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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/cpu/start16.S b/arch/i386/cpu/start16.S
index 1ebb6bc..3e8b2cc 100644
--- a/arch/i386/cpu/start16.S
+++ b/arch/i386/cpu/start16.S
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ board_init16_ret:
movl %eax, %cr0
wbinvd
- /* load the descriptor tables */
-o32 cs lidt idt_ptr
+ /* load the temporary Global Descriptor Table */
o32 cs lgdt gdt_ptr
-
/* Now, we enter protected mode */
movl %cr0, %eax
orl $1,%eax
@@ -57,6 +55,8 @@ o32 cs lgdt gdt_ptr
/* Flush the prefetch queue */
jmp ff
ff:
+ /* Tell 32-bit code it is being entered from hard-reset */
+ movw $0x0001, %bx
/* Finally jump to the 32bit initialization code */
movw $code32start, %ax
@@ -68,12 +68,13 @@ code32start:
.long _start /* offset */
.word 0x10 /* segment */
-idt_ptr:
- .word 0 /* limit */
- .long 0 /* base */
-
+/*
+ * The following Global Descriptor Table is just enough to get us into
+ * 'Flat Protected Mode' - It will be discarded as soon as the final
+ * GDT is setup in a safe location in RAM
+ */
gdt_ptr:
- .word 0x30 /* limit (48 bytes = 6 GDT entries) */
+ .word 0x20 /* limit (32 bytes = 4 GDT entries) */
.long BOOT_SEG + gdt /* base */
/* The GDT table ...
@@ -83,8 +84,6 @@ gdt_ptr:
* 0x08 Unused
* 0x10 32bit code
* 0x18 32bit data/stack
- * 0x20 16bit code
- * 0x28 16bit data/stack
*/
gdt:
@@ -100,13 +99,3 @@ gdt:
.word 0x0 /* base address = 0 */
.word 0x9300 /* data read/write */
.word 0x00CF /* granularity = 4096, 386 (+5th nibble of limit) */
-
- .word 0xFFFF /* 64kb */
- .word 0 /* base address = 0 */
- .word 0x9b00 /* data read/write */
- .word 0x0010 /* granularity = 1 (+5th nibble of limit) */
-
- .word 0xFFFF /* 64kb */
- .word 0 /* base address = 0 */
- .word 0x9300 /* data read/write */
- .word 0x0010 /* granularity = 1 (+5th nibble of limit) */