AMD 64-Bit Technology AMD X86-64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 2: System Programming

This volume (Volume 2) is intended for programmers writing operating systems, loaders, linkers, device drivers, or system utilities. It assumes an understanding of AMD64 architecture application-level programming as described in Volume 1. This volume describes the AMD64 architecture’s resources and functions that are managed by system software, including operating-mode control, memory management, interrupts and exceptions, task and state-change management, systemmanagement mode (including power management), multiprocessor support, debugging, and processor initialization.
Application-programming topics are described in Volume 1.



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