[Sdcc-user] why the error?

[Royce & S. P. <be...@im...>]

Hi,
When I assemble the following using asx8051:

                .area    DSEG    (DATA)

                .org     20h

_flags        .ds      2

                .globl    _flags

                .end

I get the following response:

in line2
.org in REL area or directive/mnenomic error
missing or improper delimiters operators terminators or delimiters

in line 6
.org in REL area or directive /mnemonic error.

Whats wrong? I'm using the default small model.

Why is the error  generated in the assembly code?  What do the error =
messages mean? It is perfectly valid code.

Thanks ,
Royce.