Need help understanding memory models, cpu modes and address translation

Vaibhav Jain vjoss197 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 13 04:37:57 EDT 2011


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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