42-archive/kernel-rs/README.md

Kernel from scratch (KFS) series of projects at Ecole 42 !

documentation

dependencies

• nasm compiles the bootcode
• ld links the bootcode and rust binary
• grub-mkrescue builds the iso
• xargo builds rust code
• qemu runs the iso

See .travis.yml to get an ubuntu environment ready
on archlinux pacman -S rustup make grub xorriso mtools binutils gcc qemu

rust setup

rustup override add nightly
rustup component add rust-src
cargo install xargo

running

make iso generate the iso make qemu runs the OS in a tmux window with qemu + gdb

todo

• remove assembly for a pure rust entry point
• replace grub with something lighter

inspiration

• wiki.osdev.org is a fucking goldmine
• Phil Opperman's "Writing an OS in rust"
• Redox kernel