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ArmAsm

#PURPOSE: Simple program that exits and returns a
# status code back to the Linux kernel
#
#INPUT: none
#
#OUTPUT: returns a status code This can be viewed
# by typing
#
# echo $?
#
# after running the program
#
#VARIABLES:
# %rax holds the system call number
# %rbx holds the return status
#
.section .data
.section .text
.globl _start
_start:
mov $1, %rax # this is the linux kernel command
# number (system call) for exiting
# $ means immediate mode addressing,
# without $ it defaults to direct
# mode, looking up a number in
# address 1
mov $0, %rbx # this is the status number we will
# return to the OS
int $0x80 # this wakes up the kernel to run the
# exit command