On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM Gianluca Cannata <[email protected]> wrote: > I have tried to read ARM ARM but somewhat get lost right away by the > immense amount of information it contains. > > I am currently studying the overall architecture of aarch64 but I need > some guidance: what chapters shall I read? Which chapters shall I skip > for now?
While ARM ARM is very useful, it is indeed a _reference manual_, it doesn't work as an introductory guide. I'd start with something simpler: for instance, try writing and running a fizzbuzz or a Fibonacci or a strnlen in AArch64 assembly, or write one in C and try to understand what your compiler makes of it. Try to see what the typical patterns look like: function prologue and epilogue, loops, PC-relative accesses. Sergey
