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[EXTERN k_highhalf_addr]

[GLOBAL loader]           ; making entry point visible to linker

[EXTERN kmain]            ; kmain is defined in kmain.c

; loader stack size
LOADER_STACK_SIZE	equ		0x8000		; 8Kb

; setting up the Multiboot header - see GRUB docs for details
MODULEALIGN equ  1<<0                   ; align loaded modules on page boundaries
MEMINFO     equ  1<<1                   ; provide memory map
FLAGS       equ  MODULEALIGN | MEMINFO  ; this is the Multiboot 'flag' field
MAGIC       equ    0x1BADB002           ; 'magic number' lets bootloader find the header
CHECKSUM    equ -(MAGIC + FLAGS)        ; checksum required
 
section .text
align 4
MultiBootHeader:
   dd MAGIC
   dd FLAGS
   dd CHECKSUM
 
section .setup
loader:		;here, we load our false GDT, used for having the kernel in higher half
	lgdt [trickgdt]
	mov cx, 0x10;
	mov ds, cx;
	mov es, cx;
	mov fs, cx;
	mov gs, cx;
	mov ss, cx;

	jmp 0x08:higherhalf

section .text
higherhalf:		; now we're running in higher half
   mov esp, stack_top                 ; set up the stack

   push eax                           ; pass Multiboot magic number
   add ebx, k_highhalf_addr			  ; update the MB info structure so that it is in the new seg
   push ebx                           ; pass Multiboot info structure

   call  kmain                       ; call kernel proper

   cli		; disable interupts

hang:
   hlt                                ; halt machine should kernel return
   jmp   hang

[section .setup]	; this is included in the .setup section, so that it thinks it is at 0x00100000

trickgdt:		; our false GDT
   dw gdt_end - gdt - 1		; gdt limit
   dd gdt					; gdt base

gdt:
   dd 0, 0					; null GDT entry
   db 0xFF, 0xFF, 0, 0, 0, 10011010b, 11001111b, 0x40	; kernel code segment
   db 0xFF, 0xFF, 0, 0, 0, 10010010b, 11001111b, 0x40	; kernel data segment

gdt_end:

[section .bss]
align 4
stack_bottom:
	resb LOADER_STACK_SIZE
stack_top: