MM: add modules for memory management

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diff --git a/src/arch/x86_64/mem.rs b/src/arch/x86_64/mem.rs
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+// to detect available memory to initialize PMA
+// https://wiki.osdev.org/Detecting_Memory_(x86)
+use core::arch::asm;
+use crate::io::*;
+
+extern "C" {
+	fn do_e820(start: usize) -> u32;
+}
+
+// Getting an E820 Memory Map -- osdev wiki
+pub fn prob_mem_bios(){
+	unsafe {
+		let res = do_e820(0x8000);
+		println!("res is {}", res)
+	}
+}