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-rw-r--r--kernel/src/boot.asm144
-rw-r--r--kernel/src/long_mode_init.asm17
2 files changed, 159 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/src/boot.asm b/kernel/src/boot.asm
index a10b14c..e3484c1 100644
--- a/kernel/src/boot.asm
+++ b/kernel/src/boot.asm
@@ -1,14 +1,147 @@
global start
+extern long_mode_start
section .text
bits 32
start:
mov esp, stack_top
- ; print 'OK'
- mov dword [0xb8000], 0x2f4b2f4f
+ call check_multiboot
+ call check_cpuid
+ call check_long_mode
+
+ call setup_page_tables
+ call enable_paging
+ ; load the 64-bit GDT
+ lgdt [gdt64.pointer]
+ jmp gdt64.code:long_mode_start
+
hlt
+check_multiboot:
+ cmp eax, 0x36d76289
+ jne .no_multiboot
+ ret
+.no_multiboot
+ mov al, "0"
+ jmp error
+
+check_cpuid:
+ ; Check if CPUID is supported by attempting to flip the ID bit (bit 21)
+ ; in the FLAGS register. If we can flip it, CPUID is available.
+
+ ; Copy EFLAGS in to EAX via stack
+ pushfd
+ pop eax
+
+ ; Save the current flags
+ mov ecx, eax
+
+ ; Flip the ID bit
+ xor eax, 1 << 21
+
+ ; push eax to eflags
+ push eax
+ popfd
+
+ ; Copy EAX to FLAGS via the Stack
+ pushfd
+ pop eax
+
+ ; Restore FLAGS from the old version stored in ECX (i.e. flipping the
+ ; ID bit back if it was ever flipped).
+ push ecx
+ popfd
+
+ ; Check if the ID was changed
+ cmp eax, ecx
+ je .no_cpuid
+ ret
+.no_cpuid:
+ mov al, "1"
+ jmp error
+
+check_long_mode:
+ ; test if extended processor info in available
+ mov eax, 0x80000000 ; implicit argument for cpuid
+ cpuid ; get highest supported argument
+ cmp eax, 0x80000001 ; it needs to be at least 0x80000001
+ jb .no_long_mode ; if it's less, the CPU is too old for long mode
+
+ ; extended info about long mode
+ mov eax, 0x80000001 ; argument for the cpuid function
+ cpuid ; Cpu id
+ test edx, 1 << 29 ; check long mode availablity
+ jz .no_long_mode
+ ret
+
+.no_long_mode
+ mov al, "2"
+ jmp error
+
+setup_page_tables:
+ ; map first P4 entry to P3 table
+ mov eax, p3_table
+ or eax, 0b11 ; present + writable
+ mov [p4_table], eax
+
+ ; map first P3 entry to P2 table
+ mov eax, p2_table
+ or eax, 0b11 ; present + writable
+ mov [p3_table], eax
+
+ ; map each P2 entry to a huge 2MiB page
+ mov ecx, 0 ; counter variable
+ mov eax, 0b10000011 ; present + writable + huge
+
+.map_p2_table:
+ ; map ecx-th P2 entry to a huge page that starts at address 2MiB*ecx
+ mov [p2_table + ecx ], eax ; map ecx-th entry
+ add eax, 0x200000 ; 2MiB
+ mov [p2_table + ecx + 8 ], eax ; map ecx-th entry
+ add eax, 0x200000 ; 2MiB
+ mov [p2_table + ecx + 16], eax ; map ecx-th entry
+ add eax, 0x200000 ; 2MiB
+ mov [p2_table + ecx + 24], eax ; map ecx-th entry
+ add eax, 0x200000 ; 2MiB
+
+ add ecx, 32
+ cmp ecx, 4096 ; if counter == 512, the whole P2 table is mapped
+ jne .map_p2_table ; else map the next entry
+
+ ret
+
+enable_paging:
+ mov eax, p4_table
+ mov cr3, eax
+
+ ; enable PAE-flag in cr4 (Physical Address Extension)
+ mov eax, cr4
+ or eax, 1 << 5
+ mov cr4, eax
+
+ ; set the long mode bit in the EFER MSR (model specific register)
+ mov ecx, 0xC0000080
+ rdmsr
+ or eax, 1 << 8
+ wrmsr
+
+ ; enable paging in the cr0 register
+ mov eax, cr0
+ or eax, 1 << 31
+ mov cr0, eax
+
+ ret
+
+section .rodata
+gdt64:
+ dq 0 ; zero entry
+.code: equ $ - gdt64
+ dq (1<<43) | (1<<44) | (1<<47) | (1<<53) ; code segment
+.pointer:
+ dw $ - gdt64 - 1
+ dq gdt64
+
; Prints 'ERR: ' and the given error code to the screen and halts
; parameter: error code letter (ascii) in al
error:
@@ -19,6 +152,13 @@ error:
hlt
section .bss
+align 4096
+p4_table:
+ resb 4096
+p3_table:
+ resb 4096
+p2_table:
+ resb 4096
stack_bottom:
resb 64
stack_top:
diff --git a/kernel/src/long_mode_init.asm b/kernel/src/long_mode_init.asm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f105388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/src/long_mode_init.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+global long_mode_start
+
+section .text
+bits 64
+long_mode_start:
+ ; load 0 into all data segment registers
+ mov ax, 0
+ mov ss, ax
+ mov ds, ax
+ mov es, ax
+ mov fs, ax
+ mov gs, ax
+
+ ; print `Uff!` to screen
+ mov rax, 0x8521846683668255
+ mov qword [0xb8000], rax
+ hlt