'defines.h' file not found

'defines.h' file not found

[Paul Irofti]

i have a question, i just moved to AT&T syntax and linux assembly 
programming. getting up-to-date with the new syntax and kernel syscalls 
was easy

now i found on a few tutorials, meant to make your way easier on the 
transition from intel and win assembly to AT&T and *nix assembly, 
reffrences to a defines.h file that had the most numbers for output 
souces and such already defined and passed along to a more human kind of 
abordation (i.e. $1 gets to be #STDOUT).

my question is if there are this sort of headers standardized and 
commonly used in the *nix asm world, or every coder makes his own.

searching google i found thousands of program samples that included the 
file but no reffrence was made to it, as though it was a naturaly found 
header file on every comp.

any comments on this will be very well apreciated...thanks!

Re: 'defines.h' file not found

[Paul Irofti]

ofcourse, i need a header that has define directives as:


;output control
%define NL 10
%define STDIN 0
%define STDOUT 1
...
;syscalls
%define SYS_EXIT 1
%define SYS_READ 3
%define SYS_WRITE 4
%define SYS_IOCTL 54

....

and a sample code that can be found at www.linuxassembly.org is:

.include "defines.h"
.data
hello:
	.string "hello world\n"

.globl	main
main:
	movl	$SYS_write,%eax
	movl	$STDOUT,%ebx
	movl	$hello,%ecx
	movl	$12,%edx
	int	$0x80

	ret


that's about it, i need this for an easier code writting. i can use 
interrupts and numbers but a 'defines.h' would be nicer.
thanks.

Re: 'defines.h' file not found

[Paul Irofti]

Paul Irofti wrote:

> ofcourse, i need a header that has define directives as:
>
>
> ;output control
> %define NL 10
> %define STDIN 0
> %define STDOUT 1
> ...
> ;syscalls
> %define SYS_EXIT 1
> %define SYS_READ 3
> %define SYS_WRITE 4
> %define SYS_IOCTL 54
>
> ....
>
> and a sample code that can be found at www.linuxassembly.org is:
>
> .include "defines.h"
> .data
> hello:
>     .string "hello world\n"
>
> .globl    main
> main:
>     movl    $SYS_write,%eax
>     movl    $STDOUT,%ebx
>     movl    $hello,%ecx
>     movl    $12,%edx
>     int    $0x80
>
>     ret
>
>
> that's about it, i need this for an easier code writting. i can use 
> interrupts and numbers but a 'defines.h' would be nicer.
> thanks.
>
oh yeah, and the header snapshot that i gave is written in NASM syntax
which is Intel syntax similar. i need an AT&T syntax one...

Re: 'defines.h' file not found

[Paul Irofti]

Robert G.Plantz wrote:

> On Jun 21, 2005, at 5:09 PM, Paul Irofti wrote:
>
>> Paul Irofti wrote:
>
>
> The AT&T equivalent of this file:
>
>>> ;output control
>>> %define NL 10
>>> %define STDIN 0
>>> %define STDOUT 1
>>> ...
>>> ;syscalls
>>> %define SYS_EXIT 1
>>> %define SYS_READ 3
>>> %define SYS_WRITE 4
>>> %define SYS_IOCTL 54
>>>
> is:
>
> # output control
> NL = 10
> STDIN = 0
> STDOUT = 1
> ...
> # syscalls
> SYS_EXIT = 1
> SYS_READ = 3
> SYS_WRITE = 4
> SYS_IOCTL = 54
>
>
i knew that, it only came in handly in a copy-paste kindda way. thanks.

>>> and a sample code that can be found at www.linuxassembly.org is:
>>>
>>> .include "defines.h"
>>> .data
>>> hello:
>>>     .string "hello world\n"
>>>
>
> Also, you'll have a problem here unless you use the
>        .text
> directive so the following code goes into the text segment.
>
>>> .globl    main
>>> main:
>>>     movl    $SYS_write,%eax
>>>     movl    $STDOUT,%ebx
>>>     movl    $hello,%ecx
>>>     movl    $12,%edx
>>>     int    $0x80
>>
>
> Your shell will be happier if you return zero:
>        movl   $0, $eax
>
>>>     ret
>>>
>>>
>>> that's about it, i need this for an easier code writting. i can use 
>>> interrupts and numbers but a 'defines.h' would be nicer.
>>> thanks.
>>>
>
> I use the assembler to assemble this
>      as --gstabs helloWorld.s -o helloWorld.o
>
> and then gcc to link/load it
>      gcc helloworld.o -o helloworld
>

thanks for the info, it seems simpler this way for i used a gcc-ld-wc 
session for making the executable.

> If you just use ld, you need to explicitly specify the system 
> libraries. But gcc recognizes that helloworld.o is an object file and 
> goes directly to the ld phase and automatically links all the 
> necessary libraries.
>
> You can do something like
>    gcc helloworld.o -o helloworld -Wl,-M
> to see the libraries.
>
> --Bob
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Mac on Intel:
> Gotta stick to your principles -- until they get in your way.
>
>     Bob Plantz
>     plantz@mac.com
>
>
the sample helloWorld code was meant to see one of the code snipets 
where i found the defines.h included.

it's not a bigdeal, i wanted the general defines.h file because i think 
it contains alot of goodies that i'd like to take a look at, and use in 
future apps.

thanks again Bob!