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While you're at it, any alternative recommendations? I'm still a novice at writing assembly (more interested in code gen and instruction set design than coding

While you're at it, any alternative recommendations? I'm still a novice at writing assembly (more interested in code gen and instruction set design than coding assembly by hand), but I've found these helpful: * http://asm.sourceforge.net/resources.html * http://www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/ * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1662430 (good resource, link to HN discussion)

gnosis 15y ago
If you're going to be writing assembly on Linux, you should decide which of the two major syntaxes to learn: - AT&T (gas, gcc inline assembly) - Intel (nasm, fasm, yasm, but also gas) Some links to help you decide: Pro-gas: http://www.deater.net/weave/vmwprod/asm/ll/README.gas_sucks http://www.deater.net/weave/vmwprod/asm/ll/README.gas_sucks Anti-gas: http://x86asm.net/articles/what-i-dislike-about-gas/ http://x86asm.net/articles/what-i-dislike-about-gas/ Neither/both: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gas-nasm/index.html http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gas-nasm/i... Neither: http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/AsmTools/WhichAsm.html http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/AsmTools/WhichAsm.html If you decide to go with AT&T/gas, check out "Programming from the Ground Up", by Jonathan Bartlett: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/pgubook/ http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/pgubook/ If you decide to go with Intel/nasm, see "PC Assembly Language" by Paul A. Carter: http://www.drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/ http://www.drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/ Also, the following tutorial is focused on DOS/8086, but it's really unique in that it's very interactive, and provides you with a fully functional assembly interpreter and 8086 simulator: http://www.btinternet.com/~btketman/tutpage.html http://www.btinternet.com/~btketman/tutpage.html I highly recommend it for getting a quick feel for the basics, though some of the DOS/8086 specific stuff in it won't apply to Linux.

gnosis 15y ago

If you're going to be writing assembly on Linux, you should decide which of the two major syntaxes to learn: - AT&T (gas, gcc inline assembly) - Intel (nasm, fasm, yasm, but also gas) Some links to help you decide: Pro-gas: http://www.deater.net/weave/vmwprod/asm/ll/README.gas_sucks http://www.deater.net/weave/vmwprod/asm/ll/README.gas_sucks Anti-gas: http://x86asm.net/articles/what-i-dislike-about-gas/ http://x86asm.net/articles/what-i-dislike-about-gas/ Neither/both: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gas-nasm/index.html http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gas-nasm/i... Neither: http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/AsmTools/WhichAsm.html http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/AsmTools/WhichAsm.html If you decide to go with AT&T/gas, check out "Programming from the Ground Up", by Jonathan Bartlett: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/pgubook/ http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/pgubook/ If you decide to go with Intel/nasm, see "PC Assembly Language" by Paul A. Carter: http://www.drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/ http://www.drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/ Also, the following tutorial is focused on DOS/8086, but it's really unique in that it's very interactive, and provides you with a fully functional assembly interpreter and 8086 simulator: http://www.btinternet.com/~btketman/tutpage.html http://www.btinternet.com/~btketman/tutpage.html I highly recommend it for getting a quick feel for the basics, though some of the DOS/8086 specific stuff in it won't apply to Linux.