Disk reading partly done

function

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.swp
-disk-images/*
+disk_images/*
+tmp-loop/*

Makefile

@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ DATA_DIR=data
 # CD image
 cdrom: $(BUILD_DIR)/crawos.iso
 $(BUILD_DIR)/crawos.iso: floppy_image
+	mkdir -p disk_images
 	mkisofs -quiet -V 'CRAWOS' -input-charset iso8859-1 -o disk_images/crawos.iso -b crawos.img disk_images/
+	chmod 755 disk_images/*
+	chgrp users disk_images/*
 
 # Floppy image
 # Fat12
 floppy_image: $(BUILD_DIR)/crawos.img
 $(BUILD_DIR)/crawos.img: bootloader kernel
+	mkdir -p disk_images
 	dd if=/dev/zero of=$(BUILD_DIR)/crawos.img bs=512 count=2880 # Use dd to make a disk image
 	mkfs.fat -F 12 -n "CRAWOS" $(BUILD_DIR)/crawos.img # Format the disk image with fat12
 	dd if=$(BUILD_DIR)/boot.bin of=$(BUILD_DIR)/crawos.img conv=notrunc # Put boot.bin inside the disk image
@@ -23,13 +27,15 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/crawos.img: bootloader kernel
 # Bootloader
 bootloader: $(BUILD_DIR)/boot.bin
 $(BUILD_DIR)/boot.bin:
+	mkdir -p disk_images
 	$(ASM) $(SRC_DIR)/bootload/boot.asm -f bin -o $ $(BUILD_DIR)/boot.bin
 
 # Kernel
 kernel: $(BUILD_DIR)/kernel.bin
 $(BUILD_DIR)/kernel.bin:
+	mkdir -p disk_images
 	$(ASM) $(SRC_DIR)/kernel/kernel.asm -f bin -o $ $(BUILD_DIR)/kernel.bin
 
 # Clean
 clean:
-	rm -f disk-images/*
+	rm -f disk_images/*

source/bootload/boot.asm

@@ -5,27 +5,27 @@ jmp short main
 nop
 
 ; Define Fat12 header
-bdb_oem:                    db 'MSWIN4.1'
+bdb_oem:                    db 'MSWIN4.1' ; ignore
-bdb_bytes_per_sector:       dw 512
+bdb_bytes_per_sector:       dw 200h ; = 512d
-bdb_sectors_per_cluster:    db 1
+bdb_sectors_per_cluster:    db 01h ; sector = cluster
-bdb_reserved_sectors:       dw 1
+bdb_reserved_sectors:       dw 01h
-bdb_fat_count:              db 2
+bdb_fat_count:              db 02h  ; We've got a fat1 and fat2
-bdb_dir_entries_count:      dw 0E0h
+bdb_dir_entries_count:      dw 0E0h ; Maximum number of root directory entries
-bdb_total_sectors:          dw 2880
+bdb_total_sectors:          dw 0B40h ; = 2880d
-bdb_media_descriptor_type:  db 0F0h
+bdb_media_descriptor_type:  db 0F0h ; ignore
-bdb_sectors_per_fat:        dw 9
+bdb_sectors_per_fat:        dw 09h
-bdb_sectors_per_track:      dw 18
+bdb_sectors_per_track:      dw 12h ; = 18d
-bdb_heads:                  dw 2
+bdb_number_of_heads:        dw 02h ; top and bottom of the floppy disk
-bdb_hidden_sectors:         dd 0
+bdb_hidden_sectors:         dd 0 ; ignore
-bdb_large_sector_count:     dd 0
+bdb_large_sector_count:     dd 0 ; total sector count for fat32 (0 for fat12 or fat16)
 
