<pre><code class="lang-bash">section .text global _start ;must be declared for linker (ld) _start: ;tell linker entry point mov edx,9 ;message length mov ecx, stars ;message to write mov ebx,1 ;file descriptor (stdout) mov eax,4 ;system call number (sys_write) int 0x80 ;call kernel mov eax,1 ;system call number (sys_exit) int 0x80 ;call kernel section .data stars times 9 db '*' </code></pre>