References page has reference to all the following materials:
Selection of Operating System Papers
Available on the 6.828 schedule.
UNIX
* The UNIX Time-Sharing System, Dennis M. Ritchie and Ken L.Thompson,. Bell System Technical Journal 57, number 6, part 2 (July-August 1978) pages 1905-1930. (local copy) You read this paper in 6.033.
* The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System, Dennis M. Ritchie, 1979.
* The C programming language (second edition) by Kernighan and Ritchie. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1988. ISBN 0-13-110362-8, 1998.
x86 Emulation
* QEMU - A fast and popular x86 platform and CPU emulator.
o User manual
* Bochs - A more mature, but quirkier and much slower x86 emulator. Bochs is generally a more faithful emulator of real hardware than QMEU.
o User manual
o Debugger reference
x86 Assembly Language
* PC Assembly Language, Paul A. Carter, November 2003. (local copy)
* Intel 80386 Programmer's Reference Manual, 1987 (HTML). (local copy - PDF) (local copy - HTML)
Much shorter than the full current Intel Architecture manuals below, but describes all processor features used in 6.828.
* IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manuals, Intel, 2007. Local copies:
o Volume I: Basic Architecture
o Volume 2A: Instruction Set Reference, A-M
o Volume 2B: Instruction Set Reference, N-Z
o Volume 3A: System Programming Guide, Part 1
o Volume 3B: System Programming Guide, Part 2
* Multiprocessor references:
o MP specification
o IO APIC
* AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual.
Covers both the "classic" 32-bit x86 architecture and the new 64-bit extensions supported by the latest AMD and Intel processors.
* Writing inline assembly language with GCC:
o Brennan's Guide to Inline Assembly, Brennan "Mr. Wacko" Underwood
o Inline assembly for x86 in Linux, Bharata B. Rao, IBM
o GCC-Inline-Assembly-HOWTO, Sandeep.S
* Loading x86 executables in the ELF format:
o Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF).
The definitive standard for the ELF format.
PC Hardware Programming
* General PC architecture information
o Phil Storrs PC Hardware book, Phil Storrs, December 1998.
o Bochs technical hardware specifications directory.
* General BIOS and PC bootstrap
o BIOS Services and Software Interrupts, Roger Morgan, 1997.
o "El Torito" Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification, Phoenix/IBM, January 1995.
* VGA display - kern/console.c
o VESA BIOS Extension (VBE) 3.0, Video Electronics Standards Association, September 1998. (local copy)
o VGADOC, Finn Thøgersen, 2000. (local copy - text) (local copy - ZIP)
o Free VGA Project, J.D. Neal, 1998.
* Keyboard and Mouse - kern/console.c
o Adam Chapweske's resources.
* 8253/8254 Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) - inc/timerreg.h
o 82C54 CHMOS Programmable Interval Timer, Intel, October 1994. (local copy)
o Data Solutions 8253/8254 Tutorial, Data Solutions.
* 8259/8259A Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) - kern/picirq.*
o 8259A Programmable Interrupt Controller, Intel, December 1988.
* Real-Time Clock (RTC) - kern/kclock.*
o Phil Storrs PC Hardware book, Phil Storrs, December 1998. In particular:
+ Understanding the CMOS
+ A list of what is in the CMOS
o CMOS Memory Map, Padgett Peterson, May 1996.
o M48T86 PC Real-Time Clock, ST Microelectronics, April 2004. (local copy)
* 16550 UART Serial Port - kern/console.c
o PC16550D Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter with FIFOs, National Semiconductor, 1995.
o Technical Data on 16550, Byterunner Technologies.
o Interfacing the Serial / RS232 Port, Craig Peacock, August 2001.
* IEEE 1284 Parallel Port - kern/console.c
o Parallel Port Central, Jan Axelson.
o Parallel Port Background, Warp Nine Engineering.
o IEEE 1284 - Updating the PC Parallel Port, National Instruments.
o Interfacing the Standard Parallel Port, Craig Peacock, August 2001.
* IDE hard drive controller - fs/ide.c
o AT Attachment with Packet Interface - 6 (working draft), ANSI, December 2001.
o Programming Interface for Bus Master IDE Controller, Brad Hosler, Intel, May 1994.
o The Guide to ATA/ATAPI documentation, Constantine Sapuntzakis, January 2002.
* Sound cards (not supported in 6.828 kernel, but you're welcome to do it as a challenge problem!)
o Sound Blaster Series Hardware Programming Guide, Creative Technology, 1996.
o 8237A High Performance Programmable DMA Controller, Intel, September 1993.
o Sound Blaster 16 Programming Document, Ethan Brodsky, June 1997.
o Sound Programming, Inverse Reality.
* E100 Network Interface Card
o Intel 8255x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Controller Family Open Source Software Developer Manual
o 82559ER Fast Ethernet PCI Controller Datasheet
o The 82559 EEPROM
Really Good Stuff.
- EF
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