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109 | 1 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"> |
2 <book> | |
3 <bookinfo> | |
4 <title>LW Tool Chain</title> | |
5 <author><firstname>William</firstname><surname>Astle</surname></author> | |
6 <copyright><year>2009</year><holder>William Astle</holder></copyright> | |
7 </bookinfo> | |
8 <chapter> | |
9 | |
10 <title>Introduction</title> | |
11 | |
12 <para> | |
13 The LW tool chain provides utilities for building binaries for MC6809 and | |
14 HD6309 CPUs. The tool chain includes a cross-assembler and a cross-linker | |
15 which support several styles of output. | |
16 </para> | |
17 | |
18 <section> | |
19 <title>History</title> | |
20 <para> | |
21 For a long time, I have had an interest in creating an operating system for | |
22 the Coco3. I finally started working on that project around the beginning of | |
23 2006. I had a number of assemblers I could choose from. Eventually, I settled | |
24 on one and started tinkering. After a while, I realized that assembler was not | |
25 going to be sufficient due to lack of macros and issues with forward references. | |
26 Then I tried another which handled forward references correctly but still did | |
27 not support macros. I looked around at other assemblers and they all lacked | |
28 one feature or another that I really wanted for creating my operating system. | |
29 </para> | |
30 | |
31 <para> | |
32 The solution seemed clear at that point. I am a fair programmer so I figured | |
33 I could write an assembler that would do everything I wanted an assembler to | |
34 do. Thus the LWASM probject was born. After more than two years of on and off | |
35 work, version 1.0 of LWASM was released in October of 2008. | |
36 </para> | |
37 | |
38 <para> | |
39 As the aforementioned operating system project progressed further, it became | |
40 clear that while assembling the whole project through a single file was doable, | |
41 it was not practical. When I found myself playing some fancy games with macros | |
42 in a bid to simulate sections, I realized I needed a means of assembling | |
43 source files separately and linking them later. This spawned a major development | |
44 effort to add an object file support to LWASM. It also spawned the LWLINK | |
45 project to provide a means to actually link the files. | |
46 </para> | |
47 | |
48 </section> | |
49 | |
50 </chapter> | |
51 | |
52 <chapter> | |
53 <title>Output Formats</title> | |
54 | |
55 <para> | |
56 The LW tool chain supports multiple output formats. Each format has its | |
57 advantages and disadvantages. Each format is described below. | |
58 </para> | |
59 | |
60 <section> | |
61 <title>Raw Binaries</title> | |
62 <para> | |
63 A raw binary is simply a string of bytes. There are no headers or other | |
64 niceties. Both LWLINK and LWASM support generating raw binaries. ORG directives | |
65 in the source code only serve to set the addresses that will be used for | |
66 symbols but otherwise have no direct impact on the resulting binary. | |
67 </para> | |
68 | |
69 </section> | |
70 <section> | |
71 <title>DECB Binaries</title> | |
72 | |
73 <para>A DECB binary is compatible with the LOADM command in Disk Extended | |
74 Color Basic on the CoCo. They are also compatible with CLOADM from Extended | |
75 Color Basic. These binaries include the load address of the binary as well | |
76 as encoding an execution address. These binaries may contain multiple loadable | |
77 sections, each of which has its own load address.</para> | |
78 | |
79 <para> | |
80 Each binary starts with a preamble. Each preamble is five bytes long. The | |
81 first byte is zero. The next two bytes specify the number of bytes to load | |
82 and the last two bytes specify the address to load the bytes at. Then, a | |
83 string of bytes follows. After this string of bytes, there may be another | |
84 preamble or a postamble. A postamble is also five bytes in length. The first | |
85 byte of the postamble is $FF, the next two are zero, and the last two are | |
86 the execution address for the binary. | |
87 </para> | |
88 | |
89 <para> | |
90 Both LWASM and LWLINK can output this format. | |
91 </para> | |
92 </section> | |
93 | |
94 <section> | |
95 <title>Object Files</title> | |
96 <para>LWASM supports generating a proprietary object file format which is | |
97 described in <xref linkend="objchap">. LWLINK is then used to link these | |
98 object files into a final binary in any of LWLINK's supported binary | |
99 formats.</para> | |
100 | |
101 <para>Object files also support the concept of sections which are not valid | |
102 for other output types. This allows related code from each object file | |
103 linked to be collapsed together in the final binary.</para> | |
104 | |
227 | 105 <para> |
106 Object files are very flexible in that they allow references that are not | |
107 known at assembly time to be resolved at link time. However, because the | |
108 addresses of such references are not known at assembly time, there is no way | |
109 for the assembler to deduce that an eight bit addressing mode is possible. | |
110 That means the assember will default to using sixteen bit addressing | |
111 whenever an external or cross-section reference is used. | |
112 </para> | |
113 | |
114 <para> | |
115 As of LWASM 2.4, it is possible to force direct page addressing for an | |
116 external reference. Care must be taken to ensure the resulting addresses | |
117 are really in the direct page since the linker does not know what the direct | |
118 page is supposed to be and does not emit errors for byte overflows. | |
119 </para> | |
120 | |
121 <para> | |
122 It is also possible to use external references in an eight bit immediate | |
123 mode instruction. In this case, only the low order eight bits will be used. | |
124 Again, no byte overflows will be flagged. | |
125 </para> | |
126 | |
127 | |
109 | 128 </section> |
129 | |
130 </chapter> | |
131 | |
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133 <title>LWASM</title> |
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134 <para> |
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135 The LWTOOLS assembler is called LWASM. This chapter documents the various |
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136 features of the assembler. It is not, however, a tutorial on 6x09 assembly |
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137 language programming. |
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138 </para> |
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139 |
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140 <section> |
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141 <title>Command Line Options</title> |
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142 <para> |
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143 The binary for LWASM is called "lwasm". Note that the binary is in lower |
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144 case. lwasm takes the following command line arguments. |
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145 </para> |
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147 <variablelist> |
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149 <varlistentry> | |
150 <term><option>--6309</option></term> | |
151 <term><option>-3</option></term> | |
152 <listitem> | |
153 <para> | |
154 This will cause the assembler to accept the additional instructions available | |
155 on the 6309 processor. This is the default mode; this option is provided for | |
156 completeness and to override preset command arguments. | |
157 </para> | |
158 </listitem> | |
159 </varlistentry> | |
160 | |
161 <varlistentry> | |
162 <term><option>--6809</option></term> | |
163 <term><option>-9</option></term> | |
164 <listitem> | |
165 <para> | |
166 This will cause the assembler to reject instructions that are only available | |
167 on the 6309 processor. | |
168 </para> | |
169 </listitem> | |
170 </varlistentry> | |
171 | |
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173 <term><option>--decb</option></term> |
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174 <term><option>-b</option></term> |
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176 <para> |
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177 Select the DECB output format target. Equivalent to <option>--format=decb</option>. |
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183 <term><option>--format=type</option></term> |
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184 <term><option>-f type</option></term> |
