"rickman" <spamgoeshere4@yahoo.com> writes:> Everett M. Greene wrote: > > "rickman" <spamgoeshere4@yahoo.com> writes: > > > It was not obvious or even accurate. The answer to the OP's question > > > was not on the first link or likely any of the links. He was asking > > > what the tools put into the S0 record. If you read the link it says > > > that the S0 record contains among other things... > > > > > > description is char[0-36] and is a text comment > > > > Where did you find a supposed 36-character limit specified? > > http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/uisp/srecord.htm > > go to the description for the S0 record type... > > S0 Record. The type of record is 'S0' (0x5330). The address field is > unused and will be filled with zeros (0x0000). The header information > within the data field is divided into the following subfields. > > mname is char[20] and is the module name. > ver is char[2] and is the version number. > rev is char[2] and is the revision number. > description is char[0-36] and is a text comment. > > 36 is for just the text comment, but this may be the ascii which is > represented by two char in the Srecord for a total of 72 char. But > that was my point. There is a lot of info on the Srecord format, but > much of it is incomplete and/or misleading. I don't think much of > being rude or even just negative in the forums. This was an example > that was completely unjustified.The preceding sounds as if it's someone's specific S0 format and not a general description.> > The format allows up to 99 characters and S-recs date back > > to (late) punchcard days, so being prepared for up to 80 > > characters would be wise. > > Do you have a reference that describes this? I have never found a > complete, definitive description of Srecords.Complete I've found -- definitive is questionable. It would be Motorola's place to be definitive and I've never found anything from them.
Motorola S-Record Format
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Reply by ●February 8, 20062006-02-08
Reply by ●February 8, 20062006-02-08
Everett M. Greene wrote:> "rickman" <spamgoeshere4@yahoo.com> writes: >>Do you have a reference that describes this? I have never found a >>complete, definitive description of Srecords. > > > Complete I've found -- definitive is questionable. It > would be Motorola's place to be definitive and I've > never found anything from them.I've got 6 pages from a Motorola Evaluation Module User's Manual. But you've already found complete... Mel.
Reply by ●February 8, 20062006-02-08
Mel Wilson wrote:> Everett M. Greene wrote: > > "rickman" <spamgoeshere4@yahoo.com> writes: > >>Do you have a reference that describes this? I have never found a > >>complete, definitive description of Srecords. > > > > > > Complete I've found -- definitive is questionable. It > > would be Motorola's place to be definitive and I've > > never found anything from them. > > I've got 6 pages from a Motorola Evaluation Module User's Manual. But > you've already found complete...I would love to see those 6 pages. :-)
Reply by ●February 9, 20062006-02-09
rickman wrote:> Mel Wilson wrote: >>I've got 6 pages from a Motorola Evaluation Module User's Manual. But >>you've already found complete... > > > I would love to see those 6 pages. :-) >Turns out it's actually 4. The manual had one sheet of paper twice. I've scanned them, but haven't got them to my web space yet. I'll announce here when it's done. Mel.
Reply by ●February 9, 20062006-02-09
Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> writes:> rickman wrote: > > Mel Wilson wrote: > >>I've got 6 pages from a Motorola Evaluation Module User's Manual. But > >>you've already found complete... > > > > I would love to see those 6 pages. :-) > > > Turns out it's actually 4. The manual had one sheet of paper twice. > I've scanned them, but haven't got them to my web space yet. I'll > announce here when it's done.I'll save you the trouble of scanning. The following is specially imported from Italy:> From: rizzodav@iol.it (Davide Rizzo) > Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k > Subject: Re: Motorola S1 format > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 14:39:18 GMT > Organization: Italia OnlineAll the following is from the freeware as32 motorola assembler manual APPENDIX E S-RECORD INFORMATION E.1 INTRODUCTION The S-record output format encodes program and data object modules into a printable (ASCII) format. This allows viewing of the object file with standard tools and allows display of the module while transferring from one computer to the next or during loads between a host and target. The S-record format also includes information for use in error checking to insure the integrity of data transfers. E.2 S-RECORD CONTENT S-Records are character strings made of several fields which identify the record type, record length, memory address, code/data, and checksum. Each byte of binary data is encoded as a 2-character hexadecimal number: the first character representing the high-order 4 bits, and the second the low-order 4 bits of the byte. The 5 fields which comprise an S-record are: TYPE RECORD LENGTH ADDRESS CODE/DATA CHECKSUM The fields are defined as follows: FIELD CHARACTERS CONTENTS ----- ---------- -------- Type 2 S-record type - S0 through S9 Record 2 The count of the character pairs in the length record, excluding the type and record length. Address 4, 6, The 2-, 3-, or 4-byte address at which or 8 the data field is to be loaded into memory. Code/data 0-2n From 0 to n bytes of executable code, memory loadable data, or descriptive information. Checksum 2 The least significant byte of the one's complement of the sum of the values represented by the pairs of characters making up the record length, address, and the code/data fields. Each record may be terminated with a CR/LF/NULL. E.3 S-RECORD TYPES Several types of s-records have been defined to accommodate various encoding, transportation, and decoding needs. The MC68332 Freeware assembler uses the following types: S0 A record containing the filename encoded in ASCII hex characters. This is a dummy header file which is not used by Motorola evaluation systems. S1 A record containing code/data and the 2-byte address at which the code/data is to reside. S2 A record containing code/data and the 3-byte address at which the code/data is to reside S3 A record containing code/data and the 4-byte address at which the code/data is to reside S7 A termination record for a block of S3 records. The address field may optionally contain the 4-byte address of the instruction to which control is to be passed. If not specified, the first entry point specification encountered in the object module input will be used. There is no code/data field. S8 A termination record for a block of S2 records. The address field may optionally contain the 3-byte address of the instruction to which control is to be passed. If not specified, the first entry point specification encountered in the object module input will be used. There is no code/data field. S9 A termination record for a block of S1 records. The address field may optionally contain the 2-byte address of the instruction to which control is to be passed. If not specified, the first entry point specifica tion encountered in the object module input will be used. There is no code/data field. E.4 S-RECORD EXAMPLE The following is a typical S-record module: S1130000285F245F2212226A000424290008237C2A S11300100002000800082629001853812341001813 S113002041E900084E42234300182342000824A952 S107003000144ED492 S9030000FC The module consists of four code/data records and an S9 termination record. The first S1 code/data record is explained as follows: S1 S-record type S1, indicating a code/data record to be loaded/verified at a 2-byte address. 13 Hex 13 (decimal 19), indicating 19 character pairs, representing 19 bytes of binary data, follow. 00 Four-character 2-byte address field: hex address 0000, indicates location where the following data is to be loaded. The next 16 character pairs are the ASCII bytes of the actual program code/data. 2A Checksum of the first S1 record. The checksum is the complemented sum of byte value of all fields following the S1 field. The second and third S1 code/data records each also contain $13 character pairs and are ended with checksums. The fourth S1 code/data record contains 7 character pairs. S2 and S3 records are similiar except that the address field is 3 bytes and 4 bytes long, respectively. The S9 termination record is explained as follows: S9 S-record type S9, indicating a termination record. 03 Hex 03, indicating three character pairs (3 bytes) to follow. 00 Four character 2-byte address field, zeroes. 00 FC The two character, one-byte checksum field. The S6 and S7 termination records are similiar except for the larger address fields as noted earlier.
