CODE_PACK - Begin an Object File Packed Code Section

CODE_PACK - Begin an Object File Packed Code Section

Syntax

[<label>] code_pack [<ROM address>]

Description

For use when generating an object file. Declares the beginning of a section of program code or ROM data where a padding byte of zero is not appended to an odd number of bytes. If <label> is not specified, the section is named .code. The starting address is initialized to <ROM address> or will be assigned at link time if no address is specified. If <ROM address> is specified, it must be word-aligned.

Note: Two sections in the same source file may not have the same name

For more information, refer to Relocatable Objects.

Note: This directive is only available for the PIC18 family of devices.

Example

00001 LIST P=18Cxx

00002

00003 packed code_pack H'1F0'

0001F0 01 02 03 00004 DB 1, 2, 3

0001F3 04 05 00005 DB 4, 5

00006

00007 padded code

000000 0201 0003 00008 DB 1, 2, 3

000004 0504 00009 DB 4, 5

00010

00011 END

See Also

EXTERN CODE GLOBAL IDATA UDATA UDATA_ACS UDATA_OVR UDATA_SHR