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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (C) 1990-1998 Quinn C. Jensen
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+.TH A56 1 "April 28, 2010"
+.SH NAME
+A56 \- Motorola DSP56001 assembler
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B a56
+[\fI\-b\fR] [\fI\-l\fR] [\fI\-o output\-file\fR] file [...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.B a56
+command.
+.PP
+a56 is an assembler for the Motorola DSP56001 family of microcontrollers.
+It is capable of compiling the firmware used in Linux dsp56k.c driver.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR
+Adds binary to the listing.
+.TP
+\fB\-l\fR
+Causes included files to be listed.
+.TP
+\fB\-o\fR
+Directs the output to the specified file rather than the default.
+.SH AUTHORS
+Copyright (C) 1990-1998 Quinn C. Jensen.
+This manual page was written by Denis Briand <denis@narcan.fr>,
+for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).