 ; extended boot record
-ebr_drive_number:           db 0
+ebr_drive_number:           db 0 ; ignore
-                            db 0
+                            db 0 ; ignore
-ebr_signature:              db 29h
+ebr_signature:              db 29h ; boot signature, indicates that the next three fields are present (0x29)
-ebr_volume_id:              db 12h, 34h, 56h, 78h
+ebr_volume_id:              db 12h, 34h, 56h, 78h ; unique id for volume tracking
-ebr_volume_label:           db 'CrawShaw OS'
+ebr_volume_label:           db 'CrawShaw OS' ; must be 11 bytes
-ebr_system_id:              db 'FAT12   '
+ebr_system_id:              db 'FAT12   ' ; must be 8 bytes
 
 main:
    ; Setup registers
@@ -54,46 +54,54 @@ main:
    ; root dir: gives location of data
    ; data: stores the actual data
 
-   ; Get LBA of root dir
+   ; Get LBA of root dir (sectors per fat * fat count) + number of reserved sectors
-   mov ax, [bdb_sectors_per_fat]
+   mov ax, [bdb_sectors_per_fat] ; ax = 09h 
-   mov bl, [bdb_fat_count]
+   mov bl, [bdb_fat_count] ; bl = 02h
    xor bh,bh ; clear bh
-   mul bx ; 9 * 2 = 18
+   mul bx ; ax*bx = sectors per fat * fat count = 09h * 02h = 18
-   add ax, [bdb_reserved_sectors] ; The LBA of root dir
+   add ax, [bdb_reserved_sectors] ; then add on the reserved sector (1) = The LBA of root dir = 19d = 13h
    push ax ; Push to stack
+   ; the top of the ax stack now stores the LBA of the root directory
 
-   mov ax, [bdb_dir_entries_count]
+   ; determine the size of the root directory
+   mov ax, [bdb_dir_entries_count] ; move the number of root directory entries into ax (E0h)
    shl ax,5 ; ax *= 32 (shifting 5 times) 
-   xor dx,dx ; Clear dx
+   xor dx,dx ; Clear dx (remainder)
-   div word [bdb_bytes_per_sector] ;32*num of entries)/bytes per sector
+   div word [bdb_bytes_per_sector] ;(32*num of entries)/bytes per sector = total number of sectors we need to read
    test dx,dx ; See if there's a remainder
    jz root_dir_after
-   inc ax ; Add one if there's a remainder
+   inc ax ; Add one if there's a remainder (this is like rounding up)
 
+; read the root directory tree into memory
 root_dir_after:
+   ; read the data from the root directory from disk
    mov cl, al
    pop ax ; LBA of root dir
    mov dl, [ebr_drive_number]
    mov bx, buffer
-   call disk_read
+   call disk_read ; convert the LBA of the root directory to a CHS
 
    xor bx,bx ; clear bx
-   mov di, buffer ; Loaded root dir into memory
+   mov di, buffer ; Loaded root dir into memory, now we need to find the kernel
+   ; di points to the start of this memory
 
+; Search for 'KERNEL  BIN' in a loop until all root files entries have been checked
 search_for_kernel:
-   mov si, file_kernel_bin ; Move the name of the kernel into si
+   mov si, file_kernel_bin ; Move the name of the kernel into si (string pointer)
-   mov cx, 11
+   mov cx, 11 ; length of 'KERNEL  BIN'
    push di ; Preserve di
    repe cmpsb ; Repeat a comparison of bytes between kernel name and current bytes until it finds a match
    pop di ; Retrieve di
    je found_kernel
 
-   add di, 32 ; Next directory entry
+   add di, 32 ; increment di to the next directory entry
    inc bx
    cmp bx, [bdb_dir_entries_count] ; Have we reached the number of directories that exist
    jl search_for_kernel ; Repeat search
 
    jmp kernel_not_found ; If the last dir has been searched, then there is no kernel
+
+; The kernel has not been found so output an error and halt
 kernel_not_found:
    mov si, kernel_load_error
    call print_string
@@ -101,13 +109,15 @@ kernel_not_found:
    hlt
    jmp halt
 
+; The kernel has been found
 found_kernel:
    mov si, kernel_found_text
    call print_string
    ; Find kernel cluster
-   mov ax, [di+26]
+   mov ax, [di+26] ; di is the address of the kernel, 26 is the offset
    mov [kernel_cluster], ax
 
