; -*- fundamental -*- (asm-mode sucks) ; $Id$ ; **************************************************************************** ; ; isolinux.asm ; ; A program to boot Linux kernels off a CD-ROM using the El Torito ; boot standard in "no emulation" mode, making the entire filesystem ; available. It is based on the SYSLINUX boot loader for MS-DOS ; floppies. ; ; Copyright (C) 1994-2004 H. Peter Anvin ; ; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge MA 02139, ; USA; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later ; version; incorporated herein by reference. ; ; **************************************************************************** %define IS_ISOLINUX 1 %include "macros.inc" %include "config.inc" %include "kernel.inc" %include "bios.inc" %include "tracers.inc" ; ; Some semi-configurable constants... change on your own risk. ; my_id equ isolinux_id FILENAME_MAX_LG2 equ 8 ; log2(Max filename size Including final null) FILENAME_MAX equ (1 << FILENAME_MAX_LG2) NULLFILE equ 0 ; Zero byte == null file name retry_count equ 6 ; How patient are we with the BIOS? %assign HIGHMEM_SLOP 128*1024 ; Avoid this much memory near the top MAX_OPEN_LG2 equ 6 ; log2(Max number of open files) MAX_OPEN equ (1 << MAX_OPEN_LG2) SECTORSIZE_LG2 equ 11 ; 2048 bytes/sector (El Torito requirement) SECTORSIZE equ (1 << SECTORSIZE_LG2) ; ; This is what we need to do when idle ; %macro RESET_IDLE 0 ; Nothing %endmacro %macro DO_IDLE 0 ; Nothing %endmacro ; ; The following structure is used for "virtual kernels"; i.e. LILO-style ; option labels. The options we permit here are `kernel' and `append ; Since there is no room in the bottom 64K for all of these, we ; stick them at vk_seg:0000 and copy them down before we need them. ; ; Note: this structure can be added to, but it must ; %define vk_power 6 ; log2(max number of vkernels) %define max_vk (1 << vk_power) ; Maximum number of vkernels %define vk_shift (16-vk_power) ; Number of bits to shift %define vk_size (1 << vk_shift) ; Size of a vkernel buffer struc vkernel vk_vname: resb FILENAME_MAX ; Virtual name **MUST BE FIRST!** vk_rname: resb FILENAME_MAX ; Real name vk_appendlen: resw 1 alignb 4 vk_append: resb max_cmd_len+1 ; Command line alignb 4 vk_end: equ $ ; Should be <= vk_size endstruc %ifndef DEPEND %if (vk_end > vk_size) || (vk_size*max_vk > 65536) %error "Too many vkernels defined, reduce vk_power" %endif %endif ; ; Segment assignments in the bottom 640K ; 0000h - main code/data segment (and BIOS segment) ; real_mode_seg equ 3000h vk_seg equ 2000h ; Virtual kernels xfer_buf_seg equ 1000h ; Bounce buffer for I/O to high mem comboot_seg equ real_mode_seg ; COMBOOT image loading zone ; ; File structure. This holds the information for each currently open file. ; struc open_file_t file_sector resd 1 ; Sector pointer (0 = structure free) file_left resd 1 ; Number of sectors left endstruc %ifndef DEPEND %if (open_file_t_size & (open_file_t_size-1)) %error "open_file_t is not a power of 2" %endif %endif ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; BEGIN CODE ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; ; Memory below this point is reserved for the BIOS and the MBR ; absolute 1000h trackbuf resb 8192 ; Track buffer goes here trackbufsize equ $-trackbuf ; trackbuf ends at 3000h ; ; Constants for the xfer_buf_seg ; ; The xfer_buf_seg is also used to store message file buffers. We ; need two trackbuffers (text and graphics), plus a work buffer ; for the graphics decompressor. ; xbs_textbuf equ 0 ; Also hard-coded, do not change xbs_vgabuf equ trackbufsize xbs_vgatmpbuf equ 2*trackbufsize struc dir_t dir_lba resd 1 ; Directory start (LBA) dir_len resd 1 ; Length in bytes dir_clust resd 1 ; Length in clusters endstruc absolute 5000h ; Here we keep our BSS stuff VKernelBuf: resb vk_size ; "Current" vkernel alignb 4 AppendBuf resb max_cmd_len+1 ; append= Ontimeout resb max_cmd_len+1 ; ontimeout Onerror resb max_cmd_len+1 ; onerror KbdMap resb 256 ; Keyboard map FKeyName resb 10*FILENAME_MAX ; File names for F-key help NumBuf resb 15 ; Buffer to load number NumBufEnd resb 1 ; Last byte in NumBuf ISOFileName resb 64 ; ISO filename canonicalization buffer ISOFileNameEnd equ $ alignb 32 KernelName resb FILENAME_MAX ; Mangled name for kernel KernelCName resb FILENAME_MAX ; Unmangled kernel name InitRDCName resb FILENAME_MAX ; Unmangled initrd name MNameBuf resb FILENAME_MAX InitRD resb FILENAME_MAX PartInfo resb 16 ; Partition table entry E820Buf resd 5 ; INT 15:E820 data buffer E820Mem resd 1 ; Memory detected by E820 E820Max resd 1 ; Is E820 memory capped? HiLoadAddr resd 1 ; Address pointer for high load loop HighMemSize resd 1 ; End of memory pointer (bytes) RamdiskMax resd 1 ; Highest address for a ramdisk KernelSize resd 1 ; Size of kernel (bytes) SavedSSSP resd 1 ; Our SS:SP while running a COMBOOT image PMESP resd 1 ; Protected-mode ESP RootDir resb dir_t_size ; Root directory CurDir resb dir_t_size ; Current directory KernelClust resd 1 ; Kernel size in clusters InitStack resd 1 ; Initial stack pointer (SS:SP) FirstSecSum resd 1 ; Checksum of bytes 64-2048 ImageDwords resd 1 ; isolinux.bin size, dwords FBytes equ $ ; Used by open/getc FBytes1 resw 1 FBytes2 resw 1 FClust resw 1 ; Number of clusters in open/getc file FNextClust resw 1 ; Pointer to next cluster in d:o FPtr resw 1 ; Pointer to next char in buffer CmdOptPtr resw 1 ; Pointer to first option