From d4ede49d1eb135255635a19c3a76f89d79f46209 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robbe Van Herck Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 13:16:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Better Hard Drive Layout --- docs/bootloader.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/bootloader.md b/docs/bootloader.md index ee3764f..5efc1e2 100644 --- a/docs/bootloader.md +++ b/docs/bootloader.md @@ -27,12 +27,22 @@ | ? | 0x01fd | data | | 0x01fe | 0x01ff | 0x55AA boot magic | -## Drive layout +## Hard Drive layout -The first 512 bytes are the bootloader, right after that the 32-bit kernel ELF-file, this kernel can be 32KiB big. In the future, this "kernel" can be replaced by a second stage of the bootloader. +| start | end | use | +|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------| +| 0x0000 | 0x01ff | Bootloader code (including SFS superblock) | +| 0x0200 | 0x81ff | SFS reserved area (kernel ELF file) | +| 0x8200 | 0x???? | SFS data area | +| 0x???? | 0x???? | SFS free area | +| 0x???? | end | SFS index area | ## Known issues ### Stack setup As I don't quite get how segments work in real mode, there are most likely errors in the way I set up my stack. I'm going on a _it works on my machine_ approach currently. + +### Kernel is not a file + +I reserve 32KiB of SFS reserved area for the ELF file of the kernel. This is currently for "historic reasons" (a.k.a. I'm too lazy to load the filesystem in the bootloader). The kernel then handles the filesystem.