.text                           # section declaration
				# we must export the entry point to the ELF linker or
.global _start	                # loader. They conventionally recognize _start as their
                                # entry point. Use ld -e foo to override the default.
_start:
	                        # write our string to stdout

    movl    $len,%edx           # third argument: message length
    movl    $msg,%ecx           # second argument: pointer to message to write
    movl    $1,%ebx             # first argument: file handle (stdout)
    movl    $4,%eax             # system call number (sys_write)
    int     $0x80               # call kernel
				# and exit

    movl    $0,%ebx             # first argument: exit code
    movl    $1,%eax             # system call number (sys_exit)
    int     $0x80               # call kernel

.data                           # section declaration
											msg:
    .ascii    "Hello, world!\n"   # our dear string
    len = . - msg                 # length of our dear string