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diff --git a/kernel/start.c b/kernel/start.c
index ea896eb..6dc106d 100644
--- a/kernel/start.c
+++ b/kernel/start.c
@@ -37,16 +37,26 @@ start()
w_mideleg(0xffff);
// set up to receive timer interrupts in machine mode,
- // for pre-emptive switching and (on hart 0) to drive time.
+ // which arrive at machinevec in kernelvec.S,
+ // which turns them into software interrupts for
+ // devintr() in trap.c.
int id = r_mhartid();
- uint64 *scratch = &mscratch0[32 * id];
+ // ask the CLINT for a timer interrupt 10,000 cycles from now.
*(uint64*)CLINT_MTIMECMP(id) = *(uint64*)CLINT_MTIME + 10000;
+ // prepare information in scratch[] for machinevec.
+ // scratch[0..3] : space for machinevec to save registers.
+ // scratch[4] : address of CLINT MTIMECMP register.
+ // scratch[5] : desired interval (in cycles) between timer interrupts.
+ uint64 *scratch = &mscratch0[32 * id];
scratch[4] = CLINT_MTIMECMP(id);
scratch[5] = 10000000;
w_mscratch((uint64)scratch);
+ // set the machine-mode trap handler.
w_mtvec((uint64)machinevec);
+ // enable machine-mode interrupts.
w_mstatus(r_mstatus() | MSTATUS_MIE);
- w_mie(r_mie() | MIE_MTIE);
+ // enable machine-mode timer interrupts.
+ w_mie(r_mie() | MIE_MTIE);
// keep each CPU's hartid in its tp register, for cpuid().
w_tp(id);