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In a message dated 10/13/99 6:00:52 PM MDT, malcolmj1@juno.com writes:
> this email is mainly directed towards jimmy mardell but i thought i'd
> write it here on asm85.
>
> how did you make the relocation program (the one using the '&'s in the
> source for absolute addresses) and implement it with usgard.
>
> does usgard search the program to find special bytes signifying an
> absolute call and add the program address to it?
>
> does the relocation program add a certain constant address to the
> absolute jumps?
>
> are these addresses calculated among the assembler's tasks, at run time,
> or just before run time?
>
> thanks a ton.
>
> jimi
What I *think* happens is that Usgard, when compiling the source code into
object code (or binary code or whatever code comes between the source and
*.85s file), it creates a table at the end that lists all the addresses that
relocation needs to occur at. I don't think it has the addresses the actual
instructions are referring to, though. Then maybe it's compressed...that's
my theory...I'd actually be interested in knowing if you ever figure out the
answer ;)
JayEll