os/asm/boot/gdt16.asm

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[bits 16]
; Sets up the GDT for the switch to 32-bit protected mode
gdt_setup_flat:
gdt_flat_null: ; mandatory null descriptor
dd 0x0 ; dd means define double-word (i.e. 4 bytes)
dd 0x0
gdt_flat_code_section:
; base: 0x0, limit: 0xfffff
; 1st flags: (present) 1 (privilege) 00 (descriptor type) 1 -> 1001b
; Type flags: (code) 1 (conforming) 0 (readable) 1 (accessed) 0 -> 1010b
; 2nd flags: (granularity) 1 (32-bit default) 1 (64-bit segment) 0 (AVL) 0 -> 1100b
dw 0xffff ; limit (bits 0 - 15)
dw 0x0 ; base (bits 0 - 15)
db 0x0 ; base (bits 16 - 23)
db 10011010b ; 1st flags, type flags
db 11001111b ; 2nd flags, limit (bits 16 - 19)
db 0x0 ; base (bits 24 - 31)
gdt_flat_data_section:
; Same as code segment except for the type flags:
; type flags: (code) 0 (expand down) 0 (writable) 1 (accessed) 0 -> 0010b
dw 0xffff ; limit (bits 0 - 15)
dw 0x0 ; base (bits 0 - 15)
db 0x0 ; base (bits 16 - 23)
db 10010010b ; 1st flags, type flags
db 11001111b ; 2nd flags, limit (bits 16 - 19)
db 0x0 ; base (bits 24 - 31)
gdt_flat_end: ; so the assembler can calculate the size of the gdt section
gdt_flat_descriptor:
dw gdt_flat_end - gdt_setup_flat - 1 ; size of our GDT, always less 1 of the true size
dd gdt_setup_flat ; start address of the gdt
i_gdt_code_segment equ gdt_flat_code_section - gdt_setup_flat
i_gdt_data_segment equ gdt_flat_data_section - gdt_setup_flat