Hello world

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/main.asm b/main.asm
index 5fd8f3e..7d824c1 100644
--- a/main.asm
+++ b/main.asm
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 global _start
 
+section .data  ; defines a section 
+	msg db "Hello, x86 Assembly Language!", 0x0a
+	len equ $ - msg  ; subtract the location before the message (msg) from the location after the message ($) to get the length
+
+section .text
 _start:
-	mov eax, 1
-	mov ebx, 42
-	int 0x80
+	mov eax, 4    ; sys_write syscall
+	mov ebx, 1    ; stdout file descriptor
+	mov ecx, msg  ; bytes to write
+	mov edx, len  ; number of bytes to write
+	int 0x80      ; perform syscall
+
+	mov eax, 1    ; sys_exit syscall 
+	mov ebx, 0    ; exit status 0 
+	int 0x80      ; perform syscall