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0 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	1 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN">
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	2 <book>
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	3 <bookinfo>
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	4 <title>LW Tool Chain</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	5 <author><firstname>William</firstname><surname>Astle</surname></author>
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	6 <copyright><year>2009, 2010</year><holder>William Astle</holder></copyright>
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	7 </bookinfo>
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	8 <chapter>
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	9
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	10 <title>Introduction</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	11
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	12 <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	13 The LW tool chain provides utilities for building binaries for MC6809 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	14 HD6309 CPUs. The tool chain includes a cross-assembler and a cross-linker
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	15 which support several styles of output.
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	16 </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	17
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	18 <section>
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	19 <title>History</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	20 <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	21 For a long time, I have had an interest in creating an operating system for
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	22 the Coco3. I finally started working on that project around the beginning 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	23 2006. I had a number of assemblers I could choose from. Eventually, I settled
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	24 on one and started tinkering. After a while, I realized that assembler was not
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	25 going to be sufficient due to lack of macros and issues with forward 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	26 Then I tried another which handled forward references correctly but still did
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	27 not support macros. I looked around at other assemblers and they all lacked
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	28 one feature or another that I really wanted for creating my operating system.
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	29 </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	30
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	31 <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	32 The solution seemed clear at that point. I am a fair programmer so I figured
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	33 I could write an assembler that would do everything I wanted an assembler 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	34 do. Thus the LWASM probject was born. After more than two years of on and off
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	35 work, version 1.0 of LWASM was released in October of 2008.
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	36 </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	37
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	38 <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	39 As the aforementioned operating system project progressed further, it became
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	40 clear that while assembling the whole project through a single file was doable,
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	41 it was not practical. When I found myself playing some fancy games with macros
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	42 in a bid to simulate sections, I realized I needed a means of assembling
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	43 source files separately and linking them later. This spawned a major development
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	44 effort to add an object file support to LWASM. It also spawned the LWLINK
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	45 project to provide a means to actually link the files.
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	46 </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	47
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	48 </section>
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	49
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	50 </chapter>
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	51
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	52 <chapter>
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	53 <title>Output Formats</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	54
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	55 <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	56 The LW tool chain supports multiple output formats. Each format has its
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	57 advantages and disadvantages. Each format is described 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	58 </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	59
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	60 <section>
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	61 <title>Raw Binaries</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	62 <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	63 A raw binary is simply a string of bytes. There are no headers or other
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	64 niceties. Both LWLINK and LWASM support generating raw binaries. ORG directives
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	65 in the source code only serve to set the addresses that will be used for
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	66 symbols but otherwise have no direct impact on the resulting binary.
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	67 </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	68
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	69 </section>
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	70 <section>
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	71 <title>DECB Binaries</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	72
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	73 <para>A DECB binary is compatible with the LOADM command in Disk Extended
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	74 Color Basic on the CoCo. They are also compatible with CLOADM from Extended
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	75 Color Basic. These binaries include the load address of the binary as well
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	76 as encoding an execution address. These binaries may contain multiple loadable
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	77 sections, each of which has its own load address.</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	78
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	79 <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	80 Each binary starts with a preamble. Each preamble is five bytes long. 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	81 first byte is zero. The next two bytes specify the number of bytes to load
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	82 and the last two bytes specify the address to load the bytes at. Then, a
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	83 string of bytes follows. After this string of bytes, there may be another
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	84 preamble or a postamble. A postamble is also five bytes in length. The first
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	85 byte of the postamble is $FF, the next two are zero, and the last two 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	86 the execution address for the binary.
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	87 </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	88
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	89 <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	90 Both LWASM and LWLINK can output this format.
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	91 </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	92 </section>
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	93
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	94 <section>
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	95 <title>OS9 Modules</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	96 <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	97
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	98 Since version 2.5, LWASM is able to generate OS9 modules. The syntax is
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	99 basically the same as for other assemblers. A module starts with the MOD
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	100 directive and ends with the EMOD directive. The OS9 directive is provided
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	101 as a shortcut for writing system calls.
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	102
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	103 </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	104
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	105 <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	106
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	107 LWASM does NOT provide an OS9Defs file. You must provide your own. Also note
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	108 that the common practice of using "ifp1" around the inclusion of the OS9Defs
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	109 file is discouraged as it is pointless and can lead to unintentional
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	110 problems and phasing errors. Because LWASM reads each file exactly once,
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	111 there is no benefit to restricting the inclusion to the first assembly pass.
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	112
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	113 </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	114
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	115 <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	116
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	117 It is also critical to understand that unlike many OS9 assemblers, LWASM
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	118 does NOT maintain a separate data address counter. Thus, you must define
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	119 all your data offsets and so on outside of the mod/emod segment. It is,
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	120 therefore, likely that source code targeted at other assemblers will require
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	121 edits to build correctly.
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	122
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	123 </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	124
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	125 <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	126
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	127 LWLINK does not, yet, have the ability to create OS9 modules from 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	128 files.
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	129
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	130 </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	131 </section>
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	132
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	133 <section>
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	134 <title>Object Files</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	135 <para>LWASM supports generating a proprietary object file format which is
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	136 described in <xref linkend="objchap">. LWLINK is then used to link these
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	137 object files into a final binary in any of LWLINK's supported binary
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	138 formats.</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	139
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	140 <para>Object files also support the concept of sections which are not valid
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	141 for other output types. This allows related code from each 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	142 linked to be collapsed together in the final binary.</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	143
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	144 <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	145 Object files are very flexible in that they allow references that are not
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	146 known at assembly time to be resolved at link time. However, because 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	147 addresses of such references are not known at assembly time, there is no way
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	148 for the assembler to deduce that an eight bit addressing mode is possible.
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	149 That means the assember will default to using sixteen bit addressing
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	150 whenever an external or cross-section reference is used.
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	151 </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	152
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	153 <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	154 As of LWASM 2.4, it is possible to force direct page addressing for an
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	155 external reference. Care must be taken to ensure the resulting addresses
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	156 are really in the direct page since the linker does not know what the direct
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	157 page is supposed to be and does not emit errors for byte overflows.
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	158 </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	159
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	160 <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	161 It is also possible to use external references in an eight bit immediate
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	162 mode instruction. In this case, only the low order eight bits will be used.
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	163 Again, no byte overflows will be 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	164 </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	165
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	166
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	167 </section>
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	168
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	169 </chapter>
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	170
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	171 <chapter>
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	172 <title>LWASM</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	173 <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	174 The LWTOOLS assembler is called LWASM. This chapter documents the various
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	175 features of the assembler. It is not, however, a tutorial on 6x09 assembly
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	176 language programming.
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	177 </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	178
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	179 <section>
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	180 <title>Command Line Options</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	181 <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	182 The binary for LWASM is called "lwasm". Note that the binary is in lower
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	183 case. lwasm takes the following command line arguments.
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	184 </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	185
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	186 <variablelist>
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	187
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	188 <varlistentry>
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	189 <term><option>--6309</option></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	190 <term><option>-3</option></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	191 <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	192 <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	193 This will cause the assembler to accept the additional instructions available
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	194 on the 6309 processor. This is the default mode; this option is provided for
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	195 completeness and to override preset command arguments.
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	196 </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	197 </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	198 </varlistentry>
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	199
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	200 <varlistentry>
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	201 <term><option>--6809</option></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	202 <term><option>-9</option></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	203 <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	204 <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	205 This will cause the assembler to reject instructions that are only available
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	206 on the 6309 processor.
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	207 </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	208 </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	209 </varlistentry>
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	210
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	211 <varlistentry>
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	212 <term><option>--decb</option></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	213 <term><option>-b</option></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	214 <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	215 <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	216 Select the DECB output format target. Equivalent to <option>--format=decb</option>.
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	217 </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	218 <para>While this is the default output format currently, it is not safe to rely
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	219 on that fact. Future versions may have different defaults. It is also trivial
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	220 to modify the source code to change the default. Thus, it is recommended to specify
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	221 this option if you need DECB output.
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	222 </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	223 </varlistentry>
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	224
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	225 <varlistentry>
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	226 <term><option>--format=type</option></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	227 <term><option>-f type</option></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	228 <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	229 <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	230 Select the output format. Valid values are <option>obj</option> for 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	231 object file target, <option>decb</option> for the DECB LOADM format,
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	232 <option>os9</option> for creating OS9 modules, and <option>raw</option> for
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	233 a raw binary.
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	234 </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	235 </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	236 </varlistentry>
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	237
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	238 <varlistentry>
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	239 <term><option>--list[=file]</option></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	240 <term><option>-l[file]</option></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	241 <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	242 <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	243 Cause LWASM to generate a listing. If <option>file</option> is specified,
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	244 the listing will go to that file. Otherwise it will go to the standard output
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	245 stream. By default, no listing is generated. Unless <option>--symbols</option>
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	246 is specified, the list will not include the symbol 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	247 </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	248 </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	249 </varlistentry>
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	250
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	251 <varlistentry>
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	252 <term><option>--symbols</option></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	253 <term><option>-s</option></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	254 <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	255 <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	256 Causes LWASM to generate a list of symbols when generating a listing.
