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Homework 1
Out: Friday 1/5/07
Parts 1/2 Not Due: Monday 1/8/07
Part 3 Due: Friday 1/12/07
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Purpose
The purpose of this homework is to gain some familiarity with MIPS assembly
language programming.
You'll write a small program, then assemble it and run it on a simulated
MIPS processor using the
Cebollita toolset.
There are three main steps:
- Get everything installed and verify that it works.
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Learn about the assembler, linker, simulator, and miscellaneous
tools provided by the Cebollita toolset.
You'll use the assembler and linker to build executables, and
then use the simulator to run/debug them. You will also try your hand
at a little assembly programming by making minor modifications to a
program we provide.
- Write some code in assembler, and debug and run it.
Part 1: Getting Everything Set Up
The first step is to make sure you have all the software you need,
and that you've correctly made a few settings that are required
for the software to run.
This is an absolutely essential first step, and to emphasize that there's
no point going further until it's done,
it's described on a separate page.
Part 2: Cebollita Exercises
This is a set of exercises that lead you through the steps required to
use Cebollita to assemble, link, run, and debug assembler code.
Assuming you follow the directions, and things work as expected, they shouldn't
take you long to complete. However, as usual with computing systems, the
number of things that could go wrong, or be confusing, is astronomical.
Even though there's nothing to hand in for this, I strongly recommmend going
through them before moving on to the last part of the assignment, with a
due date of class time Monday, 1/8.
Go to the exercises.
Part 3: Cebollita Programming
Here's your chance to write some interesting assembler code, that you
will turn in.
Go to the programming assignment..
Turn-in
Use turnin on attu to submit your
mipsSim.s file:
[attu4] $ turnin -c cse378 mipsSim.s
turnin will start ignoring your attempts to submit homework
at midnight Friday. (Late submissions, including use of extension days,
will be by mail.)
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