on cmd line KernelCNameLen resw 1 ; Length of unmangled kernel name InitRDCNameLen resw 1 ; Length of unmangled initrd name NextCharJump resw 1 ; Routine to interpret next print char SetupSecs resw 1 ; Number of setup sectors A20Test resw 1 ; Counter for testing status of A20 A20Type resw 1 ; A20 type CmdLineLen resw 1 ; Length of command line including null GraphXSize resw 1 ; Width of splash screen file VGAPos resw 1 ; Pointer into VGA memory VGACluster resw 1 ; Cluster pointer for VGA image file VGAFilePtr resw 1 ; Pointer into VGAFileBuf Com32SysSP resw 1 ; SP saved during COM32 syscall ConfigFile resw 1 ; Socket for config file PktTimeout resw 1 ; Timeout for current packet KernelExtPtr resw 1 ; During search, final null pointer LocalBootType resw 1 ; Local boot return code ImageSectors resw 1 ; isolinux.bin size, sectors DiskSys resw 1 ; Last INT 13h call CursorDX equ $ CursorCol resb 1 ; Cursor column for message file CursorRow resb 1 ; Cursor row for message file ScreenSize equ $ VidCols resb 1 ; Columns on screen-1 VidRows resb 1 ; Rows on screen-1 BaudDivisor resw 1 ; Baud rate divisor FlowControl equ $ FlowOutput resb 1 ; Outputs to assert for serial flow FlowInput resb 1 ; Input bits for serial flow FlowIgnore resb 1 ; Ignore input unless these bits set TextAttribute resb 1 ; Text attribute for message file RetryCount resb 1 ; Used for disk access retries KbdFlags resb 1 ; Check for keyboard escapes LoadFlags resb 1 ; Loadflags from kernel A20Tries resb 1 ; Times until giving up on A20 FuncFlag resb 1 ; == 1 if pressed DisplayMask resb 1 ; Display modes mask ISOFlags resb 1 ; Flags for ISO directory search DiskError resb 1 ; Error code for disk I/O DriveNo resb 1 ; CD-ROM BIOS drive number TextColorReg resb 17 ; VGA color registers for text mode VGAFileBuf resb FILENAME_MAX ; Unmangled VGA image name VGAFileBufEnd equ $ VGAFileMBuf resb FILENAME_MAX ; Mangled VGA image name alignb open_file_t_size Files resb MAX_OPEN*open_file_t_size section .text org 7C00h ;; ;; Primary entry point. Because BIOSes are buggy, we only load the first ;; CD-ROM sector (2K) of the file, so the number one priority is actually ;; loading the rest. ;; bootsec equ $ StackBuf equ $-44 _start: ; Far jump makes sure we canonicalize the address cli jmp 0:_start1 times 8-($-$$) nop ; Pad to file offset 8 ; This table gets filled in by mkisofs using the ; -boot-info-table option bi_pvd: dd 0xdeadbeef ; LBA of primary volume descriptor bi_file: dd 0xdeadbeef ; LBA of boot file bi_length: dd 0xdeadbeef ; Length of boot file bi_csum: dd 0xdeadbeef ; Checksum of boot file bi_reserved: times 10 dd 0xdeadbeef ; Reserved _start1: mov [cs:InitStack],sp ; Save initial stack pointer mov [cs:InitStack+2],ss xor ax,ax mov ss,ax mov sp,StackBuf ; Set up stack mov ds,ax mov es,ax mov fs,ax mov gs,ax sti cld ; Show signs of life mov si,syslinux_banner call writestr %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES mov si,copyright_str call writestr %endif ; ; Before modifying any memory, get the checksum of bytes ; 64-2048 ; initial_csum: xor edi,edi mov si,_start1 mov cx,(SECTORSIZE-64) >> 2 .loop: lodsd add edi,eax loop .loop mov [FirstSecSum],edi ; Set up boot file sizes mov eax,[bi_length] sub eax,SECTORSIZE-3 shr eax,2 ; bytes->dwords mov [ImageDwords],eax ; boot file dwords add eax,(2047 >> 2) shr eax,9 ; dwords->sectors mov [ImageSectors],ax ; boot file sectors mov [DriveNo],dl %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES mov si,startup_msg call writemsg mov al,dl call writehex2 call crlf %endif ; Now figure out what we're actually doing ; Note: use passed-in DL value rather than 7Fh because ; at least some BIOSes will get the wrong value otherwise mov ax,4B01h ; Get disk emulation status mov dl,[DriveNo] mov si,spec_packet int 13h jc award_hack ; changed for BrokenAwardHack mov dl,[DriveNo] cmp [sp_drive],dl ; Should contain the drive number jne spec_query_failed %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES mov si,spec_ok_msg call writemsg mov al,byte [sp_drive] call writehex2 call crlf %endif found_drive: ; Some BIOSes apparently have limitations on the size ; that may be loaded (despite the El Torito spec being very ; clear on the fact that it must all be loaded.) Therefore, ; we load it ourselves, and *bleep* the BIOS. mov eax,[bi_file] ; Address of code to load inc eax ; Don't reload bootstrap code %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES mov si,offset_msg call writemsg call writehex8 call crlf %endif ; Just in case some BIOSes have problems with ; segment wraparound, use the normalized address mov bx,((7C00h+2048) >> 4) mov es,bx xor bx,bx mov bp,[ImageSectors] %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES push ax mov si,size_msg call writemsg mov ax,bp call writehex4 call crlf pop ax %endif call getlinsec push ds pop es %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES mov si,loaded_msg call writemsg %endif ; Verify the checksum on the loaded image. verify_image: mov si,7C00h+2048 mov bx,es mov ecx,[ImageDwords] mov edi,[FirstSecSum] ; First sector checksum .loop es lodsd add edi,eax dec ecx jz .done and si,si jnz .loop ; SI wrapped around, advance ES add bx,1000h mov es,bx jmp short .loop .done: mov ax,ds mov es,ax cmp [bi_csum],edi je integrity_ok mov si,checkerr_msg call writemsg jmp kaboom integrity_ok: %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES