mtribiere/PoulpyOS

A toy OS for learning

Description

A completely custom OS written from scratch, no Linux, no Windows, no nothing.
The bootloader is in assembly, and the Kernel written in C.

Testing the OS

user@debian:~$ sudo apt update
user@debian:~$ sudo apt install qemu qemu-system-x86
user@debian:~$ make run

Compiling for dev

user@debian:~$ make debug

Todo List

• Custom bootloader
• Booting to 16 bits mode
• Booting to 32 bits mode
• Loading kernel and basic drivers
• Avoid pulling on input buffer driver
• Basic Shell
• Secret command
• Window manager
• Better timing for the clock based
• Support exporting to ISO file
• Make sure the PC doesn't blow up
• Test on real hardware

Resources and useful links

• https://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Page
• https://github.com/cfenollosa/os-tutorial
• http://www.osdever.net/FreeVGA/vga/crtcreg.htm
• https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~exr/lectures/opsys/10_11/lectures/os-dev.pdf ( <- Best one )

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