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SubjectRe: [patch] 2.3.31 i386/bootsect.S
Thanks Linus, I was in 'quick! fix bug!' mode and got a little careless.

Such is the excitement of dev kernels, I suppose. Well, here's a pile of
the latest fixes:

* all 'base/index must be 32 bit' errors should be fixed (prefix
bytes now eat us alive for code space, yay!) -- but I have no way
of testing it for sure...
* s/outw/outb in kill_motor
* fixed simple bzImage loader (was only tested with lilo/syslinux,
never as 'cat bzImage > /dev/fd0'
* shortened "Loading" msg to just "Linux" -- quick hack to save
a few precious bytes :)
* a few misc. optimizations for code size

Patch attached. Tested with zImage, bzImage: both cat'd to disk, and
also with lilo.

Anyone wanting 2.3.21 to compile should apply this; it supercedes the
other quick patches I threw together earlier tonight.

Let me know if anything breaks or isn't fixed.

Chris Noe
(stiker@northlink.com)
--- bootsect.S.orig Mon Oct 11 19:07:40 1999
+++ bootsect.S Mon Oct 11 22:13:05 1999
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
movw %cx, %fs # set fs to 0
movw $0x78, %bx # fs:bx is parameter table address
pushw %ds
- ldsw %fs:(%bx), %si # ds:si is source
+ ldsw %fs:(%ebx), %si # ds:si is source
movb $3, %cl # copy 12 bytes
cld
pushw %di # di = 0x4000-12.
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
movsl
popw %di
popw %ds
- movb $36, 0x4(%di) # patch sector count
- movw %di, %fs:(%bx)
- movw %es, %fs:2(%bx)
+ movb $36, 0x4(%edi) # patch sector count
+ movw %di, %fs:(%ebx)
+ movw %es, %fs:2(%ebx)

# Load the setup-sectors directly after the bootblock.
# Note that 'es' is already set up.
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
movb $0x03, %ah # read cursor pos
xorb %bh, %bh
int $0x10
- movw $9, %cx
+ movw $5, %cx # size of string
movw $0x0007, %bx # page 0, attribute 7 (normal)
movw $msg1, %bp
movw $0x1301, %ax # write string, move cursor
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
xorw %bx, %bx # bx is starting address within segment
rp_read:
#ifdef __BIG_KERNEL__
- lcall bootsect_kludge # in setup.S
+ .word 0x1eff, 0x0220 # lcall *bootsect_kludge in setup.S
#else
movw %es, %ax
subw $SYSSEG, %ax
@@ -397,18 +397,17 @@
# that we enter the kernel in a known state, and
# don't have to worry about it later.

+# Nothing depends on %dx being saved
+# saves us some bytes by not saving it on the stack
kill_motor:
- pushw %dx
movw $0x3f2, %dx
xorb %al, %al
- outw %al, %dx
- popw %dx
+ outb %al, %dx
ret

sectors: .word 0
disksizes: .byte 36, 18, 15, 9
-msg1: .byte 13, 10
- .ascii "Loading"
+msg1: .ascii "Linux"

# XXX: This is a *very* snug fit.
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