gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Objects compiled on FreeBSD: Compatible with MPLINK on Windows?
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Objects compiled on FreeBSD: Compatible with MPLINK
on Windows?
From:
Craig Franklin ####@####.####
Date:
20 Apr 2005 03:52:21 +0100
Message-Id: <4267156B.8030308@users.sourceforge.net>
Iain Dooley wrote:
> hi craig,
>
>>> hi there, i've got some object files that i compiled on my FreeBSD
>>> box with:
>>>
>>> gpasm -c -I /path/to/includes files.asm
>>>
>>> i run FreeBSD at home but the labs at uni use Windows and the MPLAB
>>> IDE to program the PicDem2 Demo board using an ICD2 USB hardware
>>> programmer.
>>>
>>> the first hiccup came when i wrote a test program at home and then
>>> tried to build it on the windows machine. the MPLAB IDE recognises
>>> Unix line endings, but MPASM doesn't. i ran unix2dos on my source
>>> file and include files and the project then assembled properly,
>>> however when it came time to link with the object files i compiled
>>> at home, the IDE crashed (stopped responding).
>>> when i got the source files from home and compiled them on the
>>> windows machine they linked fine. has anyone else experienced this?
>>> i looked for an 'mpasm safe' type option to the gpasm assembler but
>>> couldn't find one.
>>> cheers
>>>
>> I don't see any gpasm problems in your description. There is an
>> issue with debug info. They will point to the files on the FreeBSD
>> system (i.e. /path/to/includes/myfile.asm). When you link them in
>> windows, it can't find the files to generate the list file.
>
>
> okay, so perhaps all i need to do is tell MPLAB not to generate a .lst
> file and it will work with those objects.
>
That might work.
You could also strip the debug info from the objects.
>> gpasm doesn't care about the file format. Only mpasm. So you can
>> either use DOS formatted files or use the gputils MPLAB plugin.
>
>
> what i thought it might be is that the line endings in the object
> files were Unix and that was crashing MPASM,
The object file is binary, so there aren't any line endings to cause
trouble.
How are you transferring the files? I had one user ftp objects using
ASCII mode on a windows machine. The really messed up the objects.
> but when i run unix2dos on an object file it ruins it.
Don't do that.
> i was wondering if there was a switch to gpasm to compile objects with
> dos line endings,
gpasm doesn't care how the text file is formatted.
> but it may be that it's crashing at link time because it can't find
> the assembly files.
>
That is the most likely cause.
> i'll test it out telling it not to generate a list file
>
> cheers
>
> iain
>
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