#PURPOSE:	Simple program that exits and returns a
#		status code back to the Linux kernel
#

#INPUT:		none
#

#OUTPUT:	returns a status code.  This can be viewed
#		by typing
#
#		echo $?
#		after running the program
#

#VARIABLES:
#		%eax holds the system call number
#		%ebx holds the return status
#
.section .data

.section .text
.globl _start

_start:
 mov1 $1, %eax	# this is the linux kernel command
		# number (system call) for exiting
		# a program

 mov1 $0, %ebx	# this is the status number we will
		# return to the operating system.
		# Change this around and it will
		# return different things to
		# echo $?

int $0x80	# this wakes up the kernel to run
		# the exit command