Assembler Steps; Assembly Process - Intel IXP2400 User Manual

In Windows environments, the Assembler may also be invoked through the Workbench (see
Section 2.6
4.1.2

Assembler Steps

As shown in
preprocessor step and an Assembler step. The preprocessor step takes a .uc file and creates a .ucp
file for the Assembler. The Assembler takes a .ucp file and creates an intermediate file with the file
name extension of .uci. The .uci file is used by the Assembler to create the .list file and provides
error information that may be used in resolving semantic problems (such as register conflicts) in
the input file.
Figure 65. Assembly Process
uca
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for more information on running the assembler in the the Developers Workbench).
Figure 65, invoking the Assembler results in a two-step process composed of a
source files
(.uc)
Preprocessor
.ucp file
Assembler
intermediate
file (.list)
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.uci file
Assembler
Linker
Microengine
output file (.uof)
Loader
Microengine
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