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|
; stage 1
; 16-bit real-mode
[bits 16]
; BIOS always loads us to this location
[org 0x7c00]
; export a map of boot loader symbols for debugging
[map symbols boot.map]
stage1:
; no interrupts, initializing segment registers and a real mode stack
; growing downwards from 0x7c00 where the stage 1 code and data lives
cli
cld
xor ax, ax
mov ds, ax
mov ss, ax
mov sp, 0x7c00
mov bp, sp
sti
; dl contains the boot drive, primarily because that's the last function
; called by the BIOS MBR loader, we remember that for loading additional
; blocks from the boot medium
mov [BOOT_DRIVE], dl
; print greeting message
mov si, MESSAGE_GREETING
call print_string
; size of stage 2 in sectors (3584-512 bytes, size of boot.img minus stage 1)
NOF_SECTORS_STAGE2 equ 6
; load stage 2 with simple load method to 0x7e00 (directly
; after the boot sector), we assume stage 2 fits on a track
mov ah, 0x02 ; read sectors from drive
mov al, NOF_SECTORS_STAGE2 ; read sectors of stage 2
mov ch, 0 ; select first cylinder
mov dl, [BOOT_DRIVE] ; drive to read from
mov dh, 0 ; first head
mov cl, 2 ; second sector after boot sector
mov bx, 0 ; where to store the data
mov es, bx
mov bx, 0x7e00 ; 512 bytes after first sector
int 0x13
jc .read_error
jmp .read_ok
.read_error:
mov di, ERR_DISK
mov ax, 0x01
call print_error
.read_ok:
cmp al, NOF_SECTORS_STAGE2 ; correct number of sectors read?
jne .short_read_error ; if not, short read
jmp .short_read_ok
.short_read_error:
mov di, ERR_DISK
mov ax, 0x02
call print_error
.short_read_ok:
jmp stage2
; di: pointer to additional message
; ax: error code in ASCII, never returns
print_error:
mov si, NL
call print_string
mov si, MESSAGE_ERROR
call print_string
mov si, di
call print_string
call print_hex_nice
call kill_motor
mov si, NL
call print_string
jmp reboot
; IN si
print_string:
push ax
push bx
.loop:
lodsb
cmp al, 0
je .fini
call print_char
jmp .loop
.fini:
pop bx
pop ax
ret
; IN al: character to print
; MOD ah
print_char:
mov ah, 0x0e
int 0x10
ret
; IN ah: hex value to print
print_hex_nice:
push si
mov si, HEX_PREFIX
call print_string
call print_hex
mov si, SPACE
call print_string
pop si
ret
; IN ah: hex value to print
print_hex:
push bx
push si
mov si, HEX_TEMPLATE
mov bx, ax
and bx, 0x00FF
shr bx, 4
mov bx, [HEXABET+bx]
mov [HEX_TEMPLATE], bl
mov bx, ax
and bx, 0x000F
mov bx, [HEXABET+bx]
mov [HEX_TEMPLATE+1], bl
call print_string
pop si
pop bx
ret
; IN: eax: value to print in hex
print_hex_dword:
push eax
push ebx
mov ebx, eax
mov eax, ebx
shr eax, 24
call print_hex
mov eax, ebx
shr eax, 16
call print_hex
mov eax, ebx
shr eax, 8
call print_hex
mov eax, ebx
call print_hex
pop ebx
pop eax
ret
kill_motor:
push dx
mov dx, 0x3F2
mov al, 0x00
out dx, al
pop dx
ret
reset_drive:
push ax
push dx
mov ax, 0x00
mov dl, [BOOT_DRIVE]
int 0x13
pop dx
pop ax
ret
HEX_TEMPLATE:
db '??', 0
HEX_PREFIX:
db '0x', 0
HEXABET:
db '0123456789ABCDEF'
MESSAGE_GREETING:
db "Archlinux32 i486 floppy..", 13, 10, 0
MESSAGE_ERROR:
db "ERR ", 0
SPACE:
db " ", 0
NL:
db 13, 10, 0
BOOT_DRIVE:
db 0
; pad rest of sector with zeroes so we get 512 bytes in the end
times 510-($-$$) db 0
; magic number of a boot sector
dw 0xaa55
; stage 2
stage2:
; check A20 gate
mov si, MESSAGE_CHECKING_A20
call print_string
call check_and_enable_A20
cmp ax, 1
je .A20_enabled
mov si, MESSAGE_DISABLED
call print_string
mov di, ERR_A20
mov ax, 0x01
call print_error
.A20_enabled:
mov si, MESSAGE_ENABLED
call print_string
unreal_mode:
; now switching to bigger data and extra segments (so copying kernels and ramdisks
; is not overly painful)
mov si, MESSAGE_SWITCHING_TO_UNREAL_MODE
call print_string
; disable interrupts for now as we do mode switching and segment manipulations
cli
; load GDT (global descriptor table)
lgdt [gdt_descriptor]
; switch to protected mode
mov eax, cr0
or eax, 0x1
mov cr0, eax
; unconditional far jump into code segment,
; wipes the instruction prefetch pipeline
jmp $+2
; data descriptor in GDT
mov ax, CODE_DATA_SEGMENT
mov ds, ax
mov es, ax
mov fs, ax
mov gs, ax
; back to real mode
and al, 0xFE
mov cr0, eax
; restore segment values - now limits are removed but seg regs still work as normal
; we keep cs and ss in real mode locations as before, code is small and stack
; is not expected to get big, besides they stop working above 1 MB as SP and IP
; are used and not ESP and EIP!
