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.start
Link Section to Address
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Syntax .start “
section name”, address
Description The .start directive links the section name to start at location address. This di-
rective effectively gives the DSK assembler the same functionality as a linker
command file when used only to create runtime executable modules. For the
specified section to have a valid starting address, the .start statement for the
section must precede the .text, .data, or .sect directive that defines the section
name. Note that by using an include file with an imbedded .if/.sdef/.endif, the
.start directive can effectively be used in place of the linker.
Example Here is an example of the .start directive.
.entry START
.start ”MAIN”,0x809800 ; Create an output sections
.sect ”MAIN” ; Begin assembling into MAIN
LOOP: addi 1,R0 ; Top of loop
addi 1,R1
START: ldi 0,R0 ; Initialize R0,R1
ldi 0,R1
b LOOP ; Go to top of loop