-SPace


This option fills the vacant area of the output range.

[Specification format]

-SPace[=data]

 

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Interpretation when omitted

None

[Detailed description]

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This option fills the vacant area of the output range with user-specified data data.

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The items that can be specified as data are shown below.

Numerical Value

Hexadecimal value

Random

Random number

 

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The following vacant areas are filled with the value according to the output range specification in the -output option:

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When the section is specified as the output range

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The specified value is output to vacant areas between the specified sections.

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When the start address and end address is specified as the output range

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The specified value is output to vacant areas within the specified range.

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Output data sizes in units of 1, 2, or 4 bytes are valid. The size is determined by the hexadecimal number specified using this option.
If a 3-byte value is specified, the upper digit is extended with 0 to handle it as a 4-byte value.
If an odd number of digits is specified, the upper digit is extended with 0 to handle it as an even number of digits.

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If the size of a vacant area is not a multiple of the size of the output data, the value is output as many times as possible, and then a warning will be output.

[Example of use]

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To fill the vacant memory area with "ffH" within the range from address 100H to address 2FFH, describe as:

>rlink a.obj b.obj -form=hexadecimal -output=file1=100-2ff -start=P1/100,P2/200 -space=ff

[Remark]

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If the specification of the data is omitted in this option, vacant areas are not filled with values.

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This option is valid only when the -form={binary|stype|hexadecimal} option is specified.

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If the output range is not specified in the -output option, this option will be invalid.