Notes & random ideas

[aroulin]

Random ideas

• docs folder:
  • design guidelines
  • address map
  • tricky parts explained (segmentation in 64-bit mode, reloading CS)
  • tools doc: how to build qemu, how to debug

Notes

• Discuss where to place GDT, IDT & page tables
• Reset segment registers at the beginning of long mode
• Discuss if consider the possibility of other targets
  • x86 cpus non IBM-PC compatibility
  • non x86 systems