;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; start.asm ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; This is the kernel's entry point. We could either call main here, ; or we can use this to setup the stack or other nice stuff, like ; perhaps setting up the GDT and segments. Please note that interrupts ; are disabled at this point. [BITS 32] global start start: mov esp, _sys_stack ; This points the stack to our new stack area jmp stublet ; This part MUST be 4byte aligned, so we solve that issue using 'ALIGN 4' ALIGN 4 mboot: ; Multiboot macros to make a few lines later more readable MULTIBOOT_PAGE_ALIGN equ 1<<0 MULTIBOOT_MEMORY_INFO equ 1<<1 MULTIBOOT_HEADER_MAGIC equ 0x1BADB002 MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS equ MULTIBOOT_PAGE_ALIGN | MULTIBOOT_MEMORY_INFO MULTIBOOT_CHECKSUM equ -(MULTIBOOT_HEADER_MAGIC + MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS) ; This is the GRUB Multiboot header. A boot signature dd MULTIBOOT_HEADER_MAGIC dd MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS dd MULTIBOOT_CHECKSUM ; A call to main (the C kernel) followed by an infinite loop (jmp $) stublet: EXTERN cmain ; start of our kernel call cmain jmp $ ; Here is the definition of our BSS section. Right now, we'll use ; it just to store the stack. Remember that a stack actually grows ; downwards, so we declare the size of the data before declaring ; the identifier '_sys_stack' SECTION .bss resb 8192 ; This reserves 8KBytes of memory here _sys_stack: ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;