Before You Read This Book

Use the following documents as references:

• Intel 80386 Programmer's Reference Manual

• i486^TM Microprocessor Programmer Reference Manual (1990)

• Intel 80387 Programmer's Reference Manual (1987)

• System V Application Binary Interface Intel 386 Processor Supplement

• System V Application Binary Interface

• SVID System V Interface Definition

You should also become familiar with the following:

• Man pages: as(1), ld(1), cpp(1), mn(4),cof2elf(1) (elf - Executable and Linking Format), elf(3E), dis(1), a.out(5).

• ELF-related sections of the Programming Utilities manual.