xor ax,ax
mov ds, ax
mov es, ax
mov fs, ax
mov gs, ax
; now we are in UNREAL mode, we can also reenable real mode interrupts, as the
; code segment is still small, so saving IP should work just fine
sti
mov si, MESSAGE_ENABLED
call print_string
; detect disk geometry
; IN dl: drive
detect_disk_geometry:
xor ax, ax
mov es, ax
mov di, ax
mov ah, 0x08
mov dl, [BOOT_DRIVE]
int 0x13
jc .error
jmp .ok
.error:
; AH contains return code
mov si, ERR_DISK
call print_error
; all went well, remember and print drive parameters
.ok:
mov si, MESSAGE_DRIVE_PARAMETERS
call print_string
mov ax, [BOOT_DRIVE]
call print_hex_nice
xor ax, ax
mov [FLOPPY_TYPE], BYTE bl
mov al, [FLOPPY_TYPE]
call print_hex_nice
add dh, 1
mov [NOF_HEADS], BYTE dh
add cl, 1
mov [SECTORS_PER_CYLINDER], BYTE cl
mov al, [NOF_HEADS]
call print_hex_nice
xor ax, ax
mov al, [SECTORS_PER_CYLINDER]
call print_hex_nice
mov si, NL
call print_string
call reset_drive
; read now sectors after stage 2 as long as we can find
; tar index sectors containing filenames,
; depending on the filename we have to load things to different places
; (and move them to memory above 1MB)
; start to read after stage 1 (512 on sector 1) and stage 2 (starting on sector 2)
mov [CURRENT_SECTOR], byte NOF_SECTORS_STAGE2 + 2
read_next_sector:
mov bx, 0x0900 ; where to store the data (our floppy data read buffer)
mov es, bx
mov bx, 0x0
; print (C/H/S) info where we are currently reading and in which state
; and how many data sectors are left in the current tar entry
;~ jmp .no_verbose
; states
mov al, 0x0d
call print_char
mov al, byte [READ_STATE]
call print_hex
mov al, ' '
call print_char
mov al, byte [KERNEL_STATE]
call print_hex
mov al, ' '
call print_char
; tar data sectors to read for current file
mov dx, word [READ_DATA_SECTORS]
mov ax, dx
shr ax, 8
call print_hex
mov ax, dx
call print_hex
mov al, ' '
call print_char
; disk geometry (current position on the floppy)
mov al, '('
call print_char
xor ax, ax
mov al, byte [CURRENT_CYLINDER]
call print_hex
mov al, '/'
call print_char
xor ax, ax
mov al, byte [CURRENT_HEAD]
call print_hex
mov al, '/'
call print_char
xor ax, ax
mov al, byte [CURRENT_SECTOR]
call print_hex
mov al, ')'
call print_char
.no_verbose:
call read_one_sector_from_disk
; states in the main sector read loop
STATE_READ_METADATA equ 0
STATE_READ_KERNEL equ 1
STATE_READ_INITRD equ 2
STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTOR_0 equ 1
STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTOR_1 equ 2
STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTORS_REAL_MODE equ 3
STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTORS_PROTECTED_MODE equ 4
STATE_KERNEL_FINISHED equ 5
; depending on the read state we have to do different stuff now
