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bootloader reads into a physical address (not a virtual address)

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Frans Kaashoek 2011-08-17 20:52:28 -04:00
parent fa81545f1c
commit cd3d739e6f
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bootmain.c
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@ -73,17 +73,17 @@ readsect(void *dst, uint offset)
insl(0x1F0, dst, SECTSIZE/4);
}
// Read 'count' bytes at 'offset' from kernel into virtual address 'va'.
// Read 'count' bytes at 'offset' from kernel into physical address 'pa'.
// Might copy more than asked.
void
readseg(uchar* va, uint count, uint offset)
readseg(uchar* pa, uint count, uint offset)
{
uchar* eva;
uchar* epa;
eva = va + count;
epa = pa + count;
// Round down to sector boundary.
va -= offset % SECTSIZE;
pa -= offset % SECTSIZE;
// Translate from bytes to sectors; kernel starts at sector 1.
offset = (offset / SECTSIZE) + 1;
@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ readseg(uchar* va, uint count, uint offset)
// If this is too slow, we could read lots of sectors at a time.
// We'd write more to memory than asked, but it doesn't matter --
// we load in increasing order.
for(; va < eva; va += SECTSIZE, offset++)
readsect(va, offset);
for(; pa < epa; pa += SECTSIZE, offset++)
readsect(pa, offset);
}