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Offline tangnan

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about binexe.mac
« on: November 19, 2012, 01:37:15 PM »
; -*- nasm -*-
; NASM macro file to allow the `bin' output format to generate
; simple .EXE files by constructing the EXE header by hand.
; Adapted from a contribution by Yann Guidon <whygee_corp@hol.fr>

%define EXE_stack_size EXE_realstacksize

%macro EXE_begin 0
      ORG 0E0h
      section .text

header_start:
      db 4Dh,5Ah        ; EXE file signature
      dw EXE_allocsize % 512
      dw (EXE_allocsize + 511) / 512
      dw 0            ; relocation information: none
      dw (header_end-header_start)/16 ; header size in paragraphs
      dw (EXE_absssize + EXE_realstacksize) / 16 ; min extra mem
      dw (EXE_absssize + EXE_realstacksize) / 16 ; max extra mem
      dw -10h        ; Initial SS (before fixup)
      dw EXE_endbss + EXE_realstacksize ; Initial SP (1K DPMI+1K STACK)
      dw 0            ; (no) Checksum
      dw 100h        ; Initial IP - start just after the header
      dw -10h        ; Initial CS (before fixup)
      dw 0            ; file offset to relocation table: none
      dw 0            ; (no overlay)
      align 16,db 0
header_end:

EXE_startcode:
      section .data
EXE_startdata:
      section .bss
EXE_startbss:
%endmacro

%macro EXE_stack 1
EXE_realstacksize equ %1
%define EXE_stack_size EXE_bogusstacksize ; defeat EQU in EXE_end
%endmacro

%macro EXE_end 0
      section .text
EXE_endcode:
      section .data
EXE_enddata:
      section .bss
      alignb 4
EXE_endbss:

EXE_acodesize equ (EXE_endcode-EXE_startcode+3) & (~3)
EXE_datasize equ EXE_enddata-EXE_startdata
EXE_absssize equ (EXE_endbss-EXE_startbss+3) & (~3)
EXE_allocsize equ EXE_acodesize + EXE_datasize

EXE_stack_size equ 0x800    ; default if nothing else was used
%endmacro

my problem was:
(header_end-header_start)/16   why to /16
dw -10h        ; Initial SS   why is -10h
EXE_acodesize equ (EXE_endcode-EXE_startcode+3) & (~3) why to add 3 and & (~3)
anybody can tell what I show?
thanks!


Offline Frank Kotler

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Re: about binexe.mac
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2012, 02:12:01 PM »
The "/16" is to get the header size in "paragraphs". The "+3)&(~3)" is to round the code size up to a multiple of 4 (for alignment, I presume). The "-10h" is... I dunno. Hope that gets you a little closer.

Best,
Frank