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187 Select the output format. Valid values are <option>obj</option> for the object |
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188 file target, <option>decb</option> for the DECB LOADM format, and <option>raw</option> |
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189 for a raw binary. |
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190 </para> |
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195 <term><option>--list[=file]</option></term> |
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196 <term><option>-l[file]</option></term> |
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198 <para> |
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199 Cause LWASM to generate a listing. If <option>file</option> is specified, |
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200 the listing will go to that file. Otherwise it will go to the standard output |
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201 stream. By default, no listing is generated. |
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202 </para> |
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207 <term><option>--obj</option></term> |
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210 Select the proprietary object file format as the output target. |
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211 </para> |
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150 | 216 <term><option>--output=FILE</option></term> |
217 <term><option>-o FILE</option></term> | |
218 <listitem> | |
219 <para> | |
220 This option specifies the name of the output file. If not specified, the | |
221 default is <option>a.out</option>. | |
222 </para> | |
223 </listitem> | |
224 </varlistentry> | |
225 | |
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227 <term><option>--pragma=pragma</option></term> |
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228 <term><option>-p pragma</option></term> |
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231 Specify assembler pragmas. Multiple pragmas are separated by commas. The |
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232 pragmas accepted are the same as for the PRAGMA assembler directive described |
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234 </para> |
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239 <term><option>--raw</option></term> |
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240 <term><option>-r</option></term> |
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243 Select raw binary as the output target. |
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244 </para> |
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249 <term><option>--help</option></term> |
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250 <term><option>-?</option></term> |
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251 <listitem> |
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252 <para> |
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253 Present a help screen describing the command line options. |
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254 </para> |
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259 <term><option>--usage</option></term> |
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262 Provide a summary of the command line options. |
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263 </para> |
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268 <term><option>--version</option></term> |
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269 <term><option>-V</option></term> |
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272 Display the software version. |
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273 </para> |
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278 <term><option>--debug</option></term> |
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279 <term><option>-d</option></term> |
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281 <para> |
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282 Increase the debugging level. Only really useful to people hacking on the |
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283 LWASM source code itself. |
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284 </para> |
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290 </section> |
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293 <title>Dialects</title> |
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295 LWASM supports all documented MC6809 instructions as defined by Motorola. |
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296 It also supports all known HD6309 instructions. There is some variation, |
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297 however, in the pneumonics used for the block transfer instructions. LWASM |
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298 uses TFM for all four of them as do several other assemblers. Others, such |
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299 as CCASM, use four separate opcodes for it (compare: copy+, copy-, implode, |
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300 and explode). There are advantages to both methods. However, it seems like |
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301 TFM has the most traction and thus, this is what LWASM supports. Support |
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302 for such variations may be added in the future. |
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306 The standard addressing mode specifiers are supported. These are the |
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307 hash sign ("#") for immediate mode, the less than sign ("<") for forced |
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308 eight bit modes, and the greater than sign (">") for forced sixteen bit modes. |
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312 Additionally, LWASM supports using the asterisk ("*") to indicate | |
313 base page addressing. This should not be used in hand-written source code, | |
314 however, because it is non-standard and may or may not be present in future | |
315 versions of LWASM. | |
316 </para> | |
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324 LWASM accepts plain text files in a relatively free form. It can handle |
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325 lines terminated with CR, LF, CRLF, or LFCR which means it should be able |
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326 to assemble files on any platform on which it compiles. |
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329 Each line may start with a symbol. If a symbol is present, there must not |
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330 be any whitespace preceding it. It is legal for a line to contain nothing |
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331 but a symbol.</para> |
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333 The op code is separated from the symbol by whitespace. If there is |
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334 no symbol, there must be at least one white space character preceding it. |
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335 If applicable, the operand follows separated by whitespace. Following the |
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336 opcode and operand is an optional comment. |
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339 A comment can also be introduced with a * or a ;. The comment character is |
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341 thing present on the line other than the comment, the comment character is |
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342 mandatory to prevent the assembler from interpreting the comment as an opcode. |
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347 will also ignore lines that begin with a #. This should not be used as a general | |
348 comment character, however. | |
349 </para> | |
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357 LWASM does not support line numbers in the file. |
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366 Symbols have no length restriction. They may contain letters, numbers, dots, |
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367 dollar signs, and underscores. They must start with a letter, dot, or |
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368 underscore. |
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372 LWASM also supports the concept of a local symbol. A local symbol is one |
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373 which contains either a "?" or a "@", which can appear anywhere in the symbol. |
