vasm bug with ORG directives

[jotd]

I think i found something on version 1.8f



test.asm:

LEVEL1

        ORG    $400
        dc.b    "ABCD"

        org $500
        dc.b    "EFGH"

assemble with


vasmm68k_mot -devpac -nosym -Fbin -o out test.asm


Open "out" with a text editor: the second "org" isn't at offset $100 of the file but at offset $500 !!!


now if you define LEVEL1 like:


LEVEL1 EQU 0


it works properly !

[phx]

Originally Posted by jotd

now if you define LEVEL1 like:


LEVEL1 EQU 0


it works properly !

Sure. Because in that case the situation is completely different. With the EQU your program starts with an ORG, so everything is as you expect. But with a label called LEVEL1 the assembler automatically starts a relocatable code section (default attributes: section CODE,code).

An ORG directive within a SECTION is handled as a "relocated Org". Which means all code following that ORG is assembled absolutely for the given address, but placed within that section. Usually you will switch back with a SECTION directive. The behaviour for a second ORG following it is undefined. Seems that it works like a real ORG instead, which regards a relocatable code section as being located at $0. Not sure if this is a bug. But I guess you really wanted to start the program with an ORG and not with a label/section.

[jotd]

I see your point! thanks. No big deal anyway. Bad habit to define constants without values then as the asm assumes they're labels.