From d8b53a78fcb131235c1e83fe7d6600ab50560420 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hachem <im@hachem.wtf>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:49:32 +0200
Subject: setup: initialize repo + limine as a bootloader

---
 boot/linker.ld | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 boot/linker.ld

(limited to 'boot/linker.ld')

diff --git a/boot/linker.ld b/boot/linker.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e15ed10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/linker.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* the higher half of the kernel link maps
+ * at the top 2 GiB is where Limine maps us. */
+
+OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf64-x86-64)
+ENTRY(_start)
+
+PHDRS
+{
+    limine_requests PT_LOAD;
+    text            PT_LOAD;
+    rodata          PT_LOAD;
+    data            PT_LOAD;
+}
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+    . = 0xffffffff80000000;
+
+    /* The loader hunts for the magic numbers here
+     * these are referenced in `boot/` */
+    .limine_requests : {
+        KEEP(*(.limine_requests_start))
+        KEEP(*(.limine_requests))
+        KEEP(*(.limine_requests_end))
+    } :limine_requests
+
+    . = ALIGN(CONSTANT(MAXPAGESIZE));
+    .text : {
+        *(.text .text.*)
+    } :text
+
+    . = ALIGN(CONSTANT(MAXPAGESIZE));
+    .rodata : {
+        *(.rodata .rodata.*)
+    } :rodata
+
+    . = ALIGN(CONSTANT(MAXPAGESIZE));
+    .data : {
+        *(.data .data.*)
+    } :data
+
+    .bss : {
+        *(.bss .bss.*)
+        *(COMMON)
+    } :data
+
+    /* no unwind tables or note sections. */
+    /DISCARD/ : {
+        *(.eh_frame*)
+        *(.note .note.*)
+    }
+}
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