RISC-V Assembly Language Programming: Unlock the Power of the RISC-V Instruction Set

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S. SmithRISC-V Assembly Language ProgrammingMaker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0137-2_13

13. Reading and Understanding Code

Stephen Smith¹  

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Gibsons, BC, Canada

 

Now that the core of RISC-V Assembly Language has been covered, this chapter provides the fundamentals to read another programmer’s code. Reading other programmer’s code is a great way to not only add to a toolkit of tips and tricks but also improves coding. Also, where Assembly Language source code for the RISC-V processor can be found will be reviewed. One of the Assembly Language routines from the Linux kernel will be examined to learn new optimization techniques. Then ...