Linux Assembly HOWTO
Konstantin Boldyshev
Linux Assembly
Francois-Rene Rideau
Tunes project
Copyright © 1999-2002 by Konstantin Boldyshev
Copyright © 1996-1999 by Francois-Rene Rideau
This is the Linux Assembly HOWTO, version 0.6f. This document describes how to program in assembly language using free programming tools, focusing on development for or from the Linux Operating System, mostly on IA-32 (i386) platform. Included material may or may not be applicable to other hardware and/or software platforms.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover texts.
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
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- 1.1. Legal Blurb
- 1.2. Foreword
- 1.3. Contributions
- 1.4. Translations
- 2. Do you need assembly?
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- 2.1. Pros and Cons
- 2.2. How to NOT use Assembly
- 2.3. Linux and assembly
- 3. Assemblers
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- 3.1. GCC Inline Assembly
- 3.2. GAS
- 3.3. NASM
- 3.4. AS86
- 3.5. Other Assemblers
- 4. Metaprogramming
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- 4.1. External filters
- 4.2. Metaprogramming
- 5. Calling conventions
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- 5.1. Linux
- 5.2. DOS and Windows
- 5.3. Your own OS
- 6. Quick start
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- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Hello, world!
- 6.3. Building an executable
- 7. Resources
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- 7.1. Pointers
- 7.2. Mailing list
- 8. Frequently Asked Questions
- A. History
- B. Acknowledgements
- C. Endorsements
- D. GNU Free Documentation License
