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diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/i386ex/startup/README b/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/i386ex/startup/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..44f8d1d63c --- /dev/null +++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/i386ex/startup/README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ + + + The doit shell file cd's to $H, which refers to the directory +that contains the hello world test. The console is a raw com port. +Certain test programs behave differently with different com port speeds. +To test the programs, it is required that you hook up a terminal +( or minicom or procomm it doesn't really matter ) to the comm port of +the target hardware. You must ensure that the baud rate, parity etc +is set properly. This is done on the target hardware within interns.s . +( Set your terminal emulator to match. ) Currently, the settings +are 9600,8,n,1 . + +The format and layout of the file interns.s is taken from the +intel ApBuilder software, freely distributed by Intel. Some +easy macros ( SetExRegByte and SetExRegWord ) are basically lifted +from the Intel macros. Similarly for the names of the IO ports. + +This "port" begain with the forceCPU bsp. Hence I am sure that +there is some real trash that is not appropriate. For example +the act of copying the Interrupt Descriptor tables and Global +descriptor tables "into our space". ( in start.s I think ) + +Erik + +
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