Linux Assembly HOWTO Konstantin Boldyshev Linux Assembly     konst@linuxassembly.org Francois-Rene Rideau Tunes project     fare@tunes.org Copyright © 1999-2001 by Konstantin Boldyshev Copyright © 1996-1999 by Francois-Rene Rideau This is the Linux Assembly HOWTO, version 0.6c. 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. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Legal Blurb 1.2. Foreword 1.3. Contributions 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. NASM 3.4. AS86 3.5. Other Assemblers 4. Metaprogramming 4.1. External filters 4.2. Metaprogramming 5. Calling conventions 5.1. Linux 5.2. DOS and Windows 5.3. Your own OS 6. Quick start 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Hello, world! 6.3. Building an executable 7. Resources 7.1. Pointers 7.2. Mailing list 8. Frequently Asked Questions A. History B. Acknowledgements C. Endorsements D. GNU Free Documentation License     Next     Introduction