@@ -602,7 +636,7 @@ about
-This will define three external symbols that may be used in your code:
+This will define some external symbols that may be used in your code:
@@ -717,14 +761,14 @@ page boundary, use
If an alignment is requested, the linker will add enough space to the output
-file, so that the new segment starts at an address that is divideable by the
+file, so that the new segment starts at an address that is dividable by the
given number without a remainder. All addresses are adjusted accordingly. To
fill the unused space, bytes of zero are used, or, if the memory area has a
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The only other available output format is the o65 format specified by Andre
-Fachat. It is defined like this:
+Fachat (see the
-The builtin configurations are part of the linker source. They are also
-distributed together with the machine specific binary packages (usually in the
-doc directory) and don't have a special format. So if you need a special
-configuration, it's a good idea to start with the builtin configuration for
-your system. In a first step, just replace Secondary configurations
+
+Several machine specific binary packages are distributed together with secondary
+configurations (in the cfg directory). These configurations can be used with
+Special segments
+
+The builtin config files do contain segments that have a special meaning for
+the compiler and the libraries that come with it. If you replace the builtin
+config files, you will need the following information.
+
+
+
+The INIT segment is used for initialization code that may be reused once
+execution reaches main() - provided that the program runs in RAM. You
+may for example add the INIT segment to the heap in really memory
+constrained systems.
+
+
+
+For the LOWCODE segment, it is guaranteed that it won't be banked out, so it
+is reachable at any time by interrupt handlers or similar.
+
+
+
+This segment contains the startup code which initializes the C software stack
+and the libraries. It is placed in its own segment because it needs to be
+loaded at the lowest possible program address on several platforms.
+
+
+
+The ZPSAVE segment contains the original values of the zeropage locations used
+by the ZEROPAGE segment. It is placed in its own segment because it must not be
+initialized.