EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE* systemTable;
EFI_LOADED_IMAGE* loadedImage;

extern "C" EFIAPI EFI_STATUS efi_main(EFI_HANDLE ImageHandle,
      EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE* _systemTable) {
   systemTable = _systemTable;

   EFI_STATUS status = uefi_call_wrapper(
         (void* ) systemTable->BootServices->HandleProtocol, 3, ImageHandle,
         &LoadedImageProtocol, (void** )&loadedImage);

   if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
      crash("error while checking image base");
   }

   // disable the watchdog timer - if this is enabled, the firmware will reset the system after 5 minutes
   EFI_STATUS watchdogStatus = uefi_call_wrapper((void*) systemTable->BootServices->SetWatchdogTimer, 4, 0, 0, 0, NULL);
   if(watchdogStatus != EFI_SUCCESS) {
      crash("error while disabling the watchdog timer");
   }

#ifdef DEBUGGING
   InitializeLib(ImageHandle, systemTable);
   Print((CHAR16*) L"Image base: 0x%lx\n", loadedImage->ImageBase);
   int wait = 1;
   while (wait) {
      __asm__ __volatile__("pause");
   }
#endif

   kernel_main();

   return EFI_SUCCESS;
}

chris13524@blueberry ~/programming/cpp/aura
% gdb build/aura.efi
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Reading symbols from build/aura.efi...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) info files
Symbols from "/home/chris13524/programming/cpp/aura/build/aura.efi".
Local exec file:
   `/home/chris13524/programming/cpp/aura/build/aura.efi', file type pei-x86-64.
   Entry point: 0x8a24
   0x0000000000005000 - 0x000000000000eb90 is .text
   0x000000000000f000 - 0x000000000000f00a is .reloc
   0x0000000000010000 - 0x0000000000012d10 is .data
   0x0000000000013000 - 0x0000000000013160 is .dynamic
   0x0000000000014000 - 0x0000000000014e28 is .rela
   0x0000000000016000 - 0x0000000000018928 is .dynsym
(gdb) file
No executable file now.
No symbol file now.
(gdb) add-symbol-file build/debug.aura.efi 0x673D000 -s .data 0x6748000
add symbol table from file "build/debug.aura.efi" at
   .text_addr = 0x673d000
   .data_addr = 0x6748000
(y or n) y
Reading symbols from build/debug.aura.efi...DW_FORM_strp used without .debug_str section [in module /home/chris13524/programming/cpp/aura/build/debug.aura.efi]
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) set architecture i386:x86-64:intel
The target architecture is assumed to be i386:x86-64:intel
(gdb) target remote :1234
Remote debugging using :1234
warning: No executable has been specified and target does not support
determining executable automatically.  Try using the "file" command.
0x000000000673d100 in efi_main ()
(gdb) set variable wait = 0
No symbol table is loaded.  Use the "file" command.
(gdb)

build/aura.so: $(OBJECTS-all) | build/.dirstamp
   @ld $^                            \
      gnu-efi/crt0-efi-x86_64.o     \
      -nostdlib                     \
      -znocombreloc                 \
      -T gnu-efi/elf_x86_64_efi.lds \
      -shared                       \
      -fPIC                         \
      -Bsymbolic                    \
      -L gnu-efi/libs               \
      -l:libgnuefi.a                \
      -l:libefi.a                   \
      $(LIB_FLAGS)                  \
      -o $@

REGULAR_SECTIONS=-j .text    \
             -j .sdata   \
             -j .data    \
             -j .dynamic \
             -j .dynsym  \
             -j .rel     \
             -j .rela    \
             -j .reloc   \
             -j .mish
DEBUG_SECTIONS=-j .debug_info     \
            -j .debug_abbrev   \
            -j .debug_loc      \
            -j .debug_aranges  \
            -j .debug_line     \
            -j .debug_macinfo  \
            -j .debug_debugstr \

OBJCOPY_FLAGS=--target=efi-app-x86_64
build/aura.efi: build/aura.so | build/.dirstamp
   @objcopy $(REGULAR_SECTIONS) \
      $(OBJCOPY_FLAGS)        \
      build/aura.so           \
      build/aura.efi

build/debug.aura.efi: build/aura.so | build/.dirstamp
   @objcopy $(REGULAR_SECTIONS) $(DEBUG_SECTIONS) \
      $(OBJCOPY_FLAGS)      \
      build/aura.so         \
      build/debug.aura.efi

Reading symbols from build/debug.aura.efi...DW_FORM_strp used without .debug_str section [in module /home/chris13524/programming/cpp/aura/build/debug.aura.efi]
(no debugging symbols found)...done.

.debug_debugstr

.debug_str