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Re:The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features by gaius on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @03:24AM (#16221207)
Read Tanenbaum, take it from there
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Re:The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features by Beltiras on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @03:55AM (#16221326)
To GP: Modern Operating Systems[1] is taught in almost every CS program in the world. It covers a lot of the topics needed. It might be a bit dated but has a solid foundation.

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166195.Modern_Operating_...

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Re:The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features by 6f666579 on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @03:48AM (#16221303)
Thanks! I'll take a look at his book. You're talking about "MOS", right?
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Re:The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features by gaius on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @04:25AM (#16221438)
Yep, it might not be exactly how it works in the current Linux kernel but the underlying principles are solid.
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Re:The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features by SAI_Peregrinus on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @12:30PM (#16224463)
That and Structured Computer Organization. MOS is software-focused, SCO is hardware-focused. Both have some overlap, of course. Meltdown/Spectre are hardware bugs at their core, so having a more thorough understanding of hardware is helpful with them.
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