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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64/include')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/include/arch/memory/multiboot.hpp | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/include/arch/memory/multiboot.hpp b/arch/x86_64/include/arch/memory/multiboot.hpp index d66ca35..3aee7fc 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/include/arch/memory/multiboot.hpp +++ b/arch/x86_64/include/arch/memory/multiboot.hpp @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace teachos::arch::memory /** * @brief Basic structure the multiboot_information_pointer points too and which contains all information of - * multiboot2 in the tags array of different types. + * multiboot2 in the tags array of different types. The start as well as the content has to be 8 byte aligned. */ struct multi_boot_info { @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace teachos::arch::memory enum class elf_section_type : uint32_t { INACTIVE, ///< (SHT_NULL) Unused, meaning all values are zeroed out - PROGRAMM, ///< (SHT_PROGBITS) Program data + PROGRAMM, ///< (SHT_PROGBITS) Program data (DATA, CODE) SYMBOL_TABLE, ///< (SHT_SYMBTAB) Contains actual entries pointed to in symbol hash table STRING_TABLE, ///< (SHT_STRTAB) Contains symbols, section and deubbging null-terminated strings RELOCATION_ENTRY_WITH_ADDENDS, ///< (SHT_RELA) Only used on 64 bit systems @@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ namespace teachos::arch::memory } /** - * @brief (SHF_WRITE) Wether the current section is writable or not. Read from bit index 0. + * @brief (SHF_WRITE) Wether the current section is writable at runtime or not. If it isn't then the section is + * assumed to be READONLY and only that behaviour is shown in the objdump -h of the kernel file. Read from bit index + * 0. * * @return Current section is writable. */ |