| 1 | /* $Id: bs3kit-docs.c 60600 2016-04-20 13:16:20Z vboxsync $ */
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| 2 | /** @file
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| 3 | * BS3Kit - Documentation.
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| 4 | */
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| 6 | /*
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| 7 | * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Oracle Corporation
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| 8 | *
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| 9 | * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
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| 10 | * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
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| 11 | * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
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| 14 | * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
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| 16 | *
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| 17 | * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
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| 20 | * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
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| 22 | *
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| 25 | */
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| 28 |
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| 29 | /** @page pg_bs3kit BS3Kit - Boot Sector Kit \#3
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| 30 | *
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| 31 | * The BS3Kit is a framework for bare metal floppy/usb image tests.
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| 32 | *
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| 33 | * The 3rd iteration of the framework includes support for 16-bit and 32-bit
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| 34 | * C/C++ code, with provisions for 64-bit C code to possibly be added later.
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| 35 | * The C code have to do without a runtime library, otherwhat what we can share
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| 36 | * possibly with IPRT.
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| 37 | *
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| 38 | * This iteration also adds a real linker into the picture, which is an
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| 39 | * improvment over early when all had to done in a single assembler run with
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| 40 | * lots of includes and macros controlling what we needed. The functions are no
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| 41 | * in separate files and compiled/assembled into libraries, so the linker will
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| 42 | * only include exactly what is needed. The current linker is the OpenWatcom
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| 43 | * one, wlink, that we're already using when building the BIOSes. If it wasn't
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| 44 | * for the segment/selector fixups in 16-bit code (mostly), maybe we could
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| 45 | * convince the ELF linker from GNU binutils to do the job too (with help from
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| 46 | * the ).
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| 47 | *
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| 48 | *
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| 49 | * @sa grp_bs3kit, grp_bs3kit_tmpl, grp_bs3kit_cmn, grp_bs3kit_mode,
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| 50 | * grp_bs3kit_system
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| 51 | *
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| 52 | * @section sec_calling_convention Calling convention
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| 53 | *
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| 54 | * Because we're not mixing with C code, we will use __cdecl for 16-bit and
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| 55 | * 32-bit code, where as 64-bit code will use the microsoft calling AMD64
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| 56 | * convention. To avoid unnecessary %ifdef'ing in assembly code, we will use a
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| 57 | * macro to load the RCX, RDX, R8 and R9 registers off the stack in 64-bit
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| 58 | * assembly code.
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| 59 | *
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| 60 | * Register treatment in 16-bit __cdecl, 32-bit __cdecl and 64-bit msabi:
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| 61 | *
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| 62 | * | Register | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | ASM template |
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| 63 | * | ------------ | ----------- | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ |
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| 64 | * | EAX, RAX | volatile | volatile | volatile | volatile |
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| 65 | * | EBX, RBX | volatile | preserved | preserved | both |
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| 66 | * | ECX, RCX | volatile | volatile | volatile, arg 0 | volatile |
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| 67 | * | EDX, RDX | volatile | volatile | volatile, arg 1 | volatile |
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| 68 | * | ESP, RSP | preserved | preserved | preserved | preserved |
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| 69 | * | EBP, RBP | preserved | preserved | preserved | preserved |
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| 70 | * | EDI, RDI | preserved | preserved | preserved | preserved |
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| 71 | * | ESI, RSI | preserved | preserved | preserved | preserved |
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| 72 | * | R8 | volatile | volatile | volatile, arg 2 | volatile |
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| 73 | * | R9 | volatile | volatile | volatile, arg 3 | volatile |
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| 74 | * | R10 | volatile | volatile | volatile | volatile |
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| 75 | * | R11 | volatile | volatile | volatile | volatile |
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| 76 | * | R12 | volatile | volatile | preserved | preserved(*) |
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| 77 | * | R13 | volatile | volatile | preserved | preserved(*) |
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| 78 | * | R14 | volatile | volatile | preserved | preserved(*) |
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| 79 | * | R15 | volatile | volatile | preserved | preserved(*) |
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| 80 | * | RFLAGS.DF | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 |
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| 81 | * | CS | preserved | preserved | preserved | preserved |
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| 82 | * | DS | preserved! | preserved? | preserved | both |
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| 83 | * | ES | volatile | volatile | preserved | volatile |
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| 84 | * | FS | preserved | preserved | preserved | preserved |
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| 85 | * | GS | preserved | volatile | preserved | both |
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| 86 | * | SS | preserved | preserved | preserved | preserved |
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| 87 | *
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| 88 | * The 'both' here means that we preserve it wrt to our caller, while at the
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| 89 | * same time assuming anything we call will clobber it.
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| 90 | *
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| 91 | * The 'preserved(*)' marking of R12-R15 indicates that they'll be preserved in
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| 92 | * 64-bit mode, but may be changed in certain cases when running 32-bit or
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| 93 | * 16-bit code. This is especially true if switching CPU mode, e.g. from 32-bit
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| 94 | * protected mode to 32-bit long mode.
