry>0D</entry>
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2643 <entry>unary 1's complement (^)</entry>
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2644 </row>
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2645 </tbody>
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2646 </tgroup>
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2647 </table>
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2648
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2649 <para>
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2650 An expression is represented in a postfix manner with both operands for
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2651 binary operators preceding the operator and the single operand for unary
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2652 operators preceding the operator.
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2653 </para>
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2654
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2655 </chapter>
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2656 </book>
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2657