Re: [cc65-devel] Binary loads of overlays on various targets

[Oliver S. <ol...@we...>]

Hi,

>> Okay, so if the overlaydemo and multidemo programs are supposed to be
>> more than a proof-of-concept then they should use cbm_load() on the
>> C64 - right?

> yes, generally _anything_ that accesses files should use LOAD or SAVE if
> possible.

>> So
>> https://github.com/oliverschmidt/cc65/blob/master/cfg/c64-overlay.cfg
>> https://github.com/oliverschmidt/cc65/blob/master/cfg/c128-overlay.cfg
>> should define 2-byte headers for the overlay files. And as the overlay
>> load address is well known at link time the headers should contain the
>> correct load address so that cbm_load() can be called with NULL as
>> third parameter - correct?

> yes again - generally using LOAD implies a loading address and "usually" that
> address also contains the actual load address =) (it really contains the
> original address of the saved area, which may be different in complex
> situations)


I changed the linker configs and sample programs as discussed above:
https://github.com/oliverschmidt/cc65/commit/7572834ebf5db5f5b0a594863d684a65a97b123d

Regards,
Oliver