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brett
brett

Reputation: 5649

How to compile assembly language in c

I am looking at lots of assembly language code that is compiled along with c. They are using simple #define assembly without any headers in boot.s code. How does this work ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2392

Answers (4)

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 1124

If you have "main proc" inside of your code, you are using x86 architecture and your file ends with .asm you con use for compilation: tasm fileName.asm

In result you will get your fileName.obj file. After that you need to link it and for that you can use tlink filename.obj

To run, just enter the filename.exe on the command line

If you need to link more than one file use tlink filename1.obj filename2.obj and so on

during the compilation and linking is not necessary to specify the file extension like .obj or .asm. Using just filename should be fine.

Upvotes: 0

Jim Buck
Jim Buck

Reputation: 20726

The link you post in your comment is an assembly language source file that is meant to be first run through a c-preprocessor. It's just a programming convenience, but lots of assembly language compilers support similar constructs anyway, so I'm not sure why they went the c-preprocessor route.

Upvotes: 0

Potatoswatter
Potatoswatter

Reputation: 137800

Typically .s files are processed by an assembler. Without knowing any other details, there's nothing more to say. .s file goes in, .o file comes out.

Many assemblers provide some kind of include directive to allow use of headers, which would also be in assembly language.

Ah, the code you linked is for use by the GNU as assembler. If you're on Linux or Mac, do man as to learn about it. If you're on Windows, install MinGW or Cygwin.

Upvotes: 1

abelenky
abelenky

Reputation: 64682

Compilers can frequently include in-line assembly, but I believe it is compiler specific.

I don't remember the precise details, but I think its something like:

void myFunc(void)
{
    int myNum; /* plain old C */

    __asm   /* Assembly */
    {
       mov ax,bx;
       xor cx,cx;
    }

    myNum = 5; /* more C */
}

Research your specific compiler for details.

Upvotes: 1

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