sortix-mirror/sortix/x86/gdt.asm
Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen b4f47f0f79 Split descriptor_tables.cpp into a gdt.cpp and idt.cpp.
This was about time, since descriptor_tables was a really bad name!
2012-03-01 00:15:28 +01:00

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NASM

;
; Gdt.s -- contains global descriptor table and interrupt descriptor table
; setup code.
; Based on code from Bran's kernel development tutorials.
; Rewritten for JamesM's kernel development tutorials.
[GLOBAL gdt_flush] ; Allows the C code to call gdt_flush().
gdt_flush:
mov eax, [esp+4] ; Get the pointer to the GDT, passed as a parameter.
lgdt [eax] ; Load the new GDT pointer
mov ax, 0x10 ; 0x10 is the offset in the GDT to our data segment
mov ds, ax ; Load all data segment selectors
mov es, ax
mov fs, ax
mov gs, ax
mov ss, ax
jmp 0x08:.flush ; 0x08 is the offset to our code segment: Far jump!
.flush:
ret
[GLOBAL tss_flush] ; Allows our C code to call tss_flush().
tss_flush:
mov ax, 0x2B ; Load the index of our TSS structure - The index is
; 0x28, as it is the 5th selector and each is 8 bytes
; long, but we set the bottom two bits (making 0x2B)
; so that it has an RPL of 3, not zero.
ltr ax ; Load 0x2B into the task state register.
ret