11. 80386 specific details
11.1 Boot procedure
bbootsect.s [arch/i386/boot] setup.S (+video.S) head.S (+misc.c) [arch/i386/boot/compressed] start_kernel [init/main.c]
11.2 80386 (and more) Descriptors
Overview
Descriptors are data structure used by Intel microprocessor i386+ to virtualize memory.
Kind of descriptors
- GDT (Global Descriptor Table)
- LDT (Local Descriptor Table)
- IDT (Interrupt Descriptor Table)
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