mov si,allread_msg call writemsg %endif jmp all_read ; Jump to main code ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; Start of BrokenAwardHack --- 10-nov-2002 Knut_Petersen@t-online.de ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; ;; There is a problem with certain versions of the AWARD BIOS ... ;; the boot sector will be loaded and executed correctly, but, because the ;; int 13 vector points to the wrong code in the BIOS, every attempt to ;; load the spec packet will fail. We scan for the equivalent of ;; ;; mov ax,0201h ;; mov bx,7c00h ;; mov cx,0006h ;; mov dx,0180h ;; pushf ;; call ;; ;; and use as the new vector for int 13. The code above is ;; used to load the boot code into ram, and there should be no reason ;; for anybody to change it now or in the future. There are no opcodes ;; that use encodings relativ to IP, so scanning is easy. If we find the ;; code above in the BIOS code we can be pretty sure to run on a machine ;; with an broken AWARD BIOS ... ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES ;; ;; award_notice db "Trying BrokenAwardHack first ...",CR,LF,0 ;; award_not_orig db "BAH: Original Int 13 vector : ",0 ;; award_not_new db "BAH: Int 13 vector changed to : ",0 ;; award_not_succ db "BAH: SUCCESS",CR,LF,0 ;; award_not_fail db "BAH: FAILURE" ;; award_not_crlf db CR,LF,0 ;; ;; %endif ;; ;; award_oldint13 dd 0 ;; award_string db 0b8h,1,2,0bbh,0,7ch,0b9h,6,0,0bah,80h,1,09ch,09ah ;; ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; award_hack: mov si,spec_err_msg ; Moved to this place from call writemsg ; spec_query_faild ; %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES ; ; mov si,award_notice ; display our plan call writemsg ; mov si,award_not_orig ; display original int 13 call writemsg ; vector %endif ; mov eax,[13h*4] ; mov [award_oldint13],eax ; ; %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES ; ; call writehex8 ; mov si,award_not_crlf ; call writestr ; %endif ; push es ; save ES mov ax,0f000h ; ES = BIOS Seg mov es,ax ; cld ; xor di,di ; start at ES:DI = f000:0 award_loop: push di ; save DI mov si,award_string ; scan for award_string mov cx,7 ; length of award_string = 7dw repz cmpsw ; compare pop di ; restore DI jcxz award_found ; jmp if found inc di ; not found, inc di jno award_loop ; ; award_failed: pop es ; No, not this way :-(( award_fail2: ; ; %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES ; ; mov si,award_not_fail ; display failure ... call writemsg ; %endif ; mov eax,[award_oldint13] ; restore the original int or eax,eax ; 13 vector if there is one jz spec_query_failed ; and try other workarounds mov [13h*4],eax ; jmp spec_query_failed ; ; award_found: mov eax,[es:di+0eh] ; load possible int 13 addr pop es ; restore ES ; cmp eax,[award_oldint13] ; give up if this is the jz award_failed ; active int 13 vector, mov [13h*4],eax ; otherwise change 0:13h*4 ; ; %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES ; ; push eax ; display message and mov si,award_not_new ; new vector address call writemsg ; pop eax ; call writehex8 ; mov si,award_not_crlf ; call writestr ; %endif ; mov ax,4B01h ; try to read the spec packet mov dl,[DriveNo] ; now ... it should not fail mov si,spec_packet ; any longer int 13h ; jc award_fail2 ; ; %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES ; ; mov si,award_not_succ ; display our SUCCESS call writemsg ; %endif ; jmp found_drive ; and leave error recovery code ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; End of BrokenAwardHack ---- 10-nov-2002 Knut_Petersen@t-online.de ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; INT 13h, AX=4B01h, DL= failed. ; Try to scan the entire 80h-FFh from the end. spec_query_failed: ; some code moved to BrokenAwardHack mov dl,0FFh .test_loop: pusha mov ax,4B01h mov si,spec_packet mov byte [si],13 ; Size of buffer int 13h popa jc .still_broken mov si,maybe_msg call writemsg mov al,dl call writehex2 call crlf cmp byte [sp_drive],dl jne .maybe_broken ; Okay, good enough... mov si,alright_msg call writemsg mov [DriveNo],dl .found_drive: jmp found_drive ; Award BIOS 4.51 apparently passes garbage in sp_drive, ; but if this was the drive number originally passed in ; DL then consider it "good enough" .maybe_broken: cmp byte [DriveNo],dl je .found_drive .still_broken: dec dx cmp dl, 80h jnb .test_loop ; No spec packet anywhere. Some particularly pathetic ; BIOSes apparently don't even implement function ; 4B01h, so we can't query a spec packet no matter ; what. If we got a drive number in DL, then try to ; use it, and if it works, then well... mov dl,[DriveNo] cmp dl,81h ; Should be 81-FF at least jb fatal_error ; If not, it's hopeless ; Write a warning to indicate we're on *very* thin ice now mov si,nospec_msg call writemsg mov al,dl call writehex2 call crlf jmp .found_drive ; Pray that this works... fatal_error: mov si,nothing_msg call writemsg .norge: jmp short .norge ; Information message (DS:SI) output ; Prefix with "isolinux: " ; writemsg: push ax push si mov si,isolinux_str call writestr pop si call writestr pop ax ret ; ; Write a character to the screen. There is a more "sophisticated" ; version of this in the subsequent code, so we patch the pointer ; when appropriate. ; writechr: jmp near writechr_simple ; 3-byte jump writechr_simple: pushfd pushad mov ah,0Eh xor bx,bx int 10h popad popfd ret ; ; Get one sector. Convenience