Homework Set #3

  1. Problem 4.1 from the text. Explain your answer.

  2. Problem 4.2 from the text. Assume that the code "return (lSecondsToday)" is implemented such that it reads lSecondsToday from the least significant word (or byte) to the most significant word (or byte). Explain your answers.

  3. Problem 4.3 from the text.

  4. Consider the following C function in which the function body has been omitted: 
    void MyFunction(int argWord, char argByte)
{
    int localWord;
    char localByte;

    ...
    ...
    ...
}
    1. Write working 8086 assembly that would be used to make the function call "MyFunction(1, 2);". (Hint: This includes pushing the arguments onto the stack and cleaning up the stack after the call)
    2. How would the compiler reference each of the variables argWord, argByte, localWord and localByte in assembly? (Hint: For example, one of them might be referenced by "word [bp-2]". Be careful on localByte.)
    3. How and where is space allocated for the local variables localWord and localByte?

  5. Make is a very useful tool on Unix systems that you will be required to use in future assignments. Make provides support to maintain programs based on multiple source files that you won't be able to live without once you've used it. You provide make with a file specifying file dependencies and also the actions required to update targets if any of the files have changed on which the target is dependent.

    Here is a sample makefile: 

    CC = cc
CFLAGS = -g
OBJ = src1.o src2.o src3.o

prog1:	$(OBJ)
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJ) -o prog1

src1.o:	ops.h def.h src1.c

src2.o:	ops.h def.h src2.c

src3.o:	ops.h def2.h src3.c
    Learn about what make does when called with the above makefile by talking to classmates and TAs, reading the man page for make, using your favorite search engine, and experimentation. (Be careful here, as make is smart enough to use implicit rules for updating files when it is pretty obvious what needs to be done. Read and experiment.) After you understand what it does, write a description of make's actions when run with the above makefile. Write your description in pseudo-code. I'll define this loosely as a mixture of C and English of your own devising that uses the structure of C to avoid ambiguity and English for convenience in expressing high-level conditions and actions. Here is an example of acceptable pseudo-code: 
    
if (you'd like to come && you have time)
   come to the class BBQ at my house;
else
   don't worry about it but you'll miss the fun;

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Last updated 26 August 2019
James Archibald jka@ee.byu.edu