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<td class="head-ltitle">RGBLINK(1)</td>
<td class="head-vol">General Commands Manual</td>
<td class="head-rtitle">RGBLINK(1)</td>
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<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="selflink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
<b class="Nm" title="Nm">rgblink</b> — <span class="Nd" title="Nd">Game
Boy linker</span>
<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="selflink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
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<td><b class="Nm" title="Nm">rgblink</b></td>
<td>[<span class="Op"><b class="Fl" title="Fl">-dtVw</b></span>]
[<span class="Op"><b class="Fl" title="Fl">-m</b>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">mapfile</var></span>]
[<span class="Op"><b class="Fl" title="Fl">-n</b>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">symfile</var></span>]
[<span class="Op"><b class="Fl" title="Fl">-O</b>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">overlayfile</var></span>]
[<span class="Op"><b class="Fl" title="Fl">-o</b>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">outfile</var></span>]
[<span class="Op"><b class="Fl" title="Fl">-p</b>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">pad_value</var></span>]
[<span class="Op"><b class="Fl" title="Fl">-s</b>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">symbol</var></span>]
[<span class="Op"><b class="Fl" title="Fl">-l</b>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">linkerscript</var></span>]
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">file ...</var></td>
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<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="selflink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
The <b class="Nm" title="Nm">rgblink</b> program links objects created by
<a class="Xr" title="Xr">rgbasm(1)</a> into a single Game Boy ROM file.
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By default, ROM0 sections created by the assembler are placed in the 16KiB bank
0, and ROMX sections are placed in any bank except bank 0. If your ROM will
only be 32KiB, you can use the <b class="Fl" title="Fl">-t</b> option to
override this.
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Similarly, WRAM0 sections are placed in the first 4KiB of WRAM bank 0 and WRAMX
sections are placed in any bank except bank 0. If your ROM doesn't use banked
WRAM you can use option <b class="Fl" title="Fl">-w</b> option to override
this.
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Also, if your ROM is designed for DMG, you can make sure that you don't use any
prohibited section by using the option <b class="Fl" title="Fl">-d</b>, which
implies <b class="Fl" title="Fl">-w</b> but also prohibits the use of VRAM
bank 1.
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The arguments are as follows:
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<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
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<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#m"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="m">-m</b></a>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">mapfile</var></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">Write a mapfile to the given filename.</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#n"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="n">-n</b></a>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">symfile</var></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">Write a symbol file to the given filename.</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#O"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="O">-O</b></a>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">overlayfile</var></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">The ROM image to overlay sections over. When an overlay ROM
is provided, all sections must be fixed. This may be used to patch an
existing binary.</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#o"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="o">-o</b></a>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">outfile</var></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">Write ROM image to the given filename.</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#p"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="p">-p</b></a>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">pad_value</var></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">When padding an image, pad with this value. The default is
0x00.</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#s"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="s">-s</b></a>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">symbol</var></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">???</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#w"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="w">-w</b></a></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">Expand the WRAM0 section size from 4KiB to the full 8KiB
assigned to WRAM and prohibit the use of WRAMX sections.</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#d"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="d">-d</b></a></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">Enable DMG mode. Prohibit the use of sections that doesn't
exist on a DMG, such as WRAMX and VRAM bank 1. This option automatically
enables <b class="Fl" title="Fl">-w</b>.</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#t"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="t">-t</b></a></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">Expand the ROM0 section size from 16KiB to the full 32KiB
assigned to ROM and prohibit the use of ROMX sections. Useful for ROMs
that fit in 32 KiB.</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#l"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="l">-l</b></a>
<var class="Ar" title="Ar">linkerscript</var></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">Specify a linkerscript file that tells the linker how
sections must be placed in the ROM. This file has priority over the
attributes assigned in the source code, but they have to be consistent.
See <a class="Xr" title="Xr">rgblink(5)</a> for more information about its
format.</dd>
<dt class="It-tag"> </dt>
<dd class="It-tag"> </dd>
<dt class="It-tag"><a class="selflink" href="#V"><b class="Fl" title="Fl" id="V">-V</b></a></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">Print the version of the program and exit.</dd>
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<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="EXAMPLES"><a class="selflink" href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a></h1>
All you need for a basic ROM is an object file, which can be made into a ROM
image like so:
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<div class="D1">$ rgblink -o bar.gb foo.o</div>
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The resulting bar.gb will not have correct checksums (unless you put them in the
assembly source). You should use <a class="Xr" title="Xr">rgbfix(1)</a> to fix
these so that the program will actually run in a Game Boy:
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<div class="D1">$ rgbfix -v bar.gb</div>
<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="selflink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
ALSO</a></h1>
<a class="Xr" title="Xr">rgbasm(1)</a>, <a class="Xr" title="Xr">rgblink(5)</a>,
<a class="Xr" title="Xr">rgbfix(1)</a>, <a class="Xr" title="Xr">rgbds(5)</a>,
<a class="Xr" title="Xr">rgbds(7)</a>
<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="selflink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
<b class="Nm" title="Nm">rgblink</b> was originally written by Carsten
Sørensen as part of the ASMotor package, and was later packaged in
RGBDS by Justin Lloyd. It is now maintained by a number of contributors at
<a class="Lk" title="Lk" href="https://github.com/rednex/rgbds">https://github.com/rednex/rgbds</a>.</div>
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<td class="foot-date">January 26, 2018</td>
<td class="foot-os">RGBDS Manual</td>
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