entry point. ; getonesec: mov bp,1 ; Fall through to getlinsec ; ; Get linear sectors - EBIOS LBA addressing, 2048-byte sectors. ; ; Note that we can't always do this as a single request, because at least ; Phoenix BIOSes has a 127-sector limit. To be on the safe side, stick ; to 32 sectors (64K) per request. ; ; Input: ; EAX - Linear sector number ; ES:BX - Target buffer ; BP - Sector count ; getlinsec: mov si,dapa ; Load up the DAPA mov [si+4],bx mov bx,es mov [si+6],bx mov [si+8],eax .loop: push bp ; Sectors left cmp bp,[MaxTransfer] jbe .bp_ok mov bp,[MaxTransfer] .bp_ok: mov [si+2],bp push si mov dl,[DriveNo] mov ah,42h ; Extended Read call xint13 pop si pop bp movzx eax,word [si+2] ; Sectors we read add [si+8],eax ; Advance sector pointer sub bp,ax ; Sectors left shl ax,SECTORSIZE_LG2-4 ; 2048-byte sectors -> segment add [si+6],ax ; Advance buffer pointer and bp,bp jnz .loop mov eax,[si+8] ; Next sector ret ; INT 13h with retry xint13: mov byte [RetryCount],retry_count .try: pushad int 13h jc .error add sp,byte 8*4 ; Clean up stack ret .error: mov [DiskError],ah ; Save error code popad mov [DiskSys],ax ; Save system call number dec byte [RetryCount] jz .real_error push ax mov al,[RetryCount] mov ah,[dapa+2] ; Sector transfer count cmp al,2 ; Only 2 attempts left ja .nodanger mov ah,1 ; Drop transfer size to 1 jmp short .setsize .nodanger: cmp al,retry_count-2 ja .again ; First time, just try again shr ah,1 ; Otherwise, try to reduce adc ah,0 ; the max transfer size, but not to 0 .setsize: mov [MaxTransfer],ah mov [dapa+2],ah .again: pop ax jmp .try .real_error: mov si,diskerr_msg call writemsg mov al,[DiskError] call writehex2 mov si,oncall_str call writestr mov ax,[DiskSys] call writehex4 mov si,ondrive_str call writestr mov al,dl call writehex2 call crlf ; Fall through to kaboom ; ; kaboom: write a message and bail out. Wait for a user keypress, ; then do a hard reboot. ; kaboom: lss sp,[cs:Stack] mov ax,cs mov ds,ax mov es,ax mov fs,ax mov gs,ax sti mov si,err_bootfailed call cwritestr call getchar cli mov word [BIOS_magic],0 ; Cold reboot jmp 0F000h:0FFF0h ; Reset vector address ; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Common modules needed in the first sector ; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- %include "writestr.inc" ; String output writestr equ cwritestr %include "writehex.inc" ; Hexadecimal output ; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Data that needs to be in the first sector ; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- syslinux_banner db CR, LF, 'ISOLINUX ', version_str, ' ', date, ' ', 0 copyright_str db ' Copyright (C) 1994-', year, ' H. Peter Anvin' db CR, LF, 0 isolinux_str db 'isolinux: ', 0 %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES startup_msg: db 'Starting up, DL = ', 0 spec_ok_msg: db 'Loaded spec packet OK, drive = ', 0 secsize_msg: db 'Sector size appears to be ', 0 offset_msg: db 'Loading main image from LBA = ', 0 size_msg: db 'Sectors to load = ', 0 loaded_msg: db 'Loaded boot image, verifying...', CR, LF, 0 verify_msg: db 'Image checksum verified.', CR, LF, 0 allread_msg db 'Main image read, jumping to main code...', CR, LF, 0 %endif spec_err_msg: db 'Loading spec packet failed, trying to wing it...', CR, LF, 0 maybe_msg: db 'Found something at drive = ', 0 alright_msg: db 'Looks like it might be right, continuing...', CR, LF, 0 nospec_msg db 'Extremely broken BIOS detected, last ditch attempt with drive = ', 0 nosecsize_msg: db 'Failed to get sector size, assuming 0800', CR, LF, 0 diskerr_msg: db 'Disk error ', 0 oncall_str: db ', AX = ',0 ondrive_str: db ', drive ', 0 nothing_msg: db 'Failed to locate CD-ROM device; boot failed.', CR, LF, 0 checkerr_msg: db 'Image checksum error, sorry...', CR, LF, 0 err_bootfailed db CR, LF, 'Boot failed: press a key to retry...' bailmsg equ err_bootfailed crlf_msg db CR, LF null_msg db 0 ; ; El Torito spec packet ; align 8, db 0 spec_packet: db 13h ; Size of packet sp_media: db 0 ; Media type sp_drive: db 0 ; Drive number sp_controller: db 0 ; Controller index sp_lba: dd 0 ; LBA for emulated disk image sp_devspec: dw 0 ; IDE/SCSI information sp_buffer: dw 0 ; User-provided buffer sp_loadseg: dw 0 ; Load segment sp_sectors: dw 0 ; Sector count sp_chs: db 0,0,0 ; Simulated CHS geometry sp_dummy: db 0 ; Scratch, safe to overwrite ; ; Spec packet for disk image emulation ; align 8, db 0 dspec_packet: db 13h ; Size of packet dsp_media: db 0 ; Media type dsp_drive: db 0 ; Drive number dsp_controller: db 0 ; Controller index dsp_lba: dd 0 ; LBA for emulated disk image dsp_devspec: dw 0 ; IDE/SCSI information dsp_buffer: dw 0 ; User-provided buffer dsp_loadseg: dw 0 ; Load segment dsp_sectors: dw 1 ; Sector count dsp_chs: db 0,0,0 ; Simulated CHS geometry dsp_dummy: db 0 ; Scratch, safe to overwrite ; ; EBIOS drive parameter packet ; align 8, db 0 drive_params: dw 30 ; Buffer size dp_flags: dw 0 ; Information flags dp_cyl: dd 0 ; Physical cylinders dp_head: dd 0 ; Physical heads dp_sec: dd 0 ; Physical sectors/track dp_totalsec: dd 0,0 ; Total sectors dp_secsize: dw 0 ; Bytes per sector dp_dpte: dd 0 ; Device Parameter Table dp_dpi_key: dw 0 ; 0BEDDh if rest valid dp_dpi_len: db 0 ; DPI len db 0 dw 0 dp_bus: times 4 db 0 ; Host bus type dp_interface: times 8 db 0 ; Interface type db_i_path: dd 0,0 ; Interface path db_d_path: dd 0,0 ; Device path db 0 db_dpi_csum: db 