Templates

These pages contain quick reference guides to NASM.

NASM Template

Note

Please see Task 1: POSIX Environment Setup to install the required packages and libraries.

; include directives
global asm_main
%include "../lib/asm_io.inc"

segment .data
    ; DX directives (read only, static data)

segment .bss
    ; RESX directives (writable data)

segment .text
asm_main:                    ; entry point (called from driver.c)
    ; instructions

    enter 0,0                ; Initialize register EBP
    pusha                    ; Push register contents to the stack
    ;
    ; Your program here
    ;
    popa                     ; Restore register data from the stack
    mov eax, 0               ; flush EAX of data
    leave                    ; restore the stack
    ret                      ; Return from main back into C library wrapper

Makefile 32-bit Template

Note

A Makefile requires the use of tabs (ASCII symbol HT, code 0x09) instead of blank spaces.
HTML does not display a tab or HT. You will need to copy/paste a HT from notepad if your text editor does not support tabs.
Here is the error code that you will receive if you do not use a tab on line number 2.
```
Makefile:2: *** missing separator.  Stop.
```

# compiles the project files (project_name.asm)
# Compiles dependencies if they are not up to date
project_name: asm_io.o driver.o project_name.o
    @echo "Building project_name.asm"
    @gcc -m32 driver.o project_name.o asm_io.o -o project_name
    @rm project_name.o              # Remove project_name.o to force a recompile each time
    ./project_name

# Build project_name.asm
project_name.o:
    @nasm -f elf project_name.asm -o project_name.o

# Build asm_io.asm
asm_io.o:
    @nasm -f elf -d ELF_TYPE ../lib/asm_io.asm -o asm_io.o

# Build driver.c
driver.o:
    @gcc -m32 -c ../lib/driver.c -o driver.o

# Clean up and then rebuild all (asm_io.asm, driver.c, and project_name.asm)
all: clean project_name

# Removes all .o and temporary files
clean:
    @echo "Cleaning up..."
    @rm -f *.o
    @rm -f project_name