The standard function library, libnustd.a, is an ANSI-compliant function library.
The library was created as a supplement to the N64 OS/Library, which contains only a portion of the functions of the ANSI library.
With the exception of console input/output, most of the functions conform to the ANSI standard and are included with the source code so they can be customized by the user.
The numerical computation functions come in double and float versions. The memory allocation routine incorporates an alignment adjustment function, but there is also a routine to check the consistency of memory allocations.
For details about each of the functions, see the standard function reference in the NuSYSTEM manual or the comments in the source code for each function.
* Procedure For Using the SGI Compiler
In order to use the standard function library, you must specify the following include and library paths in the Makefile.
N64KITDIR = /usr/local/n64kit
NUSTDINCDIR = $(N64KITDIR)/nustd/include
NUSTDLIBDIR = $(N64KITDIR)/nustd/lib
. . .
LCINCS = -I$(NUSTDINCDIR)
LDFLAGS = $(MKDEPOPT) -nostdlib -L$(ROOT)/usr/lib -L$(NUSTDLIBDIR) \
-u sprintf -lultra_d -lnustd_d
When making a ROM version, define LDFLAGS as follows:
LDFLAGS = $(MKDEPOPT) -nostdlib -L$(ROOT)/usr/lib L$(NUSTDLIBDIR) \
-lultra_rom -lnustd
Because sprintf is internally called by some functions including malloc_memcheck(), mt_malloc_memcheck(), malloc_memdsp(), and mt_malloc_memdsp(), it is necessary to indicate -u sprintf when these functions are used.
* Procedure For Using exeGCC (N64)
exeGCC comes with an ANSI standard library, so there will probably be little need for libnustd.a. However, because the function names and include names are the same as those used by exeGCC, the following options must be attached if the library is going to be used.
N64KITDIR = c:\nintendo\n64kit
NUSTDINCDIR = $(N64KITDIR)/nustd/include
NUSTDLIBDIR = $(N64KITDIR)/nustd/lib
.c.o:
$(CC) -g -G 0 -c -nostdinc -I- -I$(NUSTDINCDIR) -I$(INC)/PR \
-I$(INC) -D_MIPS_SZLONG=32 -D_MIPS_SZINT=32 $<
. . .
LDFLAGS = $(MKDEPOPT) -L$(LIB) -L$(NUSTDLIBDIR) -L$(GCCDIR)/mipse/lib \
-lgultra_d -lnustd_d -lkmc
The "-nostdinc -I-" option is added to .c.o: so the routine will not look in the exeGCC ANSI standard library include file.
When making a ROM version, define LDFLAGS as follows:
LDFLAGS = $(MKDEPOPT) -L$(LIB) -L$(NUSTDLIBDIR) -L$(GCCDIR)/mipse/lib \
-lgultra_rom -lnustd -lkmc
* Rebuilding the Standard Function Library
You can rebuild the standard library by running make in the nustd/src directory. Running make builds the ROM version library (libnustd.a). Running make deb builds the debug version library (libnustd_d.a). (It is safer to delete all of *.o and *.a files before using make)
The difference between the ROM version and Debug version in Ver1.2 includes the optimization levels that each has and whether debug information is contained.
* Library Search Order
The linker will search for functions in the order declared with the -l option. Note that if the same function is contained in different libraries, the linked object will differ depending on the order in which the libraries were searched.
Some functions were provided in both this library, Ver1.1 or previous versions and the N64OS library. However, in Ver1.2 these functions are renamed to avoid confusion. These functions and their corresponding new function names are shown below.
sqrtf() --> _nsqrtf()
strchr() --> _nstrchr()
strlen() --> _nstrlen()
memcpy() --> _nmemcpy()
ldiv() --> _nldiv()
sinf() --> _nsinf()
cosf() --> _ncosf()
* Notes Regarding the Standard Function Library
- errno is not available.
- It is not guaranteed how the functions sin() and cos() behave when
values close to the maximum value for each argument are specified.
Because there is also a problem regarding floating point precision,
please design your program so as not to make the resulting angles
significantly large.
- malloc() does not support simultaneous access from multiple threads.
mt-malloc() supporting multiple threads is provided for malloc().
- malloc() uses 16-byte alignment.
- Alignment is not guaranteed if realloc is performed to the area
reserved using memalign().
- setjmp() does not support saving the FPU register.