Re: Accessible Intel ASM programming reference?

From: Everett M. Greene (mojaveg_at_mojaveg.iwvisp.com)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:57:15 PST

"Not Really Me" <scott@exoXYZtech.com> writes:
> Everett M. Greene wrote:
> > Is there something available via the Web which gives
> > detailed ASM syntax for Intel Pentium processors?
> >
> > I haven't done ASM programming of Intel products for
> > the last 30 years and would like to whack out a short
> > ASM support function.
> >
> > In particular, I want to know how to prescribe the
> > operands for the 64/32 versions of mul/div instruc-
> > tions.
>
> As the others have said, exact asm syntax is assembler
> dependent. The Intel
> docs on the IA32 Pentium architecture can be found at
> http://www.intel.com/design/Pentium4/documentation.htm

Thanks to you and the others who replied. I'll look
into the references given.

I have the three-volume IA32 architecture set.

I am trying to use whatever assembler is included with
the Watcom C suite.

I doubt the environment will be a problem for a four-
or five- instruction math function which is strictly
using the registers.