+   ; Setup registers for disk read
    mov ax, [bdb_reserved_sectors]
    mov bx, buffer
    mov cl, [bdb_sectors_per_fat]
@@ -160,6 +170,8 @@ next_cluster_after:
    jmp load_kernel_loop
 
 read_finish: ; Load kernel
+   mov si, kernel_loading
+   call print_string
    mov dl, [ebr_drive_number]
    mov ax, kernel_load_segment
    mov ds, ax
@@ -174,10 +186,35 @@ halt:
 
 ; LBA = index of data segment on disk
 ; CHS = cylinder, header, sector
+; T = LBA/sectors per track
+; S = (LBA%sectors per track) + 1
+; H = T % heads
+; C = T / headers
 ; input, LBA index: ax
-; sector number: cx [0-5]
+; sector number: cl
-; cylinder: cx [6-15]
+; cylinder: ch
 ; head: dh
+; Example where LBA = 50h (CHS = 2,0,9)
+; ax = 0050h, push this to the stack
+; dx = 0000h
+; dx = 50h % 12h = 0008h
+; ax = 50h / 12h = 0004h
+; dx = 0009h
+; cx = 0009h
+; dx = 0000h
+; dx = 04h % 02h = 0000h
+; ax = 04h / 02h = 0002h
+; dh = 00h (dx = 0000h)
+; ch = 02h (cx = 0209h)
+; ah = 00h (ax = 0002h)
+; cl = 09h OR 00h = 09h (cx = 0209h)
+; ax = 0050h
+; dl = 50h (dx = 0050h)
+; ax = 0050h
+; thus:
+; cylinder (ch) = 02h
+; head (cl) = 00h
+; sector (dh) = 09h
 lba_to_chs:
     push ax
     push dx
@@ -188,19 +225,26 @@ lba_to_chs:
     mov cx,dx
 
     xor dx,dx ; clear dx
-    div word [bdb_heads]
+    div word [bdb_number_of_heads]
+    mov dh,dl ; head, dx stores remainder so we move that up 8 bits to dh
 
-    mov dh,dl ; head
     mov ch,al
-    shl ah, 6
+    shl ah, 6   ; * 32
-    or CL, AH   ; cylinder
+    or cl, ah   ; cylinder
 
     pop ax
     mov dl,al
     pop ax
 
-    RET
+    ret
 
+; int 13h/ah = 02h read disk sectors into memory
+; al = number of sectors to read
+; ch = cylinder number
+; cl = sector number
+; dh = head number
+; dl = drive number
+; es:bx = points to data buffer
 disk_read:
    push ax
    push bx
@@ -209,22 +253,32 @@ disk_read:
    push di
 
 
-   call lba_to_chs
+   ; cl = sector
+   ; ch = cylinder
+   ; dh = head
+   ; dl = drive
+   call lba_to_chs  ; Get the chs address
 
-   mov ah, 02h
+   mov ah, 02h  ; BIOS ah code for read disk sectors to memory
 
    ; repeat drive read 3 times (incase of random error)
    mov di, 3 ; counter
 
+; This is basically
+; for di in range(3,1,1):
+; We test to see if we can read the disk 3 times
 retry:
-   stc
+   ; When the disk is tried to be read, the CF flag will be
+   ; set if there's an error, so we just clear it to return it to
+   ; the default state
+   stc ; sets the cf flag
    int 13h
-   jnc done_read
+   jnc done_read ; jump if cf = 0
 
    call disk_reset ; Reset drivers of disk
 
-   dec di
+   dec di       ; di -= 1
-   test di, di
+   test di, di   ; if di = 0
    jnz retry
 
 fail_disk_read:
@@ -233,6 +287,7 @@ fail_disk_read:
    hlt
    jmp halt
 
+; int 13h / ah = 00h reset disk system
 disk_reset:
    pusha
    mov ah, 0 ; Reset drive
@@ -280,14 +335,15 @@ print_string:
 	  pop si
 	  ret
 