mov ah, byte [READ_STATE]
cmp ah, STATE_READ_METADATA
je handle_read_metadata
cmp ah, STATE_READ_KERNEL
je handle_read_kernel
cmp ah, STATE_READ_INITRD
je handle_read_initrd
mov di, ERR_DISK
mov ax, 0x03
call print_error
; state: STATE_READ_METADATA
handle_read_metadata:
push bx
mov esi, 0x09000 + 0x101 ; 5 chars must match 'ustar' for being a tar metadata block
mov edi, USTAR_MAGIC
mov bx, 5
call strncmp
pop bx
cmp ax, 0
je .print_tar_metadata
jmp advance_to_next_sector ; read over unknown data or non-tar entries
.print_tar_metadata:
mov al, ' '
call print_char
mov si, 0x09000 + 0x00 ; the filename in the tar
call print_string
mov al, ' '
call print_char
mov si, 0x09000 + 0x7c ; the size in ASCII octal
call print_string
mov si, SPACE
call print_string
mov si, 0x09000 + 0x7c
mov ecx, 11
; compute size in decimal and compute number of data sectors we have to read
call octal_string_to_int
a32 mov [READ_DATA_SIZE], eax
call print_hex_dword
mov ecx, eax ; ecx contains the number of 512 byte sectors
shr ecx, 9 ; number of sectors a 512 bytes
mov edx, ebx ; compute if we have a remainder
and edx, 0x01FF
cmp edx, 0 ; no remainder, ending at full sector
je .full_sector
inc ecx ; one non-full sector more to read
.full_sector:
mov [READ_DATA_SECTORS], ecx
; enable to debug metadata in tar
;~ mov si, NL
;~ call print_string
;~ mov ax, 0x0900
;~ mov es, ax
;~ call print_memory
.search_kernel:
mov esi, 0x09000 + 0x00
mov edi, FILE_BZIMAGE
call strcmp
cmp ax, 0
je .found_kernel
jmp .search_initrd
.found_kernel:
mov [READ_STATE], byte STATE_READ_KERNEL
mov [KERNEL_STATE], byte STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTOR_0
mov [READ_DESTINATION_PTR], dword 0x10000
mov al, '!'
call print_char
mov si, NL
call print_string
jmp advance_to_next_sector
.search_initrd:
mov esi, 0x09000 + 0x00
mov edi, FILE_RAMDISK
call strcmp
cmp ax, 0
je .found_initrd
jmp .search_eof
.found_initrd:
mov [READ_STATE], byte STATE_READ_INITRD
; qemu initrd start location 7fab000, 133869568 (this is 128MB) too high for us,
; kernel gives us alignment hints and hints where to load initrd to?
; let's use 8MB, TODO: does the kernel release the initial ramdisk? I think so. is
; it relocating it's structures? or do we get fragmented heap and stuff?
a32 mov [READ_DESTINATION_PTR], dword 0x00800000
a32 mov [INITRD_ADDRESS], dword 0x00800000
a32 mov eax, [READ_DATA_SIZE]
a32 mov [INITRD_SIZE], eax
mov al, '!'
call print_char
mov si, NL
call print_string
jmp advance_to_next_sector
.search_eof:
mov esi, 0x09000 + 0x00
mov edi, FILE_EOF
call strcmp
cmp ax, 0
je .found_eof
jmp .unknown_file
.found_eof:
mov si, NL
call print_string
mov si, MESSAGE_EOF_REACHED
call print_string
jmp finished_reading
.unknown_file:
mov al, '?'