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374 The scope of a local symbol is determined by a number of factors. First, |
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388 Numbers can be expressed in binary, octal, decimal, or hexadecimal. Binary | |
389 numbers may be prefixed with a "%" symbol or suffixed with a "b" or "B". | |
390 Octal numbers may be prefixed with "@" or suffixed with "Q", "q", "O", or | |
391 "o". Hexadecimal numbers may be prefixed with "$", "0x" or "0X", or suffixed | |
392 with "H". No prefix or suffix is required for decimal numbers but they can | |
393 be prefixed with "&" if desired. Any constant which begins with a letter | |
394 must be expressed with the correct prefix base identifier or be prefixed | |
395 with a 0. Thus hexadecimal FF would have to be written either 0FFH or $FF. | |
396 Numbers are not case sensitive. | |
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410 LWASM supports the following basic binary operators: +, -, *, /, and %. | |
411 These represent addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and | |
412 modulus. It also supports unary negation and unary 1's complement (- and ^ | |
413 respectively). It is also possible to use ~ for the unary 1's complement | |
414 operator. For completeness, a unary positive (+) is supported though it is | |
415 a no-op. LWASM also supports using |, &, and ^ for bitwise or, bitwise and, | |
416 and bitwise exclusive or respectively. | |
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422 Operator precedence follows the usual rules. Multiplication, division, and | |
423 modulus take precedence over addition and subtraction. Unary operators take | |
424 precedence over binary operators. Bitwise operators are lower precdence | |
425 than addition and subtraction. To force a specific order of evaluation, | |
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430 <para> | |
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432 As of LWASM 2.5, the operators && and || are recognized for boolean and and | |
433 boolean or respectively. They will return either 0 or 1 (false or true). | |
434 They have the lowest precedence of all the binary operators. | |
435 | |
436 </para> | |
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452 <varlistentry><term>FCB <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term> |
167 | 453 <term>.DB <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term> |
454 <term>.BYTE <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term> | |
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461 <term>FDB <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term> | |
462 <term>.DW <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term> | |
463 <term>.WORD <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term> | |
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470 <term>FQB <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term> | |
471 <term>.QUAD <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term> | |
472 <term>.4BYTE <parameter>expr[,...]</parameter></term> | |
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479 <term>FCC <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
480 <term>.ASCII <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
481 <term>.STR <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
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492 <term>FCN <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
493 <term>.ASCIZ <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
494 <term>.STRZ <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
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506 <term>FCS <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
507 <term>.ASCIS <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
508 <term>.STRS <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
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548 <term>RMB <parameter>expr</parameter></term> | |
549 <term>.BLKB <parameter>expr</parameter></term> | |
550 <term>.DS <parameter>expr</parameter></term> | |
551 <term>.RS <parameter>expr</parameter></term> | |
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574 Reserve a number of double-words in the output. The number must be fully |
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582 <term>INCLUDEBIN <parameter>filename</parameter></term> | |
583 <listitem> | |
584 <para> | |
585 Treat the contents of <parameter>filename</parameter> as a string of bytes to | |
586 be included literally at the current assembly point. This has the same effect | |
587 as converting the file contents to a series of FCB statements and including | |
588 those at the current assembly point. | |
589 </para> | |
590 </listitem> | |
591 </varlistentry> | |
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599 <para>The directives in this section all control the addresses of symbols |
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600 or the assembly process itself.</para> |
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603 <varlistentry><term>ORG <parameter>expr</parameter></term> |
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605 <para>Set the assembly address. The address must be fully resolvable on the |
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608 target, each ORG directive after which output is generated will cause |
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609 a new preamble to be output. ORG is only used to determine the addresses |
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616 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EQU <parameter>expr</parameter></term> |
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617 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> = <parameter>expr</parameter></term> |
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627 Unlike EQU, SET permits symbols to be defined multiple times as long as SET |
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636 <para>Inform the assembler that it can assume the DP register contains |
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637 <parameter>expr</parameter>. This directive is only advice to the assembler |
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638 to determine whether an address is in the direct page and has no effect |
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640 the first assembly pass because it affects the sizes of subsequent instructions. |
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642 <para>This directive has no effect in the object file target. |
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648 <term>ALIGN <parameter>expr</parameter></term> |
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650 <para>Force the current assembly address to be a multiple of <parameter>expr</parameter>. |
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651 A series of NUL bytes is output to force the alignment, if required. The |
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653 the addresses of subsquent instructions.</para> |
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654 <para>This directive is not suitable for inclusion in the middle of actual |
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691 <term>IF <parameter>expr</parameter></term> |
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695 </para> |
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696 </listitem> |
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697 </varlistentry> |
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700 <term>IFGT <parameter>expr</parameter></term> |
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702 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value greater than zero, the conditional |
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703 will be considered true. |
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704 </para> |
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705 </listitem> |
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706 </varlistentry> |
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707 |
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708 <varlistentry> |
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709 <term>IFGE <parameter>expr</parameter></term> |
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710 <listitem> |
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711 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value greater than or equal to zero, the conditional |
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712 will be considered true. |