-boot_text: db '[OK] Boot sequence begun...', 0
+boot_text: db 'OK] Boot begun', 0
-kernel_found_text: db '[OK] Kernel located...', 0
+kernel_found_text: db 'OK] Kernel located', 0
-disk_read_fail: db '[ERR] Failed to read disk!', 0
+kernel_loading: db 'OK] Loading kernel', 0
+disk_read_fail: db 'ERR] Disk read fail', 0
 file_kernel_bin: db 'KERNEL  BIN' ; Must have a double space between KERNEL and BIN
-kernel_load_error: db '[ERR] Kernel not found!', 0
+kernel_load_error: db 'ERR] Kernel not found', 0
 
 kernel_cluster: dw 0
-kernel_load_segment: equ 2000h
+kernel_load_segment: equ 2000h ; an area in memory we know should be available
 kernel_load_offset: equ 0
 
 

source/kernel/features/cli.asm

@@ -17,42 +17,48 @@ os_start_cli:
 
 os_read_cli:
 	pusha
+	mov si, user_input
+	call os_upper_case ; Make the input uppercase so it's case insensitive
 
 .output_the_user_input:
 	call os_print_newline
 
 .check_matches:			; Check if the user input matches any internal commands
+	; Help
 	mov si, user_input
 	mov di, help_string
 	call os_compare_strings
 	cmp cl, 1
 	je help
 
+	; Clear screen
 	mov si, user_input
 	mov di, clear_string
 	call os_compare_strings
 	cmp cl, 1
 	je clear
 
+	; Reboot
+	mov si, user_input
+	mov di, reboot_string
+	call os_compare_strings
+	cmp cl, 1
+	je power_reboot
+	
+	; Pong
 	mov si, user_input
 	mov di, pong_string
 	call os_compare_strings
 	cmp cl, 1
 	je pong
 
-	mov si, user_input
-	mov di, snake_string
-	call os_compare_strings
-	cmp cl, 1
-	je snake
-
 	jmp .unkown
 
 .unkown:
 	mov si, unknown_command
 	call os_print_string
 	mov si, user_input
-	call os_print_string_nl
+	call os_print_string
 	jmp .finish
 
 .finish:
@@ -65,26 +71,23 @@ clear:
 
 help:
 	mov si, help_text
-	call os_print_string_nl
+	call os_print_string
 	call os_read_cli.finish
 
 pong:
 	call game_pong
 	call os_read_cli.finish
 
-snake:
-   call game_snake
-   call os_read_cli.finish
-
 section .data
-    welcome_text db 'Welcome to CrawOS, the Cool, Real and AWsome Operating System', 0
+    welcome_text db 'Welcome to CrawOS, the Cwick, Real and AWsome Operating System\n', 0
 	user_input times 20 db 0
 	prompt_length db 20
 	prompt db 'CrawOS sh> ', 0
 	help_string db 'HELP', 0
 	clear_string db 'CLEAR', 0
+	reboot_string db 'REBOOT', 0
+	cat_string db 'CAT', 0
 	pong_string db 'PONG', 0
-	snake_string db 'SNAKE', 0
+	help_text db 'This is for Cowards:\n"HELP" for this helpful text,\n"CLEAR" to clear the screen,\n"REBOOT" or esc to reboot\n', 0
-	help_text db 'This is for Cowards: "HELP" for this help text, "CLEAR" to clear the screen, esc to reboot', 0
 	command_result_text db 'You typed: ', 0
-	unknown_command db 'Error: Unkown Command.. ', 0
+	unknown_command db 'Error: Unkown Command.. \n', 0

