> 119 1: > 120 movl $1f,%eax > 121 jmp *%eax /* make sure eip > is relocated */ > 122 1: > it jumps to label 1.... which is next line. since the kernel is compiled with base address 0xc0000000 it starts executing from virtual address as you guessed. Muthu > > as written this code is for enable paging by setting > cr3 register > but making jump to *%eax at last instruction what it > means? > might be once it sets the page table and then > when it making jmp *%eax it uses the page table > so that it jumps now to virtual address of that > label means kernel image at 3GB address > > can anybody plz give the detail of above code? > possibly of each line > thanks > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
