* what is x86 entry point?
@ 2010-10-01 15:27 khaled MOHAMMED atteya
2010-10-01 18:58 ` Chris Friesen
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From: khaled MOHAMMED atteya @ 2010-10-01 15:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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?
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* Re: what is x86 entry point?
2010-10-01 15:27 what is x86 entry point? khaled MOHAMMED atteya
@ 2010-10-01 18:58 ` Chris Friesen
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From: Chris Friesen @ 2010-10-01 18:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: khaled MOHAMMED atteya; +Cc: linux-kernel
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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