protected_start and __protected_start!

[ali hagigat]

Would you please tell me how Coreboot jumps to the label,
protected_start in src/cpu/x86/32bit?
There is a jump instruction (jmp	protected_start) in reset16.inc but
it seems it will never be executed.

[Myles Watson]

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:30 AM, ali hagigat  wrote:
> Would you please tell me how Coreboot jumps to the label,
> protected_start in src/cpu/x86/32bit?
> There is a jump instruction (jmp        protected_start) in reset16.inc but
> it seems it will never be executed.

If you have access to qemu or SimNOW, you can step through the code.

Myles