> >From my own notes: > > The address of the "begin" symbol is pushed onto the stack, > and the btext() function returns ...not to its caller, but to > the begin() funcion, in the relocated address space. > > This is one of those "You are not expected to understand this" > things. Probably, you would benefit from reading: > Protected Mode Software Architecture > Tom Shanley
I understand this well, Terry, but thanks, anyway. My question was - why the jump is done, I see no need to do that. When the loader calls btext, it is at high va already. Sorry about the link, it is broken now, so please ignore it. Regards, -sergey P.S. Terry, push/ret sequence has nothing with protected mode. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