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	257 It has no effect unless a listing is being generated.
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	258 </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	259 </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	260 </varlistentry>
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	261
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	262 <varlistentry>
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	263 <term><option>--obj</option></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	264 <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	265 <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	266 Select the proprietary object file format as the output target.
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	267 </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	268 </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	269 </varlistentry>
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	270
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	271 <varlistentry>
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	272 <term><option>--output=FILE</option></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	273 <term><option>-o FILE</option></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	274 <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	275 <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	276 This option specifies the name of the output file. If not specified, 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	277 default is <option>a.out</option>.
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	278 </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	279 </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	280 </varlistentry>
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	281
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	282 <varlistentry>
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	283 <term><option>--pragma=pragma</option></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	284 <term><option>-p pragma</option></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	285 <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	286 <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	287 Specify assembler pragmas. Multiple pragmas are separated by commas. 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	288 pragmas accepted are the same as for the PRAGMA assembler directive described
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	289 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	290 </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	291 </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	292 </varlistentry>
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	293
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	294 <varlistentry>
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	295 <term><option>--raw</option></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	296 <term><option>-r</option></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	297 <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	298 <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	299 Select raw binary as the output target.
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	300 </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	301 </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	302 </varlistentry>
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	303
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	304 <varlistentry>
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	305 <term><option>--includedir=path</option></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	306 <term><option>-I path</option></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	307 <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	308 <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	309 Add <option>path</option> to the end of the include path.
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	310 </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	311 </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	312 </varlistentry>
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	313
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	314 <varlistentry>
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	315 <term><option>--help</option></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	316 <term><option>-?</option></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	317 <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	318 <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	319 Present a help screen describing the command line options.
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	320 </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	321 </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	322 </varlistentry>
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	323
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	324 <varlistentry>
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	325 <term><option>--usage</option></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	326 <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	327 <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	328 Provide a summary of the command line options.
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	329 </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	330 </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	331 </varlistentry>
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	332
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	333 <varlistentry>
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	334 <term><option>--version</option></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	335 <term><option>-V</option></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	336 <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	337 <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	338 Display the software version.
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	339 </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	340 </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	341 </varlistentry>
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	342
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	343 <varlistentry>
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	344 <term><option>--debug</option></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	345 <term><option>-d</option></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	346 <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	347 <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	348 Increase the debugging level. Only really useful to people hacking on 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	349 LWASM source code itself.
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	350 </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	351 </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	352 </varlistentry>
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	353
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	354 </variablelist>
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	355
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	356 </section>
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	357
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	358 <section>
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	359 <title>Dialects</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	360 <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	361 LWASM supports all documented MC6809 instructions as defined by Motorola.
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	362 It also supports all known HD6309 instructions. While there is general
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	363 agreement on the pneumonics for most of the 6309 instructions, there is some
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	364 variance with the block transfer instructions. TFM for all four variations
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	365 seems to have gained the most traction and, thus, this is the form that is
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	366 recommended for LWASM. However, it also supports COPY, COPY-, IMP, EXP,
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	367 TFRP, TFRM, TFRS, and TFRR. It further adds COPY+ as a synomym for COPY,
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	368 IMPLODE for IMP, and EXPAND for EXP.
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	369 </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	370
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	371 <para>By default, LWASM accepts 6309 instructions. However, using 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	372 <parameter>--6809</parameter> parameter, you can cause it to throw errors on
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	373 6309 instructions instead.</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	374
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	375 <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	376 The standard addressing mode specifiers are supported. These are 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	377 hash sign ("#") for immediate mode, the less than sign ("<") for forced
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	378 eight bit modes, and the greater than sign (">") for forced sixteen bit modes.
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	379 </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	380
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	381 <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	382 Additionally, LWASM supports using the asterisk ("*") to indicate
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	383 base page addressing. This should not be used in hand-written source 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	384 however, because it is non-standard and may or may not be present in future
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	385 versions of LWASM.
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	386 </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	387
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	388 </section>
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	389
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	390 <section>
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	391 <title>Source Format</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	392
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	393 <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	394 LWASM accepts plain text files in a relatively free form. It can handle
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	395 lines terminated with CR, LF, CRLF, or LFCR which means it should be able
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	396 to assemble files on any platform on which it compiles.
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	397 </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	398 <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	399 Each line may start with a symbol. If a symbol is present, there must not
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	400 be any whitespace preceding it. It is legal for a line to contain nothing
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	401 but a symbol.</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	402 <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	403 The op code is separated from the symbol by whitespace. If there is
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	404 no symbol, there must be at least one white space character preceding it.
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	405 If applicable, the operand follows separated by whitespace. Following 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	406 opcode and operand is an optional comment.
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	407 </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	408
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	409 <para> It is important to note that operands cannot contain any whitespace
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	410 except in the case of delimited strings. This is because the first
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	411 whitespace character will be interpreted as the separator between 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	412 operand column and the comment. This behaviour is required for approximate
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	413 source compatibility with other 6x09 assemblers. </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	414
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	415 <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	416 A comment can also be introduced with a * or a ;. The comment character is
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	417 optional for end of statement comments. However, if a symbol is 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	418 thing present on the line other than the comment, the comment character is
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	419 mandatory to prevent the assembler from interpreting the comment as an opcode.
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	420 </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	421
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	422 <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	423 For compatibility with the output generated by some C preprocessors, LWASM
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	424 will also ignore lines that begin with a #. This should not be used as a general
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	425 comment character, however.
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	426 </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	427
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	428 <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	429 The opcode is not treated case sensitively. Neither are register names in
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	430 the operand fields. Symbols, however, are case sensitive.
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	431 </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	432
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	433 <para> As of version 2.6, LWASM supports files with line numbers. If line
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	434 numbers are present, the line must start with a digit. The line number
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	435 itself must consist only of digits. The line number must then be followed
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	436 by either the end of the line or exactly one white space character. After
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	437 that white space character, the lines are interpreted exactly as above.
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	438 </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	439
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	440 </section>
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	441
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	442 <section>
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	443 <title>Symbols</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	444
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	445 <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	446 Symbols have no length restriction. They may contain letters, numbers, dots,
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	447 dollar signs, and underscores. They must start with a letter, dot, or
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	448 underscore.
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	449 </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	450
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	451 <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	452 LWASM also supports the concept of a local symbol. A local symbol is one
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	453 which contains either a "?" or a "@", which can appear anywhere in 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	454 The scope of a local symbol is determined by a number of factors. First,
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	455 each included file gets its own local symbol scope. A blank line will also
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	456 be considered a local scope barrier. Macros each have their own local 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	457 scope as well (which has a side effect that you cannot use a local 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	458 as an argument to a macro). There are other factors as well. In general,
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	459 a local symbol is restricted to the block of code it is defined within.
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	460 </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	461
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	462 <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	463 By default, unless assembling to the os9 target, a "$" in the symbol will
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	464 also make it local. This can be controlled by the "dollarlocal" 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	465 "nodollarlocal" pragmas. In the absence of a pragma to the contrary, for
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	466 the os9 target, a "$" in the symbol will not make it considered local while
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	467 for all other targets it will.
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	468 </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	469
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	470 </section>
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	471
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	472 <section>
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	473 <title>Numbers and Expressions</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	474 <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	475
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	476 Numbers can be expressed in binary, octal, decimal, or hexadecimal. Binary
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	477 numbers may be prefixed with a "%" symbol or suffixed with a "b" or "B".
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	478 Octal numbers may be prefixed with "@" or suffixed with "Q", "q", "O", or
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	479 "o". Hexadecimal numbers may be prefixed with "$", "0x" or "0X", or suffixed
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	480 with "H". No prefix or suffix is required for decimal numbers but they can
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	481 be prefixed with "&" if desired. Any constant which begins with a letter
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	482 must be expressed with the correct prefix base identifier or be prefixed
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	483 with a 0. Thus hexadecimal FF would have to be written either 0FFH or $FF.
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	484 Numbers are not case sensitive.
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	485
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	486 </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	487
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	488 <para> A symbol may appear at any point where a number is acceptable. 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	489 special symbol "*" can be used to represent the starting address of 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	490 current source line within expressions. </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	491
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	492 <para>The ASCII value of a character can be included by prefixing it with a
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	493 single quote ('). The ASCII values of two characters can be included by
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	494 prefixing the characters with a quote (").</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	495
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	496 <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	497
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	498 LWASM supports the following basic binary operators: +, -, *, /, 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	499 These represent addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, 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	500 modulus. It also supports unary negation and unary 1's complement (- 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	501 respectively). It is also possible to use ~ for the unary 1's complement
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	502 operator. For completeness, a unary positive (+) is supported though it is
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	503 a no-op. LWASM also supports using \|, &, and ^ for bitwise or, bitwise 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	504 and bitwise exclusive or respectively.
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	505
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	506 </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	507
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	508 <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	509
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	510 Operator precedence follows the usual rules. Multiplication, division, 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	511 modulus take precedence over addition and subtraction. Unary operators take
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	512 precedence over binary operators. Bitwise operators are lower precdence
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	513 than addition and subtraction. To force a specific order of evaluation,
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	514 parentheses can be used in the usual manner.