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713 </para> |
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714 </listitem> |
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715 </varlistentry> |
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716 |
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717 <varlistentry> |
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718 <term>IFLT <parameter>expr</parameter></term> |
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720 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value less than zero, the conditional |
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721 will be considered true. |
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722 </para> |
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723 </listitem> |
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724 </varlistentry> |
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725 |
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726 <varlistentry> |
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727 <term>IFLE <parameter>expr</parameter></term> |
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728 <listitem> |
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729 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value less than or equal to zero , the conditional |
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730 will be considered true. |
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731 </para> |
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732 </listitem> |
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733 </varlistentry> |
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734 |
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735 <varlistentry> |
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736 <term>IFDEF <parameter>sym</parameter></term> |
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737 <listitem> |
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738 <para>If <parameter>sym</parameter> is defined at this point in the assembly |
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739 process, the conditional |
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740 will be considered true. |
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741 </para> |
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742 </listitem> |
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743 </varlistentry> |
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744 |
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745 <varlistentry> |
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746 <term>IFNDEF <parameter>sym</parameter></term> |
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747 <listitem> |
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748 <para>If <parameter>sym</parameter> is not defined at this point in the assembly |
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749 process, the conditional |
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750 will be considered true. |
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751 </para> |
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752 </listitem> |
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753 </varlistentry> |
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754 |
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755 <varlistentry> |
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756 <term>ELSE</term> |
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757 <listitem> |
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758 <para> |
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759 If the preceding conditional at the same level of nesting was false, the |
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760 statements following will be assembled. If the preceding conditional at |
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761 the same level was true, the statements following will not be assembled. |
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762 Note that the preceding conditional might have been another ELSE statement |
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763 although this behaviour is not guaranteed to be supported in future versions |
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764 of LWASM. |
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765 </para> |
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766 </listitem> |
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767 |
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768 <varlistentry> |
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769 <term>ENDC</term> |
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770 <listitem> |
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771 <para> |
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772 This directive marks the end of a conditional construct. Every conditional |
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773 construct must end with an ENDC directive. |
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774 </para> |
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775 </listitem> |
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776 </varlistentry> |
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777 |
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778 </variablelist> |
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779 </section> |
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780 |
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781 <section> |
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782 <title>Miscelaneous Directives</title> |
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784 <para>This section includes directives that do not fit into the other |
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785 categories.</para> |
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786 |
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787 <variablelist> |
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788 |
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789 <varlistentry> |
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790 <term>INCLUDE <parameter>filename</parameter></term> |
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791 <listitem> |
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792 <para> |
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793 Include the contents of <parameter>filename</parameter> at this point in |
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794 the assembly as though it were a part of the file currently being processed. |
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795 Note that whitespace cannot appear in the name of the file. |
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796 </para> |
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797 </listitem> |
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798 </varlistentry> |
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799 |
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800 <varlistentry> |
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801 <term>END <parameter>[expr]</parameter></term> |
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802 <listitem> |
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803 <para> |
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804 This directive causes the assembler to stop assembling immediately as though |
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805 it ran out of input. For the DECB target only, <parameter>expr</parameter> |
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806 can be used to set the execution address of the resulting binary. For all |
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807 other targets, specifying <parameter>expr</parameter> will cause an error. |
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808 </para> |
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809 </listitem> |
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810 </varlistentry> |
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811 |
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812 <varlistentry> |
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813 <term>ERROR <parameter>string</parameter></term> |
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824 <term>.MODULE <parameter>string</parameter></term> | |
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827 This directive is ignored for most output targets. If the output target | |
