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mov ecx,[ebx+edi]
mov ch, [ebp+esi]
mov dl, [eax+ebx]

CMPE 310

(Feb. 9, 2002)

;Data segment copy.

;Stack segment copy.
;EAX as base, EBX as index.

Index registers: Holds offset location.

edi
esi
Any 32-bit register except esp.

Base registers: Holds starting location of an array.

ebp (stack)
ebx (data)
Any 32-bit register except esp.

Data Addressing Modes

Base-Plus-Index addressing:
Effective address computed as:
seg_base + base + index.

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0 1 0 0

F 0 1 2

0 0 0 0

Seg
Base
Trans.

0 0 1 0

A B 0 3

1 0 0 0

Paging

1010H

mov edx, [ebx+edi]

Data Addressing Modes

Base-Plus-Index addressing:

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Physical Address

F012AB03

Memory

CMPE 310

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Designed to be used as a mechanism to address a two-dimensional array.

Base Relative-Plus-Index addressing:

Effective address computed as:
seg_base + base + index + constant.
mov dh, [ebx+edi+20H]
;Data segment copy.
mov ax, [FILE+ebx+edi]
;Constant is FILE.
mov [LIST+ebp+esi+4], dh
;Stack segment copy.
mov eax, [FILE+ebx+ecx+2] ;32-bit transfer.

Same default segment rules apply with respect to ebp, ebx, edi and esi.
Displacement constant is any 32-bit signed value.

Data Addressing Modes

Register Relative addressing:
Effective address computed as:
seg_base + base + constant.
mov eax, [ebx+1000H] ;Data segment copy.
mov [ARRAY+esi], BL
;Constant is ARRAY.
mov edx, [LIST+esi+2] ;Both LIST and 2 are constants.
mov edx, [LIST+esi-2] ;Subtraction.

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1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

Seg
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100H

0 0 1 0

A 3 1 6
0 0 2 0

1030H

Paging

MOV ax, [ebx+esi+100H]

Data Addressing Modes

Base Relative-Plus-Index addressing:

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A316

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;Data segment DWORD copy.

;Whow !
;Std array addressing.

mov [eax+2*edi-100H], cx

mov eax, [ARRAY+4*ecx]

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Direct:
Absolute jump address is stored in the instruction following the
opcode.

Code Memory-Addressing Modes:

Used in jmp and call instructions.
Three forms:
Direct
PC-Relative
Indirect

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mov eax, [ebx+4*ecx]

Data/Code Addressing Modes

Scaled-Index addressing:
Effective address computed as:
seg_base + base + constant*index.

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Intrasegment jumps:
Short jumps use a 1-byte signed displacement.
Near jumps use a 4-byte signed displacement.
The assembler usually computes the displacement and selects the appropriate form.

PC-Relative:
A displacement is added to the EIP register.
This constant is encoded into the instruction itself, as above.

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E A

Segment(low) Segment(high)

CMPE 310

This far jmp instruction loads cs with 1000H and eip with 00000000H.
A far call instruction is similar.

Offset (high)

Offset (low)

Opcode

Code Addressing Modes

An intersegment jump:

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;Jump within the code seg.

UMBC

jmp [TABLE+ebx]
jmp [edi+2]

Register Relative:

jmp [ebx]

;Jump table.

(Feb. 9, 2002)

;Jump address in data seg.

Register Indirect:
Intrasegment jumps can also be stored in the data segment.

jmp eax

Code Addressing Modes

Indirect:
Jump location is specified by a register.
There are three forms:
Register:
Any register can be used: eax, ebx, ecx, edx, esp, ebp, edi or esi.

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;Pop doubleword for stack to EFLAG.

popfd
;Pushes EFLAG register.
pushfd
;Pushes 1234H.
push 1234H
push dword [ebx] ;Pushes double word in data seg.
;eax,ecx,edx,ebx,esp,ebp,esi,edi
pushad
;Pops 4 bytes.
pop eax

Two registers maintain the stack, esp and ss.

A LIFO (Last-in, First-out) policy is used.
The stack grows toward lower address.
Data may be pushed from any of the registers or segment registers.
Data may be popped into any register except cs.

Stack Addressing Modes

The stack is used to hold temporary variables and stores return addresses for
procedures.
push and pop instructions are used to manipulate it.
call and ret also refer to the stack implicitly.

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