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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot/boot_main.S')
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diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/boot_main.S b/arch/x86/boot/boot_main.S new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f3d248ae5b --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/x86/boot/boot_main.S @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +/* + * Copyright (C) 2009 Juergen Beisert, Pengutronix + * + * This code was inspired by the GRUB2 project. + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of + * the License, or (at your option) any later version. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, + * MA 02111-1307 USA + * + */ + +/** + * @file + * @brief Common boot sector main routine to be entered by the BIOS + */ +/** + * @fn void _start(void) + * + * @brief Fix segment:offset settings of some buggy BIOSs + */ + +#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS + + .file "boot_main.S" + .code16 + + .extern real_start + + .section .boot_start, "ax" + .type _start, @function + + /* + * The BIOS loads this code to address 0x00007c00. + * The code should be called with CS:IP 0:0x7c00 (hopefully). + */ + .globl _start +_start: + cli /* we're not safe here! */ + /* + * It seems there are implementations in the wild which call this + * code with CS:IP 0x07C0:0000 instead. We fix it immediately. + */ + ljmp $0, $real_start + + .size _start, .-_start + +#endif |