Booting Process (WIP)


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§ after the bootloader (grub)

kernel entry point

arch/x86/boot/header.S

calll   main

arch/x86/boot/main.c

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void main(void)
{
    init_default_io_ops();

    /* First, copy the boot header into the "zeropage" */
    copy_boot_params();

    /* Initialize the early-boot console */
    console_init();
    if (cmdline_find_option_bool("debug"))
        puts("early console in setup code\n");

    /* End of heap check */
    init_heap();

    /* Make sure we have all the proper CPU support */
    if (validate_cpu()) {
        puts("Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate "
             "for your CPU.\n");
        die();
    }

    /* Tell the BIOS what CPU mode we intend to run in. */
    set_bios_mode();

    /* Detect memory layout */
    detect_memory();

    /* Set keyboard repeat rate (why?) and query the lock flags */
    keyboard_init();

    /* Query Intel SpeedStep (IST) information */
    query_ist();

    /* Query APM information */
#if defined(CONFIG_APM) || defined(CONFIG_APM_MODULE)
    query_apm_bios();
#endif

    /* Query EDD information */
#if defined(CONFIG_EDD) || defined(CONFIG_EDD_MODULE)
    query_edd();
#endif

    /* Set the video mode */
    set_video();

    /* Do the last things and invoke protected mode */
    go_to_protected_mode();
}

go to 32 bit

void go_to_protected_mode(void)
{
    /* Hook before leaving real mode, also disables interrupts */
    realmode_switch_hook();

    /* Enable the A20 gate */
    if (enable_a20()) {
        puts("A20 gate not responding, unable to boot...\n");
        die();
    }

    /* Reset coprocessor (IGNNE#) */
    reset_coprocessor();

    /* Mask all interrupts in the PIC */
    mask_all_interrupts();

    /* Actual transition to protected mode... */
    setup_idt();
    setup_gdt();
    protected_mode_jump(boot_params.hdr.code32_start,
                (u32)&boot_params + (ds() << 4));
}

32 bit code entry point

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.6.67/source/arch/x86/boot/header.S#L275


code32_start:               # here loaders can put a different
                            # start address for 32-bit code.
        .long   0x100000    # 0x100000 = default for big kernel

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