Hi,
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:20 PM, David Laight <da...@l8s.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 07:55:18PM +0100, Antoine LECA wrote:
>>
>> David Laight wrote:
>> > The actual 'pc' boot sequence is:
>> > Stages 1-3 (and maybe 4) are common to all OS.
>> <...>
>> > 3) The pbr code has to determine where it was loaded from, it could:
>> > a) reread sector zero and look for a partition of the relevant type
>> > b) have the sector number previously written into the sector data.
>>
>> c)
>> > The netbsd bootselect mbr passes the sector number in a register
>> > (non-standard) and the pbr code scans the partitions looking for
>> > one that starts in the correct place.
> ...
>> I am not sure whether NetBSD currently uses a or c (or a combination of
>> both); ...
>
> Last time I rewrote it, it reread the mbr and located the partition
> (following the extended/logical partition chain) looking for the
> one that starts in the sector passed in (IIRC) %esi. If not found
> it rescans looking for thr first netbsd partition.
>
> I used %esi because it reduced the number of instructions in the mbr!
> The mbr is a work of art!
Magic too :-) I fall into trouble with it. In generated listing (mbr.S):
518 00f1 E9FE7B jmp BOOTADDR
In obj file:
f1: e9 fe 7b 5a 8a jmp 8a5a7cf4 <bss_end+0x8a5a76e4>
In mbr (i.e. after linking):
00000f0 5a e9 0c f3 5a 8a 74 01
^^^^ Address has changed.
I'm porting mbr to MINIX and address isn't changed there. What does
happen in NetBSD on linking stage?
--
Evgeniy
