a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs) (10/01/89)
In article <89273.181019CJC105@PSUVM.BITNET> CJC105@PSUVM.BITNET (Chris Conrad) writes: >Blink version 6.7 doesn't seem to set the MEMF_CHIP flag correctly. Has >anyone else had this problem? I am compiling with Mr. Gibbs a68k assembler. >Is there a newer version of blink? When I link with 'alink' everything works >fine. "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings." -- Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Blink is OK. The problem is in A68k. By misreading some easily-misread documentation in the AmigaDOS Technical Reference Manual, I had A68k put the MEMF_CHIP and MEMF_FAST bits in the wrong place. Version 2.5 corrects this problem. I'm not sure whether version 2.5 made it out onto comp.{sources|binaries}.amiga or not, but if you really want it you can send me a disk and I'll return it with the new version. I hope to start on version 2.6 Real Soon Now, adding forward branch optimization and an ARexx inteface to your favourite editor for error handling. Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP 2121 Rindall Avenue Port Coquitlam, B.C. Canada V3C 1T9 Official supplier of assemblers to the 1984 Summer Olympics or whatever...
CJC105@PSUVM.BITNET (Chris) (10/01/89)
Blink version 6.7 doesn't seem to set the MEMF_CHIP flag correctly. Has
anyone else had this problem? I am compiling with Mr. Gibbs a68k assembler.
Is there a newer version of blink? When I link with 'alink' everything works
fine.
Chris Conrad
CJC105@psuvmpepers@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bradley Pepers) (10/01/89)
I had this problem too. A68k seemed to generate the right flags for CHIP_DATA but blink seemed to just strip it off! Also blink6.7 gets upset if you have multiple hunks. I had to change the code generation of my pascal compiler to put all code in 1 hunk. If I didn't blink6.7 would either guru when it was linking or the generated code would guru when run. Sure would be nice if there were another version without these troubles! Brad Pepers
walker@sas.UUCP (Doug Walker) (10/16/89)
In article <89273.181019CJC105@PSUVM.BITNET> CJC105@PSUVM.BITNET (Chris Conrad) writes: >Blink version 6.7 doesn't seem to set the MEMF_CHIP flag correctly. Has >anyone else had this problem? I am compiling with Mr. Gibbs a68k assembler. >Is there a newer version of blink? When I link with 'alink' everything works >fine. You can definately get it to work by forcing the whole program into CHIP - wastes some CHIP ram, but it gets around the problem (since determined to be an A68k bug, I believe). Just use BLINK FROM (executable) TO (newexecutable) CHIP a new exe will be created with the CHIP attributes set on all hunks. --Doug