[sdcc-devel] sdcc + as31

[Josh B. <jo...@jo...>]

Hi,

Currently the mcs51 assembler in sdcc is not correctly licensed to be
included in debian main. I am interested in modifying sdcc to use the
as31 assembler.

I would like to be able to convert the current .asm output from the
mcs51 compiler into something that as31 can use. The asm output has a
few directives that are confusing to as31: .module, .optsdcc, .globl,
.area.

It seems that some level of processing has to be done to convert the asm 
from sdcc into an actual 8051 assembly. How are the .areas are 
translated into static memory locations (like .org 0x2000). Can someone 
point me in the right direction (what files in sdcc), how should they be 
handled?

Thanks,
-Josh Blum