A51: ACCESSING PDATA VARIABLES IN ASSEMBLER

Information in this article applies to:

C51 Version 5.50

SYMPTOMS

In a C source file, I have declared a pdata variable called foo. I wish to access this variable in an assembly module, and I have written the following code to do this:

EXTRN XDATA (foo)
...
MOV R0, #foo
MOV @R0, A

However, when I build my project I get:

ERROR 121: IMPROPER FIXUP.

CAUSE

While using the EXTRN directive, you have specified the variable as xdata. This is correct since pdata variables are stored in xdata, however, the assembler assigns a 16-bit address to the variable, but only an 8-bit address exists for the pdata variable.

RESOLUTION

Move the lower byte of the 16-bit address of the variable into R0. The upper byte will be present on P2 during the memory access.

MOV R0, #LOW (foo)

Last Reviewed: Tuesday, June 08, 2004