Re: Linking Ada with large Assembler libs?

["Gene" <gene.ressler@gmail.com>]

On Feb 21, 4:29 pm, "freejack" <freej...@tds.net> wrote:
> The Machine Code Insertions sections of the relevant reference manuals
> have been informative.
>
> However, I'm linking my Ada code with pre-existing libs written in
> Assembler. The GNAT manuals are a little sketchy on how to do this
> properly. I'm using NASM and FASM Assembler code. Most of the
> Assembler code deals primarily with I/O. I'm using Pragma No_Run_Time
> and writing my own Binder files, with a good bit of success.
> It's not such a big problem, as I can do it by fiddling with the
> linker and manipulating the object code. But the result is messy and
> error prone.
>
> What are the best methods you guys have come up with for doing this
> sort of manipulation?
>
> freejack
> Chris

Add a C-call compliant shim layer to your existing lib code.  Writing
this in C + embedded assembly is a good idea of possible.  Compile and
link to make C-callable static or dynamic libs.  In Ada, Import and
link the shims just as any C function.