Annotation of linux/boot/head.s, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: /*
        !             2:  *  head.s contains the 32-bit startup code.
        !             3:  *
        !             4:  * NOTE!!! Startup happens at absolute address 0x00000000, which is also where
        !             5:  * the page directory will exist. The startup code will be overwritten by
        !             6:  * the page directory.
        !             7:  */
        !             8: .text
        !             9: .globl _idt,_gdt,_pg_dir
        !            10: _pg_dir:
        !            11: startup_32:
        !            12:        movl $0x10,%eax
        !            13:        mov %ax,%ds
        !            14:        mov %ax,%es
        !            15:        mov %ax,%fs
        !            16:        mov %ax,%gs
        !            17:        lss _stack_start,%esp
        !            18:        call setup_idt
        !            19:        call setup_gdt
        !            20:        movl $0x10,%eax         # reload all the segment registers
        !            21:        mov %ax,%ds             # after changing gdt. CS was already
        !            22:        mov %ax,%es             # reloaded in 'setup_gdt'
        !            23:        mov %ax,%fs
        !            24:        mov %ax,%gs
        !            25:        lss _stack_start,%esp
        !            26:        xorl %eax,%eax
        !            27: 1:     incl %eax               # check that A20 really IS enabled
        !            28:        movl %eax,0x000000
        !            29:        cmpl %eax,0x100000
        !            30:        je 1b
        !            31:        movl %cr0,%eax          # check math chip
        !            32:        andl $0x80000011,%eax   # Save PG,ET,PE
        !            33:        testl $0x10,%eax
        !            34:        jne 1f                  # ET is set - 387 is present
        !            35:        orl $4,%eax             # else set emulate bit
        !            36: 1:     movl %eax,%cr0
        !            37:        jmp after_page_tables
        !            38: 
        !            39: /*
        !            40:  *  setup_idt
        !            41:  *
        !            42:  *  sets up a idt with 256 entries pointing to
        !            43:  *  ignore_int, interrupt gates. It then loads
        !            44:  *  idt. Everything that wants to install itself
        !            45:  *  in the idt-table may do so themselves. Interrupts
        !            46:  *  are enabled elsewhere, when we can be relatively
        !            47:  *  sure everything is ok. This routine will be over-
        !            48:  *  written by the page tables.
        !            49:  */
        !            50: setup_idt:
        !            51:        lea ignore_int,%edx
        !            52:        movl $0x00080000,%eax
        !            53:        movw %dx,%ax            /* selector = 0x0008 = cs */
        !            54:        movw $0x8E00,%dx        /* interrupt gate - dpl=0, present */
        !            55: 
        !            56:        lea _idt,%edi
        !            57:        mov $256,%ecx
        !            58: rp_sidt:
        !            59:        movl %eax,(%edi)
        !            60:        movl %edx,4(%edi)
        !            61:        addl $8,%edi
        !            62:        dec %ecx
        !            63:        jne rp_sidt
        !            64:        lidt idt_descr
        !            65:        ret
        !            66: 
        !            67: /*
        !            68:  *  setup_gdt
        !            69:  *
        !            70:  *  This routines sets up a new gdt and loads it.
        !            71:  *  Only two entries are currently built, the same
        !            72:  *  ones that were built in init.s. The routine
        !            73:  *  is VERY complicated at two whole lines, so this
        !            74:  *  rather long comment is certainly needed :-).
        !            75:  *  This routine will beoverwritten by the page tables.
        !            76:  */
        !            77: setup_gdt:
        !            78:        lgdt gdt_descr
        !            79:        ret
        !            80: 
        !            81: .org 0x1000
        !            82: pg0:
        !            83: 
        !            84: .org 0x2000
        !            85: pg1:
        !            86: 
        !            87: .org 0x3000
        !            88: pg2:           # This is not used yet, but if you
        !            89:                # want to expand past 8 Mb, you'll have
        !            90:                # to use it.
        !            91: 
        !            92: .org 0x4000
        !            93: after_page_tables:
        !            94:        pushl $0                # These are the parameters to main :-)
        !            95:        pushl $0
        !            96:        pushl $0
        !            97:        pushl $L6               # return address for main, if it decides to.
