Hello.asm

;  hello.asm  a first program for nasm for Linux, Intel, gcc
;
; assemble:	nasm -f elf -l hello.lst  hello.asm
; link:		gcc -o hello  hello.o
; run:	        hello 
; output is:	Hello World 

	SECTION .data		; data section
msg:	db "Hello World",10	; the string to print, 10=cr
len:	equ $-msg		; "$" means "here"
				; len is a value, not an address

	SECTION .text		; code section
        global main		; make label available to linker 
main:				; standard  gcc  entry point
	
	mov	edx,len		; arg3, length of string to print
	mov	ecx,msg		; arg2, pointer to string
	mov	ebx,1		; arg1, where to write, screen
	mov	eax,4		; write command to int 80 hex
	int	0x80		; interrupt 80 hex, call kernel
	
	mov	ebx,0		; exit code, 0=normal
	mov	eax,1		; exit command to kernel
	int	0x80		; interrupt 80 hex, call kernel



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