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+/*
+Copyright (C) 2015-2019 The University of Notre Dame
+This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
+See the file LICENSE for details.
+*/
+
+/*
+This file describes the basic memory layout of the machine,
+and is included by both C and assembly code, so it can only
+contain #defines.
+*/
+
+/*
+Note that addresses in 16-bit mode are described as segment+offset,
+where the segment must be aligned on a 16-byte boundary.
+So, BOOTBLOCK_START = BOOTBLOCK_SEGMENT<<4 + BOOTBLOCK_OFFSET
+*/
+
+/*
+The bootblock is loaded at the fixed address of 0x7c00,
+which is a constant defined by the PC hardware.
+*/
+
+#define BOOTBLOCK_START   0x7c00
+#define BOOTBLOCK_SEGMENT 0x07c0
+#define BOOTBLOCK_OFFSET  0x0000
+
+/*
+We choose the initial stack to start at 0xfff0 and grow
+downward.  This stack location is used in the startup code,
+and by the kernel when no process is active.
+*/
+
+#define INTERRUPT_STACK_TOP     0xfff0
+#define INTERRUPT_STACK_SEGMENT 0x0000
+#define INTERRUPT_STACK_OFFSET  0xfff0
+
+/*
+We choose the kernel code to start at 0x10000 (64KB).
+Code is loaded into this location by the bootblock.
+*/
+
+#define KERNEL_START   0x10000
+#define KERNEL_SEGMENT 0x1000
+#define KERNEL_OFFSET  0x0000
+
+/*
+The total size of the kernel (in bytes) is stored at this
+offset, relative to the start of the kernel code.
+The bootblock uses this to decide how much to load from disk.
+*/
+
+#define KERNEL_SIZE_OFFSET 20
+
+/*
+Following the kernel code is a direct mapper memory area
+set aside for kmalloc() which implements a list of small
+memory allocations for internal kernel purposes.
+*/
+
+#define KMALLOC_START  0x100000
+#define KMALLOC_LENGTH 0x100000
+
+/*
+Main memory starts at the 2MB boundary following the kmalloc area.
+This area is tracked by memory.c and used for allocatable pages, which can
+be consumed by either the kernel or user processes.  The end of
+main memory is determined dynamically at bootup time.
+*/
+
+#define MAIN_MEMORY_START  0x200000
+
+/*
+We choose the user-mode address space to begin at 0x80000000,
+and the user-mode stack to start at the top of memory and
+grow down.  Addresses below 0x80000000 are all supervisor mode.
+*/
+
+#define PROCESS_ENTRY_POINT 0x80000000
+#define PROCESS_STACK_INIT  0xfffffff0