/* File: gdt.C Date : 09/03/02 Description: Management of the Global Descriptor Table (GDT) The GDT describes memory access priviledges for memory segments. While the table is initialized by GRUB already, it may be a good idea to do this again in the kernel code. For details see Section 5 of Brandon Friesen's Tutorial on OS Kernel Development. URL: http://www.osdever.net/bkerndev/Docs/title.htm * bkerndev - Bran's Kernel Development Tutorial * By: Brandon F. (friesenb@gmail.com) * Desc: Interrupt Descriptor Table management * * Notes: No warranty expressed or implied. Use at own risk. */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* DEFINES */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* -- (none) -- */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* INCLUDES */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ //#include "assert.H" #include "utils.H" #include "gdt.H" /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* DATA STRUCTURES */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Defines a GDT entry. We use the 'packed' directive to prevent the compiler from optimizing by aligning structure elements at word boundaries. */ struct gdt_entry { unsigned short limit_low; unsigned short base_low; unsigned char base_middle; unsigned char access; unsigned char granularity; unsigned char base_high; } __attribute__((packed)); /* Special pointer that includes the limit: The max bytes taken up by the GDT, minus 1. Again, this NEEDS to be packed. */ struct gdt_ptr { unsigned short limit; unsigned int base; } __attribute__((packed)); /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* VARIABLES */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ static struct gdt_entry gdt[GDT::SIZE]; struct gdt_ptr gp; /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* EXTERNS */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* This function is defined in 'gdt_low.asm', which in turn is included in 'start.asm'. */ extern "C" void gdt_flush(); /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* EXPORTED FUNCTIONS */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Use this function to set up an entry in the GDT. */ void GDT::set_gate(int num, unsigned long base, unsigned long limit, unsigned char access, unsigned char gran) { /* Setup the descriptor base address */ gdt[num].base_low = (base & 0xFFFF); gdt[num].base_middle = (base >> 16) & 0xFF; gdt[num].base_high = (base >> 24) & 0xFF; /* Setup the descriptor limits */ gdt[num].limit_low = (limit & 0xFFFF); gdt[num].granularity = ((limit >> 16) & 0x0F); /* Finally, set up the granularity and access flags */ gdt[num].granularity |= (gran & 0xF0); gdt[num].access = access; } /* Installs the GDT */ void GDT::init() { /* Sets up the special GDT pointer. */ gp.limit = (sizeof (struct gdt_entry) * SIZE) - 1; gp.base = (unsigned int)&gdt; /* Our NULL descriptor */ set_gate(0, 0, 0, 0, 0); /* The second entry is our Code Segment. The base address is 0, the limit is 4GByte, it uses 4kB granularity, uses 32-bit opcodes, and is a Code Segment descriptor. Please check the GDT section in Bran's Kernel Development tutorial to see exactly what each value means. */ set_gate(1, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0x9a, 0xCF); /* The third entry is our Data Segment. It's EXACTLY the same as the code segment, but the descriptor type in this entry's access byte says it's a Data Segment. */ set_gate(2, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0x92, 0xCF); /* Flush out the old GDT, and install the new changes. */ gdt_flush(); }