Clean slate; Bochs + IPXE boot

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Thomas Oltmann 2026-02-17 19:44:29 +01:00
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*.o
boot.bin
boot.elf

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-include config.mk
.PHONY: all clean
all: boot.bin
clean:
rm -f *.o boot.elf boot.bin
config.mk: | config.default.mk
cp config.default.mk $@
boot.bin: boot.elf
objcopy -O binary -j .text -j .data boot.elf $@
wc -c $@
boot.elf: Rnbp.o Ptftp.o Qcommon.o fernlader.ld
$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ Rnbp.o Ptftp.o Qcommon.o
%.o: %.S
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(@:.o=.S)
%.o: %.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -O0 -c -o $@ $(@:.o=.c)

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#include <stdint.h>
#define COM1_BASE_PORT 0x3F8
static inline uint8_t
inb(uint16_t port)
{
uint8_t data;
__asm__ ("inb %%dx, %%al" : "=a"(data) : "d"(port));
return data;
}
static inline void
outb(uint16_t port, uint8_t data)
{
__asm__ ("outb %%al, %%dx" :: "a"(data), "d"(port));
}
void serial_write_char(char c)
{
while (1) {
int line_status = inb(COM1_BASE_PORT + 5);
if (line_status & 0x20) {
break;
}
}
outb(COM1_BASE_PORT, c);
}
void
main()
{
outb(0xE9, 'X');
serial_write_char('X');
for (;;) {
__asm__ ("hlt" :);
}
}

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// vim: et:sw=12:ts=12:sts=12
.global _start
.text
.code16
.set SS_CODE16, 0x08
.set SS_DATA16, 0x10
.set SS_CODE32, 0x18
.set SS_DATA32, 0x20
// _start: entry point
_start: cli
cld
mov %sp, %bp
xor %ax, %ax
mov %ax, %ds
mov %ax, %es
push $msg_start
call dbgmsg
add $2, %sp
// initialize our own BSS section
mov $_bss_start, %di
mov $_bss_end, %cx
sub %di, %cx
xor %al, %al
rep stosb
// a20_enable: Allow use of 'high' (>1Mb) memory
a20_enable: // Of all the ways to toggle A20, we only try the Fast A20 Gate.
// This is known to cause problems on some ancient systems,
// but as our bootloader exclusively runs on 64-bit machines,
// we should not run into any of those systems.
// Modern machines apparently don't even have the A20 line anymore.
push $msg_a20
call dbgmsg
add $2, %sp
inb $0x92, %al
or $2, %al
outb %al, $0x92
// prot_enter: Set up GDT, switch into 32-bit protected mode.
prot_enter:
push $msg_prot
call dbgmsg
add $2, %sp
lgdt GDT_PTR
// Set Protection Enable (PE) bit
mov %cr0, %eax
or $1, %al
mov %eax, %cr0
ljmp $SS_CODE32, $prot_trampo
.code32
prot_trampo:
mov $SS_DATA32, %eax
mov %eax, %ds
mov %eax, %es
mov %eax, %fs
mov %eax, %gs
mov %eax, %ss
mov 'Y', %al
outb %al, $0xE9
// TODO load proper stack pointer
mov $0x90000, %ebp
mov %ebp, %esp
jmp main
.code16
dbgmsg: push %bp
mov %sp, %bp
push %ax
push %si
mov 4(%bp), %si
1: lodsb
test %al, %al
jz 2f
outb %al, $0xE9
jmp 1b
2: pop %si
pop %ax
pop %bp
ret
.data
.global GDT
GDT: // entry 0: null descriptor
.space 8, 0
// entry 1: 16-bit code segment
.byte 0xFF, 0xFF, 0, 0, 0, 0b10011010, 0x8F, 0
// entry 2: 16-bit data segment
.byte 0xFF, 0xFF, 0, 0, 0, 0b10010010, 0x8F, 0
// entry 3: 32-bit code segment
.byte 0xFF, 0xFF, 0, 0, 0, 0b10011010, 0xCF, 0
// entry 4: 32-bit data segment
.byte 0xFF, 0xFF, 0, 0, 0, 0b10010010, 0xCF, 0
// TODO: 32-bit TSS
.set GDT_SIZE, . - GDT
GDT_PTR: .word GDT_SIZE - 1
.quad GDT
msg_start: .asciz "Netboot via fernlader v2 ...\r\n"
msg_a20: .asciz " * Enabling A20 Gate\r\n"
msg_prot: .asciz " * Protected Mode\r\n"

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cpu: model=tigerlake, count=1
floppya: 1_44=ipxe.dsk, status=inserted, write_protected=1
boot: floppy
e1000: mac=b0:c4:20:00:00:00, ethmod=tuntap, ethdev=/dev/net/tun, script=tunconfig.sh
keyboard: keymap=de
port_e9_hack: enabled=1

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#!ipxe
ifopen net0
set net0/ip 10.0.0.2
set net0/netmask 255.255.255.0
set net0/dns 10.0.0.1
set net0/gateway ${net0/dns}
set net0/next-server ${net0/dns}
set net0/filename boot.bin
# Verify settings with user
# config net0
chain ${net0/filename}

