Re: [avr-gcc-list] Atmel .asm to avr-as xlator

[Dale Seaburg]

OK, you probably think I'm crazy by now.  Here I am answering my own
email ;-)  You're probably saying to me under your breath, RTFM.  But, I
say I'm having problems (until now) FTFM (Finding The Fine Manual)!

I found Volker Oth's web-site: http://8bit.at/avr/  "Atmel For Dummys". 
It's anything BUT a dummy site.  But, then for folks like me, it was a
gold mine...  take that anyway you want <G>

I found a few gold nuggets in his FAQ.  Also, he has a link to Rich
Neswold's GNU Development Environment for the AVR Microcontroller.  A
quick glance through the pages lets me know it's a true gold mine for
anyone serious about programming the AVR with avr-gcc.  Excellent!  Two
Thumbs Up!

Now I need to shut up and do some serious reading.  Besides Rich's
manual, Volker suggests several lib files to look though for syntax
examples, plus his gcctest suite - which I have an early copy, but his
update includes a new one which may explain several of my questions. 
Thanks, Volker.  Let's hope they answer ALL of my questions.

Once I accomplish my conversion of the .asm avr files in DOS format to
the avr-as format, I plan on documenting what I've learned and
publishing on the list for your reading pleasure (boredom?).

Thanks,

Dale.

Dale Seaburg wrote:
> 
> I thought of another question or two.  Where do I find information (FAQ
> or HOWTO, perhaps) on how to designate which segment you are in: Code
> (.text ?) RAM (.data ?) and EEPROM (?).  For that matter, how do you
> specify these areas in a C program for the AVR?  Code and RAM area I
> could see, but how about EEPROM?  Suppose you want to load your strings
> in the flash area?  I assume the C compiler automatically puts all
> variables in the .data area (RAM).  True?  If I knew the answers to
> these questions (and a zillion more ;-)), then I could write a small C
> program, do avr-gcc -S to capture the assembly and see what avr-as is
> expecting.
> 
> What is the equivalent of the .def directive, where you want to
> equivalence a register to a name?
> 
> Also, what syntax is used to specify an origin (.org).  What would be
> the equivalent of this: .org 0x60 ?
> 
> I have hand edited most of the .asm files to conform to avr-as, but I
> still have a few things like the above that I don't know how to handle -
> I simply don't know the syntax that avr-as expects.  If I could just lay
> my hands on a good HOWTO or FAQ, maybe I'd not have to ask so many
> questions :-)
> 
> Thanks for someone taking the time to help me.
> 
> Dale.
> 
> Dale Seaburg wrote:
> >
> > OK, now that I have my avr-gcc tools working (except for gdb, but I
> > won't go into that now - it can wait), I have some code examples given
> > me that were written for the Atmel/IAR assembler.  Does anyone have a
> > utility to translate these files into code that the avr-as will handle?
> >
> > I hand edited the 8515def.inc file, and now it doesn't cause the avr-as
> > fits.  But, it looks like the next piece of code will be somewhat harder
> > because of its length, and I don't always know what avr-as is expecting
> > when it hits a snag in the IAR-compatible file.
> >
> > Any help or words of wisdom / comments / guffaws?   ;-)
> >
> > Thanks, again.
> >
> > Dale.