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bitRAKE 30 Oct 2007, 04:27
Volume two (OMG it's broke into two parts now!) is the real meat and potatoes. I slept with it for a few years - we are kind of close.
![]() Seriously, it's difficult to say without knowing your background. Volume one can be scanned quickly if you're really familiar with data types and such - it's an introduction which the other volumes expand on. Oh, looks like volume three is two parts now as well! Maybe just start by just reading sections that covered your interests. |
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rhyno_dagreat 30 Oct 2007, 04:32
Thanks! I've already started in the first one with the second chapter (Basic Inf), and it gave me an idea where to go via references to other parts, and you're right about where the real meat is! That's what I was mainly looking for, so thanks! However, I still don't quite understand where it talks about the A20 line and how to set up port 20h for interrupts.
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MazeGen 30 Oct 2007, 11:37
I wrote a guide to recent Intel manuals concerning x64 architecture. It can help you to get an outline perhaps.
http://x86asm.net/articles/x86-64-tour-of-intel-manuals |
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rhyno_dagreat 30 Oct 2007, 20:41
Thanks! I think that's what we should have out there in a sticky in the Main Subforum are outlines for how to approach the Intel manuals.
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vid 30 Oct 2007, 21:49
rhyno: post it to feedback so we can discuss it. it is not so simple...
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bitRAKE 30 Oct 2007, 22:47
Although there are a couple references to it, the A20 line isn't really covered in the Intel manuals. It's an external processor that controls the meaning of the line (maybe, handled differently in modern designs).
http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~stanisls/helppc/8042.html Besides vol3 there are plenty of good resources through google on the APIC. |
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tom tobias 31 Oct 2007, 11:26
bitRAKE wrote:
http://dictionary.zdnet.com/definition/A20+line.html In brief, another, yet another, anachronism, due to poor design of the original cpu..... |
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f0dder 31 Oct 2007, 11:30
Vol3 is nice, but it's become pretty damn large after the introduction of VMX
![]() A20 line control used to be handled by the keyboard controller, iirc... |
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