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	515
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	516 </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	517
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	518 <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	519
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	520 As of LWASM 2.5, the operators && and \|\| are recognized for boolean and 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	521 boolean or respectively. They will return either 0 or 1 (false or true).
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	522 They have the lowest precedence of all the binary operators.
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	523
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	524 </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	525
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	526 </section>
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	527
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	528 <section>
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	529 <title>Assembler Directives</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	530 <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	531 Various directives can be used to control the behaviour of 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	532 assembler or to include non-code/data in the resulting output. Those directives
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	533 that are not described in detail in other sections of this document 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	534 described 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	535 </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	536
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	537 <section>
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	538 <title>Data Directives</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	539 <variablelist>
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	540 <varlistentry><term>FCB <parameter>expr[,...]</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	541 <term>.DB <parameter>expr[,...]</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	542 <term>.BYTE <parameter>expr[,...]</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	543 <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	544 <para>Include one or more constant bytes (separated by commas) in the output.</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	545 </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	546 </varlistentry>
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	547
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	548 <varlistentry>
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	549 <term>FDB <parameter>expr[,...]</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	550 <term>.DW <parameter>expr[,...]</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	551 <term>.WORD <parameter>expr[,...]</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	552 <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	553 <para>Include one or more words (separated by commas) in the output.</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	554 </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	555 </varlistentry>
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	556
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	557 <varlistentry>
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	558 <term>FQB <parameter>expr[,...]</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	559 <term>.QUAD <parameter>expr[,...]</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	560 <term>.4BYTE <parameter>expr[,...]</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	561 <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	562 <para>Include one or more double words (separated by commas) in the output.</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	563 </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	564 </varlistentry>
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	565
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	566 <varlistentry>
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	567 <term>FCC <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	568 <term>.ASCII <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	569 <term>.STR <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	570 <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	571 <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	572 Include a string of text in the output. The first character of the operand
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	573 is the delimiter which must appear as the last character and cannot appear
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	574 within the string. The string is included with no modifications>
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	575 </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	576 </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	577 </varlistentry>
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	578
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	579 <varlistentry>
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	580 <term>FCN <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	581 <term>.ASCIZ <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	582 <term>.STRZ <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	583 <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	584 <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	585 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	586 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	587 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	588 the string.
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	589 </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	590 </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	591 </varlistentry>
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	592
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	593 <varlistentry>
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	594 <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	595 <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	596 <term>.STRS <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	597 <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	598 <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	599 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	600 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	601 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	602 </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	603 </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	604 </varlistentry>
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	605
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	606 <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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	607 <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	608 <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	609 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	610 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	611 </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	612 </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	613 </varlistentry>
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	614
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	615 <varlistentry><term>ZMD <parameter>expr</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	616 <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	617 <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	618 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	619 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	620 permitted.
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	621 </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	622 </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	623 </varlistentry>
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	624
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	625 <varlistentry><term>ZMQ <parameter>expr<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	626 <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	627 <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	628 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	629 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	630 permitted.
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	631 </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	632 </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	633 </varlistentry>
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	634
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	635 <varlistentry>
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	636 <term>RMB <parameter>expr</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	637 <term>.BLKB <parameter>expr</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	638 <term>.DS <parameter>expr</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	639 <term>.RS <parameter>expr</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	640 <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	641 <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	642 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	643 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	644 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	645 </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	646 </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	647 </varlistentry>
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	648
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	649 <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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	650 <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	651 <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	652 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: diff changeset	653 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	654 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	655 </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	656 </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	657 </varlistentry>
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	658
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	659 <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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	660 <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	661 <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	662 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	663 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	664 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 parents: diff changeset	665 </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	666 </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	667 </varlistentry>
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	668
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	669 <varlistentry>
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	670 <term>INCLUDEBIN <parameter>filename</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	671 <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	672 <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	673 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: diff changeset	674 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: diff changeset	675 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: diff changeset	676 those at the current assembly point.
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	677 </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	678
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	679 <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: diff changeset	680 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 parents: diff changeset	681 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	682
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	683 <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: diff changeset	684 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: diff changeset	685 work, however.</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	686
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	687 </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	688 </varlistentry>
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	689
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	690 </variablelist>
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
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 </section>
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
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 <section>
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	695 <title>Address Definition</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	696 <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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	697 or the assembly process itself.</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	698
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	699 <variablelist>
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	700 <varlistentry><term>ORG <parameter>expr</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 <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	702 <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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	703 first pass so no external or forward references are permitted. ORG is not
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	704 permitted within sections when outputting to object files. For the DECB
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	705 target, each ORG directive after which output is generated will cause
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 a new preamble to be output. ORG is only used to determine the addresses
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 of symbols when the raw target is used.
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	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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	711
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	712 <varlistentry>
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	713 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EQU <parameter>expr</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	714 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> = <parameter>expr</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	715 <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	716 <para>Define the value of <parameter>sym</parameter> to be <parameter>expr</parameter>.
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	717 </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	718 </varlistentry>
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	719
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	720 <varlistentry>
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	721 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> SET <parameter>expr</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	722 <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	723 <para>Define the value of <parameter>sym</parameter> to be <parameter>expr</parameter>.
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	724 Unlike EQU, SET permits symbols to be defined multiple times as long as SET
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 is used for all instances. Use of the symbol before the first SET statement
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	726 that sets its value is undefined.</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	727 </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	728 </varlistentry>
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	729
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	730 <varlistentry>
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	731 <term>SETDP <parameter>expr</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	732 <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	733 <para>Inform the assembler that it can assume the DP register contains
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	734 <parameter>expr</parameter>. This directive is only advice to the assembler
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 to determine whether an address is in the direct page and has no effect
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	736 on the contents of the DP register. The value must be fully resolved during
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	737 the first assembly pass because it affects the sizes of subsequent instructions.
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	738 </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	739 <para>This directive has no effect in the object file target.
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	740 </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	741 </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	742 </varlistentry>
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	743
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	744 <varlistentry>
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	745 <term>ALIGN <parameter>expr</parameter>[,<parameter>value</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	746 <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	747
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	748 <para>Force the current assembly address to be a multiple 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	749 <parameter>expr</parameter>. If <parameter>value</parameter> is not
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	750 specified, a series of NUL bytes is output to force the alignment, if
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	751 required. Otherwise, the low order 8 bits of <parameter>value</parameter>
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	752 will be used as the fill. The alignment value must be fully resolved on 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	753 first pass because it affects the addresses of subsquent instructions.
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	754 However, <parameter>value</parameter> may include forward references; 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	755 long as it resolves to a constant for the second pass, the value will be
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	756 accepted.</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	757
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	758 <para>Unless <parameter>value</parameter> is specified as something like $12,
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	759 this directive is not suitable for inclusion in the middle of actual 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	760 The default padding value is $00 which is intended to be used within data
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	761 blocks. </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	762
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	763 </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	764 </varlistentry>
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	765
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	766 </variablelist>
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	767
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	768 </section>
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
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 <section>
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	771 <title>Conditional Assembly</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	772 <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	773 Portions of the source code can be excluded or included based on conditions
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	774 known at assembly time. Conditionals can be nested arbitrarily deeply. 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	775 directives associated with conditional assembly are described in this section.
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	776 </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	777 <para>All conditionals must be fully bracketed. That is, every conditional
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	778 statement must eventually be followed by an ENDC at the same level of nesting.
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	779 </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	780 <para>Conditional expressions are only evaluated on the first assembly pass.
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	781 It is not possible to game the assembly process by having a conditional
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	782 change its value between assembly passes. Due to the underlying architecture
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	783 of LWASM, there is no possible utility to IFP1 and IFP2, nor can they, as of LWASM 3.0, actually
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	784 be implemented meaningfully. Thus there is not and never will
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	785 be any equivalent of IFP1 or IFP2 as provided by other assemblers. Use of those opcodes
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	786 will throw a warning and be ignored.</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	787
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	788 <para>It is important to note that if a conditional does not resolve to a constant
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	789 during the first parsing pass, an error will be thrown. This is unavoidable because the assembler
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	790 must make a decision about which source to include and which source to exclude at this stage.
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	791 Thus, expressions that work normally elsewhere will not work for conditions.</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	792
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	793 <variablelist>
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	794 <varlistentry>
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	795 <term>IFEQ <parameter>expr</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	796 <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	797 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to zero, the conditional
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	798 will be considered true.
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	799 </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	800 </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	801 </varlistentry>
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	802
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	803 <varlistentry>
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	804 <term>IFNE <parameter>expr</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	805 <term>IF <parameter>expr</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	806 <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	807 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a non-zero value, the conditional
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	808 will be considered true.
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	809 </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	810 </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	811 </varlistentry>
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	812
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	813 <varlistentry>
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	814 <term>IFGT <parameter>expr</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	815 <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	816 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value greater than zero, the conditional
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	817 will be considered true.
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	818 </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	819 </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	820 </varlistentry>
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	821
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	822 <varlistentry>
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	823 <term>IFGE <parameter>expr</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	824 <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	825 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value greater than or equal to zero, the conditional
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	826 will be considered true.
