On Sun, 23 Sep 2012, K Arun Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to understand the x86 boot code where I encountered this
> assembly code fragment -
>
> asm volatile("lcallw *%0"
> : : "m" (boot_params.hdr.realmode_swtch)
> : "eax", "ebx", "ecx", "edx");
>
>
> "lcallw *%0" - what does this mean ??
>
> Regards,
> Arun
You will find the answer in your assembler manual[0] and, of course, in your
architecture's one.
The 'lcallw' instruction is a long-call to the word in here: *%0 which is:
take the address stored at memory address operand %0 which is
boot_params.hdr.realmode_swtch and jump there. Please, CMIIW.
Regards,
Tobi
[0] http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/docs-2.12/as.info/i386-Syntax.html
(a seemingly outdated but sufficient mirror)
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