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That's my mega-commit you've all been waiting for. The code for the shell share more routines with userspace apps than with kernel units, because, well, its behavior is that of a userspace app, not a device driver. This created a weird situation with libraries and jump tables. Some routine belonging to the `kernel/` directory felt weird there. And then comes `apps/basic`, which will likely share even more code with the shell. I was seeing myself creating huge jump tables to reuse code from the shell. It didn't feel right. Moreover, we'll probably want basic-like apps to optionnally replace the shell. So here I am with this huge change in the project structure. I didn't test all recipes on hardware yet, I will do later. I might have broken some... But now, the structure feels better and the line between what belongs to `kernel` and what belongs to `apps` feels clearer. |
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zasm and ed from ROM
SMS' RAM is much tighter than in the RC2014, which makes the idea of loading apps like zasm and ed in memory before using it a bit wasteful. In this recipe, we'll include zasm and ed code directly in the kernel and expose them as shell commands.
Moreover, we'll carve ourselves a little 1K memory map to put a filesystem in there. This will give us a nice little system that can edit small source files compile them and run them.
Gathering parts
- A SMS that can run Collapse OS.
- A PS/2 keyboard adapter
Build
There's nothing special with building this recipe. Like the base recipe, run
make then copy os.sms to your destination medium.
If you look at the makefile, however, you'll see that we use a new trick here: we embed "apps" binaries directly in our ROM so that we don't have to load them in memory.
Usage
Alright, here's what we'll do: we'll author a source file, assemble it and run it, all on your SMS! Commands:
Collapse OS
> fnew 1 src
> ed src
: 1i
.org 0xc200
: 1a
ld hl, sFoo
: 2a
call 0x3f
: 3a
xor a
: 4a
ret
: 5a
sFoo: .db "foo", 0
: w
> fnew 1 dest
> fopn 0 src
> fopn 1 dest
> zasm 1 2
First pass
Second pass
> dest
foo>
Awesome right? Some precisions:
- Our glue code specifies a
USER_RAMSTARTof0xc200. This is wheredestis loaded by thepgmshell hook. 0x3fis the offset ofprintstrin the jump table of our glue code.xor ais for the command to report as successful to the shell.