On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Joel A Fernandes <agnel.joel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > I'd like to also add that the above mentioned book covers a lot of fundamentals and is a good starting point. Thanks Joel _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
