diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S b/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S index c8c95e5..cfa23e3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S +++ b/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S @@ -6,18 +6,22 @@ #include <asm/processor-flags.h> /*G:020 - * Our story starts with the kernel booting into startup_32 in - * arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S. It expects a boot header, which is created by - * the bootloader (the Launcher in our case). + + * Our story starts with the bzImage: booting starts at startup_32 in + * arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S. This merely uncompresses the real + * kernel in place and then jumps into it: startup_32 in + * arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S. Both routines expects a boot header in the %esi + * register, which is created by the bootloader (the Launcher in our case). * * The startup_32 function does very little: it clears the uninitialized global * C variables which we expect to be zero (ie. BSS) and then copies the boot - * header and kernel command line somewhere safe. Finally it checks the - * 'hardware_subarch' field. This was introduced in 2.6.24 for lguest and Xen: - * if it's set to '1' (lguest's assigned number), then it calls us here. + * header and kernel command line somewhere safe, and populates some initial + * page tables. Finally it checks the 'hardware_subarch' field. This was + * introduced in 2.6.24 for lguest and Xen: if it's set to '1' (lguest's + * assigned number), then it calls us here. * * WARNING: be very careful here! We're running at addresses equal to physical - * addesses (around 0), not above PAGE_OFFSET as most code expectes + * addesses (around 0), not above PAGE_OFFSET as most code expects * (eg. 0xC0000000). Jumps are relative, so they're OK, but we can't touch any * data without remembering to subtract __PAGE_OFFSET! * |
