# Declare constants for multiboot header
.set ALIGN, 1<<0 # align loaded modules on page boundaries
.set MEMINFO, 1<<1 # provide memory map
.set FLAGS, ALIGN | MEMINFO # multiboot flag field
.set MAGIC, 0x1BADB002 # magic number for bootloader to find header
.set CHECKSUM, -(MAGIC + FLAGS) # checksum of above
# Declare header in multiboot standard
.section .multiboot
.align 4
.long MAGIC
.long FLAGS
.long CHECKSUM
# Reserve a stack for initial thread
.section .bss
.align 16
stack_bottom:
.skip 32768 # 32 KiB
stack_top:
# kernel entry point
.section .text
.global _start
.type _start, @function
_start:
cli
call gdt_init # initialize the GDT
movl $stack_top, %esp
call terminal_initialize
call idt_init # initialize the IDT
call PIC_remap
sti
call paging_init
call kernel_main # transfer control to main kernel
# Hang if kernel_main unexpectedly returns
1: hlt
jmp 1b
.size _start, . - _start