Guide to Assembly Language Programming in Linux / Edition 1

by Sivarama P. Dandamudi

Overview

Processor designs can be broadly divided into CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computers) and RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computers). The dominant processor in the PC market, Pentium, belongs to the CISC category, and Linux is fast becoming the number one threat to Microsoft’s Windows in the server market. This unique guidebook provides comprehensive coverage of the key elements of Assembly language programming, specifically targeting professionals and students who would like to learn Assembly and intend or expect to move to the Linux operating system.

The book instructs users on how to install Linux on existing Windows machines. Readers are introduced to Linux and its commands, and will gain insights into the NASM assembler (installation and usage).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387258973
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	07/15/2005
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	545
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.05(d)

About the Author

Sivarama P. Dandamudi is a professor of computer science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as well as associate editor responsible for computer architecture at the International Journal of Computers and Their Applications. He has more than two decades of experience teaching about computer systems and organization.

Table of Contents

Overview.- Assembly Language.- Computer Organization.- Digital Logic Circuits.- Memory Organization.- The IA-32 Architecture.- Linux.- Installing Linux.- Using Linux.- NASM.- Installing and Using NASM.- Debugging Assembly Language Programs.- Assembly Language.- A First Look at Assembly Language.- More on Assembly Language.- Writing Procedures.- More on Procedures.- Addressing Modes.- Arithmetic Instructions.- Conditional Execution.- Logical and Bit Operations.- Advanced Assembly Language.- String Processing.- ASCII and BCD Arithmetic.- Recursion.- Protected-Mode Interrupt Processing.- High-Level Language Interface.- Floating-Point Operations.