828 supports encoding a module name into it, <parameter>string</parameter> | |
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830 </para> | |
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832 As of version 2.2, no supported output targets support this directive. | |
833 </para> | |
834 </listitem> | |
835 </varlistentry> | |
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843 <title>Macros</title> |
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846 series of instructions. Once a macro is defined, it is used like any other |
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847 assembler directive. Defining a macro can be considered equivalent to adding |
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848 additional assembler directives. |
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853 decimal parameter number in braces ("{num}"). These parameter references |
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856 Macro parameters are expanded everywhere on each source line. That means |
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862 Parameters passed to a macro are separated by commas and the parameter list |
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864 may be included in a macro parameter. |
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867 Macro expansion is done recursively. That is, within a macro, macros are |
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895 <para>The following directives are used when defining macros.</para> |
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899 <term><parameter>macroname</parameter> MACRO</term> |
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911 <term>ENDM</term> |
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923 <title>Object Files and Sections</title> |
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927 binary at a later time. It allows only the small portion of the project |
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928 that was modified to be re-assembled rather than requiring the entire set |
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930 This can be particularly important if there are a large number of macros, |
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931 symbol definitions, or other metadata that uses resources at assembly time. |
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932 By far the largest benefit, however, is keeping the source files small enough |
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933 for a mere mortal to find things in them. |
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943 example, the assembler cannot generate direct page addressing for instructions |
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972 In the object file target mode, LWASM requires all source lines that |
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977 the starting address of the section's code, not the assembler. |
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981 All symbols defined globally in the assembly process are local to the |
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984 Symbols referenced from external source files must be declared external, |
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996 symbols exported from that section and those symbols required to resolve |
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998 It is illegal for any source lines within a BSS flagged section to cause any |
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1006 <term>SECTION <parameter>name[,flags]</parameter></term> |
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1014 all the instances of that section appeared adjacent within the source file. |
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1015 However, <parameter>flags</parameter> may only be specified on the first |
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1020 section and, thus, no code will be included in the object file nor will any |
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1021 bytes be permitted to be output.</para> |
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1028 If assembly is already happening within a section, the section is implicitly |
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1036 <term>ENDSECTION</term> |
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1037 <term>ENDSECT</term> |
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1038 <term>ENDS</term> |
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1042 sections until the next SECTION directive. |
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1049 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> IMPORT</term> |
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1064 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EXPORT</term> |
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1066 | |
1067 <term>EXPORT <parameter>sym</parameter></term> | |
1068 <term>.GLOBL <parameter>sym</parameter></term> | |
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1072 This directive defines <parameter>sym</parameter> as an exported symbol. |
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1073 This directive may occur at any point in the source code, even before the |
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1074 definition of the exported symbol. |
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1077 Note that <parameter>sym</parameter> may appear as the operand or as the | |
1078 statement's symbol. If there is a symbol on the statement, that will | |
1079 take precedence over any operand that is present. | |
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1084 </variablelist> |
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1085 |
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1086 </section> |
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1089 <title>Assembler Modes and Pragmas</title> |
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1091 There are a number of options that affect the way assembly is performed. |
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1092 Some of these options can only be specified on the command line because |
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1093 they determine something absolute about the assembly process. These include |
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1094 such things as the output target. Other things may be switchable during |
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1095 the assembly process. These are known as pragmas and are, by definition, |
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1096 not portable between assemblers. |
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1097 </para> |
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1099 <para>LWASM supports a number of pragmas that affect code generation or |
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1100 otherwise affect the behaviour of the assembler. These may be specified by |
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1101 way of a command line option or by assembler directives. The directives |
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1102 are as follows. |
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1103 </para> |
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1107 <term>PRAGMA <parameter>pragma[,...]</parameter></term> |
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1110 Specifies that the assembler should bring into force all <parameter>pragma</parameter>s |
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1111 specified. Any unrecognized pragma will cause an assembly error. The new |
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1112 pragmas will take effect immediately. This directive should be used when |
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1113 the program will assemble incorrectly if the pragma is ignored or not supported. |
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1114 </para> |
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1119 <term>*PRAGMA <parameter>pragma[,...]</parameter></term> |
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1122 This is identical to the PRAGMA directive except no error will occur with |
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1123 unrecognized or unsupported pragmas. This directive, by virtue of starting |
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1124 with a comment character, will also be ignored by assemblers that do not |
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1125 support this directive. Use this variation if the pragma is not required |
