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Linker scripts: 
	memtest_shared.lds
	memtest_efi.lds
boot/
	header.S			|| The standard EFI header
	setup.S
	efisetup.c			|| Macros + private functions 
					|| Only for 32-bit boot entry point???
	startup64.S

*.c files in app/, lib/, system/, tests/

##########################################################################
##									##
##		MEMTEST LINKING PART 1 - MEMTEST_SHARED			##
##									##
##########################################################################

#
#	memtest_shared.lds
#

OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-x86-64")

ENTRY(startup64);   <--------- in startup64.S

SECTIONS {
	.text : {
		_start = .;  <---------- First section in memtest_shared-.text
		*(.text)
		*(.text.*)
		...

	.rodata
	.dynsym
	.dynstr
	.hash
	.gnu.hash
	.dynamic

	.rela.text
	.rela.rodata
	.rela.data
	.rela.got
	.rela.plt

	.data
	.got
	.bss

#
#	startup64.S
#
118:	.globl startup64
119:	startup64:
120:		cld
121:		cli

		# Save the boot params pointer
125:		movq	%rsi, boot_params_addr(%rip)

127:		jmp startup

143:	.globl	startup
144:	startup:
		Use startup stack until we pick a correct one
		Pick the correct stack
		Initialize the pml4 and pdp tables
		Set the page directory base address
		Initialise the GDT and the segment registers
		Load the GDT and the segment registers
		Initialise the IDT
		Initialise the IDT descriptor
		Zero the BSS (if first boot)
		Initialise the FPU
		Enable SSE
		Call the dynamic linker to fix up the addresses in the GOT

268:	call reloc  <---------------- system/reloc64.c:151
		get_load_address()
		get_dynamic_section_offset()
		get_dynamic_info()
		do_relocations

276:	call main  <---------------- app/main.c:499  # main entry point called from the startup code

#
# Analysis of the binary
#

* objdump -h memtest_shared
	.text	...	File off	Algn
			00200000	2**4

* objdump -g memtest_shared | grep efi_setup		# check for occurences
			    | grep efi_handover	

* readelf -h memtest_shared
	ELF Header:
	  Magic:   7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	  Class:                             ELF64
	  Data:                              2's complement, little endian
	  Version:                           1 (current)
	  OS/ABI:                            UNIX - System V
	  ABI Version:                       0
	  Type:                              DYN (Shared object file)
	  Machine:                           Advanced Micro Devices X86-64
	  Version:                           0x1
	  Entry point address:               0x200  <-----------------That's startup64 !!!
	  Start of program headers:          64 (bytes into file)
	  Start of section headers:          2821656 (bytes into file)
	  Flags:                             0x0
	  Size of this header:               64 (bytes)
	  Size of program headers:           56 (bytes)
	  Number of program headers:         3
	  Size of section headers:           64 (bytes)
	  Number of section headers:         26
	  Section header string table index: 25

* objdump -d memtest_shared
	memtest_shared: file format elf64-x86-64

	Disassembly of section .text:

	0000000000000000 <_start>:
	0:	cld
	1:	cli

	9f:	ljmp	*-0x6(%rsp)

	00000000000001e0 <efi_boot>:
	
	1ed:	jmp 210 <efi_handover>

	0000000000000200 <startup64>:

	202:	mov %rsi,0x23df7(%rip)		# 2400 <boot_params_addr>
	209:	jmp 220 <startup>

	0000000000000210 <efi_handover>:

	214:	callq 68f <efi_setup>
	219:	mov %rax,0x23de0(%rip)		# 2400 <boot_params_addr> 

	0000000000000220 <startup>:

	2ce:	ljmp *-0x6(%rsp)



##########################################################################
##									##
##		MEMTEST LINKING PART 2 - MEMTEST.EFI			##
##									##
##########################################################################

#
#	memtest_efi.lds
#
OUTPUT_FORMAT("binary")

ENTRY(boot);			<----- in boot/header.S:36

SECTIONS {
	.header : {		<----- boot/header.S
		*(.header)
	}
	.setup : {		<----- boot/setup.S
		*(.setup)
	}
	.text : {
		_text_start = .;
		*(.data)	<----- !!! NO .text !!!!
		...

#
#	header.S
#
The EFI loader loads the header at ImageBase, so we have to locate the main program
after that. This means we can't load the main program at HIGH_LOAD_ADDR. Pick a load
address well away from HIGH_LOAD_ADDR, to avoid overlap when relocating code.

. # define IMAGE_BASE	0x200000
. # define BASE_OF_CODE	0x1000		<- where do these values come from?????

	.section ".header", "ax", @progbits
	.code16

	.globl boot

boot:
	"MZ", the MS-DOS header signature
	.byte 0x4d
	.byte 0x5a

pe_header:

coff_header:

...

#
#	setup.S
#