PDP-11 support for GNU binutils

NEWS

2002-03-08
GNU binutils 2.12 has been released, with PDP-11 support.
2001-02-18
The patch has been included in the CVS tree and will appear in version 2.12.
2001-02-15
The patch has been sumbitted for inclusion in GNU binutils.
2001-02-13
The paperwork has been done. The patch is being updated to match the CVS source tree.
2000-08-21
The patch will be submitted for inclusion in GNU binutils as soon as the copyright paperwork is done. When the patch is deemed suitable for inclusion by the binutils maintainers, remaining issues can be dealt with.
2000-07-17
Version 22 of the patch, now against binutils 2.10.
2000-06-19
Version 19 of the patch. ld seems to work now.
2000-06-10
Version 17 of the patch. Removed old junk from the assembler, and made -m options work.
2000-06-03
Version 16 of the patch. The assembler generates correct branch instructions and generally works, except as noted below.
2000-05-27
Version 15 of the patch. The assembler generates correct relocs.
2000-05-16
Version 11 of the patch, with the latest assembler improvements. (Oops, the assembler doesn't build.)
2000-05-15
Created this page. Also, here is a proposal for PDP-11-specific assembler options.
2000-05-14
Started working on relocations in the assembler.
2000-05-13
The assembler generates object files that the 2.11BSD linker understands.
2000-05-12
Version 10 of the patch. The assembler doesn't compile.
2000-05-07
The disassembler works. Version 2 of the patch.
2000-05-05
Project started.

STATUS

good:

  • A basic BFD back end is almost complete.
  • The assembler generates correct object files.
  • The linker has generated a correct executable at least once.
  • All instructions known to me are recognized.
  • These tools mostly work: ar, as, ld, nm, objdump, size, strip.

bad:

  • 2.11BSD overlay object files are not understood.
  • V7 object files are untested.
  • These tools are untested: objcopy, ranlib.
  • Synthetic instructions, including jbr, jeq, jne, etc, are not recognized.
  • The assembler doesn't recognize these PDP-11 assembler features:
    • numbers are in octal notation unless postfixed with a dot
    • data words can be entered without .word
    • the <string> syntax

DOWNLOAD

Warning, the PDP-11 support is still incomplete. Use it only if you're very curious or want to search for bugs.

Use ./configure --target=pdp11-dec-bsd to build the tools.

CONTACT

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Home page: http://lars.nocrew.org/

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