[program-l] Re: assembly help?
- From: "tyler" <compgeek13@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:26:36 -0800
http://www.devx.com/Intel/Article/30125/1763
the rings of power... I believe, it controls access to hardware, but didn't
read a whole lot... I will read more later, as I have seen that to, but
haven't really needed to read about it.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gorse" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:17 PM
Subject: [program-l] Re: assembly help?
> Hi Mark,
>
> Your reply reminded me that the only CPU I ever really understood well
(even
> at the software level) was the 8086. I know a lot of general things about
> what later CPUs can do but don't understand them well and don't really
know
> much about 32-bit assembly. Is it ever necessary to use it nowadays? If
> so, can you recommend any books or web sites that would explain the newer
> processors? I was once looking at documentation for dosemu (a program
that
> can run DOS on Linux, sort of like vmware or VirtualPC but more limited).
> It discussed certain programs and said that they wouldn't work because
they
> need "ring 0 access," and I still don't know what that is. Even if I
don't
> need to understand these things right now, it might be good to have an
idea
> where to look for reference.
>
> Thanks,
> -Mike G-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Long" <Mark.Long@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:16 PM
> Subject: [program-l] Re: assembly help?
>
>
> Mmmm. 16 bit code code designed to run in DOS.
> ...
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