import serial type GDTEntry{.packed.} = object limit_low: uint16 base_low: uint16 base_middle: uint8 access: uint8 flags_and_limit_mid: uint8 base_high: uint8 GDTPointer{.packed.} = object limit: uint16 # Size of GDT base: uint32 # GDT memory location AccessByte = uint8 Flags = uint8 GDT{.packed.} = object descriptor: GDTPointer entries: array[0..2, GDTEntry] const gdtAddress: uint32 = 0x00000800 gdt = cast[ptr GDT](gdtAddress) {.push stackTrace:off.} proc gdtFlush(){.inline,asmNoStackFrame.} = asm """ cli lgdtl [`0x00000800`] movw $0x10, %ax movw %ax, %ds movw %ax, %es movw %ax, %fs movw %ax, %gs ljmp $0x08, $next next: """ {.pop.} proc gdtSetGate(num: int, base: uint16, limit: uint32, access: AccessByte, flags: Flags) = # Setup the descriptor base address gdt.entries[num].base_low = (base and 0xFFFF) gdt.entries[num].base_middle = (base shr 16) and 0xFF gdt.entries[num].base_high = (base shr 24) and 0xFF # Setup the descriptor limits gdt.entries[num].limit_low = (limit and 0xFFFF) gdt.entries[num].flags_and_limit_mid = ((limit shr 16) and 0x0F) or flags gdt.entries[num].access = access proc createAccessByte(priv: range[0..3], directionConform: bool, readWrite: bool): AccessByte = result = 0b10011000'u8 # Present and executable bit result = result or (uint8(priv) shl 5) if directionConform: result = result or 0b00000100'u8 if readWrite: result = result or 0b00000010'u8 proc createFlags(granularity: bool, size: bool): Flags = if granularity: result = result or 0b10000000'u8 if size: result = result or 0b01000000'u8 proc gdtInstall*() = gdt.descriptor.limit = uint16(sizeof(GDTEntry) * gdt.entries.len) - 1; gdt.descriptor.base = cast[uint32](gdt.entries.addr) # NULL descriptor gdtSetGate(0, 0, 0, 0, 0); # The second entry is our Code Segment gdtSetGate(1, 0'u16, 0xFFFFFFFF'u32, createAccessByte(0, false, true), createFlags(true, true)); # The third entry is our Data Segment gdtSetGate(2, 0'u16, 0xFFFFFFFF'u32, createAccessByte(0, false, true), createFlags(true, true)); serial.write("Flushing GDT.\L") gdtFlush()