Assembly Language Programming

UNIT 2
Program writing and MASM
Review
Stack data structure Operands Addressing modes IO ports
Outline
Flag instruction
ADD and ADC

A loop program Data entering MASM Directives
Flag Register
Program
Effect of ADD on carry flag Use of zero flag for looping Add 5 bytes in debug Using MASM Simple directives Consider carry
Use ADC
MASM 8086 Instruction - Basic Structure

Label Operator Operand[s] ;Comment
Label - optional alphanumeric string 1st character must be a-z,A-Z,?,@,_,$ Last character must be : Operator - assembly language instruction mnemonic: an instruction format for humans Assembler translates mnemonic into hexadecimal opcode example: mov is f8h Operand[s] - 0 to 3 pieces of data required by instruction Can be several different forms Delineated by commas immediate, register name, memory data, memory address Comment - Extremely useful in assembler language These fields are separated by White Space (tab, blank, \n, etc.)
8086 Instruction - Example

Label
INIT: mov
Operator
ax, bx
Operand[s]
;Comment
; Copy contents of bx into ax
Label Operator Operands Comment
INIT: mov ax and bx alphanumeric string between ; and \n
Not case sensitive Unlike other assemblers, destination operand is first mov is the mnemonic that the assembler translates into an opcode
Anatomy of MASM Source File

Assembler program divided into segments Segments defined in 1 or more modules
contain instructions, data, assembler directives
Each module is a separate file

Assembler translates modules to object files
Linker does several things

Combines multiple object files Resolves relative addresses Inserts loader code Creates executable
Assembler Language Segment Types

Stack
For dynamic data storage Source file defines size Must have exactly 1
Data
For static data Storage Source file defines size Source file defines content (optional) Can have 0 or more
Code
For machine Instructions Must have 1 or more
Using MASM Assembler

to get help:
C:\> masm /h
Can just invoke MASM with no arguments:

C:\> masm
Source Filename Object Filename Source Listing Cross Reference [.ASM]: hello [HELLO.OBJ]: [NUL.LST]: [NUL.CRF]:
.ASM - Assembler source file prepared by programmer .OBJ - Translated source file by assembler .LST - Listing file, documents Translation process
Errors, Addresses, Symbols, etc
.CRF Cross reference file
Using MASM Assembler/Linker (Cont.)

Another way to invoke assembler:
C:\> masm hello,,hello,hello
This causes MASM to create:

HELLO.OBJ HELLO.LST HELLO.CRF
Yet another way:

C:\> masm hello
This causes MASM to create:

HELLO.OBJ
Next step is to create executable file using the linker:

C:\> link hello
This causes linker to create:

HELLO.EXE
MASM Assembler Language

Each module contains 4 types of statements:
1. 2. 3. 4. Executable instructions MASM assembler directives MASM macroinstruction definitions MASM macroinstruction calls
Executable Instr.: Instructions that the x86 can fetch from memory and execute MASM Dir.: Programmer supplied directives that guide the translation process MASM Macro Defs. and Calls:
x86 Instruction Type Classifications

DATA TRANSFER
General Integer Floating Point Logical Shifting Branching Interrupt Subroutine call JUMP JMP
mov ax, [DAT1] ;ax gets contents of mem
ARITHMETIC/LOGIC
add fadd and ror ax, bx DAT ax, bx ax, 2 ;ax gets ax+bx ;ST get ST+DAT ;ax gets ax AND bx ;ax contents shifted-2 right
CONTROL TRANSFER
jnz int SUB1 LAbel LABEL1 21h ;if ZF=1 then IP=LABEL1 ;invoke INT handler 21h
;invoke subroutine, SUB1 ;CS:IP = label
x86 Instruction Set Summary

(Not Included in Following Slides)
Floating Point
Special Protected Mode
8087
80386
MMX (DSP)
Pentium MMX
SSE (Streaming SIMD Extension) - Special SIMD Pentium III Others (few specialized added with each generation)
MASM Program Example

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; ; ; This is an example program. It prints the ; ; character string "Hello World" to the DOS standard output ; ; using the DOS service interrupt, function 9. ; ; ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; hellostk SEGMENT BYTE STACK 'STACK' ;Define the stack segment DB 100h DUP(?) ;Set maximum stack size to 256 bytes (100h) hellostk ENDS
hellodat dos_print strng hellodat

hellocod START:
SEGMENT BYTE 'DATA' ;Define the data segment EQU 9 ;define a constant via EQU DB 'Hello World',13,10,'$' ;Define the character string ENDS
SEGMENT BYTE 'CODE' ;Define mov ax, SEG hellodat mov ds, ax mov ah, dos_print mov dx,OFFSET strng int 21h mov ax, 4c00h int 21h ENDS END START the Code segment ;ax <-- data segment start address ;ds <-- initialize data segment register ;ah <-- 9 DOS 21h string function ;dx <-- beginning of string ;DOS service interrupt ;ax <-- 4c DOS 21h program halt function ;DOS service interrupt
hellocod
; END label defines program entry
Another Way to define Segments