call print_char
mov si, NL
call print_string
jmp advance_to_next_sector
; STATE: STATE_READ_KERNEL
handle_read_kernel:
; move kernel code/data from 0x09000 (our disk read scratch space
; in low memory to 0x10000 (which is the real mode location for the
; kernel code)
mov ax, ds
mov es, ax
mov esi, 0x09000
mov edi, dword [READ_DESTINATION_PTR]
mov ecx, 512
cld
a32 rep movsb
mov [READ_DESTINATION_PTR], edi
mov ax, word [READ_DATA_SECTORS]
dec ax
mov word [READ_DATA_SECTORS], ax
cmp ax, 0
je .data_end
jmp kernel_switch
.data_end:
mov [READ_STATE], byte STATE_READ_METADATA
jmp advance_to_next_sector
; depending on the kernel substate
kernel_switch:
xor ax, ax
mov ah, byte [KERNEL_STATE]
cmp ah, STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTOR_0
je handle_data_kernel_sector_0
cmp ah, STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTOR_1
je handle_data_kernel_sector_1
cmp ah, STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTORS_REAL_MODE
je handle_data_kernel_real_mode
cmp ah, STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTORS_PROTECTED_MODE
je handle_data_kernel_protected_mode
mov di, ERR_KERN
mov ax, 0x01
call print_error
; STATE: STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTOR_0
handle_data_kernel_sector_0:
; first sector if real mode kernel
; enable to debug real mode zero page metadata
;~ mov si, NL
;~ call print_string
;~ mov ax, 0x1000
;~ mov es, ax
;~ call print_memory
; get the number of real mode kernel sectors to read
; (or mininmally 4 if 0 is returned), each 512 bytes
mov si, NL
call print_string
a32 mov al, byte [0x10000+0x1f1]
cmp al, 0
jne .nof_sectors_ok
mov al, 4 ; minimally 4 sectors
.nof_sectors_ok:
mov si, MESSAGE_KERNEL_NOF_REAL_SECTORS
call print_string
mov [KERNEL_NOF_REAL_MODE_SECTORS], al
call print_hex
mov si, NL
call print_string
; get size of protected mode kernel in 16 bytes
a32 mov eax, [0x10000+0x1f4]
mov ecx, eax
shr ecx, 5 ; 16-pages, shifting by 5 to the right gives
; us the number of sectors a 512 bytes
mov ebx, eax ; compute if we have to read one sector more with partial data
and ebx, 0x001F ; 32 times 16 bytes per page
cmp ebx, 0
je .full_sector
inc ecx
.full_sector:
mov [KERNEL_NOF_PROTECTED_MODE_SECTORS], word cx
mov si, MESSAGE_KERNEL_NOF_PROTECTED_SECTORS
call print_string
mov bx, [KERNEL_NOF_PROTECTED_MODE_SECTORS]
mov ax, bx
and ax, 0xFF00
shr ax, 8
call print_hex
mov ax, bx
and ax, 0x00FF
call print_hex
mov si, NL
call print_string
mov [KERNEL_STATE], byte STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTOR_1
jmp advance_to_next_sector
; STATE: STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTOR_1
handle_data_kernel_sector_1:
; enable to debug real mode zero page metadata
;~ mov si, NL
;~ call print_string
;~ mov ax, 0x1020
;~ mov es, ax
;~ call print_memory
; compare header
mov esi, 0x10000 + 0x202
mov edi, KERNEL_MAGIC
mov bx, 4
call strncmp
cmp ax, 0
je .kernel_HdrS_found
mov di, ERR_KERN
mov ax, 0x02
call print_error
.kernel_HdrS_found:
; get protocol version, don't allow anothing below 2.15 (which
; os kernel 5.5 or above)
mov al, 0x0d
call print_char
mov si, NL
call print_string
mov si, MESSAGE_KERNEL_BOOT_PROTOCOL
call print_string
a32 mov al, byte [0x10000+0x207]
mov byte [KERNEL_BOOT_PROTOCOL_MAJOR], al
call print_hex
mov al, '.'
call print_char
a32 mov al, byte [0x10000+0x206]
mov byte [KERNEL_BOOT_PROTOCOL_MINOR], al
call print_hex
mov si, NL
call print_string
xor ax, ax
mov al, byte [KERNEL_BOOT_PROTOCOL_MAJOR]
cmp al, 2
jl .protocol_error
xor ax, ax
mov al, byte [KERNEL_BOOT_PROTOCOL_MINOR]
cmp al, 15
jl .protocol_error
jmp .get_kernel_version_offset
.protocol_error:
mov di, ERR_KERN
mov ax, 0x03
call print_error
; get offset pointing to human readable kernel message,
; we can print it only after having read the real mode part
; of the kernel (or just before we actually start the kernel)
.get_kernel_version_offset:
a32 mov ax, word [0x10000+0x20e]
mov [KERNEL_VERSION_PTR], ax
jmp .set_boot_data
