From: Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@genband.com>
To: khaled MOHAMMED atteya <khaled.m.atteya@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: what is x86 entry point?
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:58:24 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CA62F50.1070208@genband.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik9NCgucKyi367HZKzEUJXE3ysRdyryQLnEAAMC@mail.gmail.com>
On 10/01/2010 09:27 AM, khaled MOHAMMED atteya wrote:
> I want to know where is entry point for x86 arch?
> Also i read on some papers there are many entry points in kernel ,
> which are these?
Take a look at arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S (or entry_64.S) for starters.
Conceptually you can get into the kernel via old-school system calls,
the sysenter mechanism, page faults, interrupts, etc.
Chris
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2010-10-01 15:27 what is x86 entry point? khaled MOHAMMED atteya
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