Need help understanding memory models, cpu modes and address translation

[Joel A Fernandes]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Vaibhav Jain <vjoss197 at gmail.com> 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