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1126 for correct functioning of the code. |
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1127 </para> |
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1128 </listitem> |
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1130 </variablelist> |
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1132 <para>Each pragma supported has a positive version and a negative version. |
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1133 The positive version enables the pragma while the negative version disables |
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1134 it. The negatitve version is simply the positive version with "no" prefixed |
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1135 to it. For instance, "pragma" vs. "nopragma". Only the positive version is |
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1136 listed below.</para> |
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1138 <para>Pragmas are not case sensitive.</para> |
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1140 <variablelist> |
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1141 <varlistentry> |
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1142 <term>index0tonone</term> |
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1143 <listitem> |
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1145 When in force, this pragma enables an optimization affecting indexed addressing |
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1146 modes. When the offset expression in an indexed mode evaluates to zero but is |
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1147 not explicity written as 0, this will replace the operand with the equivalent |
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1148 no offset mode, thus creating slightly faster code. Because of the advantages |
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1149 of this optimization, it is enabled by default. |
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1150 </para> |
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1155 <term>cescapes</term> |
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1156 <listitem> |
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1157 <para> |
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1158 This pragma will cause strings in the FCC, FCS, and FCN pseudo operations to |
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1159 have C-style escape sequences interpreted. The one departure from the official |
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1161 immediately following the backslash or some undefined value. Do not rely |
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1163 </para> |
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1169 <listitem> | |
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1171 This pragma is only valid for targets that support external references. When | |
1172 in force, it will cause the EXPORT directive to act as IMPORT if the symbol | |
1173 to be exported is not defined. This is provided for compatibility with the | |
1174 output of gcc6809 and should not be used in hand written code. Because of | |
1175 the confusion this pragma can cause, it is disabled by default. | |
1176 </para> | |
1177 </listitem> | |
1178 </varlistentry> | |
1179 | |
1180 <varlistentry> | |
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1185 force, if the assembler sees an undefined symbol on the second pass, it will |
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1186 automatically define it as an external symbol. This automatic definition will |
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1193 symbols between source files. In such cases, it is impractical to enumerate |
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1195 and linker to do the heavy lifting while not preventing a particular source |
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1196 module from defining a local symbol of the same name as an external symbol |
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1215 <para> |
150 | 1216 The LWTOOLS linker is called LWLINK. This chapter documents the various features |
1217 of the linker. | |
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1218 </para> |
150 | 1219 |
1220 <section> | |
1221 <title>Command Line Options</title> | |
1222 <para> | |
1223 The binary for LWLINK is called "lwlink". Note that the binary is in lower | |
1224 case. lwlink takes the following command line arguments. | |
1225 </para> | |
1226 <variablelist> | |
1227 <varlistentry> | |
1228 <term><option>--decb</option></term> | |
1229 <term><option>-b</option></term> | |
1230 <listitem> | |
1231 <para> | |
1232 Selects the DECB output format target. This is equivalent to <option>--format=decb</option> | |
1233 </para> | |
1234 </listitem> | |
1235 </varlistentry> | |
1236 | |
1237 <varlistentry> | |
1238 <term><option>--output=FILE</option></term> | |
1239 <term><option>-o FILE</option></term> | |
1240 <listitem> | |
1241 <para> | |
1242 This option specifies the name of the output file. If not specified, the | |
1243 default is <option>a.out</option>. | |
1244 </para> | |
1245 </listitem> | |
1246 </varlistentry> | |
1247 | |
1248 <varlistentry> | |
1249 <term><option>--format=TYPE</option></term> | |
1250 <term><option>-f TYPE</option></term> | |
1251 <listitem> | |
1252 <para> | |
1253 This option specifies the output format. Valid values are <option>decb</option> | |
1254 and <option>raw</option> | |
1255 </para> | |
1256 </listitem> | |
1257 </varlistentry> | |
1258 | |
1259 <varlistentry> | |
1260 <term><option>--raw</option></term> | |
1261 <term><option>-r</option></term> | |
1262 <listitem> | |
1263 <para> | |
1264 This option specifies the raw output format. | |
1265 It is equivalent to <option>--format=raw</option>. | |
1266 and <option>raw</option> | |
1267 </para> | |
1268 </listitem> | |
1269 </varlistentry> | |
1270 | |
1271 <varlistentry> | |
1272 <term><option>--script=FILE</option></term> | |
1273 <term><option>-s</option></term> | |
1274 <listitem> | |
1275 <para> | |
1276 This option allows specifying a linking script to override the linker's | |
1277 built in defaults. | |
1278 </para> | |
1279 </listitem> | |
1280 </varlistentry> | |
1281 | |
1282 <varlistentry> | |
186 | 1283 <term><option>--section-base=SECT=BASE</option></term> |
1284 <listitem> | |
1285 <para> | |
1286 Cause section SECT to load at base address BASE. This will be prepended | |
1287 to the built-in link script. It is ignored if a link script is provided. | |
1288 </para> | |
1289 </listitem> | |
1290 </varlistentry> | |
1291 | |
1292 <varlistentry> | |
1293 <term><option>--map=FILE</option></term> | |
1294 <term><option>-m FILE</option></term> | |
1295 <listitem> | |
1296 <para> | |
1297 This will output a description of the link result to FILE. | |
1298 </para> | |
1299 </listitem> | |
1300 </varlistentry> | |
1301 | |
1302 <varlistentry> | |
1303 <term><option>--library=LIBSPEC</option></term> | |
1304 <term><option>-l LIBSPEC</option></term> | |
1305 <listitem> | |
1306 <para> | |
1307 Load a library using the library search path. LIBSPEC will have "lib" prepended | |
1308 and ".a" appended. | |
1309 </para> | |
1310 </listitem> | |
1311 </varlistentry> | |
1312 | |
1313 <varlistentry> | |
1314 <term><option>--library-path=DIR</option></term> | |
1315 <term><option>-L DIR</option></term> | |
1316 <listitem> | |
1317 <para> | |
1318 Add DIR to the library search path. | |
1319 </para> | |
1320 </listitem> | |
1321 </varlistentry> | |
1322 | |
1323 <varlistentry> | |
150 | 1324 <term><option>--debug</option></term> |
1325 <term><option>-d</option></term> | |
1326 <listitem> | |
1327 <para> | |
1328 This option increases the debugging level. It is only useful for LWTOOLS | |
1329 developers. | |
1330 </para> | |
1331 </listitem> | |
1332 </varlistentry> | |
1333 | |
1334 <varlistentry> | |
1335 <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
1336 <term><option>-?</option></term> | |
1337 <listitem> | |
1338 <para> | |
1339 This provides a listing of command line options and a brief description | |
1340 of each. | |
1341 </para> | |
1342 </listitem> | |
1343 </varlistentry> | |
1344 | |
1345 <varlistentry> | |
1346 <term><option>--usage</option></term> | |
1347 <listitem> | |
1348 <para> | |
1349 This will display a usage summary. | |
1350 of each. | |
1351 </para> | |
1352 </listitem> | |
1353 </varlistentry> | |
1354 | |
1355 | |
1356 <varlistentry> | |
1357 <term><option>--version</option></term> | |
1358 <term><option>-V</option></term> | |
1359 <listitem> | |
1360 <para> | |
