diff --git a/Booting/linux-bootstrap-4.md b/Booting/linux-bootstrap-4.md index 2c226f3..3c65419 100644 --- a/Booting/linux-bootstrap-4.md +++ b/Booting/linux-bootstrap-4.md @@ -322,17 +322,17 @@ Now we are almost finished with all preparations before we can move into 64-bit Long mode -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Long mode is the native mode for x86_64 processors. First of all let's look on some difference between `x86_64` and `x86`. +Long mode is the native mode for x86_64 processors. First of all let's look at some differences between `x86_64` and `x86`. -It provides some features as: +It provides features such as: * New 8 general purpose registers from `r8` to `r15` + all general purpose registers are 64-bit now * 64-bit instruction pointer - `RIP` * New operating mode - Long mode * 64-Bit Addresses and Operands -* RIP Relative Addressing (we will see example if it in the next parts) +* RIP Relative Addressing (we will see an example if it in the next parts) -Long mode is an extension of legacy protected mode. It consists from two sub-modes: +Long mode is an extension of legacy protected mode. It consists of two sub-modes: * 64-bit mode * compatibility mode @@ -340,11 +340,11 @@ Long mode is an extension of legacy protected mode. It consists from two sub-mod To switch into 64-bit mode we need to do following things: * enable PAE (we already did it, see above) -* build page tables and load the address of top level page table into `cr3` register +* build page tables and load the address of the top level page table into the `cr3` register * enable `EFER.LME` * enable paging -We already enabled `PAE` with setting the PAE bit in the `cr4` register. Now let's look on paging. +We already enabled `PAE` by setting the PAE bit in the `cr4` register. Now let's look at paging. Early page tables initialization -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/contributors.md b/contributors.md index 91c6070..0c145d1 100644 --- a/contributors.md +++ b/contributors.md @@ -74,4 +74,8 @@ Thank you to all contributors: * [Dennis Birkholz](https://github.com/dennisbirkholz) * [Anton Tyurin](https://github.com/noxiouz) * [Bogdan Kulbida](https://github.com/kulbida) +<<<<<<< HEAD * [Matt Hudgins](https://github.com/mhudgins) +======= +* [Ruth Grace Wong](https://github.com/ruthgrace) +>>>>>>> fixed grammar mistakes in linux-bootstrap-4.md, Long mode section