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The Limine Boot Protocol is the |
The Limine Boot Protocol is the native boot protocol provided by the [[Limine]] bootloader. Like the '''stivale''' protocols it supersedes, it is designed to overcome shortcomings of common boot protocols used by hobbyist OS developers, such as [[Multiboot]], and stivale itself. |
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It provides cutting edge features such as 5-level paging support, 64-bit [[Long Mode]] support, and direct higher half kernel loading. |
It provides cutting edge features such as 5-level paging support, 64-bit [[Long Mode]] support, and direct higher half kernel loading. |
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The Limine boot protocol is firmware and architecture agnostic. |
The Limine boot protocol is firmware and architecture agnostic. The Limine bootloader supports x86-64, IA32, and aarch64. |
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This article will demonstrate how to write a small |
This article will demonstrate how to write a small x86-64 higher half Limine-compliant kernel in [[C]], and boot it using the [[Limine]] bootloader. |
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It is also recommended to check out [https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine-barebones this template project] as it provides example buildable code to go along with this guide. |
It is also very recommended to check out [https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine-barebones this template project] as it provides example buildable code to go along with this guide. |
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===Overview=== |
===Overview=== |
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