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/*
* bootboot.h
* https://gitlab.com/bztsrc/bootboot
*
* Copyright (C) 2017 - 2021 bzt (bztsrc@gitlab)
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
* obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
* files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
* restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
* modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
* of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
* included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
* NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
* HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
* WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
* DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*
* This file is part of the BOOTBOOT Protocol package.
* @brief The BOOTBOOT structure
*
*/
#ifndef _BOOTBOOT_H_
#define _BOOTBOOT_H_
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
#ifndef _MSC_VER
#define _pack __attribute__((packed))
#else
#define _pack
#pragma pack(push)
#pragma pack(1)
#endif
#define BOOTBOOT_MAGIC "BOOT"
/* default virtual addresses for level 0 and 1 static loaders */
#define BOOTBOOT_MMIO 0xfffffffff8000000 /* memory mapped IO virtual address */
#define BOOTBOOT_FB 0xfffffffffc000000 /* frame buffer virtual address */
#define BOOTBOOT_INFO 0xffffffffffe00000 /* bootboot struct virtual address */
#define BOOTBOOT_ENV 0xffffffffffe01000 /* environment string virtual address */
#define BOOTBOOT_CORE 0xffffffffffe02000 /* core loadable segment start */
/* minimum protocol level:
* hardcoded kernel name, static kernel memory addresses */
#define PROTOCOL_MINIMAL 0
/* static protocol level:
* kernel name parsed from environment, static kernel memory addresses */
#define PROTOCOL_STATIC 1
/* dynamic protocol level:
* kernel name parsed, kernel memory addresses from ELF or PE symbols */
#define PROTOCOL_DYNAMIC 2
/* big-endian flag */
#define PROTOCOL_BIGENDIAN 0x80
/* loader types, just informational */
#define LOADER_BIOS (0<<2)
#define LOADER_UEFI (1<<2)
#define LOADER_RPI (2<<2)
#define LOADER_COREBOOT (3<<2)
/* framebuffer pixel format, only 32 bits supported */
#define FB_ARGB 0
#define FB_RGBA 1
#define FB_ABGR 2
#define FB_BGRA 3
/* mmap entry, type is stored in least significant tetrad (half byte) of size
* this means size described in 16 byte units (not a problem, most modern
* firmware report memory in pages, 4096 byte units anyway). */
typedef struct {
uint64_t ptr;
uint64_t size;
} _pack MMapEnt;
#define MMapEnt_Ptr(a) ((a)->ptr)
#define MMapEnt_Size(a) ((a)->size & 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0)
#define MMapEnt_Type(a) ((a)->size & 0xF)
#define MMapEnt_IsFree(a) (((a)->size&0xF)==1)
#define MMAP_USED 0 /* don't use. Reserved or unknown regions */
#define MMAP_FREE 1 /* usable memory */
#define MMAP_ACPI 2 /* acpi memory, volatile and non-volatile as well */
#define MMAP_MMIO 3 /* memory mapped IO region */
#define INITRD_MAXSIZE 16 /* Mb */
typedef struct {
/* first 64 bytes is platform independent */
uint8_t magic[4]; /* 'BOOT' magic */
uint32_t size; /* length of bootboot structure, minimum 128 */
uint8_t protocol; /* 1, static addresses, see PROTOCOL_* and LOADER_* above */
uint8_t fb_type; /* framebuffer type, see FB_* above */
uint16_t numcores; /* number of processor cores */
uint16_t bspid; /* Bootsrap processor ID (Local APIC Id on x86_64) */
int16_t timezone; /* in minutes -1440..1440 */
uint8_t datetime[8]; /* in BCD yyyymmddhhiiss UTC (independent to timezone) */
uint64_t initrd_ptr; /* ramdisk image position and size */
uint64_t initrd_size;
uint64_t fb_ptr; /* framebuffer pointer and dimensions */
uint32_t fb_size;
uint32_t fb_width;
uint32_t fb_height;
uint32_t fb_scanline;
/* the rest (64 bytes) is platform specific */
union {
struct {
uint64_t acpi_ptr;
uint64_t smbi_ptr;
uint64_t efi_ptr;
uint64_t mp_ptr;
uint64_t unused0;
uint64_t unused1;
uint64_t unused2;
uint64_t unused3;
} x86_64;
struct {
uint64_t acpi_ptr;
uint64_t mmio_ptr;
uint64_t efi_ptr;
uint64_t unused0;
uint64_t unused1;
uint64_t unused2;
uint64_t unused3;
uint64_t unused4;
} aarch64;
} arch;
/* from 128th byte, MMapEnt[], more records may follow */
MMapEnt mmap;
/* use like this:
* MMapEnt *mmap_ent = &bootboot.mmap; mmap_ent++;
* until you reach bootboot->size, while(mmap_ent < bootboot + bootboot->size) */
} _pack BOOTBOOT;
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma pack(pop)
#endif
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif

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CC = cc
LD = ld
CFLAGS = -no-pie -fno-pic
LDFLAGS = -Tfernlader.ld

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CC = cc
LD = ld
CFLAGS = -no-pie -fno-pic -fno-stack-protector
LDFLAGS = -Tfernlader.ld

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listen-address=10.0.0.1
bind-dynamic
#bind-interfaces
#except-interface=lo
log-async
# Disable DNS server
port=0
enable-tftp
tftp-root=/home/thomas/karlos/fernlader2/serve

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ENTRY(_start)
PHDRS {
all PT_LOAD;
}
SECTIONS {
.text 0x7C00: {
Rnbp.o(.text)
*(.text*, .rodata*)
} :all
.data : {
*(.data*)
} :all
.bss (NOLOAD) : {
_bss_start = .;
*(COMMON)
*(.bss)
. = ALIGN(4K);
*(.bootboot)
_bss_end = .;
} :all
}

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#!/bin/sh
qemu-system-x86_64 -netdev user,id=n1,net=10.0.0.5/24,tftp=.,bootfile=/boot.bin -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=n1,bootindex=0 "$@"

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#!/bin/bash
DEV="${1##/*/}"
HOST_IP="10.0.0.1/24"
ip addr add "$HOST_IP" dev "$DEV"
ip link set up dev "$DEV"