paulbergmann_mpstubs/boot/multiboot/header.asm

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; The first 8192 bytes of the kernel binary must contain a header with
; predefined (and sometimes "magic") values according to the Multiboot standard.
; Based on these values, the boot loader decides whether and how to load the
; kernel -- which is compiled and linked into an ELF file.
; To make this possible with your StuBS kernel, the linker places the following
; entry `multiboot_header` at the very beginning of the file thanks to the
; linker script (located in compiler/sections.ld).
[SECTION .multiboot_header]
; Include configuration
%include 'boot/multiboot/config.inc'
; Multiboot Header
ALIGN 4
multiboot_header:
dd MULTIBOOT_HEADER_MAGIC_OS ; Magic Header Value
dd MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS ; Flags (affects following entries)
dd MULTIBOOT_HEADER_CHKSUM ; Header Checksum
; Following fields would have been required to be defined
; if flag A_OUT KLUDGE was set (but we don't need this)
dd 0 ; Header address
dd 0 ; Begin of load address
dd 0 ; end of load address
dd 0 ; end of bss segment
dd 0 ; address of entry function
; Following fields are required for video mode (flag MULTIBOOT_VIDEO_MODE)
dd 0 ; Mode: 0 = Graphic / 1 = Text
dd MULTIBOOT_VIDEO_WIDTH ; Width (pixels / columns)
dd MULTIBOOT_VIDEO_HEIGHT ; Height (pixels / rows)
dd MULTIBOOT_VIDEO_BITDEPTH ; color depth / number of colors