Re: [coreboot] Suggested readings

> However, there's
> nothing (that I know of) that encompasses the expanse that is
> historical x86 systems.

do you mean that no book (that you know) talks about x86 systems?

Suggested readings

[Peter Stuge]

[e-mail] wrote:
> do you mean that no book (that you know) talks about x86 systems?

Some books do, no single book covers the 35+ years of legacy which is
still very much present in the latest x86 hardware.

//Peter

Suggested readings

[Aaron Durbin]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 4:59 AM, Peter Stuge  wrote:
> [e-mail] wrote:
> > do you mean that no book (that you know) talks about x86 systems?
>
> Some books do, no single book covers the 35+ years of legacy which is
> still very much present in the latest x86 hardware.

I'll definitely echo what Peter said. There are the intel manuals:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-dev...

While those are good, there are a lot of quirky things that are chip
specific that aren't covered. And as Peter said there is a lot of
legacy.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Indispensable-Hardware-Book-Edition/dp/0201596164/...

That one is very much oriented to BIOS and PCs proper. There are some
gems in there, but I wouldn't go to that if one wanted to understand
computer architecture.

-Aaron