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What is the difference between bx and bp in assembly? Example here:
mov bx, 1h
mov bp, 1h
Do they reference to the same memory? Is it the same with ss and sp?
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Base Pointer (BP) − The 16-bit BP register mainly helps in referencing the parameter variables passed to a subroutine. The address in SS register is combined with the offset in BP to get the location of the parameter. BP can also be combined with DI and SI as base register for special addressing.
BX is the value in the BX register. [BX] is the value at the address pointed to by BX.
bp (base pointer) is typically used to point at some place in the stack (for instance holding the address of the current stack frames)
The register SI and DI are called index registers. These registers are usually used to process arrays or strings. SI is called source index and DI is destination index. As the name follows, SI is always pointed to the source array and DI is always pointed to the destination.
In x86 the registers bx and bp are totally unrelated. The only common thing about them is the word base.
bx (base index) is a general-purpose register (like ax, cx and dx), typically used as a pointer to data (used for arrays and such)bp (base pointer) is typically used to point at some place in the stack (for instance holding the address of the current stack frames)Again, ss and sp are different as well.
ss (stack segment) is a segment register (like cs, ds and es). It holds the segment used by the stack.sp (stack pointer) points at the top of the stack
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