On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:42 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote: > On 12/13/2012 02:18 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > >> + if (real_mode_entry) { >> + /* restore can use heap and load high */ >> + real_mode->loader_flags = 0x81; >> + if (real_mode->protocol_version >= 0x0201) >> + real_mode->heap_end_ptr += heap_size - 0x200; >> /*stack*/ >> + } >> + > > > This code is wrong: the bits at the bottom of this field (LOADED_HIGH) are > kernel->bootloader flags. > > The right behavior is: > > if (real_mode->protocol_version >= 0x0201) { > real_mode->loader_flag |= CAN_USE_HEAP; > > real_mode->heap_end_ptr += heap_size - 0x200; /*stack*/ > } ok. > > >> + regs16.ds = regs16.es = regs16.fs = regs16.gs = setup_base >> >> 4; >> >> + regs16.cs = regs16.ds + 0x20; >> + regs16.ip = 0; >> + /* XXX: Documentation/i386/boot.txt says 'ss' must equal >> 'ds' */ >> + regs16.ss = (elf_rel_get_addr(&info->rhdr, "stack_end") - >> 64*1024) >> 4; >> + /* XXX: Documentation/i386/boot.txt says 'sp' must equal >> heap_end */ >> + regs16.esp = 0xFFFC; >> + > > > And, pray tell, why aren't they? ?, maybe Eric could answer that.