Changeset 573 for libcaca/trunk/kernel/kernel.cTweet

Timestamp:

Mar 9, 2006, 4:35:00 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Sam Hocevar

Message:

• Added assembly code for inb() and outb().
• Print a small message at kernel boot time just to check that the kernel was properly loaded.

File:

• libcaca/trunk/kernel/kernel.c (modified) (1 diff)

libcaca/trunk/kernel/kernel.c

@@ -30 +30 @@
 void cmain(unsigned long int magic, unsigned long int addr)
 {
+    static char const text[] = "Booting libcaca kernel...";
+    char const *ptr = text;
+    char *video = (char*)0xB8000;
+
     char *argv[] = { NULL };
     int argc = 0;
+
+    /* Print a text message to say hello */
+    while(*ptr)
+        *video = *ptr++; video += 2;
+
+    /* Launch the main program */
     main(argc, argv);
 }