[plug] Linux & Hardware

Simon Scott sscott at iinet.net.au
Wed May 7 09:03:11 WST 2003


> > 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

I think I have this book somewhere if you want to borrow it.

I also have the PC architecture and assembly language one.




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