section .data m1 db 10,13, 'Processor is in real mode' m1Len equ $-m1 m2 db 10,13, 'Processor is in protected mode' m2Len equ $-m2 m3 db 10,13, 'Contents of GDTR are: ' m3Len equ $-m3 m4 db 10,13, 'Contents of LDTR are: ' m4Len equ $-m4 m5 db 10,13, 'Contents of IDTR are: ' m5Len equ $-m5 m6 db 10,13, 'Contents of TR are: ' m6Len equ $-m6 m7 db 10,13, 'Contents of MSW are: ' m7Len equ $-m7 colon db ':' newline db 10 section .bss gdt resw 1 resd 1 ldt resw 1 idt resw 1 resd 1 tr resw 1 msw resw 1 disp_buff resb 8 %macro disp 2 mov eax,04 mov ebx,01 mov ecx,%1 mov edx,%2 int 80h %endmacro section .text global _start _start: smsw ax mov[msw],ax bt ax,0 jc prm disp m1,m1Len jmp exit exit: mov eax,1 mov ebx,0 int 80h prm: disp m2,m2Len next1: sgdt[gdt] sldt[ldt] sidt[idt] str[tr] smsw[msw] disp m3,m3Len mov bx,[gdt+4] call disp4 mov bx,[gdt+2] call disp4 disp m4,m4Len mov bx,[ldt] call disp4 disp m5,m5Len mov bx,[idt] call disp4 mov bx,[idt+2] call disp4 disp m6,m6Len mov bx,[tr] call disp4 disp m7,m7Len mov bx,[msw] call disp4 disp newline,1 jmp exit disp4: mov ecx,4 mov edi, disp_buff up1: rol bx,04 mov al,bl and al,0fh cmp al,09 jbe y add al,07h y: add al,30h mov[edi],al inc edi loop up1 disp disp_buff,4 ret
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Assembly language(asm) is a low-level programming language, where the language instructions will be more similar to machine code instructions.
Every assembler may have it's own assembly language designed for a specific computers or an operating system.
Assembly language requires less execution time and memory. It is more helful for direct hardware manipulation, real-time critical applications. It is used in device drivers, low-level embedded systems etc.
Assembly language usually consists of three sections,
Data section
To initialize variables and constants, buffer size these values doesn't change at runtime.
bss section
To declare variables
text section
_start
specifies the starting of this section where the actually code is written.
There are various define directives to allocate space for variables for both initialized and uninitialized data.
variable-name define-directive initial-value
Define Directive | Description | Allocated Space |
---|---|---|
DB | Define Byte | 1 byte |
DW | Define Word | 2 bytes |
DD | Define Doubleword | 4 bytes |
DQ | Define Quadword | 8 bytes |
DT | Define Ten Bytes | 10 bytes |
Define Directive | Description |
---|---|
RESB | Reserve a Byte |
RESW | Reserve a Word |
RESD | Reserve a Doubleword |
RESQ | Reserve a Quadword |
REST | Reserve a Ten Bytes |
Constants can be defined using
CONSTANT_NAME EQU regular-exp or value
%assign constant_name value
%define constant_name value
Loops are used to iterate a set of statements for a specific number of times.
mov ECX,n
L1:
;<loop body>
loop L1
where n specifies the no of times loops should iterate.
Procedure is a sub-routine which contains set of statements. Usually procedures are written when multiple calls are required to same set of statements which increases re-usuability and modularity.
procedure_name:
;procedure body
ret