source: trunk/minix/boot/bootblock.s@ 15

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Minix 3.1.2a

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1! Bootblock 1.5 - Minix boot block. Author: Kees J. Bot
2! 21 Dec 1991
3!
4! When the PC is powered on, it will try to read the first sector of floppy
5! disk 0 at address 0x7C00. If this fails due to the absence of flexible
6! magnetic media, it will read the master boot record from the first sector
7! of the hard disk. This sector not only contains executable code, but also
8! the partition table of the hard disk. When executed, it will select the
9! active partition and load the first sector of that at address 0x7C00.
10! This file contains the code that is eventually read from either the floppy
11! disk, or the hard disk partition. It is just smart enough to load /boot
12! from the boot device into memory at address 0x10000 and execute that. The
13! disk addresses for /boot are patched into this code by installboot as 24-bit
14! sector numbers and 8-bit sector counts above enddata upwards. /boot is in
15! turn smart enough to load the different parts of the Minix kernel into
16! memory and execute them to finally get Minix started.
17!
18
19 LOADOFF = 0x7C00 ! 0x0000:LOADOFF is where this code is loaded
20 BOOTSEG = 0x1000 ! Secondary boot code segment.
21 BOOTOFF = 0x0030 ! Offset into /boot above header
22 BUFFER = 0x0600 ! First free memory
23 LOWSEC = 8 ! Offset of logical first sector in partition
24 ! table
25
26 ! Variables addressed using bp register
27 device = 0 ! The boot device
28 lowsec = 2 ! Offset of boot partition within drive
29 secpcyl = 6 ! Sectors per cylinder = heads * sectors
30
31.text
32
33! Start boot procedure.
34
35boot:
36 xor ax, ax ! ax = 0x0000, the vector segment
37 mov ds, ax
38 cli ! Ignore interrupts while setting stack
39 mov ss, ax ! ss = ds = vector segment
40 mov sp, #LOADOFF ! Usual place for a bootstrap stack
41 sti
42
43 push ax
44 push ax ! Push a zero lowsec(bp)
45
46 push dx ! Boot device in dl will be device(bp)
47 mov bp, sp ! Using var(bp) is one byte cheaper then var.
48
49 push es
50 push si ! es:si = partition table entry if hard disk
51
52 mov di, #LOADOFF+sectors ! char *di = sectors;
53
54 testb dl, dl ! Winchester disks if dl >= 0x80
55 jge floppy
56
57winchester:
58
59! Get the offset of the first sector of the boot partition from the partition
60! table. The table is found at es:si, the lowsec parameter at offset LOWSEC.
61
62 eseg
63 les ax, LOWSEC(si) ! es:ax = LOWSEC+2(si):LOWSEC(si)
64 mov lowsec+0(bp), ax ! Low 16 bits of partition's first sector
65 mov lowsec+2(bp), es ! High 16 bits of partition's first sector
66
67! Get the drive parameters, the number of sectors is bluntly written into the
68! floppy disk sectors/track array.
69
70 movb ah, #0x08 ! Code for drive parameters
71 int 0x13 ! dl still contains drive
72 andb cl, #0x3F ! cl = max sector number (1-origin)
73 movb (di), cl ! Number of sectors per track
74 incb dh ! dh = 1 + max head number (0-origin)
75 jmp loadboot
76
77! Floppy:
78! Execute three read tests to determine the drive type. Test for each floppy
79! type by reading the last sector on the first track. If it fails, try a type
80! that has less sectors. Therefore we start with 1.44M (18 sectors) then 1.2M
81! (15 sectors) ending with 720K/360K (both 9 sectors).
82
83next: inc di ! Next number of sectors per track
84
85floppy: xorb ah, ah ! Reset drive
86 int 0x13
87
88 movb cl, (di) ! cl = number of last sector on track
89
90 cmpb cl, #9 ! No need to do the last 720K/360K test
91 je success
92
93! Try to read the last sector on track 0
94
95 mov es, lowsec(bp) ! es = vector segment (lowsec = 0)
96 mov bx, #BUFFER ! es:bx buffer = 0x0000:0x0600
97 mov ax, #0x0201 ! Read sector, #sectors = 1
98 xorb ch, ch ! Track 0, last sector
99 xorb dh, dh ! Drive dl, head 0
100 int 0x13
101 jc next ! Error, try the next floppy type
102
103success:movb dh, #2 ! Load number of heads for multiply
104
105loadboot:
106! Load /boot from the boot device
107
108 movb al, (di) ! al = (di) = sectors per track
109 mulb dh ! dh = heads, ax = heads * sectors
110 mov secpcyl(bp), ax ! Sectors per cylinder = heads * sectors
111
112 mov ax, #BOOTSEG ! Segment to load /boot into
113 mov es, ax
114 xor bx, bx ! Load first sector at es:bx = BOOTSEG:0x0000
115 mov si, #LOADOFF+addresses ! Start of the boot code addresses
116load:
117 mov ax, 1(si) ! Get next sector number: low 16 bits
118 movb dl, 3(si) ! Bits 16-23 for your up to 8GB partition
119 xorb dh, dh ! dx:ax = sector within partition
120 add ax, lowsec+0(bp)
121 adc dx, lowsec+2(bp)! dx:ax = sector within drive
122 cmp dx, #[1024*255*63-255]>>16 ! Near 8G limit?
