kernel/arch/x86_64/gdt.c

   1 /*
   2  *  ZeX/OS
   3  *  Copyright (C) 2007  Tomas 'ZeXx86' Jedrzejek (zexx86@zexos.org)
   4  *
   5  *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   6  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   7  *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   8  *  (at your option) any later version.
   9  *
  10  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  11  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  12  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  13  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  14  *
  15  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  16  *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  17  */
  18
  19
  20 #include <system.h>
  21 #include <arch/io.h>
  22 #include <string.h>
  23
  24 /* Defines a GDT entry */
  25 struct gdt_entry
  26 {
  27     unsigned short limit_low;
  28     unsigned short base_low;
  29     unsigned char base_middle;
  30     unsigned char access;
  31     unsigned char granularity;
  32     unsigned char base_high;
  33 } __attribute__((packed));
  34
  35 struct gdt_ptr
  36 {
  37     unsigned short limit;
  38     unsigned int base;
  39 } __attribute__((packed));
  40
  41 /* Our GDT, with 3 entries, and finally our special GDT pointer */
  42 struct gdt_entry gdt[3];
  43 struct gdt_ptr gp;
  44
  45 /* This is in start.asm. We use this to properly reload
  46 *  the new segment registers */
  47 extern void gdt_flush ();
  48
  49 /* Setup a descriptor in the Global Descriptor Table */
  50 void gdt_set_gate (int num, unsigned long base, unsigned long limit, unsigned char access, unsigned char gran)
  51 {
  52     /* Setup the descriptor base address */
  53     gdt[num].base_low = (base & 0xFFFF);
  54     gdt[num].base_middle = (base >> 16) & 0xFF;
  55     gdt[num].base_high = (base >> 24) & 0xFF;
  56
  57     /* Setup the descriptor limits */
  58     gdt[num].limit_low = (limit & 0xFFFF);
  59     gdt[num].granularity = ((limit >> 16) & 0x0F);
  60
  61     /* Finally, set up the granularity and access flags */
  62     gdt[num].granularity |= (gran & 0xF0);
  63     gdt[num].access = access;
  64 }
  65
  66 /* Should be called by main. This will setup the special GDT
  67 *  pointer, set up the first 3 entries in our GDT, and then
  68 *  finally call gdt_flush() in our assembler file in order
  69 *  to tell the processor where the new GDT is and update the
  70 *  new segment registers */
  71 unsigned int gdt_install ()
  72 {
  73         /* Setup the GDT pointer and limit */
  74         gp.limit = (sizeof(struct gdt_entry) * 3) - 1;
  75         gp.base = &gdt;
  76
  77         /* Our NULL descriptor */
  78         gdt_set_gate(0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
  79
  80         /* The second entry is our Code Segment. The base address
  81         *  is 0, the limit is 4GBytes, it uses 4KByte granularity,
  82         *  uses 32-bit opcodes, and is a Code Segment descriptor.
  83         *  Please check the table above in the tutorial in order
  84         *  to see exactly what each value means */
  85         gdt_set_gate(1, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0x9A, 0xCF);
  86
  87         /* The third entry is our Data Segment. It's EXACTLY the
  88         *  same as our code segment, but the descriptor type in
  89         *  this entry's access byte says it's a Data Segment */
  90         gdt_set_gate(2, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0x92, 0xCF);
  91
  92         /* Flush out the old GDT and install the new changes! */
  93         gdt_flush();
  94
  95         return 1;
  96 }