[GensKMod] 0.7b & [nm2wch] 0.1 are out

[KanedaFr]

Thanks to Fonzie and ElBarto (ask to fonzie why!), I finally was able to make something I'm very proud!

nm2wch let you convert a nm output (from your just compiled binary rom) to a watcher file.

So, when you load your game in KMod, you have all your variables in watchers' window

you need binutils\nm to use it and sh to support nm stdout redirect (I didn't find another way!) then adjust your makefile to

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SHELL=<gendevkitpath>sh
NM= <gendevkitpath>nm

.....

$(ROM).bin: $(ROM).out
	$(OBJC) -O binary $< $@
	$(NM) -n -S -t x $< >$(ROM).nm
	nm2wch $(ROM).nm $(ROM).wch

Gens KMod was updated to support it.
You also can change watcher type and jump to memory in RAM (use right click).
The autoload watcher feature (Options>Debug...) will look for a watcher file in the rom folder or, if not found, in the 'watchers' folder.
So if you launch a rom from your compile batch, the watchers will be loaded at the same times...perfect for debugging, no ?


It's not a great change, so I named it 0.7b, not 0.8

I tested this with Stef devkit.
Let me know if you succeed with something else (XGCC, snasm.. ?)


Stef, I currently added nm, sh and rm to bin folder...perhaps you could compile and include them in your next devkit release ? it will be cleaner and easier for newbies

[Stef]

Thanks to Fonzie and ElBarto (ask to fonzie why!), I finally was able to make something I'm very proud!

nm2wch let you convert a nm output (from your just compiled binary rom) to a watcher file.

So, when you load your game in KMod, you have all your variables in watchers' window

you need binutils\nm to use it and sh to support nm stdout redirect (I didn't find another way!) then adjust your makefile to

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SHELL=<gendevkitpath>sh
NM= <gendevkitpath>nm

.....

$(ROM).bin: $(ROM).out
	$(OBJC) -O binary $< $@
	$(NM) -n -S -t x $< >$(ROM).nm
	nm2wch $(ROM).nm $(ROM).wch

Gens KMod was updated to support it.
You also can change watcher type and jump to memory in RAM (use right click).
The autoload watcher feature (Options>Debug...) will look for a watcher file in the rom folder or, if not found, in the 'watchers' folder.
So if you launch a rom from your compile batch, the watchers will be loaded at the same times...perfect for debugging, no ?


It's not a great change, so I named it 0.7b, not 0.8

I tested this with Stef devkit.
Let me know if you succeed with something else (XGCC, snasm.. ?)


Stef, I currently added nm, sh and rm to bin folder...perhaps you could compile and include them in your next devkit release ? it will be cleaner and easier for newbies

Great addition Kaneda !
I can add nm and sh but why we need rm ? can't use the del win32 command ?

[ElBarto]

Fun, Fonzie told me that it'll be cool too use that output with Kmod and bam few day later new kmod
Will test it in the WE.
Thanks a lot again.