Reference Registry

A normalized registry of the load-bearing references behind the atlas. Per-branch "Core sources" point here for the canonical items. Prefer primary/canonical sources; verify a link before relying on it.

Books (canonical)

• Bryant & O'Hallaron — Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (CS:APP)
• Jens Gustedt — Modern C (free) · Kernighan & Ritchie — The C Programming Language (K&R)
• Peter van der Linden — Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets · Robert Seacord — Effective C
• John Levine — Linkers and Loaders · Michael Kerrisk — The Linux Programming Interface
• Anthony Williams — C++ Concurrency in Action · Bjarne Stroustrup — A Tour of C++
• James Grenning — Test-Driven Development for Embedded C · Michael Feathers — Working Effectively with Legacy Code
• OSTEP — Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (free) · xv6 book (MIT)

Specifications & references

• Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual (SDM) — x86-64 authority.
• System V AMD64 ABI — the x86-64 calling convention.
• ELF specification — object/executable format.
• Felix Cloutier — x86/amd64 instruction reference (felix.fr/x86) · cppreference (C/C++).
• POSIX / man7.org — syscalls and the UNIX API.

Tools

• Compiler Explorer / godbolt.org — see compiler output live.
• QEMU — emulator for the OS project · x86_64-elf GCC cross-compiler (OSDev guide).
• gdb / lldb — debuggers · valgrind — memory/cache analysis · perf — profiling.
• Sanitizers — ASan / UBSan / TSan (Clang/GCC) · libFuzzer, AFL++ — fuzzing.
• Unity / Catch2 / GoogleTest — C/C++ testing frameworks.

Hubs

• OSDev Wiki (wiki.osdev.org) — the OS-development hub.
• Agner Fog (agner.org/optimize) — microarchitecture & optimization manuals.
• Jeff Preshing (preshing.com) — memory ordering & lock-free.
• ⚠️ James Molloy kernel tutorial — has known bugs; cite only with the warning.

See also: Full Index