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NAME
srec_aomf - Intel Absolute Object Module Format
DESCRIPTION
The Absolute Object Module Format (AOMF) is a subset of the 8051 OMF. The structure of an
absolute object file (the order of the records in it) is similar to that of a relocatable
object file. There are three main differences: the first is that an absolute object file
contains one module only, the second is that not all the records can appear in the
absolute file and the third is that the records can contain only absolute information.
Generic Record Format
Each record starts with a record type which indicates the type of the record, and record
length which contain the number of bytes in the record exclusive of the first two fields.
The record ends with a checksum byte which contains the 2s complement of the sum (modulo
256) of all other bytes in the record. Therefore the sum (modulo 256) of all bytes in the
record is zero.
The record length includes the payload and checksum fields, but excludes the type and
length fields.
All 16‐bit fields are little‐endian.
┌────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
│REC │ Record │ Payload │ CHK │
│TYP │ Length │ │ SUM │
│8 bits │ 16 bits │ │ 8 bits │
└────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘
Here are some of the relevant record types:
0x01 Scope Definition Record
0x02 Module Start Record
0x04 Module End Record
0x06 Content Record
0x0E Segment Definition Record
0x12 Debug Items Record
0x16 Public Definition Record
0x18 External Definition Record
Names are not stored a C strings. Names are stored as a length byte followed by the
contents.
Structure
An AOMF file consists of a module header record (0x02), followed by one or more content
(0x06), scope (0x01) or debug (0x12) records, and ends in a module end record (0x04).
The records with the following types are extraneous (they may appear in the file but are
ignored): 0x0E, 0x16 and 0x18 (definition records). All records which are not part of
the AOMF and are not extraneous are considered erroneous.
Module Header Record
┌────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
│ REC │ Record │ Module │ TRN ID │ zero │ CHK │
│ TYP │ Length │ Name │ 8 bits │ 8 bits │ SUM │
│ 0x02 │ 16 bits │ │ │ │ 8 bits │
└────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘
Each module must starts with a module header record. It is used to identify the module
for the RL51 and other future processors of 8051 object files. In addition to the Module
Name the record contains:
TRN ID The byte identifies the program which has generated this module:
0xFD ASM51
0xFE PL/M-51
0xFF RL51.
Module End Record
┌────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
│ REC │ Record │ Module │ zero │ REG │ zero │ CHK │
│ TYP │ Length │ Name │ 16 bits │ MSK │ 8 bits │ SUM │
│ 0x04 │ 16 bits │ │ │ 8 bits │ │ 8 bits │
└────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘
The record ends the module sequence and contains the following information:
characteristics
MODULE NAME
The name of the module is given here for a consistency check. It must match the
name given in the Module Header Record.
REGISTER MASK (REG MSK)
The field contains a bit for each of the four register banks. Each bit, when set
specifies that the corresponding bank is used by the module:
Bit 0 (the least significant bit)
bank #0.
Bit 1 bank #1.
Bit 2 bank #2.
Bit 3 bank #3.
Content Record
┌────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
│ REC │ Record │ SEG ID │ Offset │ DATA │ CHK │
│ TYP │ Length │ 8 bits │ 16 bits │ │ SUM │
│ 0x06 │ 16 bits │ │ │ │ 8 bits │
└────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘
This record provides one or more bytes of contiguous data, from which a portion of a
memory image may be constructed.
SEG ID This field must be zero.
OFFSET Gives the absolute address of the first byte of data in the record, within the
CODE address space.
DATA A sequence of data bytes to be loaded from OFFSET to OFFSET+RECORDLENGTH−5.
Size Multiplier
In general, raw binary data will expand in sized by approximately 1.02 times when
represented with this format.
SOURCE
http://www.intel.com/design/mcs96/swsup/omf96_pi.pdf
ftp://download.intel.com/design/mcs51/SWSUP/omf51.exe (zip archive)
http://www.elsist.net/WebSite/ftp/various/OMF51EPS.pdf
COPYRIGHT
srec_cat version 1.58
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011 Peter Miller
The srec_cat program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'srec_cat
-VERSion License' command. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; for details use the 'srec_cat -VERSion License' command.
AUTHOR
Peter Miller E‐Mail: pmiller@opensource.org.au
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