[ros-kernel] NASM hacker needed

[Royce Mitchell III]

Mike Nordell wrote:

>Royce Mitchell III wrote:
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>>I have an .S file I'm trying to get to work.
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>>Here's a snippet of the output I'm getting when trying to link:
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>>tebimports.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol glCallList at 4
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>>Now, if I change the 2nd macro to this:
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>>I get the following from the linker:
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>>tebimports.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _glCallList at 4
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>>So whatever I define the function name to be in my .S file, the linker
>>complains it can't find that function name :(
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>Even that I have about zero experience with nasm, perhaps some of the
>following could help?
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>First I recommend you run "dumpbin /symbols" on the generated object file.
>For a comparison of what the symbols should look like, you could try
>creating a dummy C file like:
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>void __stdcall glCallList(int a) {}
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>The exported symbol should be "_glCallList at 4" with External linkage.
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>Could it possibly be so simple that you're missing "GLOBAL x" (or "global
>x:function", or any other nasm-allowed construction to tag a name as
>public), where x is the (fully decorated) function name?
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>I hope some of it helps.
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>/Mike
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The problem ended up being I didn't have a "section .text" in the file, hehe

Royce3