0 ; Checksum for DPI info ; ; EBIOS disk address packet ; align 8, db 0 dapa: dw 16 ; Packet size .count: dw 0 ; Block count .off: dw 0 ; Offset of buffer .seg: dw 0 ; Segment of buffer .lba: dd 0 ; LBA (LSW) dd 0 ; LBA (MSW) alignb 4, db 0 Stack dw _start, 0 ; SS:SP for stack reset MaxTransfer dw 32 ; Max sectors per transfer rl_checkpt equ $ ; Must be <= 800h rl_checkpt_off equ ($-$$) %ifndef DEPEND %if rl_checkpt_off > 0x800 %error "Sector 0 overflow" %endif %endif ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; End of code and data that have to be in the first sector ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- all_read: ; ; Initialize screen (if we're using one) ; ; Now set up screen parameters call adjust_screen ; Wipe the F-key area mov al,NULLFILE mov di,FKeyName mov cx,10*(1 << FILENAME_MAX_LG2) rep stosb ; Patch the writechr routine to point to the full code mov word [writechr+1], writechr_full-(writechr+3) ; Tell the user we got this far... %ifndef DEBUG_MESSAGES ; Gets messy with debugging on mov si,copyright_str call writestr %endif ; Test tracers TRACER 'T' TRACER '>' ; ; Common initialization code ; %include "cpuinit.inc" ; ; Clear Files structures ; mov di,Files mov cx,(MAX_OPEN*open_file_t_size)/4 xor eax,eax rep stosd ; ; Now we're all set to start with our *real* business. First load the ; configuration file (if any) and parse it. ; ; In previous versions I avoided using 32-bit registers because of a ; rumour some BIOSes clobbered the upper half of 32-bit registers at ; random. I figure, though, that if there are any of those still left ; they probably won't be trying to install Linux on them... ; ; The code is still ripe with 16-bitisms, though. Not worth the hassle ; to take'm out. In fact, we may want to put them back if we're going ; to boot ELKS at some point. ; mov si,linuxauto_cmd ; Default command: "linux auto" mov di,default_cmd mov cx,linuxauto_len rep movsb mov di,KbdMap ; Default keymap 1:1 xor al,al mov cx,256 mkkeymap: stosb inc al loop mkkeymap ; ; Now, we need to sniff out the actual filesystem data structures. ; mkisofs gave us a pointer to the primary volume descriptor ; (which will be at 16 only for a single-session disk!); from the PVD ; we should be able to find the rest of what we need to know. ; get_fs_structures: mov eax,[bi_pvd] mov bx,trackbuf call getonesec mov eax,[trackbuf+156+2] mov [RootDir+dir_lba],eax mov [CurDir+dir_lba],eax %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES mov si,dbg_rootdir_msg call writemsg call writehex8 call crlf %endif mov eax,[trackbuf+156+10] mov [RootDir+dir_len],eax mov [CurDir+dir_len],eax add eax,SECTORSIZE-1 shr eax,SECTORSIZE_LG2 mov [RootDir+dir_clust],eax mov [CurDir+dir_clust],eax ; Look for an isolinux directory, and if found, ; make it the current directory instead of the root ; directory. mov di,boot_dir ; Search for /boot/isolinux mov al,02h call searchdir_iso jnz .found_dir mov di,isolinux_dir mov al,02h ; Search for /isolinux call searchdir_iso jz .no_isolinux_dir .found_dir: mov [CurDir+dir_len],eax mov eax,[si+file_left] mov [CurDir+dir_clust],eax xor eax,eax ; Free this file pointer entry xchg eax,[si+file_sector] mov [CurDir+dir_lba],eax %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES push si mov si,dbg_isodir_msg call writemsg pop si call writehex8 call crlf %endif .no_isolinux_dir: ; ; Locate the configuration file ; load_config: %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES mov si,dbg_config_msg call writemsg %endif mov di,isolinux_cfg call open jz no_config_file ; Not found or empty %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES mov si,dbg_configok_msg call writemsg %endif ; ; Now we have the config file open. Parse the config file and ; run the user interface. ; %include "ui.inc" ; ; Linux kernel loading code is common. ; %include "runkernel.inc" ; ; COMBOOT-loading code ; %include "comboot.inc" %include "com32.inc" %include "cmdline.inc" ; ; Boot sector loading code ; %include "bootsect.inc" ; ; Enable disk emulation. The kind of disk we emulate is dependent on the size of ; the file: 1200K, 1440K or 2880K floppy, otherwise harddisk. ; is_disk_image: TRACER CR TRACER LF TRACER 'D' TRACER ':' shl edx,16 mov dx,ax ; Set EDX <- file size mov di,img_table mov cx,img_table_count mov eax,[si+file_sector] ; Starting LBA of file mov [dsp_lba],eax ; Location of file mov byte [dsp_drive], 0 ; 00h floppy, 80h hard disk .search_table: TRACER 't' mov eax,[di+4] cmp edx,[di] je .type_found add di,8 loop .search_table ; Hard disk image. Need to examine the partition table ; in order to deduce the C/H/S geometry. Sigh. .hard_disk_image: TRACER 'h' cmp edx,512 jb .bad_image mov bx,trackbuf mov cx,1 ; Load 1 sector call getfssec cmp word [trackbuf+510],0aa55h ; Boot signature jne .bad_image ; Image not bootable mov cx,4 ; 4 partition entries mov di,trackbuf+446 ; Start of partition table xor ax,ax ; Highest sector(al) head(ah) .part_scan: cmp byte [di+4], 0 jz .part_loop lea si,[di+1] call .hs_check add si,byte 4 call .hs_check .part_loop: add di,byte 16 loop .part_scan push eax ; H/S push edx ; File size mov bl,ah xor bh,bh inc bx ; # of heads in BX xor ah,ah ; # of sectors in AX cwde ; EAX[31:16] <- 0 mul bx shl eax,9 ; Convert to bytes ; Now eax contains the number of bytes per cylinder pop ebx ; File size xor edx,edx div ebx and edx,edx jz .no_remainder inc eax ; Fractional cylinder... ; Now (e)ax contains the number of cylinders .no_remainder: cmp eax,1024 jna .ok_cyl mov ax,1024 ; Max possible # .ok_cyl: dec ax ; Convert to max cylinder no pop ebx ; S(bl) H(bh) shl ah,6 or bl,ah xchg ax,bx shl eax,16 mov ah,bl mov al,4 ; Hard disk boot mov byte [dsp_drive], 80h ; Drive 80h = hard disk .type_found: TRACER 'T' mov bl,[sp_media] and bl,0F0h ; Copy controller info bits or al,bl mov [dsp_media],al ; Emulation type shr eax,8 mov [dsp_chs],eax ; C/H/S geometry mov ax,[sp_devspec] ; Copy device spec mov [dsp_devspec],ax mov al,[sp_controller] ; Copy controller index mov [dsp_controller],al TRACER 'V' call vgaclearmode ; Reset video mov ax,4C00h ; Enable emulation and boot mov si,dspec_packet mov dl,[DriveNo] lss sp,[InitStack] TRACER 'X' int 13h ; If this returns, we have problems .bad_image: mov si,err_disk_image call cwritestr jmp enter_command ; ; Look for the highest seen H/S geometry ; We compute cylinders separately ; .hs_check: mov bl,[si] ; Head # cmp bl,ah jna .done_track mov ah,bl ; New highest head # .done_track: mov bl,[si+1] and bl,3Fh ; Sector # cmp bl,al jna .done_sector mov al,bl .done_sector: ret ; ; Boot a specified local disk. AX specifies the BIOS disk number; or ; 0xFFFF in case we should execute INT 18h ("next device.") ; local_boot: call vgaclearmode lss sp,[cs:Stack] ; Restore stack pointer xor dx,dx mov ds,dx mov es,dx mov fs,dx mov gs,dx mov si,localboot_msg call writestr cmp ax,-1 je .int18 ; Load boot sector from the specified BIOS device and jump to it. mov dl,al xor dh,dh push dx xor ax,ax ; Reset drive call xint13 mov ax,0201h ; Read one sector mov cx,0001h ; C/H/S = 0/0/1 (first sector) mov bx,trackbuf call xint13 pop dx cli ; Abandon hope, ye who enter here mov si,trackbuf mov di,07C00h mov cx,512 ; Probably overkill, but should be safe rep movsd lss sp,[cs:InitStack] jmp 0:07C00h ; Jump to new boot sector .int18: int 18h ; Hope this does the right thing... jmp kaboom ; If we returned, oh boy... ; ; abort_check: let the user abort with or ; abort_check: call pollchar jz ac_ret1 pusha call getchar cmp al,27 ; je ac_kill cmp al,3 ; jne ac_ret2 ac_kill: mov si,aborted_msg ; ; abort_load: Called by various routines which wants to print a fatal ; error message and return to the command prompt. Since this ; may happen at just about any stage of the boot process, assume ; our state is messed up, and just reset the segment registers ; and the stack forcibly. ; ; SI = offset (in _text) of error message to print ; abort_load: mov ax,cs ; Restore CS = DS = ES mov ds,ax mov es,ax cli lss sp,[cs:Stack] ; Reset the stack sti call cwritestr ; Expects SI -> error msg al_ok: jmp enter_command ; Return to command prompt ; ; End of abort_check ; ac_ret2: popa ac_ret1: ret ; ; searchdir: ; ; Open a file ; ; On entry: ; DS:DI = filename ; If successful: ; ZF clear ; SI = file pointer ; DX:AX or EAX = file length in bytes ; If unsuccessful ; ZF set ; ; ; searchdir_iso is a special entry point for ISOLINUX only. In addition ; to the above, searchdir_iso passes a file flag mask in AL. This is useful ; for searching for directories. ; alloc_failure: xor ax,ax ; ZF <- 1 ret searchdir: xor al,al searchdir_iso: mov [ISOFlags],al TRACER 'S' call allocate_file ; Temporary file structure for directory jnz alloc_failure push es push ds pop es ; ES = DS mov si,CurDir cmp byte [di],'/' ; If filename begins with slash jne .not_rooted inc di ; Skip leading slash mov si,RootDir ; Reference root directory instead .not_rooted: mov eax,[si+dir_clust] mov [bx+file_left],eax mov eax,[si+dir_lba] mov [bx+file_sector],eax mov edx,[si+dir_len] .look_for_slash: mov ax,di .scan: mov cl,[di] inc di and cl,cl jz .isfile cmp cl,'/' jne .scan mov [di-1],byte 0 ; Terminate at directory name mov cl,02h ; Search for directory xchg cl,[ISOFlags] push di ; Save these... push cx ; Create recursion stack frame... push word .resume ; Where to "return" to push es .isfile: xchg ax,di .getsome: ; Get a chunk of the directory ; This relies on the fact that ISOLINUX doesn't change SI mov si,trackbuf TRACER 'g' pushad xchg bx,si mov cx,[BufSafe] call getfssec popad .compare: movzx eax,byte [si] ; Length of directory entry cmp al,33 jb .next_sector TRACER 'c' mov cl,[si+25] xor cl,[ISOFlags] test cl, byte 8Eh ; Unwanted file attributes! jnz .not_file pusha movzx cx,byte [si+32] ; File identifier length add si,byte 33 ; File identifier offset TRACER 'i' call iso_compare_names popa je .success .not_file: sub edx,eax ; Decrease bytes left jbe .failure add si,ax ; Advance pointer .check_overrun: ; Did we finish the buffer? cmp si,trackbuf+trackbufsize jb .compare ; No, keep going jmp short .getsome ; Get some more directory .next_sector: ; Advance to the beginning of next sector lea ax,[si+SECTORSIZE-1] and ax,~(SECTORSIZE-1) sub ax,si jmp short .not_file ; We still need to do length checks .failure: xor eax,eax ; ZF = 1 mov [bx+file_sector],eax pop es ret .success: mov eax,[si+2] ; Location of extent mov [bx+file_sector],eax mov eax,[si+10] ; Data length push eax add eax,SECTORSIZE-1 shr eax,SECTORSIZE_LG2 mov [bx+file_left],eax pop eax mov edx,eax shr edx,16 and bx,bx ; ZF = 0 mov si,bx pop es ret .resume: ; We get here if we were only doing part of a lookup ; This relies on the fact that .success returns bx == si xchg edx,eax ; Directory length in edx pop cx ; Old ISOFlags pop di ; Next filename pointer