Chapter 12. 64-Bit Debugging
With the advent of 64-bit processors, the need to understand how these processors work and how to debug 64-bit applications is critical. This chapter outlines the fundamentals of 64-bit debugging. The chapter is organized as a complement to all previous chapters in which the debugger listings were captured from systems running a 32-bit version of the operating system. In this chapter, we highlight the difference in behavior when the host systems have a 64-bit architecture. This chapter follows the order in which the concepts are introduced in the book. The chapter focuses on the 64-bit architecture introduced by AMD in 2004. Virtually all computer systems sold today are capable of running 64-bit operating systems. ...
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