See MIPS Run, Second Edition
TITLE : See MIPS Run, Second Edition (Paperback)
AUTHOR : by Dominic Sweetman (Author)
PUBLISHER : Morgan Kaufmann publisher
ISBN : 0120884216
EDITION : 2nd
PUB DATE : October 17, 2006
LANGUAGE : English
This second edition is not only a thorough update of the first edition,
it is also a marriage of the best-known RISC architecture–MIPS–with
the best-known open-source OS–Linux. The first part of the book begins
with MIPS design principles and then describes the MIPS instruction set
and programmers resources. It uses the MIPS32 standard as a baseline
(the 1st edition used the R3000) from which to compare all other
versions of the architecture and assumes that MIPS64 is the main option.
The second part is a significant change from the first edition. It
provides concrete examples of operating system low level code, by using
Linux as the example operating system. It describes how Linux is built
on the foundations the MIPS hardware provides and summarizes the Linux
application environment, describing the libraries, kernel device-drivers
and CPU-specific code. It then digs deep into application code and
library support, protection and memory management, interrupts in the
Linux kernel and multiprocessor Linux. Sweetman has revised his
best-selling MIPS bible for MIPS programmers, embedded systems
designers, developers and programmers, who need an in-depth
understanding of the MIPS architecture and specific guidance for writing
software for MIPS-based systems, which are increasingly Linux-based.
* Completely new material offers the best explanation available on how
Linux runs on real hardware.
* Provides a complete, updated and easy-to-use guide to the MIPS
instruction set using the MIPS32 standard as the baseline architecture
with the MIPS64 as the main option.
* Retains the same engaging writing style that made the first edition so
readable, reflecting the authors 20+ years experience in designing
systems based on the MIPS architecture.
URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0120884216/