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	827 </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	828 </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	829 </varlistentry>
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	830
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	831 <varlistentry>
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	832 <term>IFLT <parameter>expr</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	833 <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	834 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value less than zero, the conditional
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	835 will be considered true.
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	836 </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	837 </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	838 </varlistentry>
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	839
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	840 <varlistentry>
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	841 <term>IFLE <parameter>expr</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	842 <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	843 <para>If <parameter>expr</parameter> evaluates to a value less than or equal to zero , the conditional
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	844 will be considered true.
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	845 </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	846 </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	847 </varlistentry>
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	848
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	849 <varlistentry>
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	850 <term>IFDEF <parameter>sym</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	851 <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	852 <para>If <parameter>sym</parameter> is defined at this point in the assembly
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	853 process, the conditional
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	854 will be considered true.
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	855 </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	856 </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	857 </varlistentry>
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	858
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	859 <varlistentry>
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	860 <term>IFNDEF <parameter>sym</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	861 <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	862 <para>If <parameter>sym</parameter> is not defined at this point in the assembly
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	863 process, the conditional
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	864 will be considered true.
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	865 </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	866 </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	867 </varlistentry>
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	868
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	869 <varlistentry>
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	870 <term>ELSE</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	871 <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	872 <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	873 If the preceding conditional at the same level of nesting was false, 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	874 statements following will be assembled. If the preceding conditional at
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	875 the same level was true, the statements following will not be assembled.
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	876 Note that the preceding conditional might have been another ELSE statement
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	877 although this behaviour is not guaranteed to be supported in future versions
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	878 of LWASM.
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	879 </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	880 </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	881
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	882 <varlistentry>
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	883 <term>ENDC</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	884 <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	885 <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	886 This directive marks the end of a conditional construct. Every conditional
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	887 construct must end with an ENDC directive.
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	888 </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	889 </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	890 </varlistentry>
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	891
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	892 </variablelist>
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	893 </section>
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	894
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	895 <section>
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	896 <title>OS9 Target Directives</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	897
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	898 <para>This section includes directives that apply solely to the OS9
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	899 target.</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	900
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	901 <variablelist>
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	902
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	903 <varlistentry>
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	904 <term>OS9 <parameter>syscall</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	905 <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	906 <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	907
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	908 This directive generates a call to the specified system call. <parameter>syscall</parameter> may be an arbitrary 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	909
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	910 </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	911 </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	912 </varlistentry>
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	913
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	914 <varlistentry>
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	915 <term>MOD <parameter>size</parameter>,<parameter>name</parameter>,<parameter>type</parameter>,<parameter>flags</parameter>,<parameter>execoff</parameter>,<parameter>datasize</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	916 <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	917 <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	918
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	919 This tells LWASM that the beginning of the actual module is here. It will
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	920 generate a module header based on the parameters specified. It will also
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	921 begin calcuating the module CRC.
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	922
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	923 </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	924
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	925 <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	926
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	927 The precise meaning of the various parameters is beyond the scope of 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	928 document since it is not a tutorial on OS9 module programming.
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	929
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	930 </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	931
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	932 </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	933 </varlistentry>
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	934
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	935 <varlistentry>
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	936 <term>EMOD</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	937 <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	938 <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	939
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	940 This marks the end of a module and causes LWASM to emit the calculated CRC
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	941 for the module.
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	942
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	943 </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	944 </varlistentry>
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	945
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	946 </variablelist>
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	947 </section>
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	948
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	949 <section>
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	950 <title>Miscelaneous Directives</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	951
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	952 <para>This section includes directives that do not fit into the other
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	953 categories.</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	954
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	955 <variablelist>
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	956
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	957 <varlistentry>
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	958 <term>INCLUDE <parameter>filename</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	959 <term>USE <parameter>filename</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	960
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	961 <listitem> <para> Include the contents of <parameter>filename</parameter> at
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	962 this point in the assembly as though it were a part of the file currently
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	963 being processed. Note that if whitespace appears in the name of the 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	964 you must enclose <parameter>filename</parameter> in quotes.
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	965 </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	966
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	967 <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	968 Note that the USE variation is provided only for compatibility with other
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	969 assemblers. It is recommended to use the INCLUDE variation.</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	970
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	971 <para>If <parameter>filename</parameter> begins with a "/", it is
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	972 interpreted as an absolute path. If it does not, the search path will be used
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	973 to find the file. First, the directory containing the file that contains 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	974 directive. (Includes within an included file are relative to the included 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	975 not the file that included it.) If the file is not found there, the include path
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	976 is searched. If it is still not found, an error will be thrown. Note that 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	977 current directory as understood by your shell or operating system is not searched.
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	978 </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	979
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	980 </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	981 </varlistentry>
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	982
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	983 <varlistentry>
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	984 <term>END <parameter>[expr]</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	985 <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	986 <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	987 This directive causes the assembler to stop assembling immediately as though
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	988 it ran out of input. For the DECB target only, <parameter>expr</parameter>
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	989 can be used to set the execution address of the resulting binary. For all
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	990 other targets, specifying <parameter>expr</parameter> will cause an error.
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	991 </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	992 </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	993 </varlistentry>
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	994
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	995 <varlistentry>
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	996 <term>ERROR <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	997 <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	998 <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	999 Causes a custom error message to be printed at this line. This will cause
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	1000 assembly to fail. This directive is most useful inside conditional constructs
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	1001 to cause assembly to fail if some condition that is known bad happens. Everything
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	1002 from the directive to the end of the line is considered the error message.
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	1003 </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	1004 </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	1005 </varlistentry>
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	1006
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	1007 <varlistentry>
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	1008 <term>WARNING <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	1009 <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	1010 <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	1011 Causes a custom warning message to be printed at this line. This will not cause
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	1012 assembly to fail. This directive is most useful inside conditional constructs
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	1013 or include files to alert the programmer to a deprecated feature being used
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	1014 or some other condition that may cause trouble later, but which may, in fact,
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	1015 not cause any trouble.
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	1016 </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	1017 </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	1018 </varlistentry>
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	1019
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	1020 <varlistentry>
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	1021 <term>.MODULE <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	1022 <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	1023 <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	1024 This directive is ignored for most output targets. If the output target
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	1025 supports encoding a module name into it, <parameter>string</parameter>
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	1026 will be used as the module 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	1027 </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	1028 <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	1029 As of version 3.0, no supported output targets support this directive.
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	1030 </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	1031 </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	1032 </varlistentry>
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	1033
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	1034 </variablelist>
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	1035 </section>
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	1036
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	1037 </section>
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	1038
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	1039 <section>
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	1040 <title>Macros</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	1041 <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	1042 LWASM is a macro assembler. A macro is simply a name that stands in for a
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	1043 series of instructions. Once a macro is defined, it is used like any other
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	1044 assembler directive. Defining a macro can be considered equivalent to adding
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	1045 additional assembler directives.
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	1046 </para>
60 9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1047
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1048 <para>Macros may accept parameters. These parameters are referenced within a
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1049 macro by the a backslash ("\") followed by a digit 1 through 9 for the first
0 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	1050 through ninth parameters. They may also be referenced by enclosing the
60 9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1051 decimal parameter number in braces ("{num}"). The special expansion "\*"
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1052 translates to the exact parameter string, including all parameters, passed
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1053 to the macro. These parameter references are replaced with the verbatim text
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1054 of the parameter passed to the macro. A reference to a non-existent
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1055 parameter will be replaced by an empty string. Macro parameters are expanded
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1056 everywhere on each source line. That means the parameter to a macro could be
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1057 used as a symbol or it could even appear in a comment or could cause an
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1058 entire source line to be commented out when the macro is expanded. </para>
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1059
0 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	1060 <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	1061 Parameters passed to a macro are separated by commas and the parameter list
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	1062 is terminated by any whitespace. This means that neither a comma nor whitespace
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	1063 may be included in a macro parameter.
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	1064 </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	1065 <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	1066 Macro expansion is done recursively. That is, within a macro, macros 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	1067 expanded. This can lead to infinite loops in macro expansion. If the assembler
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	1068 hangs for a long time while assembling a file that uses macros, this may be
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	1069 the reason.</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	1070
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	1071 <para>Each macro expansion receives its own local symbol context which is not
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	1072 inherited by any macros called by it nor is it inherited from the context
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	1073 the macro was instantiated in. That means it is possible to use local symbols
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	1074 within macros without having them collide with symbols in other macros or
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	1075 outside the macro itself. However, this also means that using a local 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	1076 as a parameter to a macro, while legal, will not do what it would seem to do
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	1077 as it will result in looking up the local symbol in the macro's symbol context
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	1078 rather than the enclosing context where it came from, likely yielding either
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	1079 an undefined symbol error or bizarre assembly results.
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	1080 </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	1081 <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	1082 Note that there is no way to define a macro as local to a symbol context. All
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	1083 macros are part of the global macro namespace. However, macros have a separate
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	1084 namespace from symbols so it is possible to have a symbol with the same 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	1085 as a macro.
