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I am trying to use the as11.exe assembler to compile some code. I am getting an error message of "unrecognized mnemonic". First question, what does that mean, and second, how do i fix it? It gives me a specific line that the problem is on, but I have now way of figuring out which line that is in my code. Any help on this would be great. Thanks Joe |
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assembly trouble
Started by ●March 10, 2003
Reply by ●March 10, 20032003-03-10
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In a message dated 3/10/03 10:05:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, writes: > I am trying to use the as11.exe assembler to compile some code. I am > getting an error message of "unrecognized mnemonic". First question, > what does that mean, and second, how do i fix it? It gives me a > specific line that the problem is on, but I have now way of figuring > out which line that is in my code. Any help on this would be great. Yeah... I had that problem using the free motorla assembler too... no manual... anyway, all the three letter acronymns for instructions are mnemonics... you put in one it didnt recognize... something like lda instead of ldaa or some other simple typo... heres the doc file I found... The IBM PC 6800/01/04/05/09/11 cross assemblers GENERAL The assemblers are named as*.exe where '*' is any of 0,1,h1,4,5,9 or 11 depending on which one you're using. Command line arguments specify the filenames to assemble. The assemblers accept options from the command line to be included in the assembly. These options are the following: l enable output listing. nol disable output listing (default). cre generate cross reference table. s generate a symbol table. c enable cycle count. noc disable cycle count. The command line looks like this : as* file1 file2 ... [ - option1 option2 ...] If this method of passing commands to the assembler is used rather than the OPT pseudo op code, a space should separate the minus sign from the last file name and the first option. Example: as5 program -l cre This command assembles file 'program' with an output listing and a cross reference table. The `S1' formatted object file is placed in file `filename.S19', the listing and error messages are written to the standard output. If multiple files are assembled, the 'S1' file will be placed under the first file's name.S19. The listing file contains the address and bytes assembled for each line of input followed by the original input line (unchanged, but moved over to the right some). If an input line causes more than 6 bytes to be output (e.g. a long FCC directive), additional bytes (up to 64) are listed on succeding lines with no address preceding them. Equates cause the value of the expression to replace the address field in the listing. Equates that have forward references cause Phasing Errors in Pass 2. Expressions may consist of symbols, constants or the character '*' (denoting the current value of the program counter) joined together by one of the operators: +-*/%&|^. The operators are the same as in C: + add - subtract * multiply / divide % remainder after division & bitwise and | bitwise or ^ bitwise exclusive-or { bitwise shift left } bitwise shift right Expressions are evaluated left to right and there is no provision for parenthesized expressions. Arithmetic is carried out in signed twos-complement integer precision (16 bits on the IBM PC) Constants are constructed with the same syntax as the Motorola MDOS assembler: ' followed by ASCII character $ followed by hexadecimal constant (trailing 'H' also works) @ followed by octal constant (trailing 'Q' also works) % followed by binary constant (trailing 'B' also works) digit decimal constant ERRORS Error diagnostics are placed in the listing file just before the line containing the error. Format of the error line is: Line_number: Description of error or Line_number: Warning --- Description of error Errors of the first type in pass one cause cancellation of pass two. Warnings do not cause cancellation of pass two but should cause you to wonder where they came from. Error messages are meant to be self-explanatory. If more than one file is being assembled, the file name precedes the error: File_name,Line_number: Description of error Finally, some errors are classed as fatal and cause an immediate termination of the assembly. Generally these errors occur when a temporary file cannot be created or is lost during the assembly. Consult your local guru if this happens. DIFFERENCES For indexed addressing, the comma is required before the register; `inc x' and `inc ,x' are not the same. Macros are not supported. (try M4 or M6) The force size operators ('>' and '<') are implemented for all assemblers. The only pseudo-ops supported are: ORG, FCC, FDB, FCB, EQU, RMB, BSZ, ZMB, FILL PAGE, DB,DW, DS and OPT. The OPT pseudo-op allows the following operands: nol Turn off output listing l Turn on output listing (default) noc Disable cycle counts in listing (default) c Enable cycle counts in listing (clear total cycles) contc Re-enable cycle counts (don't clear total cycles) cre Enable printing of a cross reference