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@@ -13,12 +13,36 @@ search path (maybe /usr/local/bin, or ~/bin if you don't have root access). You may also want to copy the man page `nasm.1' (and maybe `ndisasm.1') to somewhere sensible. -To rebuild the DOS sources, three makefiles are provided: -Makefile.dos, the one the standard release is built from, designed -for a hybrid system using Microsoft C and Borland Make (don't ask -why :-), Makefile.bor (for Borland C) and Makefile.bc2 (also for -Borland C, contributed by Fox Cutter <lmb@comtch.iea.com>, may work -better than Makefile.bor in some cases). +To rebuild the DOS sources, various makefiles are provided: +- Makefile.dos, the one I build the standard releases from, designed + for a hybrid system using Microsoft C and Borland Make (don't ask + why :-) +- Makefile.bor (for Borland C) +- Makefile.bc2 (also for Borland C, contributed by Fox Cutter + <lmb@comtch.iea.com>, may work better than Makefile.bor in some + cases). +- Makefile.wc, for Watcom C, compiling to a 32-bit extended DOS + executable. Contributed by Dominik Behr. +- Makefile.wcw, also for Watcom C, compiling to a Win32 command- + line application. Also contributed by Dominik Behr. + +I don't guarantee that any of those, other than Makefile.dos, work, +since I don't have the compilers to test them myself. Also be +warned: I have had various conflicting reports regarding building +NASM using Borland C. Several people have informed me that it +doesn't work except under Huge model, and one or two have said that +it doesn't work under Huge model either. + +Dominik Behr has also contributed the file misc/pmw.bat, which is a +batch file to turn the output from Makefile.wc (NASM.EXE and +NDISASM.EXE) into standalone executables incorporating Tran's +PMODE/W DOS extender, rather than depending on an external extender +program. + +If you're trying to unpack the DOS (.ZIP format) archive under Unix +instead of using the .tar.gz version, you can save some time by +doing `unzip -aL', which will convert the DOS-format text files to +Unix and also convert all names to lower case. If you want to build a restricted version of NASM containing only some of the object file formats, you can achieve this by adding @@ -36,6 +60,10 @@ enable it to work with the 32-bit binary files NASM can output: the original extender and his port `WDOSX/N' are available from his web page, http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4493. +Matt Mastracci has written a document explaining how to write +assembly language modules in DJGPP programs using NASM: it's on his +web site at http://www.ucalgary.ca/~mmastrac/djgppasm.doc. + The `misc' directory contains `nasm.sl', a NASM editing mode for the JED programmers' editor (see http://space.mit.edu/~davis/jed.html for details about JED). The comment at the start of the file gives @@ -54,7 +82,8 @@ that in many ways it was too restrictive for developers. For information about how to use NASM, see `nasm.doc'. For information about how to use NDISASM, see `ndisasm.doc'. For information about the internal structure of NASM, see -`internals.doc'. +`internal.doc'. (In particular, _please_ read `internal.doc' before +writing any code for us...) Bug reports (and patches if you can) should be sent to -jules@dcs.warwick.ac.uk or anakin@pobox.com. +<jules@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> or <anakin@pobox.com>. |