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	1086 </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	1087
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	1088 <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	1089 Macros are defined only during the first pass. Macro expansion also
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	1090 only occurs during the first pass. On the second pass, the macro
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	1091 definition is simply ignored. Macros must be defined before they are used.
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	1092 </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	1093
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	1094 <para>The following directives are used when defining macros.</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	1095
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	1096 <variablelist>
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	1097 <varlistentry>
51 fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1098 <term><parameter>macroname</parameter> MACRO [NOEXPAND]</term>
0 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	1099 <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	1100 <para>This directive is used to being the definition of a macro called
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	1101 <parameter>macroname</parameter>. If <parameter>macroname</parameter> already
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	1102 exists, it is considered an error. Attempting to define a macro within a
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	1103 macro is undefined. It may work and it may not so the behaviour should not
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	1104 be relied upon.
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	1105 </para>
51 fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1106
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1107 <para>If NOEXPAND is specified, the macro will not be expanded in a program
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1108 listing. Instead, all bytes emitted by all instructions within the macro
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1109 will appear to be emitted on the line where the macro is invoked, starting
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1110 at the address of the line of the invokation. If the macro uses ORG or other
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1111 directives that define symbols or change the assembly address, these things
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1112 will also be hidden (except in the symbol table) and the output bytes will
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1113 appear with incorrect address attribution. Thus, NOEXPAND should only be
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1114 used for macros that do not mess with the assembly address or otherwise
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1115 define symbols that should be visible.</para>
fd1ecc5d6e69 Added mention of NOEXPAND macro argument in manual lost@l-w.ca parents: 0 diff changeset	1116
0 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	1117 </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	1118 </varlistentry>
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	1119
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	1120 <varlistentry>
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	1121 <term>ENDM</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	1122 <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	1123 <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	1124 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1125 causes the assembler to resume interpreting source lines as normal.
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	1126 </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	1127 </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	1128 </variablelist>
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	1129
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	1130 </section>
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	1131
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	1132 <section>
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	1133 <title>Structures</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	1134 <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	1135
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	1136 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1137 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1138 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1139 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1140 There are two pseudo ops that are used for defining structures.
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	1141
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	1142 </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	1143
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	1144 <variablelist>
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	1145 <varlistentry>
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	1146 <term><parameter>structname</parameter> STRUCT</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	1147 <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	1148 <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	1149
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	1150 This directive is used to begin the definition of a structure with 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	1151 <parameter>structname</parameter>. Subsequent statements all form part 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	1152 the structure definition until the end of the structure is declared.
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	1153
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	1154 </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	1155 </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	1156 </varlistentry>
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	1157 <varlistentry>
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	1158 <term>ENDSTRUCT</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	1159 <term>ENDS</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	1160 <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	1161 <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	1162 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1163 preferred form. Prior to version 3.0 of LWASM, ENDS was used to end a
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	1164 section instead of a structure.
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	1165 </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	1166 </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	1167 </varlistentry>
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	1168 </variablelist>
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	1169
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	1170 <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	1171
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	1172 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1173 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1174 </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	1175
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	1176 <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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1177 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1178 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1179 below.</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	1180
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	1181 <programlisting>
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	1182 tstruct2 STRUCT
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	1183 f1 rmb 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	1184 f2 rmb 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	1185 ENDSTRUCT
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	1186
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	1187 tstruct STRUCT
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	1188 field1 rmb 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	1189 field2 rmb 3
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	1190 field3 tstruct2
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	1191 ENDSTRUCT
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	1192
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	1193 ORG $2000
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	1194 var1 tstruct
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	1195 var2 tstruct2
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	1196 </programlisting>
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	1197
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	1198 <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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1199 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1200 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1201 symbol name to the left of the dot.</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	1202
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	1203 <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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1204 declared as a structure) using the special symbol sizeof{structname} where
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	1205 structname will be the name of the structure or the name of 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	1206 variable.</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	1207
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	1208 <para>Essentially, structures are a shortcut for defining a vast number 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	1209 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1210 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1211 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1212 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1213 these symbols in the symbol table when the assembler is instructed 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	1214 provide a listing. For instance, the above listing will create 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	1215 following symbols (symbol values in parentheses): tstruct2.f1 (0),
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	1216 tstruct2.f2 (1), sizeof{tstruct2} (2), tstruct.field1 (0), tstruct.field2
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	1217 (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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1218 sizeof{tstruct.field3} (2), sizeof{tstruct} (7), var1 {$2000}, var1.field1
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	1219 {$2000}, var1.field2 {$2002}, var1.field3 {$2005}, var1.field3.f1 {$2005},
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	1220 var1.field3.f2 {$2006}, sizeof(var1.field3} (2), sizeof{var1} (7), var2
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	1221 ($2007), var2.f1 ($2007), var2.f2 ($2008), sizeof{var2} (2). </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	1222
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	1223 </section>
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	1224
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	1225 <section>
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	1226 <title>Object Files and Sections</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	1227 <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	1228 The object file target is very useful for large project because it allows
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	1229 multiple files to be assembled independently and then linked into the final
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	1230 binary at a later time. It allows only the small portion of the project
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	1231 that was modified to be re-assembled rather than requiring the entire set
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	1232 of source code to be available to the assembler in a single assembly process.
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	1233 This can be particularly important if there are a large number of macros,
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	1234 symbol definitions, or other metadata that uses resources at assembly time.
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	1235 By far the largest benefit, however, is keeping the source files small enough
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	1236 for a mere mortal to find things in them.
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	1237 </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	1238
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	1239 <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	1240 With multi-file projects, there needs to be a means of resolving references 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	1241 symbols in other source files. These are known as external references. 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	1242 addresses of these symbols cannot be known until the linker joins all 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	1243 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1244 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1245 places some restrictions on the code generated by the assembler. For
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	1246 example, the assembler cannot generate direct page addressing for instructions
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	1247 that reference external symbols because the address of the symbol may not
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	1248 be in the direct page. Similarly, relative branches and PC relative addressing
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	1249 cannot be used in their eight bit forms. Everything that must be resolved
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	1250 by the linker must be assembled to use the largest address size possible 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	1251 allow the linker to fill in the correct value at link time. Note that 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	1252 same problem applies to absolute address references as well, even those in
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	1253 the same source file, because the address is not known until link time.
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	1254 </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	1255
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	1256 <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	1257 It is often desired in multi-file projects to have code of various types grouped
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	1258 together in the final binary generated by the linker as well. The same applies
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	1259 to data. In order for the linker to do that, the bits that are to be grouped
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	1260 must be tagged in some manner. This is where the concept of sections comes in.
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	1261 Each chunk of code or data is part of a section in the object file. Then,
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	1262 when the linker reads all the object files, it coalesces all sections of 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	1263 same name into a single section and then considers it as a unit.
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	1264 </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	1265
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	1266 <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	1267 The existence of sections, however, raises a problem for symbols even
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	1268 within the same source file. Thus, the assembler must treat symbols from
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	1269 different sections within the same source file in the same manner as external
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	1270 symbols. That is, it must leave them for the linker to resolve at link time,
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	1271 with all the limitations that entails.
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	1272 </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	1273
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	1274 <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	1275 In the object file target mode, LWASM requires all source lines that
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	1276 cause bytes to be output to be inside a section. Any directives that do
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	1277 not cause any bytes to be output can appear outside of a section. This includes
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	1278 such things as EQU or RMB. Even ORG can appear outside a section. ORG, however,
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	1279 makes no sense within a section because it is the linker that determines
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	1280 the starting address of the section's code, not the assembler.
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	1281 </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	1282
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	1283 <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	1284 All symbols defined globally in the assembly process are local to 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	1285 source file and cannot be exported. All symbols defined within a section 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	1286 considered local to the source file unless otherwise explicitly exported.
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	1287 Symbols referenced from external source files must be declared external,
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	1288 either explicitly or by asking the assembler to assume that all undefined
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	1289 symbols are external.
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	1290 </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	1291
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	1292 <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	1293 It is often handy to define a number of memory addresses that will be
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	1294 used for data at run-time but which need not be included in the binary 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	1295 These memory addresses are not initialized until run-time, either by 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	1296 program itself or by the program loader, depending on the operating environment.
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	1297 Such sections are often known as BSS sections. LWASM supports generating
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	1298 sections with a BSS attribute set which causes the section definition including
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	1299 symbols exported from that section and those symbols required to resolve
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	1300 references from the local file, but with no actual code 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	1301 It is illegal for any source lines within a BSS flagged section to cause any
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	1302 bytes to be output.
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	1303 </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	1304
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	1305 <para>The following directives apply to section handling.</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	1306
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	1307 <variablelist>
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	1308 <varlistentry>
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	1309 <term>SECTION <parameter>name[,flags]</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	1310 <term>SECT <parameter>name[,flags]</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	1311 <term>.AREA <parameter>name[,flags]</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	1312 <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	1313 <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	1314 Instructs the assembler that the code following this directive is to be
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	1315 considered part of the section <parameter>name</parameter>. A section 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	1316 may appear multiple times in which case it is as though all the code from
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	1317 all the instances of that section appeared adjacent within the source 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	1318 However, <parameter>flags</parameter> may only be specified on the first
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	1319 instance of the section.
