External Manuals

Hardware

• Intel Software Developer Manuals (ISDM)
  • Volume 1 (Basic Architecture)
  • Volume 2 (Instruction Set Reference)
  • Volume 3 (System Programming Guide)
  • Volume 4 (Model-Specific Registers)
• AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual
  • Volume 1 (Application Programming)
  • Volume 2 (System Programming)
  • Volume 3 (General-Purpose and System Instructions)
  • Volume 4 (128-Bit and 256-Bit Media Instructions)
  • Volume 5 (64-Bit Media and x87 Floating-Point Instructions)
• I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (IOAPIC)
• Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) Specification
• VESA BIOS Extension (VBE) Core Functions (Version 3)
• Serial
  • 8250A UART
  • 16550D UART

Software

• SystemV Application Binary Interface (ABI) x86 and x64
• Assembly
  • GCC-Inline-Assembly-HOWTO
  • Linux Insides: Inline assembly
• Multiboot Specification (version 0.6.96)
• The PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Protocol