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| 95 | *
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| 96 | * Return values are returned in the xAX register, but with the following
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| 97 | * caveats for values larger than ARCH_BITS:
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| 98 | * - 16-bit code:
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| 99 | * - 32-bit values are returned in AX:DX, where AX holds bits 15:0 and
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| 100 | * DX bits 31:16.
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| 101 | * - 64-bit values are returned in DX:CX:BX:AX, where DX holds bits
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| 102 | * 15:0, CX bits 31:16, BX bits 47:32, and AX bits 63:48.
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| 103 | * - 32-bit code:
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| 104 | * - 64-bit values are returned in EAX:EDX, where eax holds the least
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| 105 | * significant bits.
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| 106 | *
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| 107 | * The DS segment register is pegged to BS3DATA16_GROUP in 16-bit code so that
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| 108 | * we don't need to reload it all the time. This allows us to modify it in
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| 109 | * ring-0 and mode switching code without ending up in any serious RPL or DPL
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| 110 | * trouble. In 32-bit and 64-bit mode the DS register is a flat, unlimited,
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| 111 | * writable selector.
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| 112 | *
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| 113 | * In 16-bit and 32-bit code we do not assume anything about ES, FS, and GS.
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| 114 | *
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| 115 | *
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| 116 | * For an in depth coverage of x86 and AMD64 calling convensions, see
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| 117 | * http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/function-calling-conventions.html
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| 118 | *
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| 119 | *
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| 120 | *
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| 121 | * @section sec_modes Execution Modes
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| 122 | *
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| 123 | * BS3Kit defines a number of execution modes in order to be able to test the
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| 124 | * full CPU capabilities (that VirtualBox care about anyways). It currently
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| 125 | * omits system management mode, hardware virtualization modes, and security
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| 126 | * modes as those aren't supported by VirtualBox or are difficult to handle.
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| 127 | *
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| 128 | * The modes are categorized into normal and weird ones.
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| 129 | *
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| 130 | * The normal ones are:
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| 131 | * + RM - Real mode.
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| 132 | * + PE16 - Protected mode running 16-bit code, 16-bit TSS and 16-bit handlers.
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| 133 | * + PE32 - Protected mode running 32-bit code, 32-bit TSS and 32-bit handlers.
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| 134 | * + PEV86 - Protected mode running v8086 code, 32-bit TSS and 32-bit handlers.
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| 135 | * + PP16 - 386 paged mode running 16-bit code, 16-bit TSS and 16-bit handlers.
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| 136 | * + PP32 - 386 paged mode running 32-bit code, 32-bit TSS and 32-bit handlers.
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| 137 | * + PPV86 - 386 paged mode running v8086 code, 32-bit TSS and 32-bit handlers.
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| 138 | * + PAE16 - PAE paged mode running 16-bit code, 16-bit TSS and 16-bit handlers.
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| 139 | * + PAE32 - PAE paged mode running 32-bit code, 32-bit TSS and 32-bit handlers.
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| 140 | * + PAEV86 - PAE paged mode running v8086 code, 32-bit TSS and 32-bit handlers.
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| 141 | * + LM16 - AMD64 long mode running 16-bit code, 64-bit TSS and 64-bit handlers.
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| 142 | * + LM32 - AMD64 long mode running 32-bit code, 64-bit TSS and 64-bit handlers.
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| 143 | * + LM64 - AMD64 long mode running 64-bit code, 64-bit TSS and 64-bit handlers.
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| 144 | *
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| 145 | * The weird ones:
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| 146 | * + PE16_32 - Protected mode running 16-bit code, 16-bit TSS and 16-bit handlers.
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| 147 | * + PE16_V86 - Protected mode running 16-bit code, 16-bit TSS and 16-bit handlers.
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| 148 | * + PE32_16 - Protected mode running 32-bit code, 32-bit TSS and 32-bit handlers.
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| 149 | * + PP16_32 - 386 paged mode running 16-bit code, 16-bit TSS and 16-bit handlers.
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| 150 | * + PP16_V86 - 386 paged mode running 16-bit code, 16-bit TSS and 16-bit handlers.
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| 151 | * + PP32_16 - 386 paged mode running 32-bit code, 32-bit TSS and 32-bit handlers.
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| 152 | * + PAE16_32 - PAE paged mode running 16-bit code, 16-bit TSS and 16-bit handlers.
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| 153 | * + PAE16_V86 - PAE paged mode running 16-bit code, 16-bit TSS and 16-bit handlers.
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| 154 | * + PAE32_16 - PAE paged mode running 32-bit code, 32-bit TSS and 32-bit handlers.
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| 155 | *
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| 156 | * Actually, the PE32_16, PP32_16 and PAE32_16 modes aren't all that weird and fits in
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| 157 | * right next to LM16 and LM32, but this is the way it ended up. :-)
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| 158 | *
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| 159 | */
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