===== Assembly Language Programming =====
Assembly can be a frightening experience, even for well-seasoned C coders.  These resources are here to be of use to anyone wanting to work with assembly in Minix.

==== Learning Assembly Language ====
Main Page: [[.:learningassemblyinminix|Learning Assembly in MINIX]]

These are resources to aid users in learning assembler as it relates to Minix.  Note: the prerequisite for this is knowing C.  If you do not already know C, you'll save yourself many headaches by doing this first.

  * **Use the compiler** - Write a simple C program that demonstrates what you want to do, then translate it to assembly with:''$ cc -S myprogram.c''
  * **Dr. Paul Carter’s Assembly Tutorial** - http://drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/
  * Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manuals - http://www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/
  * Other Resources (see [[.:learningassemblyinminix|Learning Assembly in MINIX]])

==== Examples ====
These are just some examples of assembly for Minix.

  * **Use the compiler** - Write a simple C program that demonstrates what you want to do, then translate it to assembly with:''$ cc -S myprogram.c''
  * Appendix B from OSDI - http://www.minix3.org/doc/AppendixB.html