Re: [coreboot] v3 challenge: global variables

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 04.02.2008 17:12, ron minnich wrote:
> So, this is an example of the reason for the (void *) param I was
> suggesting some time back. Such needs come up.
>
> One option is to have a convention that globals are at the base of the
> stack, rounded to 64k.
>
> e.g. %esp & 0xffff0000 is where globals live.

That could work, although in a slightly different way. I would store a
pointer at the base of the stack. That pointer would point to a struct
which has all global info.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel