From: Keates, Mark (Mark.Keates_at_dendrite.com)
Date: 2003-11-04 10:35:10
Hi Spiro, > As I've played a little bit with the evaluation version of IDA Pro, I > ask myself if you can help me with the following: > > 1. How easy is it to put the output into CA65 & LD65? As I see it, IDA > Pro uses some proprietary assembler as output format. Is it easy > convertable into CA65 format? I cannot test it because the > evaluation version does not allow saving the results. This doesn't take much work with an editor such as Textpad - a few regular expression substitutions and you're away. IDA misses a few 6502 conversions, e.g. indirect addresses, and these need to be translated to labels manually. This process is sped up with regular expression searching (I have about 6 patterns that cover everything, one day I'll turn this into a script). > 2. Assume you have something like > > $1230 LDA #$34 ; Low-Byte of $1234 > $1232 LDX #$12 ; High-Byte of $1234 > $1234 LABEL: .BYTE <blabla> > > (which obviously would not compile!) > > How do I tell IDA to treat the immediate values is low- and > high-bytes of the LABEL? I found out there is an option to tell it > "Low" or "High" byte of some address, but I don't see the output > changing to anything like LDA #<LABEL or LDX #>LABEL. It > seems to me that I don't use this option correctly, do I? This I do as a manual process once I've got the original code assembled under CA65. This could be automated to an extent but may catch intances you don't wish to be converted? I recall using the 'manual' operand override to correct these within IDA, but I've just checked this on my current version and this doesn't seem supported for 6502 :-( > BTW: IDAFW37.ZIP does not help since it does not support > non-intel CPUs. Are you using the original DOS only freeware version - that definitely supported 6502. This was just called IDAFW.ZIP and maybe on a Simtel mirror somewhere. > Thanks for your time, > Spiro. No problem, Mark ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo_at_musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.
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