source/kernel/features/disk.asm

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+; Reset the disk system using int 13h / AH = 00h
+disk_reset:
+   pusha
+   stc
+   mov ah, 00h
+   int 13h
+   popa
+   ret
+
+; ------------------------------------
+
+; Load the root directory into memory (into disk_buffer which is 24000h)
+disk_load_root:
+   pusha
+   mov ax, 19 ; First sector of root entry
+   call math_lba_to_chs ; Assigns ch, cl and dh the correct values
+   xor ax,ax
+   mov dl, [ebr_drive_number]  ; Drive number
+   mov ah, 02h  ; BIOS ah code for read disk sectors to memory
+   mov al, 0Ch  ; Root directory has 12 sectors
+
+   mov si, root_buffer		; ES:BX should point to our buffer
+   mov bx, si
+
+   ; repeat drive read 3 times (incase of random error)
+   mov di, 3 ; counter
+   ; This is basically
+   ; for di in range(3,1,1):
+   ; We test to see if we can read the disk 3 times
+.try_read_disk: ; Try read the floppy three times
+   ; When the disk is tried to be read, the CF flag will be
+   ; set if there's an error, so we just clear it to return it to
+   ; the default state
+   stc ; sets the cf flag
+   int 13h
+   jnc .done_read ; jump if cf = 0
+
+   call disk_reset ; Reset drivers of disk
+
+   dec di       ; di -= 1
+   test di, di   ; if di = 0
+   jnz .try_read_disk
+   jmp .disk_error
+.disk_error:
+   mov si, disk_read_fail
+   call os_print_string
+   popa
+   ret
+.done_read:
+   popa
+   ret
+
+; ---------------------------------------------
+
+; Reads a certain number of sectors into memory
+; int 13h/ah = 02h read disk sectors into memory
+; al = number of sectors to read
+; ch = cylinder number
+; cl = sector number
+; dh = head number
+; dl = drive number
+; es:bx = points to data buffer
+disk_read:
+   push ax
+   push bx
+   push cx
+   push dx
+   push di
+
+
+   ; cl = sector
+   ; ch = cylinder
+   ; dh = head
+   ; dl = drive
+   call math_lba_to_chs  ; Get the chs address
+
+   mov ah, 02h  ; BIOS ah code for read disk sectors to memory
+
+   ; repeat drive read 3 times (incase of random error)
+   mov di, 3 ; counter
+
+; This is basically
+; for di in range(3,1,1):
+; We test to see if we can read the disk 3 times
+.retry:
+   ; When the disk is tried to be read, the CF flag will be
+   ; set if there's an error, so we just clear it to return it to
+   ; the default state
+   stc ; sets the cf flag
+   int 13h
+   jnc .done_read ; jump if cf = 0
+
+   call .disk_reset ; Reset drivers of disk
+
+   dec di       ; di -= 1
+   test di, di   ; if di = 0
+   jnz .retry
+
+.fail_disk_read:
+   pop di
+   pop dx
+   pop cx
+   pop bx
+   pop ax
+   ret
+
+; int 13h / ah = 00h reset disk system
+.disk_reset:
+   pusha
+   mov ah, 0 ; Reset drive
+   stc
+   int 13h
+   jc .fail_disk_read
+   popa
+   ret
+
+.done_read:
+   pop di
+   pop dx
+   pop cx
+   pop bx
+   pop ax
+   ret
+
+; -------------------------------------
+
+disk_load_file:
+   pusha
+   mov di, fat12_file_name
+   call os_format_fat_filename
+
+   ; Prepare values
+   mov si, root_buffer
+   xor bx,bx
+.search_root:
+   mov di, fat12_file_name ; Move the name of the kernel into di
+   mov cx, 11 ; length of 'KERNEL  BIN'
+   push si ; Preserve si
+   repe cmpsb ; Repeat a comparison of bytes between file name and current bytes until it finds a match
+   pop si ; Retrieve si
+   je .found_file
+
+   add si, 32 ; increment di to the next directory entry
+   inc bx
+   cmp bx, [bdb_dir_entries_count] ; Have we reached the number of directories that exist
+   jl .search_root ; Repeat search
+
+   jmp .file_not_found ; If the last dir has been searched, then there is no kernel
+.found_file:
+   mov ax, [si+26]   ; ax is now a pointer to the pointer to the file relative to the data segments :D
+   add ax, 20h
+   mov [file_cluster], ax
+   ; Setup registers for disk read
+   mov bx, data_buffer
+   mov dl, [ebr_drive_number]
+
+   call disk_read ; Load file from disk into memory
+   jmp .done
+.file_not_found:
+   mov si, file_not_found
+   call os_print_string
+   jmp .done
+.done:
+   popa
+   ret
+
+
+
+section .data:
+   disk_read_fail: db 'Error: Could not read disk\n', 0
+   file_not_found: db 'File not found\n', 0
+   file_found: db 'File found\n', 0
+   loading_root: db 'Loading root diretory\n', 0
+   file_cluster: dw 0
+   fat12_file_name: db '           '

