Need help understanding memory models, cpu modes and address translation

[amit mehta]

Tons of resource
http://wiki.osdev.org/

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Vaibhav Jain <vjoss197 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the link.I really appreciate but I need something more basic and
> something that
> explains these concepts from a broader perspective and not in the context of
> a
> particular cpu architecture.Please send me more such links if you come
> across any.
>
> Thanks
> Vaibhav Jain
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> > I am eager to understand the basics of Memory models  (flat, segmented
>> > etc)
>> > , CPU modes (real,protected)
>> > and address translation (physical to logical etc.) and how all of them
>> > work
>> > together. I am very confused
>> > about this and would really appreciate if someone could provide good
>> > references to these topics.
>>
>> You may find useful information inside i366 Programmers Manual.
>> Anyhow, reading materials is the first step in understanding these
>> concepts. You will have to actually  read/write/debug pieces of code
>> related to them.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Daniel.
>>
>> [1] pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2010/readings/i386.pdf
>
>
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