1361 This will display the version of LWLINK. | |
1362 </para> | |
1363 </listitem> | |
1364 </varlistentry> | |
1365 | |
1366 </section> | |
1367 | |
1368 <section> | |
1369 <title>Linker Operation</title> | |
1370 | |
1371 <para> | |
175 | 1372 |
1373 LWLINK takes one or more files in supported input formats and links them | |
1374 into a single binary. Currently supported formats are the LWTOOLS object | |
1375 file format and the archive format used by LWAR. While the precise method is | |
1376 slightly different, linking can be conceptualized as the following steps. | |
1377 | |
150 | 1378 </para> |
1379 | |
1380 <orderedlist> | |
1381 <listitem> | |
1382 <para> | |
1383 First, the linker loads a linking script. If no script is specified, it | |
1384 loads a built-in default script based on the output format selected. This | |
1385 script tells the linker how to lay out the various sections in the final | |
1386 binary. | |
1387 </para> | |
1388 </listitem> | |
1389 | |
1390 <listitem> | |
1391 <para> | |
1392 Next, the linker reads all the input files into memory. At this time, it | |
1393 flags any format errors in those files. It constructs a table of symbols | |
1394 for each object at this time. | |
1395 </para> | |
1396 </listitem> | |
1397 | |
1398 <listitem> | |
1399 <para> | |
1400 The linker then proceeds with organizing the sections loaded from each file | |
1401 according to the linking script. As it does so, it is able to assign addresses | |
1402 to each symbol defined in each object file. At this time, the linker may | |
1403 also collapse different instances of the same section name into a single | |
1404 section by appending the data from each subsequent instance of the section | |
1405 to the first instance of the section. | |
1406 </para> | |
1407 </listitem> | |
1408 | |
1409 <listitem> | |
1410 <para> | |
1411 Next, the linker looks through every object file for every incomplete reference. | |
1412 It then attempts to fully resolve that reference. If it cannot do so, it | |
1413 throws an error. Once a reference is resolved, the value is placed into | |
1414 the binary code at the specified section. It should be noted that an | |
1415 incomplete reference can reference either a symbol internal to the object | |
1416 file or an external symbol which is in the export list of another object | |
1417 file. | |
1418 </para> | |
1419 </listitem> | |
1420 | |
1421 <listitem> | |
1422 <para> | |
1423 If all of the above steps are successful, the linker opens the output file | |
1424 and actually constructs the binary. | |
1425 </para> | |
1426 </listitem> | |
1427 </orderedlist> | |
1428 | |
1429 </section> | |
1430 | |
1431 <section | |
1432 <title>Linking Scripts</title> | |
1433 <para> | |
1434 A linker script is used to instruct the linker about how to assemble the | |
1435 various sections into a completed binary. It consists of a series of | |
1436 directives which are considered in the order they are encountered. | |
1437 </para> | |
1438 <para> | |
1439 The sections will appear in the resulting binary in the order they are | |
1440 specified in the script file. If a referenced section is not found, the linker will behave as though the | |
1441 section did exist but had a zero size, no relocations, and no exports. | |
1442 A section should only be referenced once. Any subsequent references will have | |
1443 an undefined effect. | |
1444 </para> | |
1445 | |
1446 <para> | |
1447 All numbers are in linking scripts are specified in hexadecimal. All directives | |
1448 are case sensitive although the hexadecimal numbers are not. | |
1449 </para> | |
1450 | |
1451 <para>A section name can be specified as a "*", then any section not | |
1452 already matched by the script will be matched. The "*" can be followed | |
1453 by a comma and a flag to narrow the section down slightly, also. | |
1454 If the flag is "!bss", then any section that is not flagged as a bss section | |
1455 will be matched. If the flag is "bss", then any section that is flagged as | |
1456 bss will be matched. | |
1457 </para> | |
1458 | |
1459 <para>The following directives are understood in a linker script.</para> | |
1460 <variablelist> | |
1461 <varlistentry> | |
1462 <term>section <parameter>name</parameter> load <parameter>addr</parameter></term> | |
1463 <listitem><para> | |
1464 | |
1465 This causes the section <parameter>name</parameter> to load at | |
1466 <parameter>addr</parameter>. For the raw target, only one "load at" entry is | |
1467 allowed for non-bss sections and it must be the first one. For raw targets, | |
1468 it affects the addresses the linker assigns to symbols but has no other | |
1469 affect on the output. bss sections may all have separate load addresses but | |
1470 since they will not appear in the binary anyway, this is okay. | |
1471 </para><para> | |
1472 For the decb target, each "load" entry will cause a new "block" to be | |
1473 output to the binary which will contain the load address. It is legal for | |
1474 sections to overlap in this manner - the linker assumes the loader will sort | |
1475 everything out. | |
1476 </para></listitem> | |
1477 </varlistentry> | |
1478 | |
1479 <varlistentry> | |
1480 <term>section <parameter>name</parameter></term> | |
1481 <listitem><para> | |
1482 | |
1483 This will cause the section <parameter>name</parameter> to load after the previously listed | |
1484 section. | |
1485 </para></listitem></varlistentry> | |
1486 <varlistentry> | |
1487 <term>exec <parameter>addr or sym</parameter></term> | |
1488 <listitem> | |
1489 <para> | |
1490 This will cause the execution address (entry point) to be the address | |
1491 specified (in hex) or the specified symbol name. The symbol name must | |
1492 match a symbol that is exported by one of the object files being linked. | |
1493 This has no effect for targets that do not encode the entry point into the | |
1494 resulting file. If not specified, the entry point is assumed to be address 0 | |
1495 which is probably not what you want. The default link scripts for targets | |
1496 that support this directive automatically starts at the beginning of the | |
1497 first section (usually "init" or "code") that is emitted in the binary. | |
1498 </para> | |
1499 </listitem> | |
1500 </varlistentry> | |
1501 | |
1502 <varlistentry> | |
1503 <term>pad <parameter>size</parameter></term> | |
1504 <listitem><para> | |
1505 This will cause the output file to be padded with NUL bytes to be exactly | |
1506 <parameter>size</parameter> bytes in length. This only makes sense for a raw target. | |
1507 </para> | |
1508 </listitem> | |
1509 </varlistentry> | |
1510 </variablelist> | |
1511 | |
1512 | |
1513 | |
1514 </section> | |
1515 | |
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175 | 1518 <chapter> |
1519 <title>Libraries and LWAR</title> | |
1520 | |
1521 <para> | |
1522 LWTOOLS also includes a tool for managing libraries. These are analogous to | |
1523 the static libraries created with the "ar" tool on POSIX systems. Each library | |
1524 file contains one or more object files. The linker will treat the object | |
1525 files within a library as though they had been specified individually on | |
1526 the command line except when resolving external references. External references | |
1527 are looked up first within the object files within the library and then, if | |
1528 not found, the usual lookup based on the order the files are specified on | |
1529 the command line occurs. | |
1530 </para> | |
1531 | |
1532 <para> | |
1533 The tool for creating these libary files is called LWAR. | |
1534 </para> | |
1535 | |
1536 <section> | |
1537 <title>Command Line Options</title> | |
1538 <para> | |
1539 The binary for LWAR is called "lwar". Note that the binary is in lower | |
1540 case. The options lwar understands are listed below. For archive manipulation | |
1541 options, the first non-option argument is the name of the archive. All other | |
1542 non-option arguments are the names of files to operate on. | |
1543 </para> | |
1544 | |
1545 <variablelist> | |
1546 <varlistentry> | |
1547 <term><option>--add</option></term> | |
1548 <term><option>-a</option></term> | |
1549 <listitem> | |
1550 <para> | |
1551 This option specifies that an archive is going to have files added to it. | |
1552 If the archive does not already exist, it is created. New files are added | |
1553 to the end of the archive. | |
1554 </para> | |
1555 </listitem> | |
1556 </varlistentry> | |
1557 | |
1558 <varlistentry> | |
1559 <term><option>--create</option></term> | |
1560 <term><option>-c</option></term> | |
1561 <listitem> | |
1562 <para> | |
1563 This option specifies that an archive is going to be created and have files | |
