Intel 253668-032US User Manual
Vol. 3 9-23
PROCESSOR MANAGEMENT AND INITIALIZATION
9.10.2 STARTUP.ASM
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Example 9-1 provides high-level sample code designed to move the processor into
protected mode. This listing does not include any opcode and offset information.
protected mode. This listing does not include any opcode and offset information.
Example 9-1. STARTUP.ASM
MS-DOS* 5.0(045-N) 386(TM) MACRO ASSEMBLER STARTUP 09:44:51 08/19/92
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MS-DOS 5.0(045-N) 386(TM) MACRO ASSEMBLER V4.0, ASSEMBLY OF MODULE
STARTUP
OBJECT MODULE PLACED IN startup.obj
ASSEMBLER INVOKED BY: f:\386tools\ASM386.EXE startup.a58 pw (132 )
LINE SOURCE
1 NAME STARTUP
2
3 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
4 ;
5 ; ASSUMPTIONS:
6 ;
7 ; 1. The bottom 64K of memory is ram, and can be used for
8 ; scratch space by this module.
9 ;
10 ; 2. The system has sufficient free usable ram to copy the
11 ; initial GDT, IDT, and TSS
12 ;
13 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
14
15 ; configuration data - must match with build definition
16
17 CS_BASE EQU 0FFFF0000H
18
19 ; CS_BASE is the linear address of the segment STARTUP_CODE
20 ; - this is specified in the build language file
21
22 RAM_START EQU 400H
23
24 ; RAM_START is the start of free, usable ram in the linear
25 ; memory space. The GDT, IDT, and initial TSS will be
26 ; copied above this space, and a small data segment will be
27 ; discarded at this linear address. The 32-bit word at