.set_boot_data:
; not quite clear what the kernel does with this data, TODO: must read kernel code
a32 mov byte [0x10000+0x210], 0xe1 ; Extended bootloader type
a32 mov byte [0x10000+0x226], 0x00 ; ext_loader_ver
a32 mov byte [0x10000+0x227], 0x01 ; ext_loader_type (id: 0x11)
a32 or byte [0x10000+0x211], 0x80 ; set CAN_USE_HEAP
a32 mov word [0x10000+0x224], 0xde00 ; head_end_ptr
; set up area and copy command line from the boot loader area to
; a area registered with the kernel (0x1e000)
a32 mov dword [0x10000+0x228], 0x1e000 ; set cmd_line_ptr
xor ax, ax
mov es, ax
mov esi, KERNEL_CMD_LINE
mov edi, 0x1e000
mov ecx, KERNEL_CMD_SIZE
cld
a32 rep movsb
jmp .change_state
.change_state:
; enable to debug real mode zero page metadata after modifying and setting parameters
;~ mov si, NL
;~ call print_string
;~ mov ax, 0x1020
;~ mov es, ax
;~ call print_memory
mov [KERNEL_STATE], byte STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTORS_REAL_MODE
; intentional fallthrough, decrement real mode sectors below
; STATE: STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTORS_REAL_MODE
handle_data_kernel_real_mode:
; read at most KERNEL_NOF_REAL_MODE_SECTORS sectors for real
; mode code/data
mov al, byte [KERNEL_NOF_REAL_MODE_SECTORS]
dec al
mov byte [KERNEL_NOF_REAL_MODE_SECTORS], al
cmp al, 0
je .last_real_mode_sector_read
jmp advance_to_next_sector
.last_real_mode_sector_read:
; show kernel version
mov al, 0x0d
call print_char
mov si, NL
call print_string
mov si, MESSAGE_KERNEL_VERSION
call print_string
mov esi, [KERNEL_VERSION_PTR]
add esi, 0x200
push ds
mov ax, 0x1000
mov ds, ax
call print_string
pop ds
mov si, NL
call print_string
; change load pointer to protected mode area 0x100000
mov [KERNEL_STATE], byte STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTORS_PROTECTED_MODE
mov [READ_DESTINATION_PTR], dword 0x100000
jmp advance_to_next_sector
; STATE: STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTORS_PROTECTED_MODE
handle_data_kernel_protected_mode:
; read at most KERNEL_NOF_PROTECTED_MODE_SECTORS sectors for protected
; mode code/data
mov ax, word [KERNEL_NOF_PROTECTED_MODE_SECTORS]
dec ax
mov word [KERNEL_NOF_PROTECTED_MODE_SECTORS], ax
cmp ax, 0
je .last_protected_mode_sector_read
jmp advance_to_next_sector
.last_protected_mode_sector_read:
mov [READ_STATE], byte STATE_READ_METADATA
mov [KERNEL_STATE], byte STATE_KERNEL_FINISHED
jmp advance_to_next_sector
; STATE: STATE_READ_INITRD
handle_read_initrd:
; move ramdisk data from 0x09000 (our disk read scratch space
; in low memory to high memory 0xaaaa0000
mov ax, ds
mov es, ax
mov esi, 0x09000
mov edi, dword [READ_DESTINATION_PTR]
mov ecx, 512
cld
a32 rep movsb
mov [READ_DESTINATION_PTR], edi
mov ax, word [READ_DATA_SECTORS]
dec ax
mov word [READ_DATA_SECTORS], ax
cmp ax, 0
je .data_end
jmp .nothing_todo
.data_end:
mov [READ_STATE], byte STATE_READ_METADATA
jmp advance_to_next_sector
.nothing_todo:
advance_to_next_sector:
add [CURRENT_SECTOR], byte 1 ; next sector
mov ch, [SECTORS_PER_CYLINDER]
cmp [CURRENT_SECTOR], ch ; after the end of the current track?
je .next_head
jmp read_next_sector
.next_head:
shr bx, 4 ; make it a segment offset..
mov ax, es
add ax, bx
mov es, ax ; ..and add it to ES
mov bx, 0x0 ; we also reset bx and update es to avoid hitting the 64k wrap around point
mov [CURRENT_SECTOR], byte 1 ; start from first sector again
add [CURRENT_HEAD], byte 1 ; advance head
mov ch, [NOF_HEADS]
cmp [CURRENT_HEAD], ch ; after the number of heads?
je .next_track
jmp read_next_sector
.next_track:
mov [CURRENT_HEAD], byte 0 ; start from head 0 again
add [CURRENT_CYLINDER], byte 1 ; advance track
; TODO depends on boot parameters (the floppy media, add a table)
cmp [CURRENT_CYLINDER], byte 80
jae .next_floppy
jmp read_next_sector
.next_floppy:
call kill_motor
mov si, NL
call print_string
mov si, MESSAGE_NEXT_FLOPPY
call print_string
call wait_for_keypress
call reset_drive
; TODO: check for floppy disk change (is there a BIOS function for this?)
