RISC-V ALE Exercise Book
Introduction
Getting Started
1. Code Generation Tools
2. Automating the compilation process with Makefiles
Getting Started with the Simulator
Data Representation on Modern Computers
1. Number Base Conversion in C
Assembly, object and executable files
1. Organization of an ELF file
Bit Manipulation and Instruction Encoding
1. Bit Masking and Shift Operations
2. RISC-V Instruction Encoding
Assembly User-level Programming
Assembly System-level Programming
Complementary Short Exercises
1. ABI Compliance
2. Data Organization on the Memory
Final Projects
1. Driving Through the City
Appendix
1. ALE Peripherals MMIO Manual

RISC-V ALE Exercise Book v1.3.2

Getting Started

This chapter contains a set of exercises to help students getting started with code generation tools, including the compiler, the assembler, the linker and the disassembler tools.