ghzcrlvct wrote:
I have never learned something linearly troughout my journey when it comes to any CS topic, but I have recently wanted to read the Intel Architecture book, but I find that I can barely get trough it since there are too many terms, concepts, etc. that I am unaware of and it makes it really hard to go trough.
Is there some sort of easier path I can take in terms of learning? Some book I can read first in order to have an easier time getting trough the Intel manual?
I'm sure there are some books which introduce important concepts and terms.
I'm not sure which books those are. I think I learned from an Assembler book. Maybe you should start application development. Because there you can learn concepts step by step. You know, algorithms, memory map, DMA, IO ports and binary logic etc. Then you can understand the Intel doc (and OS dev in general) better.
I must admit I'm not very happy with the Intel manuals, too. But I use it occasionally to look up some detail.
Greetings
Peter