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	1320 </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	1321 <para>There is a single flag supported in <parameter>flags</parameter>. 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	1322 flag <parameter>bss</parameter> will cause the section to be treated as a BSS
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	1323 section and, thus, no code will be included in the object file nor will any
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	1324 bytes be permitted to be output.</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	1325 <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	1326 If the section name is "bss" or ".bss" in any combination of upper 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	1327 lower case, the section is assumed to be a BSS section. In that case,
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	1328 the flag <parameter>!bss</parameter> can be used to override this assumption.
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	1329 </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	1330 <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	1331 If assembly is already happening within a section, the section is implicitly
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	1332 ended and the new section started. This is not considered an error although
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	1333 it is recommended that all sections be explicitly closed.
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	1334 </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	1335 </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	1336 </varlistentry>
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	1337
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	1338 <varlistentry>
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	1339 <term>ENDSECTION</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	1340 <term>ENDSECT</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	1341 <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	1342 <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	1343 This directive ends the current section. This puts assembly outside of any
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	1344 sections until the next SECTION directive. ENDSECTION is the preferred form.
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	1345 Prior to version 3.0 of LWASM, ENDS could also be used to end a section but
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	1346 as of version 3.0, it is now an alias for ENDSTRUCT instead.
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	1347 </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	1348 </varlistentry>
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	1349
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	1350 <varlistentry>
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	1351 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EXTERN</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	1352 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EXTERNAL</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	1353 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> IMPORT</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	1354 <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	1355 <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	1356 This directive defines <parameter>sym</parameter> as an external 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	1357 This directive may occur at any point in the source code. EXTERN definitions
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	1358 are resolved on the first pass so an EXTERN definition anywhere in 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	1359 source file is valid for the entire file. The use of this directive is
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	1360 optional when the assembler is instructed to assume that all undefined
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	1361 symbols are external. In fact, in that mode, if the symbol is referenced
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	1362 before the EXTERN directive, an error will occur.
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	1363 </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	1364 </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	1365 </varlistentry>
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	1366
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	1367 <varlistentry>
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	1368 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EXPORT</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	1369 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> .GLOBL</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	1370
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	1371 <term>EXPORT <parameter>sym</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	1372 <term>.GLOBL <parameter>sym</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	1373
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	1374 <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	1375 <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	1376 This directive defines <parameter>sym</parameter> as an exported 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	1377 This directive may occur at any point in the source code, even before 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	1378 definition of the exported 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	1379 </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	1380 <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	1381 Note that <parameter>sym</parameter> may appear as the operand or as 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	1382 statement's symbol. If there is a symbol on the statement, that will
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	1383 take precedence over any operand that is present.
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	1384 </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	1385 </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	1386
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	1387 </varlistentry>
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	1388
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	1389 <varlistentry>
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	1390 <term><parameter>sym</parameter> EXTDEP</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	1391 <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	1392
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	1393 <para>This directive forces an external dependency on
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	1394 <parameter>sym</parameter>, even if it is never referenced anywhere else in
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	1395 this file.</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	1396
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	1397 </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	1398 </varlistentry>
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	1399 </variablelist>
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	1400
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	1401 </section>
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	1402
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	1403 <section>
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	1404 <title>Assembler Modes and Pragmas</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	1405 <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	1406 There are a number of options that affect the way assembly is performed.
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	1407 Some of these options can only be specified on the command line because
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	1408 they determine something absolute about the assembly process. These include
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	1409 such things as the output target. Other things may be switchable during
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	1410 the assembly process. These are known as pragmas and are, by definition,
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	1411 not portable between assemblers.
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	1412 </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	1413
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	1414 <para>LWASM supports a number of pragmas that affect code generation or
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	1415 otherwise affect the behaviour of the assembler. These may be specified by
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	1416 way of a command line option or by assembler directives. The directives
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	1417 are as follows.
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	1418 </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	1419
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	1420 <variablelist>
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	1421 <varlistentry>
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	1422 <term>PRAGMA <parameter>pragma[,...]</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	1423 <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	1424 <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	1425 Specifies that the assembler should bring into force all <parameter>pragma</parameter>s
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	1426 specified. Any unrecognized pragma will cause an assembly error. The new
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	1427 pragmas will take effect immediately. This directive should be used when
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	1428 the program will assemble incorrectly if the pragma is ignored or not supported.
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	1429 </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	1430 </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	1431 </varlistentry>
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	1432
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	1433 <varlistentry>
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	1434 <term>*PRAGMA <parameter>pragma[,...]</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	1435 <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	1436 <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	1437 This is identical to the PRAGMA directive except no error will occur with
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	1438 unrecognized or unsupported pragmas. This directive, by virtue of starting
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	1439 with a comment character, will also be ignored by assemblers that do not
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	1440 support this directive. Use this variation if the pragma is not required
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	1441 for correct functioning of the 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	1442 </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	1443 </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	1444 </varlistentry>
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	1445 </variablelist>
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	1446
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	1447 <para>Each pragma supported has a positive version and a negative version.
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	1448 The positive version enables the pragma while the negative version disables
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	1449 it. The negatitve version is simply the positive version with "no" prefixed
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	1450 to it. For instance, "pragma" vs. "nopragma". Only the positive version is
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	1451 listed below.</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	1452
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	1453 <para>Pragmas are not case sensitive.</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	1454
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	1455 <variablelist>
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	1456 <varlistentry>
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	1457 <term>index0tonone</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	1458 <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	1459 <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	1460 When in force, this pragma enables an optimization affecting indexed addressing
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	1461 modes. When the offset expression in an indexed mode evaluates to zero but is
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	1462 not explicity written as 0, this will replace the operand with the equivalent
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	1463 no offset mode, thus creating slightly faster code. Because of the advantages
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	1464 of this optimization, it is enabled by default.
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	1465 </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	1466 </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	1467 </varlistentry>
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	1468
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	1469 <varlistentry>
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	1470 <term>cescapes</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	1471 <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	1472 <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	1473 This pragma will cause strings in the FCC, FCS, and FCN pseudo operations 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	1474 have C-style escape sequences interpreted. The one departure from the official
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	1475 spec is that unrecognized escape sequences will return either the character
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	1476 immediately following the backslash or some undefined value. Do not rely
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	1477 on the behaviour of undefined escape sequences.
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	1478 </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	1479 </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	1480 </varlistentry>
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	1481
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	1482 <varlistentry>
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	1483 <term>importundefexport</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	1484 <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	1485 <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	1486 This pragma is only valid for targets that support external references. When
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	1487 in force, it will cause the EXPORT directive to act as IMPORT if 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	1488 to be exported is not defined. This is provided for compatibility with 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	1489 output of gcc6809 and should not be used in hand written code. Because 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	1490 the confusion this pragma can cause, it is disabled by default.
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	1491 </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	1492 </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	1493 </varlistentry>
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	1494
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	1495 <varlistentry>
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	1496 <term>undefextern</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	1497 <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	1498 <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	1499 This pragma is only valid for targets that support external references. When in
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	1500 force, if the assembler sees an undefined symbol on the second pass, it will
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	1501 automatically define it as an external symbol. This automatic definition will
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	1502 apply for the remainder of the assembly process, even if the pragma is
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	1503 subsequently turned off. Because this behaviour would be potentially surprising,
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	1504 this pragma defaults to off.
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	1505 </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	1506 <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	1507 The primary use for this pragma is for projects that share a large number 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	1508 symbols between source files. In such cases, it is impractical to enumerate
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	1509 all the external references in every source file. This allows the assembler
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	1510 and linker to do the heavy lifting while not preventing a particular source
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	1511 module from defining a local symbol of the same name as an external 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	1512 if it does not need the external symbol. (This pragma will not cause an
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	1513 automatic external definition if there is already a locally defined 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	1514 </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	1515 <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	1516 This pragma will often be specified on the command line for large projects.
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	1517 However, depending on the specific dynamics of the project, it may be sufficient
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	1518 for one or two files to use this pragma internally.
