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RE: ljmp syntax question
Thanks. That was it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Segher Boessenkool [mailto:segher@kernel.crashing.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:22 PM
To: Smith, Stephen (SWCOE)
Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: ljmp syntax question
> I am writing a BIOS and my code is at $0xF000:$0000 (real mode x86) .
>
> I set up my GDT and switch into protected mode and now do the
> following:
>
> /* PROT_MODE_CSEG = 0x8, protcseg=0xFFFF0028 */
> ljmp $PROT_MODE_CSEG, $protcseg
> .code32
> protcseg:
> movw $PROT_MODE_DSEG, %ax
>
> When I reach protcseg, CS=0x8, and eip=0x28 which is off by about
> 0xFFFF0000. How should I have coded the long jump?
ljmpl is what you're after.
Segher