Implementing getch and kbhit in Linux

getch: do a 1 byte read (sys_read, eax = 3) with the file handle 00h...

(Default handles in Linux:
STDIN = 00h
STDOUT = 01h
STDERR = 02h
)

Here is the asm (for AMD64):

Code:

mov rax,  03;  // Sys_read
mov rbx,  00h;  // Handle
mov rcx,  buffer;  // Location to store your input
mov rdx,  1;  // 1 byte;
syscall
test rax, rax
jz .@f 
movzx rax, byte [buffer]
jmp forward:
.@@:
xor rax, rax
dec rax
forward:

;; rax contains your character, or -1 if EOF.

kbhit: There is no native solution, but the following C version does what you are after:

Code:

/* kbhit.h */

#include <sys/select.h>

int kbhit(void)
{
struct timeval tv;
fd_set read_fd;

tv.tv_sec=0;
tv.tv_usec=0;
FD_ZERO(&read_fd);
FD_SET(0,&read_fd);

if(select(1, &read_fd, NULL, NULL, &tv) == -1)
return 0;

if(FD_ISSET(0,&read_fd))
return 1;

return 0;
}

Then you can include the above "kbhit.h" and use the kbhit() function.
For example,

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include "kbhit.h"

int main()
{
printf("hello\n");
printf("Press any key to continue..\n");
while(!kbhit());
printf("bye bye\n");

return 0;
}

I'll let you do the translation into asm... (or use gcc to output the resultant asm).[/code]