Curiosity beyond abstractions: how is bytecode executed? how do device drivers work?
- by Yktula
Everything I've seen on *nix has been a set of abstractions off hardware, but I'm curious as to how the hardware works.
I've programmed in assembly, but that's still only a set of abstractions.
How does a processor understand assembly opcodes (as bytecode)?
How do device drivers work (with an explanation at a lower level (of abstraction))?