dasm question

[+SpiceWare]

This bit of code:

​    ORG $7000
    RORG $F000
 
...
 
SoundFreq:  ; 0-31 0 = highest freq.
            ; upper 3 bits control duration, 0 = 1 frame, 1 = 2 frames... 7=8 frames
            
        .byte 0, D4+29, D4+29, D6+0, D2+26 ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D2+26, D6+0, D2+23, D2+23 ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D6+0, D2+21, D2+21, D6+0  ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D2+29, D2+29, D6+0, D2+29 ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D2+29, D6+0, D2+29, D2+29 ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D6+0, D2+29, D2+29        ; _12_AA_Jingle        

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when compiled produces this output in the listing:

     40  730a    SoundFreq ; 0-31 0 = highest freq.
     41  730a ; upper 3 bits control duration, 0 = 1 frame, 1 = 2 frames... 7=8 frames
     42  730a
     43  730a        00 7d 7d a0*       .byte.b 0, D4+29, D4+29, D6+0, D2+26 ; _12_AA_Jingle
     44  730f        3a a0 37 37       .byte.b D2+26, D6+0, D2+23, D2+23 ; _12_AA_Jingle
     45  7313        a0 35 35 a0       .byte.b D6+0, D2+21, D2+21, D6+0 ; _12_AA_Jingle
     46  7317        3d 3d a0 3d       .byte.b D2+29, D2+29, D6+0, D2+29 ; _12_AA_Jingle
     47  731b        3d a0 3d 3d       .byte.b D2+29, D6+0, D2+29, D2+29 ; _12_AA_Jingle
     48  731f        a0 3d 3d        .byte.b D6+0, D2+29, D2+29 ; _12_AA_Jingle
     49  7322

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Due to the ORG/RORG the value given label SoundFreq is F30A. I need the 730A value for the ARM routines, so I've been doing this to convert it:

 echo "#define SOUND_FREQ                 ((unsigned char *)(",[[SoundFreq & $fff] + $7000]d,"))"

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While that works, it's a hassle to maintain when I'm rearranging data usage - forget to change one and things no longer work correctly. Is there a way to do something like this so that SoundFreq would get the 730A value?

SoundFreq = SPECIAL_SYMBOL

        .byte 0, D4+29, D4+29, D6+0, D2+26 ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D2+26, D6+0, D2+23, D2+23 ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D6+0, D2+21, D2+21, D6+0  ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D2+29, D2+29, D6+0, D2+29 ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D2+29, D6+0, D2+29, D2+29 ; _12_AA_Jingle
        .byte    D6+0, D2+29, D2+29        ; _12_AA_Jingle        

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Dasm must know it, else it couldn't be in the listing.

[Omegamatrix]

Unless I missing something, you could just:

​    ORG $7000
    RORG $7000

You don't need to use $Fxxx specifically for rom addresses. Lots of games use rom addresses other then $Fxxx:

 

$1xxx

$3xxx

$5xxx

$7xxx

$9xxx

$Bxxx

$Dxxx

$Fxxx

 

These are all valid. If you really need to go back to $Fxxx addresses later on in the code, then just do another ORG/RORG.

[RevEng]

I'm thinking he's talking about moving his tables around in what is a multi-bank rom anyway, and he needs the ORG instead of RORG address for the ARM code to find it.

 

Looking at the dasm docs (and briefly at the source) I don't see a way to spit out the ORG if you're using RORG. So long as you stick to the "usual" F6 style ORG/RORG values, I guess you could do something like "SoundFreq = ( . & $fff ) | ((. >> 1) & $ff000))"

[+SpiceWare]

Using $7000 would actually work in this instance, as I ended up only using a single 4K bank of 6502 code in Draconian (less than 3K actually).

 

The >> might work, will have to remember than for next time. Thanks!

[+SpiceWare]

For my recent round of rearranging I changed it to ORG $7000 and commented out the RORG statements. Worked great, thanks!