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	1519 </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	1520 </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	1521 </varlistentry>
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	1522
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	1523 <varlistentry>
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	1524 <term>dollarlocal</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	1525 <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	1526
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	1527 <para>When set, a "$" in a symbol makes it local. When not set, "$" does not
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	1528 cause a symbol to be local. It is set by default except when using the OS9
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	1529 target.</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	1530
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	1531 </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	1532 </varlistentry>
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	1533
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	1534 <varlistentry>
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	1535 <term>dollarnotlocal</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	1536 <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	1537
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	1538 <para> This is the same as the "dollarlocal" pragma except its sense is
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	1539 reversed. That is, "dollarlocal" and "nodollarnotlocal" are equivalent 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	1540 "nodollarlocal" and "dollarnotlocal" are equivalent. </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	1541
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	1542 </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	1543 </varlistentry>
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	1544
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	1545 <varlistentry>
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	1546 <term>pcaspcr</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	1547 <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	1548
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	1549 <para> Normally, LWASM makes a distinction between PC and PCR in program
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	1550 counter relative addressing. In particular, the use of PC means an absolute
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	1551 offset from PC while PCR causes the assembler to calculate the offset to 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	1552 specified operand and use that as the offset from PC. By setting 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	1553 pragma, you can have PC treated the same as PCR. </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	1554
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	1555
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	1556 </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	1557 </varlistentry>
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	1558
60 9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1559 <varlistentry>
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1560 <term>shadow</term>
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1561 <listitem>
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1562
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1563 <para>When this pragma is in effect, it becomes possible to define a macro
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1564 that matches an internal operation code. Thus, it makes it possible to
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1565 redefine either CPU instructions or pseudo operations. Because this feature
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1566 is of dubious utility, it is disabled by default.</para>
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1567
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1568 </listitem>
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1569 </varlistentry>
9ded7e6fc1b0 Updated documentation to include recently added features lost@l-w.ca parents: 51 diff changeset	1570
0 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	1571 </variablelist>
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	1572
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	1573 </section>
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	1574
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	1575 </chapter>
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	1576
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	1577 <chapter>
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	1578 <title>LWLINK</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	1579 <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	1580 The LWTOOLS linker is called LWLINK. This chapter documents the various features
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	1581 of the linker.
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	1582 </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	1583
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	1584 <section>
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	1585 <title>Command Line Options</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	1586 <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	1587 The binary for LWLINK is called "lwlink". Note that the binary is in lower
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	1588 case. lwlink takes the following command line arguments.
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	1589 </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	1590 <variablelist>
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	1591 <varlistentry>
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	1592 <term><option>--decb</option></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	1593 <term><option>-b</option></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	1594 <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	1595 <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	1596 Selects the DECB output format target. This is equivalent to <option>--format=decb</option>
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	1597 </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	1598 </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	1599 </varlistentry>
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	1600
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	1601 <varlistentry>
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	1602 <term><option>--output=FILE</option></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	1603 <term><option>-o FILE</option></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	1604 <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	1605 <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	1606 This option specifies the name of the output file. If not specified, 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	1607 default is <option>a.out</option>.
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	1608 </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	1609 </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	1610 </varlistentry>
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	1611
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	1612 <varlistentry>
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	1613 <term><option>--format=TYPE</option></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	1614 <term><option>-f TYPE</option></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	1615 <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	1616 <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	1617 This option specifies the output format. Valid values are <option>decb</option>
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	1618 and <option>raw</option>
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	1619 </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	1620 </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	1621 </varlistentry>
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	1622
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	1623 <varlistentry>
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	1624 <term><option>--raw</option></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	1625 <term><option>-r</option></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	1626 <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	1627 <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	1628 This option specifies the raw output format.
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	1629 It is equivalent to <option>--format=raw</option>
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	1630 and <option>-f raw</option>
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	1631 </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	1632 </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	1633 </varlistentry>
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	1634
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	1635 <varlistentry>
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	1636 <term><option>--script=FILE</option></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	1637 <term><option>-s</option></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	1638 <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	1639 <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	1640 This option allows specifying a linking script to override the linker's
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	1641 built in defaults.
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	1642 </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	1643 </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	1644 </varlistentry>
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	1645
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	1646 <varlistentry>
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	1647 <term><option>--section-base=SECT=BASE</option></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	1648 <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	1649 <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	1650 Cause section SECT to load at base address BASE. This will be prepended
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	1651 to the built-in link script. It is ignored if a link script is provided.
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	1652 </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	1653 </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	1654 </varlistentry>
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	1655
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	1656 <varlistentry>
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	1657 <term><option>--map=FILE</option></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	1658 <term><option>-m FILE</option></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	1659 <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	1660 <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	1661 This will output a description of the link result to 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	1662 </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	1663 </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	1664 </varlistentry>
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	1665
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	1666 <varlistentry>
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	1667 <term><option>--library=LIBSPEC</option></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	1668 <term><option>-l LIBSPEC</option></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	1669 <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	1670 <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	1671 Load a library using the library search path. LIBSPEC will have "lib" prepended
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	1672 and ".a" appended.
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	1673 </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	1674 </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	1675 </varlistentry>
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	1676
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	1677 <varlistentry>
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	1678 <term><option>--library-path=DIR</option></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	1679 <term><option>-L DIR</option></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	1680 <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	1681 <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	1682 Add DIR to the library search path.
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	1683 </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	1684 </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	1685 </varlistentry>
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	1686
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	1687 <varlistentry>
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	1688 <term><option>--debug</option></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	1689 <term><option>-d</option></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	1690 <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	1691 <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	1692 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1693 developers.
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	1694 </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	1695 </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	1696 </varlistentry>
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	1697
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	1698 <varlistentry>
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	1699 <term><option>--help</option></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	1700 <term><option>-?</option></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	1701 <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	1702 <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	1703 This provides a listing of command line options and a brief description
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	1704 of each.
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	1705 </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	1706 </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	1707 </varlistentry>
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	1708
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	1709 <varlistentry>
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	1710 <term><option>--usage</option></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	1711 <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	1712 <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	1713 This will display a usage summary
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	1714 of each command line option.
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	1715 </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	1716 </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	1717 </varlistentry>
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	1718
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	1719
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	1720 <varlistentry>
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	1721 <term><option>--version</option></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	1722 <term><option>-V</option></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	1723 <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	1724 <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	1725 This will display the version of LWLINK.
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	1726 </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	1727 </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	1728 </varlistentry>
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	1729
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	1730 </section>
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	1731
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	1732 <section>
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	1733 <title>Linker Operation</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	1734
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	1735 <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	1736
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	1737 LWLINK takes one or more files in supported input formats and links them
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	1738 into a single binary. Currently supported formats are the LWTOOLS 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	1739 file format and the archive format used by LWAR. While the precise method is
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	1740 slightly different, linking can be conceptualized as the following steps.
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	1741
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	1742 </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	1743
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	1744 <orderedlist>
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	1745 <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	1746 <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	1747 First, the linker loads a linking script. If no script is specified, it
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	1748 loads a built-in default script based on the output format selected. 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	1749 script tells the linker how to lay out the various sections in the final
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	1750 binary.
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	1751 </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	1752 </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	1753
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	1754 <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	1755 <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	1756 Next, the linker reads all the input files into memory. At this time, it
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	1757 flags any format errors in those files. It constructs a table of symbols
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	1758 for each object at this time.
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	1759 </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	1760 </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	1761
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	1762 <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	1763 <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	1764 The linker then proceeds with organizing the sections loaded from each 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	1765 according to the linking script. As it does so, it is able to assign addresses
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	1766 to each symbol defined in each object file. At this time, the linker may
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	1767 also collapse different instances of the same section name into a single
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	1768 section by appending the data from each subsequent instance of the section
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	1769 to the first instance of the section.
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	1770 </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	1771 </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	1772
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	1773 <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	1774 <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	1775 Next, the linker looks through every object file for every incomplete reference.
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	1776 It then attempts to fully resolve that reference. If it cannot do so, it
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	1777 throws an error. Once a reference is resolved, the value is placed into
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	1778 the binary code at the specified section. It should be noted that an
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	1779 incomplete reference can reference either a symbol internal to 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	1780 file or an external symbol which is in the export list of another 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	1781 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	1782 </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	1783 </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	1784
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	1785 <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	1786 <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	1787 If all of the above steps are successful, the linker opens the output 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	1788 and actually constructs the binary.
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	1789 </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	1790 </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	1791 </orderedlist>
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	1792
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	1793 </section>
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	1794
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	1795 <section
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	1796 <title>Linking Scripts</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	1797 <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	1798 A linker script is used to instruct the linker about how to assemble 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	1799 various sections into a completed binary. It consists of a series 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	1800 directives which are considered in the order they are encountered.
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	1801 </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	1802 <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	1803 The sections will appear in the resulting binary in the order they 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	1804 specified in the script file. If a referenced section is not found, the linker will behave as though 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	1805 section did exist but had a zero size, no relocations, and no exports.
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	1806 A section should only be referenced once. Any subsequent references will have
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	1807 an undefined effect.
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	1808 </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	1809
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	1810 <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	1811 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1812 are case sensitive although the hexadecimal numbers are not.
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	1813 </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	1814
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	1815 <para>A section name can be specified as a "*", then any section not
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	1816 already matched by the script will be matched. The "*" can be followed
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	1817 by a comma and a flag to narrow the section down slightly, also.
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	1818 If the flag is "!bss", then any section that is not flagged as a bss section
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	1819 will be matched. If the flag is "bss", then any section that is flagged 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	1820 bss will be matched.
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	1821 </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	1822
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	1823 <para>The following directives are understood in a linker script.</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	1824 <variablelist>
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	1825 <varlistentry>
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	1826 <term>section <parameter>name</parameter> load <parameter>addr</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	1827 <listitem><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	1828
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	1829 This causes the section <parameter>name</parameter> to load at
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	1830 <parameter>addr</parameter>. For the raw target, only one "load at" entry is
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	1831 allowed for non-bss sections and it must be the first one. For raw targets,
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	1832 it affects the addresses the linker assigns to symbols but has no other
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	1833 affect on the output. bss sections may all have separate load addresses but
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	1834 since they will not appear in the binary anyway, this is okay.
