assigning areas in memory

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Azagaros

Joined: 18 Jan 2013
Posts: 26

Azagaros 15 Jul 2017, 17:48

NASM has a keyword called "Absolute." The idea is to alias a piece of memory with a identifier.

Code:

absolute 0400h  
serialbase resw 4

Does fasm have something similar? I was not finding it in docs.

15 Jul 2017, 17:48

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 8466
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 15 Jul 2017, 18:02

You can use either ORG or VIRTUAL for this purpose. ORG simply changes the assumed address for assembled code or data:

Code:

org 0400h
serialbase rw 4

And VIRTUAL does a similar thing for an enclosed block of instructions/definitions, but the difference is that any data generated this way does not go into output:

Code:

virtual at 0400h
    serialbase rw 4
end virtual

15 Jul 2017, 18:02

Azagaros

Joined: 18 Jan 2013
Posts: 26

Azagaros 15 Jul 2017, 18:04

Cool thank you.

15 Jul 2017, 18:04

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