1564 added to it. If the archive already exists, it is truncated. | |
1565 </para> | |
1566 </listitem> | |
1567 </varlistentry> | |
1568 | |
1569 <varlistentry> | |
1570 <term><option>--merge</option></term> | |
1571 <term><option>-m</option></term> | |
1572 <listitem> | |
1573 <para> | |
1574 If specified, any files specified to be added to an archive will be checked | |
1575 to see if they are archives themselves. If so, their constituent members are | |
1576 added to the archive. This is useful for avoiding archives containing archives. | |
1577 </para> | |
1578 </listitem> | |
1579 </varlistentry> | |
1580 | |
1581 <varlistentry> | |
1582 <term><option>--list</option></term> | |
1583 <term><option>-l</option></term> | |
1584 <listitem> | |
1585 <para> | |
1586 This will display a list of the files contained in the archive. | |
1587 </para> | |
1588 </listitem> | |
1589 </varlistentry> | |
1590 | |
1591 <varlistentry> | |
1592 <term><option>--debug</option></term> | |
1593 <term><option>-d</option></term> | |
1594 <listitem> | |
1595 <para> | |
1596 This option increases the debugging level. It is only useful for LWTOOLS | |
1597 developers. | |
1598 </para> | |
1599 </listitem> | |
1600 </varlistentry> | |
1601 | |
1602 <varlistentry> | |
1603 <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
1604 <term><option>-?</option></term> | |
1605 <listitem> | |
1606 <para> | |
1607 This provides a listing of command line options and a brief description | |
1608 of each. | |
1609 </para> | |
1610 </listitem> | |
1611 </varlistentry> | |
1612 | |
1613 <varlistentry> | |
1614 <term><option>--usage</option></term> | |
1615 <listitem> | |
1616 <para> | |
1617 This will display a usage summary. | |
1618 of each. | |
1619 </para> | |
1620 </listitem> | |
1621 </varlistentry> | |
1622 | |
1623 | |
1624 <varlistentry> | |
1625 <term><option>--version</option></term> | |
1626 <term><option>-V</option></term> | |
1627 <listitem> | |
1628 <para> | |
1629 This will display the version of LWLINK. | |
1630 of each. | |
1631 </para> | |
1632 </listitem> | |
1633 </varlistentry> | |
1634 | |
1635 </section> | |
1636 | |
1637 </chapter> | |
1638 | |
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1640 <title>Object Files</title> | |
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1646 </para> |
150 | 1647 |
1648 <para> | |
1649 An object file consists of a series of sections each of which contains a | |
1650 list of exported symbols, a list of incomplete references, and a list of | |
1651 "local" symbols which may be used in calculating incomplete references. Each | |
1652 section will obviously also contain the object code. | |
1653 </para> | |
1654 | |
1655 <para> | |
1656 Exported symbols must be completely resolved to an address within the | |
1657 section it is exported from. That is, an exported symbol must be a constant | |
1658 rather than defined in terms of other symbols.</para> | |
1659 | |
1660 <para> | |
1661 Each object file starts with a magic number and version number. The magic | |
1662 number is the string "LWOBJ16" for this 16 bit object file format. The only | |
1663 defined version number is currently 0. Thus, the first 8 bytes of the object | |
1664 file are <code>4C574F424A313600</code> | |
1665 </para> | |
1666 | |
1667 <para> | |
1668 Each section has the following items in order: | |
1669 </para> | |
1670 | |
1671 <itemizedlist> | |
1672 <listitem><para>section name</para></listitem> | |
1673 <listitem><para>flags</para></listitem> | |
1674 <listitem><para>list of local symbols (and addresses within the section)</para></listitem> | |
1675 <listitem><para>list of exported symbols (and addresses within the section)</para></listitem> | |
1676 <listitem><para>list of incomplete references along with the expressions to calculate them</para></listitem> | |
1677 <listitem><para>the actual object code (for non-BSS sections)</para></listitem> | |
1678 </itemizedlist> | |
1679 | |
1680 <para> | |
1681 The section starts with the name of the section with a NUL termination | |
1682 followed by a series of flag bytes terminated by NUL. There are only two | |
1683 flag bytes defined. A NUL (0) indicates no more flags and a value of 1 | |
1684 indicates the section is a BSS section. For a BSS section, no actual | |
1685 code is included in the object file. | |
1686 </para> | |
1687 | |
1688 <para> | |
1689 Either a NULL section name or end of file indicate the presence of no more | |
1690 sections. | |
1691 </para> | |
1692 | |
1693 <para> | |
1694 Each entry in the exported and local symbols table consists of the symbol | |
1695 (NUL terminated) followed by two bytes which contain the value in big endian | |
1696 order. The end of a symbol table is indicated by a NULL symbol name. | |
1697 </para> | |
1698 | |
1699 <para> | |
1700 Each entry in the incomplete references table consists of an expression | |
1701 followed by a 16 bit offset where the reference goes. Expressions are | |
1702 defined as a series of terms up to an "end of expression" term. Each term | |
1703 consists of a single byte which identifies the type of term (see below) | |
1704 followed by any data required by the term. Then end of the list is flagged | |
1705 by a NULL expression (only an end of expression term). | |
1706 </para> | |
1707 | |
1708 <table frame="all"><title>Object File Term Types</title> | |
1709 <tgroup cols="2"> | |
1710 <thead> | |
1711 <row> | |
1712 <entry>TERMTYPE</entry> | |
1713 <entry>Meaning</entry> | |
1714 </row> | |
1715 </thead> | |
1716 <tbody> | |
1717 <row> | |
1718 <entry>00</entry> | |
1719 <entry>end of expression</entry> | |
1720 </row> | |
1721 | |
1722 <row> | |
1723 <entry>01</entry> | |
1724 <entry>integer (16 bit in big endian order follows)</entry> | |
1725 </row> | |
1726 <row> | |
1727 <entry>02</entry> | |
1728 <entry> external symbol reference (NUL terminated symbol name follows)</entry> | |
1729 </row> | |
1730 | |
1731 <row> | |
1732 <entry>03</entry> | |
1733 <entry>local symbol reference (NUL terminated symbol name follows)</entry> | |
1734 </row> | |
1735 | |
1736 <row> | |
1737 <entry>04</entry> | |
1738 <entry>operator (1 byte operator number)</entry> | |
1739 </row> | |
1740 <row> | |
1741 <entry>05</entry> | |
1742 <entry>section base address reference</entry> | |
1743 </row> | |
1744 </tbody> | |
1745 </tgroup> | |
1746 </table> | |
1747 | |
1748 <para> | |
1749 External references are resolved using other object files while local | |
1750 references are resolved using the local symbol table(s) from this file. This | |
1751 allows local symbols that are not exported to have the same names as | |
1752 exported symbols or external references. | |
1753 </para> | |
1754 | |
1755 <table frame="all"><title>Object File Operator Numbers</title> | |
1756 <tgroup cols="2"> | |
1757 <thead> | |
1758 <row> | |
1759 <entry>Number</entry> | |
1760 <entry>Operator</entry> | |
1761 </row> | |
1762 </thead> | |
1763 <tbody> | |
1764 <row> | |
1765 <entry>01</entry> | |
1766 <entry>addition (+)</entry> | |
1767 </row> | |
1768 <row> | |
1769 <entry>02</entry> | |
1770 <entry>subtraction (-)</entry> | |
1771 </row> | |
1772 <row> | |
1773 <entry>03</entry> | |
1774 <entry>multiplication (*)</entry> | |
1775 </row> | |
1776 <row> | |
1777 <entry>04</entry> | |
1778 <entry>division (/)</entry> | |
1779 </row> | |
1780 <row> | |
1781 <entry>05</entry> | |
1782 <entry>modulus (%)</entry> | |
1783 </row> | |
1784 <row> | |
1785 <entry>06</entry> | |
1786 <entry>integer division (\) (same as division)</entry> | |
1787 </row> | |
1788 | |
1789 <row> | |
1790 <entry>07</entry> | |
1791 <entry>bitwise and</entry> | |
1792 </row> | |
1793 | |
1794 <row> | |
1795 <entry>08</entry> | |
1796 <entry>bitwise or</entry> | |
1797 </row> | |
1798 | |
1799 <row> | |
1800 <entry>09</entry> | |
1801 <entry>bitwise xor</entry> | |
1802 </row> | |
1803 | |
1804 <row> | |
1805 <entry>0A</entry> | |
1806 <entry>boolean and</entry> | |
1807 </row> | |
1808 | |
1809 <row> | |
1810 <entry>0B</entry> | |
1811 <entry>boolean or</entry> | |
1812 </row> | |
1813 | |
1814 <row> | |
1815 <entry>0C</entry> | |
1816 <entry>unary negation, 2's complement (-)</entry> | |
1817 </row> | |
1818 | |
1819 <row> | |
1820 <entry>0D</entry> | |
1821 <entry>unary 1's complement (^)</entry> | |
1822 </row> | |
1823 </tbody> | |
1824 </tgroup> | |
1825 </table> | |
1826 | |
1827 <para> | |
1828 An expression is represented in a postfix manner with both operands for | |
1829 binary operators preceding the operator and the single operand for unary | |
1830 operators preceding the operator. | |
1831 </para> | |
1832 | |
109 | 1833 </chapter> |
1834 </book> | |
1835 |