Virtual-to-Physical Page Mapping Background

Understanding regions requires an understanding of virtual-versus-physical memory addressing. For background on this subject, refer to the following MindShare publications (all published by Addison-Wesley):

  • Protected Mode Software Architecture, First Edition. Specifically, the chapter entitled “Virtual Paging.”

  • Pentium Pro and Pentium II System Architecture, Second Edition. Specifically, the chapter entitled “Paging Enhancements.”

  • ISA System Architecture, Third Edition. Specifically, the section entitled, “Page Translation” in the chapter entitled “80386Dx and SX Microprocessors.”

  • PowerPC System Architecture, First Edition. Specifically, the chapters entitled “Address Translation Overview” and “Virtual ...

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