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SECTION .text
USE16
startup:
; enable A20-Line via IO-Port 92, might not work on all motherboards
in al, 0x92
or al, 2
out 0x92, al
; loading kernel to 1MiB
; move part of kernel to startup_end via bootsector#load and then copy it up
; repeat until all of the kernel is loaded
; buffersize in multiple of sectors (512 Bytes)
; min 1
; max (0x70000 - startup_end) / 512
; buffer size in Bytes
buffer_size_bytes equ buffer_size_sectors * 512
kernel_base equ 0x100000
; how often do we need to call load and move memory
mov ecx, kernel_file.length_sectors / buffer_size_sectors
mov edi, kernel_base
cld
.lp:
; saving counter
push cx
; populating buffer
mov cx, buffer_size_sectors
mov ecx, buffer_size_bytes / 4
a32 rep movsd
; preparing next iteration
pop cx
loop .lp
; load the part of the kernel that does not fill the buffer completely
mov cx, kernel_file.length_sectors % buffer_size_sectors
test cx, cx
jz finished_loading ; if cx = 0 => skip
mov dx, 0x0
call load
; moving remnants of kernel
call unreal
mov ecx, (kernel_file.length_sectors % buffer_size_bytes) / 4
a32 rep movsd
finished_loading:
%include "descriptor_flags.inc"
%include "gdt_entry.inc"
%include "unreal.asm"
%include "memory_map.asm"
%include "vesa.asm"
%include "initialize.asm"
init_fpu_msg: db "Init FPU",13,10,0
init_sse_msg: db "Init SSE",13,10,0
init_pit_msg: db "Init PIT",13,10,0
init_pic_msg: db "Init PIC",13,10,0
startup_arch_msg: db "Startup Arch",13,10,0