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	1835 </para><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	1836 For the decb target, each "load" entry will cause a new "block" to be
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	1837 output to the binary which will contain the load address. It is legal for
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	1838 sections to overlap in this manner - the linker assumes the loader will sort
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	1839 everything out.
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	1840 </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	1841 </varlistentry>
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	1842
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	1843 <varlistentry>
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	1844 <term>section <parameter>name</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	1845 <listitem><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	1846
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	1847 This will cause the section <parameter>name</parameter> to load after the previously listed
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	1848 section.
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	1849 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
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	1850 <varlistentry>
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	1851 <term>exec <parameter>addr or sym</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	1852 <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	1853 <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	1854 This will cause the execution address (entry point) to be the address
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	1855 specified (in hex) or the specified symbol name. The symbol name must
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	1856 match a symbol that is exported by one of the object files being linked.
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	1857 This has no effect for targets that do not encode the entry point into 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	1858 resulting file. If not specified, the entry point is assumed to be address 0
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	1859 which is probably not what you want. The default link scripts for targets
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	1860 that support this directive automatically starts at the beginning of 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	1861 first section (usually "init" or "code") that is emitted in the binary.
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	1862 </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	1863 </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	1864 </varlistentry>
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	1865
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	1866 <varlistentry>
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	1867 <term>pad <parameter>size</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	1868 <listitem><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	1869 This will cause the output file to be padded with NUL bytes to be exactly
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	1870 <parameter>size</parameter> bytes in length. This only makes sense for a raw target.
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	1871 </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	1872 </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	1873 </varlistentry>
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	1874 </variablelist>
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	1875
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	1876
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	1877
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	1878 </section>
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	1879
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	1880 </chapter>
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	1881
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	1882 <chapter>
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	1883 <title>Libraries and LWAR</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	1884
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	1885 <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	1886 LWTOOLS also includes a tool for managing libraries. These are analogous 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	1887 the static libraries created with the "ar" tool on POSIX systems. Each library
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	1888 file contains one or more object files. The linker will treat 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	1889 files within a library as though they had been specified individually on
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	1890 the command line except when resolving external references. 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	1891 are looked up first within the object files within the library and then, if
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	1892 not found, the usual lookup based on the order the files are specified on
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	1893 the command line occurs.
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	1894 </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	1895
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	1896 <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	1897 The tool for creating these libary files is called LWAR.
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	1898 </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	1899
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	1900 <section>
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	1901 <title>Command Line Options</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	1902 <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	1903 The binary for LWAR is called "lwar". Note that the binary is in lower
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	1904 case. The options lwar understands are listed below. For archive manipulation
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	1905 options, the first non-option argument is the name of the archive. All other
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	1906 non-option arguments are the names of files to operate on.
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	1907 </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	1908
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	1909 <variablelist>
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	1910 <varlistentry>
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	1911 <term><option>--add</option></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	1912 <term><option>-a</option></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	1913 <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	1914 <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	1915 This option specifies that an archive is going to have files added to it.
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	1916 If the archive does not already exist, it is created. New files are added
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	1917 to the end of the archive.
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	1918 </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	1919 </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	1920 </varlistentry>
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	1921
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	1922 <varlistentry>
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	1923 <term><option>--create</option></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	1924 <term><option>-c</option></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	1925 <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	1926 <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	1927 This option specifies that an archive is going to be created and have files
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	1928 added to it. If the archive already exists, it is truncated.
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	1929 </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	1930 </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	1931 </varlistentry>
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	1932
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	1933 <varlistentry>
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	1934 <term><option>--merge</option></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	1935 <term><option>-m</option></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	1936 <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	1937 <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	1938 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1939 to see if they are archives themselves. If so, their constituent members 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	1940 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1941 </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	1942 </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	1943 </varlistentry>
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	1944
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	1945 <varlistentry>
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	1946 <term><option>--list</option></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	1947 <term><option>-l</option></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	1948 <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	1949 <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	1950 This will display a list of the files contained in the archive.
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	1951 </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	1952 </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	1953 </varlistentry>
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	1954
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	1955 <varlistentry>
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	1956 <term><option>--debug</option></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	1957 <term><option>-d</option></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	1958 <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	1959 <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	1960 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	1961 developers.
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	1962 </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	1963 </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	1964 </varlistentry>
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	1965
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	1966 <varlistentry>
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	1967 <term><option>--help</option></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	1968 <term><option>-?</option></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	1969 <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	1970 <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	1971 This provides a listing of command line options and a brief description
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	1972 of each.
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	1973 </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	1974 </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	1975 </varlistentry>
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	1976
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	1977 <varlistentry>
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	1978 <term><option>--usage</option></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	1979 <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	1980 <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	1981 This will display a usage summary
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	1982 of each command line option.
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	1983 </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	1984 </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	1985 </varlistentry>
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	1986
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	1987
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	1988 <varlistentry>
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	1989 <term><option>--version</option></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	1990 <term><option>-V</option></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	1991 <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	1992 <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	1993 This will display the version of LWLINK.
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	1994 of each.
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	1995 </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	1996 </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	1997 </varlistentry>
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	1998
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	1999 </section>
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	2000
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	2001 </chapter>
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	2002
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	2003 <chapter id="objchap">
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	2004 <title>Object Files</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	2005 <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	2006 LWTOOLS uses a proprietary object file format. It is proprietary in the sense
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	2007 that it is specific to LWTOOLS, not that it is a hidden format. It would be
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	2008 hard to keep it hidden in an open source tool chain anyway. This chapter
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	2009 documents the object file format.
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	2010 </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	2011
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	2012 <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	2013 An object file consists of a series of sections each of which contains a
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	2014 list of exported symbols, a list of incomplete references, and a list 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	2015 "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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	2016 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 lost@l-w.ca parents: diff changeset	2017 </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	2018
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	2019 <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	2020 Exported symbols must be completely resolved to an address within 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	2021 section it is exported from. That is, an exported symbol must be a constant
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	2022 rather than defined in terms of other symbols.</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	2023
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	2024 <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	2025 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	2026 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	2027 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	2028 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	2029 </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	2030
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	2031 <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	2032 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	2033 </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	2034
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	2035 <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	2036 <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	2037 <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	2038 <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	2039 <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	2040 <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	2041 <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	2042 </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	2043
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	2044 <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	2045 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	2046 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	2047 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	2048 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	2049 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	2050 </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	2051
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	2052 <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	2053 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	2054 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	2055 </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	2056
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	2057 <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	2058 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	2059 (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	2060 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	2061 </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	2062
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	2063 <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	2064 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	2065 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	2066 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	2067 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	2068 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	2069 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	2070 </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	2071
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	2072 <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	2073 <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	2074 <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	2075 <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	2076 <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	2077 <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	2078 </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	2079 </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	2080 <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	2081 <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	2082 <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	2083 <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	2084 </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	2085
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	2086 <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	2087 <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	2088 <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	2089 </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	2090 <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	2091 <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	2092 <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	2093 </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	2094
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	2095 <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	2096 <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	2097 <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	2098 </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	2099
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	2100 <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	2101 <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	2102 <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	2103 </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	2104 <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	2105 <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	2106 <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	2107 </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	2108
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	2109 <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	2110 <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	2111 <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	2112 </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	2113 </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	2114 </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	2115 </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	2116
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	2117
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	2118 <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	2119 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	2120 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	2121 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	2122 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	2123 </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	2124
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	2125 <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	2126 <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	2127 <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	2128 <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	2129 <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	2130 <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	2131 </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	2132 </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	2133 <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	2134 <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	2135 <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	2136 <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	2137 </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	2138 <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	2139 <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	2140 <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	2141 </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	2142 <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	2143 <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	2144 <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	2145 </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	2146 <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	2147 <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	2148 <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	2149 </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	2150 <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	2151 <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	2152 <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	2153 </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	2154 <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	2155 <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	2156 <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	2157 </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	2158
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	2159 <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	2160 <entry>07</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	2161 <entry>bitwise and</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	2162 </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	2163
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	2164 <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	2165 <entry>08</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	2166 <entry>bitwise or</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	2167 </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	2168
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	2169 <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	2170 <entry>09</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	2171 <entry>bitwise xor</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	2172 </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	2173
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	2174 <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	2175 <entry>0A</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	2176 <entry>boolean and</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	2177 </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	2178
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	2179 <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	2180 <entry>0B</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	2181 <entry>boolean or</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	2182 </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	2183
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	2184 <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	2185 <entry>0C</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	2186 <entry>unary negation, 2's complement (-)</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	2187 </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	2188
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	2189 <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	2190 <entry>0D</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	2191 <entry>unary 1's complement (^)</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	2192 </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	2193 </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	2194 </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	2195 </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	2196
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	2197 <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	2198 An expression is represented in a postfix manner with both operands for
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	2199 binary operators preceding the operator and the single operand for unary
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	2200 operators preceding the operator.
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	2201 </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	2202
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	2203 </chapter>
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	2204 </book>
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	2205

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