123 jae bigdisk
124 div secpcyl(bp) ! ax = cylinder, dx = sector within cylinder
125 xchg ax, dx ! ax = sector within cylinder, dx = cylinder
126 movb ch, dl ! ch = low 8 bits of cylinder
127 divb (di) ! al = head, ah = sector (0-origin)
128 xorb dl, dl ! About to shift bits 8-9 of cylinder into dl
129 shr dx, #1
130 shr dx, #1 ! dl[6..7] = high cylinder
131 orb dl, ah ! dl[0..5] = sector (0-origin)
132 movb cl, dl ! cl[0..5] = sector, cl[6..7] = high cyl
133 incb cl ! cl[0..5] = sector (1-origin)
134 movb dh, al ! dh = al = head
135 movb dl, device(bp) ! dl = device to read
136 movb al, (di) ! Sectors per track - Sector number (0-origin)
137 subb al, ah ! = Sectors left on this track
138 cmpb al, (si) ! Compare with # sectors to read
139 jbe read ! Can't read past the end of a cylinder?
140 movb al, (si) ! (si) < sectors left on this track
141read: push ax ! Save al = sectors to read
142 movb ah, #0x02 ! Code for disk read (all registers in use now!)
143 int 0x13 ! Call the BIOS for a read
144 pop cx ! Restore al in cl
145 jmp rdeval
146bigdisk:
147 movb cl, (si) ! Number of sectors to read
148 push si ! Save si
149 mov si, #LOADOFF+ext_rw ! si = extended read/write parameter packet
150 movb 2(si), cl ! Fill in # blocks to transfer
151 mov 4(si), bx ! Buffer address
152 mov 8(si), ax ! Starting block number = dx:ax
153 mov 10(si), dx
154 movb dl, device(bp) ! dl = device to read
155 movb ah, #0x42 ! Extended read
156 int 0x13
157 pop si ! Restore si to point to the addresses array
158 !jmp rdeval
159rdeval:
160 jc error ! Jump on disk read error
161 movb al, cl ! Restore al = sectors read
162 addb bh, al ! bx += 2 * al * 256 (add bytes read)
163 addb bh, al ! es:bx = where next sector must be read
164 add 1(si), ax ! Update address by sectors read
165 adcb 3(si), ah ! Don't forget bits 16-23 (add ah = 0)
166 subb (si), al ! Decrement sector count by sectors read
167 jnz load ! Not all sectors have been read
168 add si, #4 ! Next (address, count) pair
169 cmpb ah, (si) ! Done when no sectors to read
170 jnz load ! Read next chunk of /boot
171
172done:
173
174! Call /boot, assuming a long a.out header (48 bytes). The a.out header is
175! usually short (32 bytes), but to be sure /boot has two entry points:
176! One at offset 0 for the long, and one at offset 16 for the short header.
177! Parameters passed in registers are:
178!
179! dl = Boot-device.
180! es:si = Partition table entry if hard disk.
181!
182 pop si ! Restore es:si = partition table entry
183 pop es ! dl is still loaded
184 jmpf BOOTOFF, BOOTSEG ! jmp to sec. boot (skipping header).
185
186! Read error: print message, hang forever
187error:
188 mov si, #LOADOFF+errno+1
189prnum: movb al, ah ! Error number in ah
190 andb al, #0x0F ! Low 4 bits
191 cmpb al, #10 ! A-F?
192 jb digit ! 0-9!
193 addb al, #7 ! 'A' - ':'
194digit: addb (si), al ! Modify '0' in string
195 dec si
196 movb cl, #4 ! Next 4 bits
197 shrb ah, cl
198 jnz prnum ! Again if digit > 0
199
200 mov si, #LOADOFF+rderr ! String to print
201print: lodsb ! al = *si++ is char to be printed
202 testb al, al ! Null byte marks end
203hang: jz hang ! Hang forever waiting for CTRL-ALT-DEL
204 movb ah, #0x0E ! Print character in teletype mode
205 mov bx, #0x0001 ! Page 0, foreground color
206 int 0x10 ! Call BIOS VIDEO_IO
207 jmp print
208
209.data
210rderr: .ascii "Read error "
211errno: .ascii "00 \0"
212errend:
213
214! Floppy disk sectors per track for the 1.44M, 1.2M and 360K/720K types:
215sectors:
216 .data1 18, 15, 9
217
218! Extended read/write commands require a parameter packet.
219ext_rw:
220 .data1 0x10 ! Length of extended r/w packet
221 .data1 0 ! Reserved
222 .data2 0 ! Blocks to transfer (to be filled in)
223 .data2 0 ! Buffer address offset (tbfi)
224 .data2 BOOTSEG ! Buffer address segment
225 .data4 0 ! Starting block number low 32 bits (tbfi)
226 .data4 0 ! Starting block number high 32 bits
227
228 .align 2
229addresses:
230! The space below this is for disk addresses for a 38K /boot program (worst
231! case, i.e. file is completely fragmented). It should be enough.
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