; TODO: maybe also check some checksum or so of the floppy data and see
; if we indeed have a new floppy
mov [CURRENT_SECTOR], byte 0 ; will be incremented at advance_to_next_sector
mov [CURRENT_HEAD], byte 0
mov [CURRENT_CYLINDER], byte 0
jmp advance_to_next_sector
finished_reading:
; make sure the floppy is not spinnig (also in print_error)
call kill_motor
start_kernel:
; set ramdisk
a32 mov eax, [INITRD_ADDRESS] ; ramdisk size in bytes
a32 mov [0x10000+0x218], eax
mov si, MESSAGE_INITRD_ADDRESS
call print_string
a32 mov eax, [INITRD_ADDRESS]
call print_hex_dword
mov si, NL
call print_string
a32 mov eax, [INITRD_SIZE] ; ramdisk address in bytes
a32 mov [0x10000+0x21c], eax
mov si, MESSAGE_INITRD_SIZE
call print_string
a32 mov eax, [INITRD_SIZE]
call print_hex_dword
mov si, NL
call print_string
; TODO: check if we actually do have reached the KERNEL_FINISHED state
mov si, MESSAGE_BOOTING_KERNEL
call print_string
; set up segments for running the real mode kernel
cli
mov ax, 0x1000
mov ds, ax
mov es, ax
mov fs, ax
mov gs, ax
mov ss, ax
mov sp, 0xe000
; jump to kernel real mode entry
jmp 0x1020:0
; we should not return here, rather the machine will reset, hang or kernel will OUPS,
; just in case, restore segments and print an error message just in case it happens..
mov ax, CODE_DATA_SEGMENT
mov ds, ax
mov es, ax
mov fs, ax
mov gs, ax
mov ss, ax
mov sp, 0x7c00
mov si, ERR_KERN
mov ax, 0x01
call print_error
; allow rebooting if something goes sour in the kernel
reboot:
mov si, MESSAGE_REBOOT
call print_string
call wait_for_keypress
; reboot (cannot use jmp here)
db 0xea
dw 0x0000
dw 0xFFFF
; endless loop if reboot fails
jmp $
; wait for key to be pressed
wait_for_keypress:
push ax
xor ax, ax
int 0x16
pop ax
ret
; GDT global descriptor table
gdt_start:
; mandatory null entry
gdt_null:
dd 0x0
dd 0x0
; on big unreal segment, code and data are in the same unprotected segment
gdt_code_data:
dw 0xffff ; limit (bits 0-15)
dw 0x0 ; base (bits 0-15)
db 0x0 ; base (bits 16-23)
db 10010010b ; flags
db 11001111b ; flags, limit (bits 16-19)
db 0x0 ; base (bit 24-31)
gdt_end:
gdt_descriptor:
dw gdt_end - gdt_start - 1 ; size
dd gdt_start ; start address of the GDT
; constants representing the segment bases
CODE_DATA_SEGMENT equ gdt_code_data - gdt_start
check_and_enable_A20:
call check_A20_enabled
cmp ax, 1
je A20_ENABLED
A20_FAST_SPECIAL_PORT:
mov al, 'F'
call print_char
in al, 0x92
or al, 2
out 0x92, al
call check_A20_enabled
cmp ax, 1
je A20_ENABLED
A20_ENABLE_KBD_PORT:
mov al, 'K'
call print_char
mov al, 0xdd
out 0x64, al
call check_A20_enabled
cmp ax, 1
je A20_ENABLED
A20_ENABLE_VIA_BIOS:
mov al, 'B'
call print_char
mov ax, 0x2401
int 0x15
call check_A20_enabled
cmp ax, 1
A20_ENABLE_KBD_OUT:
mov al, 'k'
call print_char
cli ; disable interrupts, we talk directly to the keyboard ports
call .wait_input
mov al,0xAD
out 0x64,al ; disable keyboard
call .wait_input
mov al,0xD0
out 0x64,al ; tell controller to read output port
call .wait_output
in al,0x60
push eax ; get output port data and store it
call .wait_input
mov al,0xD1
out 0x64,al ; tell controller to write output port
call .wait_input
pop eax
or al,2 ; set bit 1 (enable a20)
out 0x60,al ; write out data back to the output port
call .wait_input
mov al,0xAE ; enable keyboard