        !            98:        pushl $_main
        !            99:        jmp setup_paging
        !           100: L6:
        !           101:        jmp L6                  # main should never return here, but
        !           102:                                # just in case, we know what happens.
        !           103: 
        !           104: /* This is the default interrupt "handler" :-) */
        !           105: .align 2
        !           106: ignore_int:
        !           107:        incb 0xb8000+160                # put something on the screen
        !           108:        movb $2,0xb8000+161             # so that we know something
        !           109:        iret                            # happened
        !           110: 
        !           111: 
        !           112: /*
        !           113:  * Setup_paging
        !           114:  *
        !           115:  * This routine sets up paging by setting the page bit
        !           116:  * in cr0. The page tables are set up, identity-mapping
        !           117:  * the first 8MB. The pager assumes that no illegal
        !           118:  * addresses are produced (ie >4Mb on a 4Mb machine).
        !           119:  *
        !           120:  * NOTE! Although all physical memory should be identity
        !           121:  * mapped by this routine, only the kernel page functions
        !           122:  * use the >1Mb addresses directly. All "normal" functions
        !           123:  * use just the lower 1Mb, or the local data space, which
        !           124:  * will be mapped to some other place - mm keeps track of
        !           125:  * that.
        !           126:  *
        !           127:  * For those with more memory than 8 Mb - tough luck. I've
        !           128:  * not got it, why should you :-) The source is here. Change
        !           129:  * it. (Seriously - it shouldn't be too difficult. Mostly
        !           130:  * change some constants etc. I left it at 8Mb, as my machine
        !           131:  * even cannot be extended past that (ok, but it was cheap :-)
        !           132:  * I've tried to show which constants to change by having
        !           133:  * some kind of marker at them (search for "8Mb"), but I
        !           134:  * won't guarantee that's all :-( )
        !           135:  */
        !           136: .align 2
        !           137: setup_paging:
        !           138:        movl $1024*3,%ecx
        !           139:        xorl %eax,%eax
        !           140:        xorl %edi,%edi                  /* pg_dir is at 0x000 */
        !           141:        cld;rep;stosl
        !           142:        movl $pg0+7,_pg_dir             /* set present bit/user r/w */
        !           143:        movl $pg1+7,_pg_dir+4           /*  --------- " " --------- */
        !           144:        movl $pg1+4092,%edi
        !           145:        movl $0x7ff007,%eax             /*  8Mb - 4096 + 7 (r/w user,p) */
        !           146:        std
        !           147: 1:     stosl                   /* fill pages backwards - more efficient :-) */
        !           148:        subl $0x1000,%eax
        !           149:        jge 1b
        !           150:        xorl %eax,%eax          /* pg_dir is at 0x0000 */
        !           151:        movl %eax,%cr3          /* cr3 - page directory start */
        !           152:        movl %cr0,%eax
        !           153:        orl $0x80000000,%eax
        !           154:        movl %eax,%cr0          /* set paging (PG) bit */
        !           155:        ret                     /* this also flushes prefetch-queue */
        !           156: 
        !           157: .align 2
        !           158: .word 0
        !           159: idt_descr:
        !           160:        .word 256*8-1           # idt contains 256 entries
        !           161:        .long _idt
        !           162: .align 2
        !           163: .word 0
        !           164: gdt_descr:
        !           165:        .word 256*8-1           # so does gdt (not that that's any
        !           166:        .long _gdt              # magic number, but it works for me :^)
        !           167: 
        !           168:        .align 3
        !           169: _idt:  .fill 256,8,0           # idt is uninitialized
        !           170: 
        !           171: _gdt:  .quad 0x0000000000000000        /* NULL descriptor */
        !           172:        .quad 0x00c09a00000007ff        /* 8Mb */
        !           173:        .quad 0x00c09200000007ff        /* 8Mb */
        !           174:        .quad 0x0000000000000000        /* TEMPORARY - don't use */
        !           175:        .fill 252,8,0                   /* space for LDT's and TSS's etc */

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