mov byte [di-1], '/' ; Restore slash mov [ISOFlags],cl ; Restore the flags jz .failure ; Did we fail? If so fail for real! jmp .look_for_slash ; Otherwise, next level ; ; allocate_file: Allocate a file structure ; ; If successful: ; ZF set ; BX = file pointer ; In unsuccessful: ; ZF clear ; allocate_file: TRACER 'a' push cx mov bx,Files mov cx,MAX_OPEN .check: cmp dword [bx], byte 0 je .found add bx,open_file_t_size ; ZF = 0 loop .check ; ZF = 0 if we fell out of the loop .found: pop cx ret ; ; iso_compare_names: ; Compare the names DS:SI and DS:DI and report if they are ; equal from an ISO 9660 perspective. SI is the name from ; the filesystem; CX indicates its length, and ';' terminates. ; DI is expected to end with a null. ; ; Note: clobbers AX, CX, SI, DI; assumes DS == ES == base segment ; iso_compare_names: ; First, terminate and canonicalize input filename push di mov di,ISOFileName .canon_loop: jcxz .canon_end lodsb dec cx cmp al,';' je .canon_end and al,al je .canon_end stosb cmp di,ISOFileNameEnd-1 ; Guard against buffer overrun jb .canon_loop .canon_end: cmp di,ISOFileName jbe .canon_done cmp byte [di-1],'.' ; Remove terminal dots jne .canon_done dec di jmp short .canon_end .canon_done: mov [di],byte 0 ; Null-terminate string pop di mov si,ISOFileName .compare: lodsb mov ah,[di] inc di and ax,ax jz .success ; End of string for both and al,al ; Is either one end of string? jz .failure ; If so, failure and ah,ah jz .failure or ax,2020h ; Convert to lower case cmp al,ah je .compare .failure: and ax,ax ; ZF = 0 (at least one will be nonzero) .success: ret ; ; strcpy: Copy DS:SI -> ES:DI up to and including a null byte ; strcpy: push ax .loop: lodsb stosb and al,al jnz .loop pop ax ret ; ; writechr: Write a single character in AL to the console without ; mangling any registers. This does raw console writes, ; since some PXE BIOSes seem to interfere regular console I/O. ; writechr_full: push ds push cs pop ds call write_serial ; write to serial port if needed pushfd pushad mov bh,[BIOS_page] push ax mov ah,03h ; Read cursor position int 10h pop ax cmp al,8 je .bs cmp al,13 je .cr cmp al,10 je .lf push dx mov bh,[BIOS_page] mov bl,07h ; White on black mov cx,1 ; One only mov ah,09h ; Write char and attribute int 10h pop dx inc dl cmp dl,[VidCols] jna .curxyok xor dl,dl .lf: inc dh cmp dh,[VidRows] ja .scroll .curxyok: mov bh,[BIOS_page] mov ah,02h ; Set cursor position int 10h .ret: popad popfd pop ds ret .scroll: dec dh mov bh,[BIOS_page] mov ah,02h int 10h mov ax,0601h ; Scroll up one line mov bh,[ScrollAttribute] xor cx,cx mov dx,[ScreenSize] ; The whole screen int 10h jmp short .ret .cr: xor dl,dl jmp short .curxyok .bs: sub dl,1 jnc .curxyok mov dl,[VidCols] sub dh,1 jnc .curxyok xor dh,dh jmp short .curxyok ; ; mangle_name: Mangle a filename pointed to by DS:SI into a buffer pointed ; to by ES:DI; ends on encountering any whitespace. ; ; This verifies that a filename is < FILENAME_MAX characters, ; doesn't contain whitespace, zero-pads the output buffer, ; and removes trailing dots and redundant slashes, ; so "repe cmpsb" can do a compare, and the ; path-searching routine gets a bit of an easier job. ; mangle_name: push bx xor ax,ax mov cx,FILENAME_MAX-1 mov bx,di .mn_loop: lodsb cmp al,' ' ; If control or space, end jna .mn_end cmp al,ah ; Repeated slash? je .mn_skip xor ah,ah cmp al,'/' jne .mn_ok mov ah,al .mn_ok stosb .mn_skip: loop .mn_loop .mn_end: cmp bx,di ; At the beginning of the buffer? jbe .mn_zero cmp byte [di-1],'.' ; Terminal dot? je .mn_kill cmp byte [di-1],'/' ; Terminal slash? jne .mn_zero .mn_kill: dec di ; If so, remove it inc cx jmp short .mn_end .mn_zero: inc cx ; At least one null byte xor ax,ax ; Zero-fill name rep stosb pop bx ret ; Done ; ; unmangle_name: Does the opposite of mangle_name; converts a DOS-mangled ; filename to the conventional representation. This is needed ; for the BOOT_IMAGE= parameter for the kernel. ; NOTE: A 13-byte buffer is mandatory, even if the string is ; known to be shorter. ; ; DS:SI -> input mangled file name ; ES:DI -> output buffer ; ; On return, DI points to the first byte after the output name, ; which is set to a null byte. ; unmangle_name: call strcpy dec di ; Point to final null byte ret ; ; getfssec: Get multiple clusters from a file, given the file pointer. ; ; On entry: ; ES:BX -> Buffer ; SI -> File pointer ; CX -> Cluster count ; On exit: ; SI -> File pointer (or 0 on EOF) ; CF = 1 -> Hit EOF ; getfssec: TRACER 'F' push ds push cs pop ds ; DS <- CS movzx ecx,cx cmp ecx,[si+file_left] jna .ok_size mov ecx,[si+file_left] .ok_size: mov bp,cx push cx push si mov eax,[si+file_sector] TRACER 'l' call getlinsec xor ecx,ecx pop si pop cx add [si+file_sector],ecx sub [si+file_left],ecx ja .not_eof ; CF = 0 xor ecx,ecx mov [si+file_sector],ecx ; Mark as unused xor si,si stc .not_eof: pop ds TRACER 'f' ret ; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Common modules ; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- %include "getc.inc" ; getc et al %include "conio.inc" ; Console I/O %include "parseconfig.inc" ; High-level config file handling %include "parsecmd.inc" ; Low-level config file handling %include "bcopy32.inc" ; 32-bit bcopy %include "loadhigh.inc" ; Load a file into high memory %include "font.inc" ; VGA font stuff %include "graphics.inc" ; VGA graphics %include "highmem.inc" ; High memory sizing ; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Begin data section ; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CR equ 13 ; Carriage Return LF equ 10 ; Line Feed FF equ 12 ; Form Feed BS equ 8 ; Backspace boot_prompt db 'boot: ', 0 wipe_char db BS, ' ', BS, 0 err_notfound db 'Could not find kernel image: ',0 err_notkernel db CR, LF, 'Invalid or corrupt kernel image.', CR, LF, 0 err_noram db 'It appears your computer has less than ' asciidec dosram_k db 'K of low ("DOS")' db CR, LF db 'RAM. Linux needs at least this amount to boot. If you get' db CR, LF db 'this message in error, hold down the Ctrl key while' db CR, LF db 'booting, and I will take your word for it.', CR, LF, 0 err_badcfg db 'Unknown keyword in config file.', CR, LF, 0 err_noparm db 'Missing parameter in config file.', CR, LF, 0 err_noinitrd db CR, LF, 'Could not find ramdisk image: ', 0 err_nohighmem db 'Not enough memory to load specified kernel.', CR, LF, 0 err_highload db CR, LF, 'Kernel transfer failure.', CR, LF, 0 err_oldkernel db 'Cannot load a ramdisk with an old kernel image.' db CR, LF, 0 err_notdos db ': attempted DOS system call', CR, LF, 0 err_comlarge db 'COMBOOT image too large.', CR, LF, 0 err_bssimage db 'BSS images not supported.', CR, LF, 0 err_a20 db CR, LF, 'A20 gate not responding!', CR, LF, 0 notfound_msg db 'not found', CR, LF, 0 localboot_msg db 'Booting from local disk...', CR, LF, 0 cmdline_msg db 'Command line: ', CR, LF, 0 ready_msg db 'Ready.', CR, LF, 0 trying_msg db 'Trying to load: ', 0 crlfloading_msg db CR, LF ; Fall through loading_msg db 'Loading ', 0 dotdot_msg db '.' dot_msg db '.', 0 fourbs_msg db BS, BS, BS, BS, 0 aborted_msg db ' aborted.', CR, LF, 0 crff_msg db CR, FF, 0 default_str db 'default', 0 default_len equ ($-default_str) boot_dir db '/boot' ; /boot/isolinux isolinux_dir db '/isolinux', 0 isolinux_cfg db 'isolinux.cfg', 0 err_disk_image db 'Cannot load disk image (invalid file)?', CR, LF, 0 %ifdef DEBUG_MESSAGES dbg_rootdir_msg db 'Root directory at LBA = ', 0 dbg_isodir_msg db 'isolinux directory at LBA = ', 0 dbg_config_msg db 'About to load config file...', CR, LF, 0 dbg_configok_msg db 'Configuration file opened...', CR, LF, 0 %endif ; ; Command line options we'd like to take a look at ; ; mem= and vga= are handled as normal 32-bit integer values initrd_cmd db 'initrd=' initrd_cmd_len equ 7 ; ; Config file keyword table ; %include "keywords.inc" ; ; Extensions to search for (in *forward* order). ; align 4, db 0 exten_table: db '.cbt' ; COMBOOT (specific) db '.img' ; Disk image db '.bin' ; CD boot sector db '.com' ; COMBOOT (same as DOS) db '.c32' ; COM32 exten_table_end: dd 0, 0 ; Need 8 null bytes here ; ; Floppy image table ; align 4, db 0 img_table_count equ 3 img_table: dd 1200*1024 ; 1200K floppy db 1 ; Emulation type db 80-1 ; Max cylinder db 15 ; Max sector db 2-1 ; Max head dd 1440*1024 ; 1440K floppy db 2 ; Emulation type db 80-1 ; Max cylinder db 18 ; Max sector db 2-1 ; Max head dd 2880*1024 ; 2880K floppy db 3 ; Emulation type db 80-1 ; Max cylinder db 36 ; Max sector db 2-1 ; Max head ; ; Misc initialized (data) variables ; AppendLen dw 0 ; Bytes in append= command OntimeoutLen dw 0 ; Bytes in ontimeout command OnerrorLen dw 0 ; Bytes in onerror command KbdTimeOut dw 0 ; Keyboard timeout (if any) CmdLinePtr dw cmd_line_here ; Command line advancing pointer initrd_flag equ $ initrd_ptr dw 0 ; Initial ramdisk pointer/flag VKernelCtr dw 0 ; Number of registered vkernels ForcePrompt dw 0 ; Force prompt AllowImplicit dw 1 ; Allow implicit kernels AllowOptions dw 1 ; User-specified options allowed SerialPort dw 0 ; Serial port base (or 0 for no serial port) VGAFontSize dw 16 ; Defaults to 16 byte font UserFont db 0 ; Using a user-specified font ScrollAttribute db 07h ; White on black (for text mode) ; ; Variables that are uninitialized in SYSLINUX but initialized here ; ; **** ISOLINUX:: We may have to make this flexible, based on what the ; **** BIOS expects our "sector size" to be. ; alignb 4, db 0 ClustSize dd SECTORSIZE ; Bytes/cluster ClustPerMoby dd 65536/SECTORSIZE ; Clusters per 64K SecPerClust dw 1 ; Same as bsSecPerClust, but a word BufSafe dw trackbufsize/SECTORSIZE ; Clusters we can load into trackbuf BufSafeSec dw trackbufsize/SECTORSIZE ; = how many sectors? BufSafeBytes dw trackbufsize ; = how many bytes? EndOfGetCBuf dw getcbuf+trackbufsize ; = getcbuf+BufSafeBytes %ifndef DEPEND %if ( trackbufsize % SECTORSIZE ) != 0 %error trackbufsize must be a multiple of SECTORSIZE %endif %endif ; ; Stuff for the command line; we do some trickery here with equ to avoid ; tons of zeros appended to our file and wasting space ; linuxauto_cmd db 'linux auto',0 linuxauto_len equ $-linuxauto_cmd boot_image db 'BOOT_IMAGE=' boot_image_len equ $-boot_image align 4, db 0 ; For the good of REP MOVSD command_line equ $ default_cmd equ $+(max_cmd_len+2) ldlinux_end equ default_cmd+(max_cmd_len+1) kern_cmd_len equ ldlinux_end-command_line ; ; Put the getcbuf right after the code, aligned on a sector boundary ; end_of_code equ (ldlinux_end-bootsec)+7C00h getcbuf equ (end_of_code + 511) & 0FE00h ; VGA font buffer at the end of memory (so loading a font works even ; in graphics mode.) vgafontbuf equ 0E000h ; This is a compile-time assert that we didn't run out of space %ifndef DEPEND %if (getcbuf+trackbufsize) > vgafontbuf %error "Out of memory, better reorganize something..." %endif %endif