See MIPS run
by Dominic Sweetman · first published 1999
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Introduction to the MIPS architecture and its internals, covering assembly programming and how a RISC CPU works. It also serves as a reference for Linux porting and kernel-level MIPS work.
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The versatile offspring of an extended family of multiple chip companies, today's MIPS chips are everywhere. They power everything from video games, network routers, laser printers, and set-top boxes, to high-performance workstations. This book brings together this extraordinary proliferation of form and functionality, offering embedded systems programmers and designers unique, eminently practical insights into MIPS. It covers how MIPS started, the principles at the root of the RISC revolution, the full details of the MIPS instruction set, and how these details together constitute a full opera
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MIPS is a really fun assembly language to learn IMO. I liked the book See MIPS Run by Dominic Sweetman.
on “Introduction to MIPS assembly language (2007)” ↗Don't start with the x86 or -64 architecture; there's a lot of cruft in there due to backwards compatibility. Start with a simpler architecture like MIPS (see e.g., Sweetman's "See MIPS Run" for an introduction), or the old 6800 chips (few extant examples in the wild not attached to old Macs -- unless you are willing to pay exorbitant prices because you're maintaining an old weapons system…
on “Introduction to x64 Assembly (2011) [pdf]” ↗Check this "See MIPS Run" book on porting Linux to MIPS [1]. Since MIPS has becomes RISC-V, it will be an excellent reference to Linux on RISC-V platform [2]. [1]https://www.amazon.com/Morgan-Kaufmann-Computer-Architecture...…
on “Porting OpenBSD to RISC-V Final Report (2020) [pdf]” ↗…MIPS. I think it's an absolutely beautiful architecture. I used write MIPS code on my Play Station 2 with Linux dev kit for fun. If you want to know more about the MIPS architecture I highly recommend "See MIPS Run" by Dominic Sweetman: http://www.amazon.com/Morgan-Kaufmann-Computer-Architecture-...
on “MIPS acquired by Imagination (of PowerVR fame)” ↗> other RISC architecture... For mips there is an excellent book called 'see mips run' by dominic-sweetman. you might find it to be quite instructive...
on “A fundamental introduction to x86 assembly programming” ↗You might find the following useful. * Network Algorithmics,: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing Fast Networked Devices - https://www.amazon.com/Network-Algorithmics-Interdisciplinar... * See MIPS Run - https://www.amazon.com/Morgan-Kaufmann-Computer-Architecture... * UNIX Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel Programmers - https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Systems-Modern-Architectures-Mul...…
on “Ask HN: What are some architectural decisions that improved your codebase?” ↗…Must have. * The Linux kernel primer: A top-down approach for x86 and PowerPC Architecture: Very dated book but good to read from PPC perspective. Lot of things have changed since its publication. * See MIPS Run by Dominic Sweetman: dated but gives good idea about MIPS internals and how Linux uses it. * IA-64 Linux Kernel: Design and Implementation: Its dated not just w.r.t code but also w.r.t. hardware. Nonetheless,…
on “A book list for OS kernel developers and device driver writers (2006)” ↗