On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Vaibhav Jain <vjoss197@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Actually I have read that book. But when i started reading other books such > as those on assembly > they had these concpets of Real Mode , Protected Mode , Flat Memory model, > Segmented Memory model which are specific to intel 32-bit architecture > and which has got me highly confused. So I am looking for references that > explain these concepts in depth. > Then you should read the book "Understanding The Linux Kernel", and Intel's reference manuals which document these features. Also this is the book we read in Undergrad for x86 internals :) It was considered to be the bible for the topic (atleast at the time) http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Microprocessors-80186-80286-80386/dp/0132606704/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310792692&sr=1-1 Regards, Joel _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies