#include "gdt.h" void encodeGDT(uint8_t* gdtEntry, struct GDT source) { if ((source.limit > 65536) && ((source.limit & 0xFFF) == 0xFFF)) { // Set the GDT to use paging // To do this we need to make sure the limit is aligned to 4KiB source.limit = source.limit >> 12; // Granularity: 1 (use paging with 4KiB segments) // Size: 1 (32 bit protected mode) gdtEntry[6] = 0xC0; } else { // Granularity: 0 (1 byte segments) // Size: 1 gdtEntry[6] = 0x40; } // Here we are encoding the limit // Bits 0-15 encode the bottom 16 bits of the limit gdtEntry[0] = source.limit & 0xFF; gdtEntry[1] = (source.limit >> 8) & 0xFF; // Bits 48-51 encode the last 4 bits of the limit gdtEntry[6] |= (source.limit >> 16) & 0xF; // Bits 16-39 encode the bottom 24 bits of the base gdtEntry[2] = source.base & 0xFF; gdtEntry[3] = (source.base >> 8) & 0xFF; gdtEntry[4] = (source.base >> 16) & 0xFF; // Bits 56-64 encode the last byte of the base gdtEntry[7] = (source.base >> 24) & 0xFF; // Bits 40-47 set the access byte, which is documented at https://wiki.osdev.org/GDT, // where most of the ideas for this function are taken from shamelessly gdtEntry[5] = source.type; }