Brendan questions

Brendan answers

• When exactly is the MMU accessed on x86?
• What is causing this bootloader to fail on hardware but not in DOSBOX? It displays all registers
• Why does x86 assember allow a negative integer to be put into an unsigned variable?
• Get linear address of FS:[0] in 32-bit protected mode / MSVC inline asm
• How to set up repetitive data so that most can be optimized away?
• Set 8th bit if all lower 7 bits are set without branching
• How does the BIOS distinguish Interrupt(08h-12h) from INT instructions, vs. actual exceptions inside the CPU?
• C memory management in server application
• Does modern operating-systems use the MCFG ACPI table to find the registers of the xHCI?
• Do modern computers boot in real mode or virtual real mode?