out 0x64,al
call .wait_input
sti
jmp .retest
; wait for input buffer to be clear
.wait_input:
in al,0x64
test al,2
jnz .wait_input
ret
; wait for output buffer to be clear
.wait_output:
in al,0x64
test al,1
jz .wait_output
ret
.retest:
call check_A20_enabled
cmp ax, 1
je A20_ENABLED
A20_ENABLED:
ret
; returns 0 if not A20_ENABLED, 1 if A20_ENABLED in AX
check_A20_enabled:
pushf
push ds
push es
push di
push si
cli
xor ax, ax
mov es, ax
mov di, 0x0500 ; es:di = 0000:0500
mov ax, 0xffff
mov ds, ax
mov si, 0x0510 ; ds:si = ffff:0510
mov al, byte [es:di] ; preserve values in memory
push ax ; on stack
mov al, byte [ds:si]
push ax
mov byte [es:di], 0x00 ; now the test: write 0x00 to 0000:0500
mov byte [ds:si], 0xFF ; write 0xff to ffff:0510
cmp byte [es:di], 0xFF ; memory wrap? A20 not enabled
je .disabled
jmp .enabled
.restore:
pop bx ; restore original memory contents
mov byte [ds:si], bl
pop bx
mov byte [es:di], bl
jmp .exit
.enabled:
mov al, '+'
call print_char
mov ax, 1 ; not wrapped around
jmp .restore
.disabled:
mov al, '-'
call print_char
mov ax, 0 ; wrapped around (last cmp)
jmp .restore
.exit:
pop si
pop di
pop es
pop ds
popf
ret
; Read one sector from floppy using CHS adressing
read_one_sector_from_disk:
mov ah, 0x02 ; read sectors from drive
mov al, 1 ; read 1 sector
mov ch, BYTE [CURRENT_CYLINDER]
mov dh, BYTE [CURRENT_HEAD]
mov dl, BYTE [BOOT_DRIVE]
mov cl, BYTE [CURRENT_SECTOR]
mov BYTE [CURRENT_RETRIES], 0
int 0x13
jc .read_error
cmp al, 1 ; 1 sector read?
jne .short_read ; if not, short read
ret
.read_error:
cmp BYTE [CURRENT_RETRIES], 3
jl .read_again
jmp .print_error
.read_again:
dec BYTE [CURRENT_RETRIES]
call reset_drive
jmp read_one_sector_from_disk
.print_error:
;~ xor ax, ax
;~ mov dh, 0
;~ mov dl, ah
mov di, ERR_DISK
call print_error
.short_read:
mov di, ERR_DISK
call print_string
; IN al: character to print if printable, dot otherwise
; MOD ah
print_dump_char:
cmp byte al, 0x20 ; space
jl .print_dot
test byte al, al ; above 0x7f ~
js .print_dot
call print_char
jmp .done
.print_dot:
mov al, 0x2e ; .
call print_char
.done:
ret
; print a dump of 512 bytes in memory (a sector) for debugging purposes
; IN: es base address (as segment) where to start printing
print_memory:
xor bx, bx
.next_line:
xor cx, cx
mov ax, es
and ax, 0xFF00
shr ax, 8
call print_hex
mov ax, es
and ax, 0x00FF
call print_hex
xor ax, ax
mov ah, ':'
call print_char
mov al, bh
call print_hex
mov al, bl
call print_hex
mov si, DUMP_SEP
call print_string
.next_byte:
mov al, [es:bx]
call print_hex
mov si, SPACE
call print_string
inc bx
inc cx
cmp cx, 8
je .gap
jmp .after_gap
.gap:
mov si, SPACE
call print_string
.after_gap:
cmp cx, 16
jne .next_byte
.print_chars:
xor cx, cx
sub bx, 16
.next_char:
mov al, [es:bx]
call print_dump_char
inc bx
inc cx
cmp cx, 16
jne .next_char
.newline:
mov si, NL
call print_string
cmp bx, 256
je .wait
jmp .cont
.wait:
mov si, MESSAGE_PRESS_KEY_TO_CONTINUE
call print_string
call wait_for_keypress
.cont:
cmp bx, 512
jne .next_line
ret
DUMP_SEP:
db ": ", 0
; compare strings
; IN: si, di: start of two zero terminated strings
; OUT: ax <0 si < di, >0 si > di; =0 si = di
; CLOBBERS: si, di
strcmp:
push dx
.loop:
a32 mov dl, [esi]
a32 mov dh, [edi]
cmp dh, $0
je .done
cmp dl, $0
je .done
cmp dh, dl
jne .done
inc si
