On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Alistair Riddoch wrote:
> Luke writes:
> >
> >
> > Can some clever chap (or chapess) tell me what is wrong with this:
> > It is supposed to print the letter A to the screen..... But it doesn't.
> >
> > export _main
> > _main:
> > mov eax,#4
> > mov ebx,#1
> > mov ecx,#13
> > mov edx,#1
> > int $80
> >
> > mov eax,#1
> > int $80
> > .data
> > .bss
> >
> >
>
> Very nearly, but not quite. Here is a version that works:-
>
> export _main
> _main:
> mov eax,#4
> mov ebx,#1
> mov ecx,#opstr
> mov edx,#1
> int $80
>
> mov eax,#1
> int $80
> .data
> opstr:
> .ascii "A"
> .bss
>
>
> You need to pass a a pointer to the message to the kernel. What were you
> trying to do when you passed #13?
Ta. It should have been 65...
Luke(Boo) Farrar.
