[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by red_alert_13

I was wondering if the same thing would be possible with the compiler supplied by FIRST?

This is called 'inline assembly' and is a nonstandard feature of most compilers, and they all seem to implement it in a slightly different way. Luckily, though, you don't have to look any further than the default code to find an example.

From ifi_startup.c:

void _startup (void)
{
  _asm
    /* Initialize the stack pointer */
    lfsr 1, _stack lfsr 2, _stack clrf TBLPTRU, 0 /* 1st silicon doesn't do this on POR */
    bcf  FPFLAGS,RND,0 /* Initialize rounding flag for floating point libs */

    /* initialize the flash memory access configuration. this is harmless */
    /* for non-flash devices, so we do it on all parts. */
    bsf 0xa6, 7, 0
    bcf 0xa6, 6, 0
  _endasm

loop:

    Clear_Memory();
  _do_cinit ();
  /* Call the user's main routine */
  main ();

  goto loop;
}                               /* end _startup() */

There's several other examples in that file as well.