Mini-lab reference materials

Below are the necessary reference materials you can consult if you want to understand all aspects of the code in the Mini-labs.

PC hardware and Assembly Language

• PC Assembly Language, Paul A. Carter, November 2003. (local copy)
• Intel 80386 Programmer's Reference Manual, 1987.
  It is much shorter than the full current Intel Architecture manuals below, but describes all processor features used in labs.
• IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manuals, Intel, 2007. Local copies:
  • Volume I: Basic Architecture
  • Volume 2A: Instruction Set Reference, A-M
  • Volume 2B: Instruction Set Reference, N-Z
  • Volume 3A: System Programming Guide, Part 1
  • Volume 3B: System Programming Guide, Part 2
• Writing inline assembly language with GCC:
  • Brennan's Guide to Inline Assembly, Brennan "Mr. Wacko" Underwood
  • Inline assembly for x86 in Linux, Bharata B. Rao, IBM
• Loading x86 executables in the ELF format:
  • Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF).
    The definitive standard for the ELF format.