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authorhpa <hpa>2005-08-09 05:23:54 +0000
committerhpa <hpa>2005-08-09 05:23:54 +0000
commit84f1cbf5b7bc9fb58240372fbf96fd29caaef055 (patch)
tree4c098da87639fe71590d5d9530ac489fc3fb0cb5
parente937900a23bc30cc932da4a2d223733f730a486f (diff)
downloadsyslinux-84f1cbf5b7bc9fb58240372fbf96fd29caaef055.tar.gz
Try falling back to CBIOS if EBIOS totally fails.syslinux-3.10-pre8
-rw-r--r--ldlinux.asm169
1 files changed, 90 insertions, 79 deletions
diff --git a/ldlinux.asm b/ldlinux.asm
index 02521e91..20d86d8d 100644
--- a/ldlinux.asm
+++ b/ldlinux.asm
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ eddcheck:
;
; We have EDD support...
;
- ; 0xEB = short jump
- mov word [getlinsec_cbios],((getlinsec_ebios-(getlinsec_cbios+2)) << 8) + 0xeb
+ mov byte [getlinsec.jmp+1],(getlinsec_ebios-(getlinsec.jmp+2))
.noedd:
;
@@ -374,7 +373,73 @@ getlinsec:
add eax,[bsHidden] ; Add partition offset
xor edx,edx ; Zero-extend LBA (eventually allow 64 bits)
- ; Fall through. In the case of EBIOS, we patch over the first instruction.
+.jmp: jmp strict short getlinsec_cbios
+
+;
+; getlinsec_ebios:
+;
+; getlinsec implementation for EBIOS (EDD)
+;
+getlinsec_ebios:
+.loop:
+ push bp ; Sectors left
+.retry2:
+ call maxtrans ; Enforce maximum transfer size
+ movzx edi,bp ; Sectors we are about to read
+ mov cx,retry_count
+.retry:
+
+ ; Form DAPA on stack
+ push edx
+ push eax
+ push es
+ push bx
+ push di
+ push word 16
+ mov si,sp
+ mov dl,[DriveNumber]
+ mov ah,42h ; Extended Read
+ push ds
+ push ss
+ pop ds ; DS <- SS
+ pushad
+ int 13h
+ popad
+ pop ds
+ lea sp,[si+16] ; Remove DAPA
+ jc .error
+ pop bp
+ add eax,edi ; Advance sector pointer
+ sub bp,di ; Sectors left
+ shl di,SECTOR_SHIFT ; 512-byte sectors
+ add bx,di ; Advance buffer pointer
+ and bp,bp
+ jnz .loop
+
+ ret
+
+.error:
+ ; Some systems seem to get "stuck" in an error state when
+ ; using EBIOS. Doesn't happen when using CBIOS, which is
+ ; good, since some other systems get timeout failures
+ ; waiting for the floppy disk to spin up.
+
+ pushad ; Try resetting the device
+ xor ax,ax
+ int 13h
+ popad
+ loop .retry ; CX-- and jump if not zero
+
+ shr word [MaxTransfer],1 ; Reduce the transfer size
+ jnz .retry2
+
+ ; Total failure. Try falling back to CBIOS.
+ mov byte [getlinsec.jmp+1],(getlinsec_cbios-(getlinsec.jmp+2))
+ mov byte [MaxTransfer],63 ; Max possibe CBIOS transfer
+
+ pop bp
+ ; ... fall through ...
+
;
; getlinsec_cbios:
;
@@ -452,73 +517,11 @@ getlinsec_cbios:
dec bp
jnz .retry
- xor ax,ax ; Sectors transferred <- 0
+ xchg ax,bp ; Sectors transferred <- 0
shr word [MaxTransfer],1
- jnz .error
- jmp disk_error
-
-;
-; getlinsec_ebios:
-;
-; getlinsec implementation for EBIOS (EDD)
-;
-getlinsec_ebios:
-.loop:
- push bp ; Sectors left
-.retry2:
- call maxtrans ; Enforce maximum transfer size
- movzx edi,bp ; Sectors we are about to read
- mov cx,retry_count
-.retry:
-
- ; Form DAPA on stack
- push edx
- push eax
- push es
- push bx
- push di
- push word 16
- mov si,sp
- mov dl,[DriveNumber]
- mov ah,42h ; Extended Read
- push ds
- push ss
- pop ds ; DS <- SS
- pushad
- int 13h
- popad
- pop ds
- lea sp,[si+16] ; Remove DAPA
- jc .error
- pop bp
- add eax,edi ; Advance sector pointer
- sub bp,di ; Sectors left
- shl di,SECTOR_SHIFT ; 512-byte sectors
- add bx,di ; Advance buffer pointer
- and bp,bp
- jnz .loop
-
- ret
-
-.error:
- ; Some systems seem to get "stuck" in an error state when
- ; using EBIOS. Doesn't happen when using CBIOS, which is
- ; good, since some other systems get timeout failures
- ; waiting for the floppy disk to spin up.
-
- pushad ; Try resetting the device
- xor ax,ax
- int 13h
- popad
- loop .retry ; CX-- and jump if not zero
-
- shr word [MaxTransfer],1 ; Reduce the transfer size
- jnz .retry2
-
- ; Fall back to CBIOS here?
-
+ jnz .resume
; Fall through to disk_error
-
+
;
; kaboom: write a message and bail out.
;
@@ -555,22 +558,14 @@ maxtrans:
mov bp,[MaxTransfer]
.ok: ret
-
;
; Error message on failure
;
-bailmsg: db 'Boot failed', 0Dh, 0Ah, 0
-
-%if 1
-bs_checkpt_off equ ($-$$)
-%ifndef DEPEND
-%if bs_checkpt_off > 1F8h
-%error "Boot sector overflow"
-%endif
-%endif
+bailmsg: db 'Boot error', 0Dh, 0Ah, 0
+ ; This fails if the boot sector overflows
zb 1F8h-($-$$)
-%endif
+
FirstSector dd 0xDEADBEEF ; Location of sector 1
MaxTransfer dw 0x007F ; Max transfer size
bootsignature dw 0AA55h
@@ -628,6 +623,17 @@ ldlinux_ent:
call writestr
;
+; Tell the user if we're using EBIOS or CBIOS
+;
+print_bios:
+ mov si,bios_name
+ cmp byte [getlinsec.jmp+1],(getlinsec_ebios-(getlinsec.jmp+2))
+ jne .cbios
+ mov byte [si],'E'
+.cbios:
+ call writestr
+
+;
; Now we read the rest of LDLINUX.SYS. Don't bother loading the first
; sector again, though.
;
@@ -720,6 +726,11 @@ getlinsecsr: pushad
checksumerr_msg db 'Load error - ', 0 ; Boot failed appended
;
+; BIOS type string
+;
+bios_name db 'CBIOS', 0
+
+;
; Debug routine
;
%ifdef debug