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@@ -24,18 +24,17 @@ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. + Usage ----- -Attach the FoolOS.img (found in the ./release directory) floppy image in your -favourite emulator and boot or create a bootable USB stick by copying the raw -data in the following way: +Attach the FoolOS.img or FoolOS.vdi image in your favourite emulator and +boot or create a bootable USB stick by copying the raw data in the +following way: -$ cat ./release/FloppyOS.img > /dev/sdX +$ cat FoolOS.img > /dev/sdX -This image is not updated on every commit, so it might be out of date. -You can build it yourself by running "make" in the projects -directory. You might need some dependencies (as newlib) however. +You will require some dependencies (as newlib) in order to build. Supported Platforms @@ -66,8 +65,8 @@ Some might be disabled temporarily due to conflicts or regressions. * ACPI / MP * Floppy disk driver * PS2 Mouse driver -* Keyboard driver (redesign!) -* VESA +* Keyboard driver +* VESA Support * Spinlocks * Simple Shell * Simple Ext2 driver (read-only) @@ -76,19 +75,14 @@ Todos ----- * set up os-specific toolchain! -* set dependancies in the makefile properly! +* use linker script! +* ELF binaries (also kernel itself) -* User space -* ELF binaries -* reenable virtual memory! -* reenable SMP and MULTITASKING! -* implement more syscalls: fork, execv +* Real User space +* implement more syscalls: fork, etc. * E1000 driver * Networking stack -* copy files over network! read/write - -* window manager * 64-bit * ARM @@ -96,21 +90,20 @@ Todos * USB driver * Higher half kernel * Web-server -* Port coreutils, gcc? +* Port coreutils, gcc, .. Issues ------ * Turning on some gcc optimizations breaks the kernel * Assumed support for VESA mode 0x114 with linear addressing. -* Control of stack heap growth? +* Control of bss size!? * Protect ringbuffer in syscall: disable interrupts on local cpu before spinlocking Organization ------------ -* release/ - latest release (usually out of date) * screenshots/ - latest screenshot * userspace/ - userspace related code @@ -121,6 +114,7 @@ Organization * asm/ - kernel assembler code * kernel/ - kernel source + * lib/ - some helper sources and includes * fs/ - file system related source * video/ - screen output (VESA and text) @@ -130,7 +124,6 @@ Organization * bochs/ -Bochs config files - REFERENCES ========== @@ -143,3 +136,4 @@ REFERENCES * http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10944 * http://wiki.osdev.org/Virtual_8086_Mode * http://wiki.xomb.org/index.php?title=ACPI_Tables +* and many many more... |