git: bd5dc94b998f - main - boot0: Expand the description of BOOT_BOOT0_ORG.
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:04:21 UTC
The branch main has been updated by jhb:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=bd5dc94b998fe9ea0cd2ce9fcaf8481465b95b27
commit bd5dc94b998fe9ea0cd2ce9fcaf8481465b95b27
Author: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-04-18 18:02:50 +0000
Commit: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-04-18 18:02:50 +0000
boot0: Expand the description of BOOT_BOOT0_ORG.
This really shouldn't even be an option given it is hardcoded as a
constant named ORIGIN in the assembly. mbr.S also uses 0x600 and
hardcodes it in both the assembly and the Makefile.
---
stand/i386/boot0/Makefile | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/stand/i386/boot0/Makefile b/stand/i386/boot0/Makefile
index 1453f17751b9..cd645011b8e7 100644
--- a/stand/i386/boot0/Makefile
+++ b/stand/i386/boot0/Makefile
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ BOOT_BOOT0_FLAGS?= 0x8f
# 0xb6 (182d) corresponds to 10 seconds.
BOOT_BOOT0_TICKS?= 0xb6
-# The base address that we the boot0 code to to run it. Don't change this
-# unless you are glutton for punishment.
+# The BIOS loads boot0 to the hardcoded address 0x7c00. boot0 copies
+# itself to this alternate base address before continuing execution so
+# that next level boot blocks can be loaded at the 0x7c00 address they
+# expect. Don't change this unless you are glutton for punishment
+# (and fix ORIGIN in the source to match).
BOOT_BOOT0_ORG?= 0x600
ORG=${BOOT_BOOT0_ORG}