From owner-freebsd-sparc Mon Nov 23 13:59:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA23101 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:59:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from set.scient.com ([208.29.209.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA23091 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:59:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from enkhyl@scient.com) Received: by set.scient.com; (5.65v4.0/1.3/10May95) id AA30297; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:57:30 -0800 Received: from somewhere by smtpxd Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:56:25 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Nielsen X-Sender: enkhyl@ender.sf.scient.com Reply-To: cnielsen@pobox.com To: Stephen Kiernan Cc: Wes Peters , freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SPARC assembler references In-Reply-To: <199811231839.NAA07969@mufasa.va.tis.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I second the recommendation on "The SPARC Architecture Manual, Version 9". It's a well-written book that covers all the details, IMHO. On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Stephen Kiernan wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Wes Peters wrote: > > > I've just purchased a copy of "SPARC Architecture, Assembly Language > > Programming, & C" by Richard P. Paul (Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-876889-7). > > I'll be poking through it pretty extensively in the next week and a > > half; I'll probably write a review for Amazon. I can post the review > > here, too, if anyone is interested. > > I have a copy of this book, also. It's a fairly good read, although it > does lack in explination of Supervisor Mode instructions. Get yourself a > copy of "The SPARC Archtecture Manual, Version 9", David L. Weaver & Tom > Germond - Editors (PTR Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-099227-5) for explination > of how the SPARC-V9 processors work and other important information > necessary for working deep in the kernel on a Sparc machine. > > -- > Stephen J. Kiernan > kiernasj@connix.com > sab@vegamuse.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message > -- Christopher Nielsen Scient: The eBusiness Systems Innovator cnielsen@scient.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message