co65 is an object file conversion utility. It converts o65 object files into
assembler files, which may be translated by ca65 to generate object files in
-the native object file format used by the cc65 tool chain.
+the native object file format used by the cc65 tool chain.
Since loadable drivers used by the library that comes with cc65 use the o65
relocatable object code format, using the co65 utility allows to link these
When accessing such a label from C code, be sure to include the leading
underscore. If you don't need to access the data segment, there's no need to
use this option.
-
+
<tag><tt>--data-name seg</tt></tag>
Set the name of the data segment. The default name is "ZEROPAGE" which is
compatible with the standard ld65 linker configurations.
+</descrip>
<sect>Input and output<p>
When loading a driver at runtime, the load address of the driver is also the
address of the code segment, so the locations of the header and jump table are
known. However, when linking the driver statically, it is up to the programmer
-to provide this information to the driver API.
+to provide this information to the driver API.
For this purpose, it is necessary to define a code segment label that can be
accessed from the outside later. Please note that the converter does currently
Be sure to never modify the variable which is in reality the start of your
driver!
+
+<sect1>Example - Convert and link a graphics driver<p>
+
As an example, here are some instructions to convert and use the c64-hi.tgi
graphics driver:
<tscreen><verb>
/* Install the driver */
- tgi_install (&c64_hi);
+ tgi_install (&c64_hi);
...