Re: [cc65] Customization of cc65 for new targets

From: "Shawn Jefferson"; on Wed., Feb. 17, 2010; at 04:52 PM -0500
>
> From: Oliver Schmidt
> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:54 am
>
> > If the guide targets not only bare-metal [or rather,
> > bare-virtual-metal, in your case ;-)] developers, then I'd really
> > like to see the zero-page memory-area size reduced from $100 to $1A.
> > That is the amount of zero-page space used by cc65. And, the config.
> > file doesn't describe what's there, but describes what's used. Just
> > the same with the RAM area starting at $200 instead of $0. For any
> > target running inside an OS and/or BASIC environment, co-ordinating
> > the zero-page space usage is crucial; and therefore, it would help a
> > newbie a lot to understand how many zero-page locations CC65 needs.
> > If you check out the existing configurations, you'll notice that
> > they all have a zero-page size of $1A.
>
> I don't believe that it is true for all targets.  The Atari 8-bit has
> a zero-page size of $80; and, the Atari Lynx has much more.  At least,
> I think that what you are referring to is the amount of zero-page
> space that is safe for cc65 to use, as listed in the linker config.
> file?  Where zero-page space starts and the size of it is going to be
> very platform-dependent; and, that should be pointed out in the
> document (which I haven't had a chance to read yet, sorry!)

Many of the configuration files have bigger zero-page areas.  Those
files say what _can_ be used (not what is used).  That gives programmers
as much flexibility as possible when they write code.  Some of the files
say only the minimum-required space because those targets save the old
data into a buffer; and, Uz chose to keep that buffer small.

I agree that the document should mention that the zero-page memory area
needs to be -- at least -- 26 bytes long for programs that use the CC65
libraries.

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