# https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/multiboot.html#Boot-information-format # http://wiki.osdev.org/Bare_Bones # Fill Multiboot Haeder, init stack and call kernel_main passing to params: # eax - magic number # ebx - multiboot structure # Declare constants used for creating a multiboot header. .set ALIGN, 1<<0 # align loaded modules on page boundaries .set MEMINFO, 1<<1 # provide memory map .set GFXINFO, 1<<2 # provide gfx info .set FLAGS, ALIGN | MEMINFO | GFXINFO # this is the Multiboot 'flag' field .set MAGIC, 0x1BADB002 # 'magic number' lets bootloader find the header .set CHECKSUM, -(MAGIC + FLAGS) # checksum of above, to prove we are multiboot # Declare a header as in the Multiboot Standard. We put this into a special # section so we can force the header to be in the start of the final program. # You don't need to understand all these details as it is just magic values that # is documented in the multiboot standard. The bootloader will search for this # magic sequence and recognize us as a multiboot kernel. .section .multiboot .align 4 .long MAGIC .long FLAGS .long CHECKSUM .long 0 # we dont need this for ELF .long 0 .long 0 .long 0 .long 0 .long 0 #gfx_stuff 0=enable! .long 1280 .long 1024 .long 32 # Currently the stack pointer register (esp) points at anything and using it may # cause massive harm. Instead, we'll provide our own stack. We will allocate # room for a small temporary stack by creating a symbol at the bottom of it, # then allocating 16384 bytes for it, and finally creating a symbol at the top. .section .bootstrap_stack, "aw", @nobits stack_bottom: .skip 16384 # 16 KiB stack_top: # The linker script specifies _start as the entry point to the kernel and the # bootloader will jump to this position once the kernel has been loaded. It # doesn't make sense to return from this function as the bootloader is gone. .section .text .global _start .global stack_top .global stack_bottom .type _start, @function _start: # To set up a stack, we simply set the esp register to point to the top of # our stack (as it grows downwards). movl $stack_top, %esp push %ebx #pass address of the multiboot information data structure push %eax #pass eax, so kernel can check for magic number call kernel_main # should never be reached cli hlt .Lhang: jmp .Lhang # Set the size of the _start symbol to the current location '.' minus its start. # This is useful when debugging or when you implement call tracing. .size _start, . - _start