Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:50:10 +0300 From: Sergey Lyubka <devnull@uptsoft.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: locore.s quiestion Message-ID: <20020614115010.B20213@oasis.uptsoft.com>
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Hello, I am writing an article about FreeBSD's startup and kernel init (it is at http://oasis.uptsoft.com/~devnull/dh/boot.html for whom it may be interesting) I am stucked at two lines in locore.s (IA 32 arch) /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/locore.s: pushl $begin /* jump to high virtualized address */ ret /* now running relocated at KERNBASE where the system is linked to run */ begin: /* set up bootstrap stack */ My question is: why this is done. My understanding was that the loader loaded the kernel at high virtual address already, so there's no need to jump. Thanks, -sergey -- Sergey Lyubka Asita Technologies Int, Galway, Ireland To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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