+
+static void
+Idle_PTs_init(void)
+{
+ /* Allocate the "idle" kernel page tables: */
+ KPTphys = ALLOCPAGES(NKPT); /* level 1 */
+ IdlePTD = ALLOCPAGES(NPGPTD); /* level 2 */
+ IdlePDPT = ALLOCPAGES(1); /* level 3 */
+ IdlePML4 = ALLOCPAGES(1); /* level 4 */
+
+ // Fill the lowest level with everything up to physfree
+ fillkpt(KPTphys,
+ INTEL_PTE_WRITE, 0, 0, (int)(((uintptr_t)physfree) >> PAGE_SHIFT));
+
+ /* IdlePTD */
+ fillkpt(IdlePTD,
+ INTEL_PTE_WRITE, (uintptr_t)ID_MAP_VTOP(KPTphys), 0, NKPT);
+
+ // IdlePDPT entries
+ fillkpt(IdlePDPT,
+ INTEL_PTE_WRITE, (uintptr_t)ID_MAP_VTOP(IdlePTD), 0, NPGPTD);
+
+ // IdlePML4 single entry for kernel space.
+ fillkpt(IdlePML4 + KERNEL_PML4_INDEX,
+ INTEL_PTE_WRITE, (uintptr_t)ID_MAP_VTOP(IdlePDPT), 0, 1);
+
+ postcode(VSTART_PHYSMAP_INIT);
+
+ physmap_init();
+
+ postcode(VSTART_DESC_ALIAS_INIT);
+
+ descriptor_alias_init();
+
+ postcode(VSTART_SET_CR3);
+
+ // Switch to the page tables..
+ set_cr3_raw((uintptr_t)ID_MAP_VTOP(IdlePML4));
+
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * vstart() is called in the natural mode (64bit for K64, 32 for K32)
+ * on a set of bootstrap pagetables which use large, 2MB pages to map
+ * all of physical memory in both. See idle_pt.c for details.
+ *
+ * In K64 this identity mapping is mirrored the top and bottom 512GB
+ * slots of PML4.
+ *
+ * The bootstrap processor called with argument boot_args_start pointing to
+ * the boot-args block. The kernel's (4K page) page tables are allocated and
+ * initialized before switching to these.
+ *
+ * Non-bootstrap processors are called with argument boot_args_start NULL.
+ * These processors switch immediately to the existing kernel page tables.
+ */
+__attribute__((noreturn))
+void
+vstart(vm_offset_t boot_args_start)
+{
+ boolean_t is_boot_cpu = !(boot_args_start == 0);
+ int cpu;
+ uint32_t lphysfree;
+
+ postcode(VSTART_ENTRY);
+
+ if (is_boot_cpu) {
+ /*
+ * Get startup parameters.
+ */
+ kernelBootArgs = (boot_args *)boot_args_start;
+ lphysfree = kernelBootArgs->kaddr + kernelBootArgs->ksize;
+ physfree = (void *)(uintptr_t)((lphysfree + PAGE_SIZE - 1) &~ (PAGE_SIZE - 1));
+
+#if DEVELOPMENT || DEBUG
+ pal_serial_init();