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Linux Assembly HOWTO

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v0.5c, 5 December 1999

This is the Linux Assembly HOWTO. This document describes how to program in assembly language using FREE programming tools, focusing on development for or from the Linux Operating System on i386 platforms. Included material may or may not be applicable to other hardware and/or software platforms. Contributions about them will be gladly accepted. Keywords: assembly, assembler, free, macroprocessor, preprocessor, asm, inline asm, 32-bit, x86, i386, gas, as86, nasm, masm, tasm, OS, kernel, system, small, fast, embedded, hardware, port, I/O, syscall, system call, libc, interrupt.

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Legal Blurb
1.2 Important Note
1.3 Foreword
1.4 History
1.5 Credits

2. DO YOU NEED ASSEMBLY?

2.1 Pros and Cons
2.2 How to NOT use Assembly
2.3 Linux and assembly

3. ASSEMBLERS

3.1 GCC Inline Assembly
3.2 GAS
3.3 GASP
3.4 NASM
3.5 AS86
3.6 OTHER ASSEMBLERS

4. METAPROGRAMMING/MACROPROCESSING

4.1 What's integrated into the above
4.2 External Filters

5. CALLING CONVENTIONS

5.1 Linux
5.2 DOS
5.3 Windows and Co.
5.4 Your own OS

6. QUICK START

6.1 Tools you need
6.2 Hello, world!
6.3 Producing object code
6.4 Producing executable

7. POINTERS

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