table s generate a symbol table Some of the more common pseudo-ops are not present: SPC Use blank lines instead END The assembly ends when there is no more input TTL use `pr' to get headings and page numbers NAM[E] Did you ever use this one anyway? The above 4 pseudo-ops are recognized, but ignored. ZMB (Zero Memory Bytes) is equivalent to BSZ (Block Store Zeroes). FILL can be used to initialize memory to something other than zero: FILL val,nbytes. TARGET MACHINE SPECIFICS (as0) 6800: Use for 6802 and 6808 too. (as1) 6801: You could use this one for the 6800 and avoid LSRD, ASLD, PULX, ABX, PSHX, MUL, SUBD, ADDD, LDD and STD. (as4) 6804: The symbols 'a', 'x' and 'y' are predefined as $FF, $80 and $81 respectively. Also defined as 'A', 'X' and 'Y'. Because of the 6804 architecture, this means that 'clr x' will work since the x register is just a memory location. To use short-direct addressing, the symbol involved must not be a forward reference (i.e. undefined) and must be in the range $80-$83. Remember that bytes assembled in the range $10-$7F will go into the data space; There is no program space ROM for these locations. The syntax for Register indirect addressing is as follows: menmonic [<x>or<y>] an example is: lda [x] the comma ',' is not allowed. The MVI instruction (move immediate) has its own format : mvi address,#data where address is an 8-bit address in page zero, and data is the value to be written to specified location. (as5) 6805: There is no 'opt cmos' pseudo, so be careful not to use STOP or WAIT in a program that is destined for an NMOS version of the 6805. The MUL instruction should also be avoided on all versions of the 6805 except the C4. Cycle times are for the NMOS versions. (as9) 6809: The SETDP pseudo-op is not implemented. Use the '>' and '<` operators to force the size of operands. For compatibility, CPX is equal to CMPX. (as11) 68HC11: Bit manipulation operands are separated by blanks instead of commas since the 'HC11 has bit manipulation instructions that operate on indexed addresses. DETAILS Symbol: A string of characters with a non-initial digit. The string of characters may be from the set: [a-z][A-Z]_.[0-9]$ ( . and _ count as non-digits ). The `$' counts as a digit to avoid confusion with hexadecimal constants. All characters of a symbol are significant, with upper and lower case characters being distinct. The maximum number of characters in a symbol is currently set at 15. The symbol table has room for at least 2000 symbols of length 8 characters or less. Label: A symbol starting in the first column is a label and may optionally be ended with a ':'. A label may appear on a line by itself and is then interpreted as: Label EQU * Mnemonic: A symbol preceded by at least one whitespace character. Upper case characters in this field are converted to lower case before being checked as a legal mnemonic. Thus `nop', `NOP' and even `NoP' are recognized as the same mnemonic. Note that register names that sometimes appear at the end of a mnemonic (e.g. nega or stu) must not be separated by any whitespace characters. Thus `clra' means clear accumulator A, but that `clr a' means clear memory location `a'. Operand: Follows mnemonic, separated by at least one whitespace character. The contents of the operand field is interpreted by each instruction. Whitespace: A blank or a tab Comment: Any text after all operands for a given mnemonic have been processed or, a line beginning with '*' up to the end of line or, an empty line. Now comments may begin with either a '*' or a ';' character and if a ';' is used they may begin in any column. Not just the first. Continuations: If a line ends with a backslash (\) then the next line is fetched and added to the end of the first line. This continues until a line is seen which doesn't end in \ or until MAXBUF characters have been collected (MAXBUF >= 256 ). FILES filename.S19 S-record output file STDOUT listing and errors (use redirection for listing file) Fwd_refs Temporary file for forward references. IMPLEMENTATION NOTES This is a classic 2-pass assembler. Pass 1 establishes the symbol table and pass 2 generates the code. 12/11/84 E.J.Rupp This version of the cross assemblers ported to the IBM PC 4/13/87 03/29/90 B.L.Olney The following fixes/enhancements have been made during 1988 and 1989. - Version number displayed. Current version at this writing is 1.03. - Fixed lost cluster problem. - Semicolon allowed as comment character. - Comments may begin on any column if prefixed with a semicolon. - db is a synonymn for fcb. - dw is a synonymn for fdb. - ds is a synonymn for rmb. - New operators for shift left '{' and shift right '}'. The left operand is the word to be shifted and the right operand is the number of bit positions to shift. - Trailing radix specifiers are now allowed. Trailing 'H' or 'h' is same as leading $ for hexadecimal constants. Trailing 'Q' or 'q' is same as leading @ for octal constants. Trailing 'B' or 'b' is same as leading % for binary constants. - Error reporting for constants improved. - Line number of errors now is relative to beginning of file. - Formatting of symbol table enhanced. - Number of errors found is reported at end of assembly. |