inc di
jmp .loop
.done:
xor ax, ax
mov al, byte dh
sub al, byte dl
.end:
pop dx
ret
; compare strings up to a maximal number of characters
; IN: si, di: start of two zero terminated strings, bx: number of chars
; OUT: ax <0 si < di, >0 si > di; =0 si = di
; CLOBBERS: si, di, bx
strncmp:
push dx
.loop:
a32 mov dl, [esi]
a32 mov dh, [edi]
cmp dh, $0
je .done
cmp dl, $0
je .done
cmp dh, dl
jne .done
inc si
inc di
dec bx
jz .done
jmp .loop
.done:
xor ax, ax
mov al, byte dh
sub al, byte dl
.end:
pop dx
ret
; convert octal string to integer
; IN: si, cx: pointer to the string and length of the string
; OUT: eax: converted integer
; clobbers: ebx
octal_string_to_int:
xor ebx, ebx
.next:
movzx eax, byte [esi]
inc esi
sub al, '0' ; assuming ASCII
shl ebx, 3 ; octal, multiply by 8
add ebx, eax ; add current digit
loop .next ; cx--
mov eax, ebx
ret
MESSAGE_CHECKING_A20:
db "Checking A20 address gate.. ", 0
MESSAGE_ENABLED:
db " enabled", 13, 10, 0
MESSAGE_DISABLED:
db " disabled", 13, 10, 0
MESSAGE_SWITCHING_TO_UNREAL_MODE:
db "Switching to unreal mode..", 0
MESSAGE_DRIVE_PARAMETERS:
db "Boot parameters ", 0
MESSAGE_EOF_REACHED:
db "Reached end of tar file..", 13, 10, 0
MESSAGE_BOOTING_KERNEL:
db "Booting kernel..", 13, 10, 0
MESSAGE_REBOOT:
db "Press any key for rebooting..", 13, 10, 0
MESSAGE_NEXT_FLOPPY:
db "Insert next floppy and press any key to continue..", 13, 10, 0
MESSAGE_PRESS_KEY_TO_CONTINUE:
db "Press any key to continue..", 13, 10, 0
MESSAGE_KERNEL_NOF_REAL_SECTORS:
db "Number of real-mode kernel sectors: ", 0
MESSAGE_KERNEL_NOF_PROTECTED_SECTORS:
db "Number of protected-mode kernel sectors: ", 0
MESSAGE_KERNEL_BOOT_PROTOCOL:
db "Linux boot protocol version: ", 0
MESSAGE_KERNEL_VERSION:
db "Linux kernel version: ", 0
MESSAGE_INITRD_ADDRESS:
db "Ramdisk address: ", 0
MESSAGE_INITRD_SIZE:
db "Ramdisk size: ", 0
ERR_A20:
db "A20 ", 0
ERR_DISK:
db "DISK ", 0
ERR_KERN:
db "KERN ", 0
USTAR_MAGIC:
db "ustar", 0
KERNEL_MAGIC:
db 'HdrS', 0
; data sections used for reading from floppy, default to some sane values
; get probed and filled in during floppy drive probing
FLOPPY_TYPE:
db 0x00 ; drive type, usually 0x04 after probing for 3 1/4" 1.44MB
SECTORS_PER_CYLINDER:
db 0x3F ; detect parameters enters the correct value here (sectors + 1)
; if detection fails, force int13 to read ahead
NOF_HEADS:
db 0x01 ; number of heads + 1
; read route reads and updates those values while reading from floppy
CURRENT_SECTOR:
db 1
CURRENT_CYLINDER:
db 0
CURRENT_HEAD:
db 0
CURRENT_RETRIES:
db 0
FILE_BZIMAGE:
db "bzImage", 0
FILE_RAMDISK:
db "ramdisk.img", 0
FILE_EOF:
db "EOF", 0
READ_STATE:
db STATE_READ_METADATA
READ_DATA_SECTORS:
dd 0
READ_DESTINATION_PTR:
dd 0x10000
READ_DATA_SIZE:
dd 0
KERNEL_STATE:
db STATE_KERNEL_READ_SECTOR_0
KERNEL_NOF_REAL_MODE_SECTORS:
db 0
KERNEL_NOF_PROTECTED_MODE_SECTORS:
dw 0
KERNEL_CMD_LINE:
db "debug loglevel=7 earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8 rdinit=/sbin/init root=/dev/ram0 iommu=off", 0
KERNEL_CMD_SIZE equ $-KERNEL_CMD_LINE
KERNEL_BOOT_PROTOCOL_MAJOR:
db 0
KERNEL_BOOT_PROTOCOL_MINOR:
db 0
KERNEL_VERSION_PTR:
dw 0
INITRD_ADDRESS:
dd 0
INITRD_SIZE:
dd 0
; make sure we have full sectors
times (NOF_SECTORS_STAGE2+1)*512-($-$$) db 0
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