Assembly x64 Intro - call extern printf

1.  print1.S

; Declare external function
        extern  printf          ; the C function, to be called

        SECTION .data           ; Data section, initialized variables

        a:      dq      5       ; long int a=5;
fmt:    db "a=%ld, rax=%ld", 10, 0      ; The printf format, "\n",'0'

        SECTION .text           ; Code section.

        global main             ; the standard gcc entry point
main:                           ; the program label for the entry point
        push    rbp             ; set up stack frame

        mov     rax,[a]         ; put "a" from store into register
        add     rax,2           ; a+2  add constant 2
        mov     rdi,fmt         ; format for printf

        mov     rsi,[a]         ; first parameter for printf
        mov     rdx,rax         ; second parameter for printf
        mov     rax,0           ; no xmm registers
        call    printf          ; Call C function

        pop     rbp             ; restore stack

        mov     rax,0           ; normal, no error, return value
        ret                     ; return

2.  compile

nasm -f elf64 print1.S

gcc -o print1.x print1.o

print1.x:
        nasm -f elf64  print1.S
        gcc print1.o -o print1.x

3. run

./print1.x