9ARM ASSEMBLY
In this chapter, we cover the ARM version 8 application profile (ARMv8-A) architecture A64 ISA, the latest ARM ISA that is in use on all Linux OS ARM computers. Recall that an instruction set architecture (or ISA; see Chapter 5) defines the set of instructions and binary encodings of a machine-level program. To run the examples in this chapter, you will need access to a machine with an ARMv8-A processor with a 64-bit operating system installed. The examples in this chapter use a Raspberry Pi 3B+ running the 64-bit Ubuntu Mate operating system. Note that every Raspberry Pi released since 2016 can use the A64 ISA. However, Raspberry ...
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