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Use 'assume' directive to define segment types ; ; ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; hellostk SEGMENT ;Define a segment DB 100h DUP(?) hellostk ENDS hellodat dos_print strng hellodat hellocod START: SEGMENT ;define a segment EQU 9 ;define a constant DB 'Hello World',13,10,'$' ;Define the character string ENDS SEGMENT ;define a segment assume cs:hellocod, ds:hellodat, ss: hellostk mov ax, hellodat ;ax <-- data segment start address mov ds, ax ;ds <-- initialize data segment register mov ah, dos_print ;ah <-- 9 DOS 21h string function mov dx,OFFSET strng ;dx <-- beginning of string int 21h ;DOS service interrupt mov ax, 4c00h ;ax <-- 4c DOS 21h program halt function int 21h ;DOS service interrupt ENDS START
hellocod END
Yet another way to define Segs

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Use .stack,.data,.code directives to define segment types ; ; ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; .stack 100h ; reserve 256 bytes of stack space .data dos_print EQU 9 strng DB 'Hello World',13,10,'$'
;define a constant ;Define the character string
.code START: mov mov mov mov int mov int ax, SEG strng ds, ax ah, dos_print dx,OFFSET strng 21h ax, 4c00h 21h ;ax <-- data segment start address ;ds <-- initialize data segment register ;ah <-- 9 DOS 21h string function ;dx <-- beginning of string ;DOS service interrupt ;ax <-- 4c DOS 21h program halt function ;DOS service interrupt
END
START
Masm Assembler Directives
end label proc far|near
end of program, label is entry point begin a procedure; far, near keywords specify if procedure in different code segment (far), or same code segment (near) end of procedure set a page format for the listing file title of the listing file mark start of code segment mark start of data segment set size of stack segment
endp page title .code .data .stack
Data Allocation Directives

db dw dd dq dt equ Examples: db 100 dup (?) db Hello define 100 bytes, with no initial values for bytes define 5 bytes, ASCII equivalent of Hello. define byte define word (2 bytes) define double word (4 bytes) define quadword (8 bytes) define tenbytes equate, assign numeric expression to a name
maxint equ
count equ
32767
10 * 20 ; calculate a value (200)
List of Programs
1)
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j.
write a program in debug calculate the sum of 4 words (each 16 bit data) data are 1234H, 03FDH, 4FD3H and 11FFH data is located at offset address of 0, 2, 4, 6 code starts at address 10H the result should be stored in location 8,9 save your program including the data run the program and write the sum. In your email you should attach the file and write the sum value in your email. The name of the file should be your firstname_lastname.com Note that finding how to save the file in debug is your responsibility
2) a. b. c. d. e. f.
write an assembly program and the compile it using masm and link move data from location of memory to another. Source data is Salam your_first_name Put separate code and data segment for your code Put some spaces in your data segment for destination Use masm and link and include .asm, .lst, .exe files in your email. The name of the file should be hw2

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UNIT 2

Program writing and MASM

Stack data structure Operands Addressing modes IO ports

ADD and ADC

MASM 8086 Instruction - Basic Structure

8086 Instruction - Example

; Copy contents of bx into ax

Label Operator Operands Comment

INIT: mov ax and bx alphanumeric string between ; and \n

Anatomy of MASM Source File

Each module is a separate file

Linker does several things

Assembler Language Segment Types

Using MASM Assembler

Can just invoke MASM with no arguments:

.CRF Cross reference file

Using MASM Assembler/Linker (Cont.)

This causes MASM to create:

Yet another way:

This causes MASM to create:

Next step is to create executable file using the linker:

This causes linker to create:

MASM Assembler Language

x86 Instruction Type Classifications

;invoke subroutine, SUB1 ;CS:IP = label

x86 Instruction Set Summary

MASM Program Example

hellodat dos_print strng hellodat

; END label defines program entry

Another Way to define Segments

Yet another way to define Segs

;define a constant ;Define the character string

Masm Assembler Directives

end label proc far|near

endp page title .code .data .stack

Data Allocation Directives

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