[plug] Linux & Hardware

[Harry McNally]

On Tue, 6 May 2003 10:24:47 +0800 "James Elliott" <James.Elliott at wn.com.au> wrote:

> Does anyone know a good Internet site to go to learn more about how hardware
> works?  I think one could better understand the structure and function of
> Linux if one had a better idea of what goes on when Linux commands are
> reduced to "0"s and "1"s and sent to the CPU, or to memory, or elsewhere on
> the mainboard or EIDE devices.

If you want to use Linux to start learning about the twilight zone between
hardware and software then this is an informative book:

Linux Device Drivers
Alessandro Rubini
O'Reilly
ISBN 1-56592-292-1

It uses the parallel port as a simple I/O device to explain how the hw and sw
interect (that's the job of the driver).

It is now in it's second edition I think but I have the first; released in 98.

All the best
Harry  

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