source/kernel/features/keyboard.asm

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ os_display_input:
 	jmp .check_key_pressed
 
 .esc_key:
-	call os_reboot
+	call power_reboot
 
 .enter_key:
 	mov al, 0

source/kernel/features/math.asm

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+; LBA = index of data segment on disk
+; CHS = cylinder, header, sector
+; T = LBA/sectors per track
+; S = (LBA%sectors per track) + 1
+; H = T % heads
+; C = T / headers
+; input, LBA index: ax
+; ouput:
+; sector number: cl
+; cylinder: ch
+; head: dh
+; Example where LBA = 50h (CHS = 2,0,9)
+; ax = 0050h, push this to the stack
+; dx = 0000h
+; dx = 50h % 12h = 0008h
+; ax = 50h / 12h = 0004h
+; dx = 0009h
+; cx = 0009h
+; dx = 0000h
+; dx = 04h % 02h = 0000h
+; ax = 04h / 02h = 0002h
+; dh = 00h (dx = 0000h)
+; ch = 02h (cx = 0209h)
+; ah = 00h (ax = 0002h)
+; cl = 09h OR 00h = 09h (cx = 0209h)
+; ax = 0050h
+; dl = 50h (dx = 0050h)
+; ax = 0050h
+; thus:
+; cylinder (ch) = 02h
+; head (cl) = 00h
+; sector (dh) = 09h
+math_lba_to_chs:
+    push ax
+    push dx
+
+    xor dx,dx ; clear dx
+    div word [bdb_sectors_per_track] ; (LBA % sectors per track) + 1 = sector
+    inc dx  ; sector, dx stores the remainder so we increment that.
+    mov cx,dx
+
+    xor dx,dx ; clear dx
+    div word [bdb_number_of_heads]
+    mov dh,dl ; head, dx stores remainder so we move that up 8 bits to dh
+
+    mov ch,al
+    shl ah, 6   ; * 32
+    or cl, ah   ; cylinder
+
+    pop ax
+    mov dl,al
+    pop ax
+
+    ret

source/kernel/features/power.asm

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-os_reboot:
+power_reboot:
    	mov ax, 0x5307
    	mov bx, 0x0001
    	mov cx, 0x0003
    	int 0x19
 
+; Not done
+power_shutdown:
+   ret

source/kernel/features/strings.asm

@@ -6,21 +6,125 @@
 ; memory address 2: |s|n|a|k|e|0|     
 ;                    ^
 ;                   SI => lodsb loads value stored at SI to AX and then increments SI if DF is 0
+; Additionaly, if the di string ends and the relevant character in si contains a space, it will still return
+; the strings as being equal, this is to allow for command line arquments
 os_compare_strings:	
 	cld
 
 .compare:
+    mov al, 0
+    scasb
+    je .di_ended
+    dec di
 	lodsb
 	scasb			; Compare di to si
-	jne .unequal		; If they are no equal, jump to .unequal
+	jne .unequal		; If they are not equal, jump to .unequal
-	cmp al, 0		; Check if string is finished
-	je .equal		; If it has, return true
 	jmp .compare		; Finally, repeat
 
 .unequal:
 	mov cl, 0		; Change to 0 if unquality is proven
 	ret
-
+.di_ended:
+   lodsb
+   cmp al, 20h ; 20h = space
+   je .equal
+   cmp al, 0
+   je .equal
+   jmp .unequal
 .equal:
 	mov cl, 1
 	ret
+
+; Get the length of a string
+; 'hello world', 0 is 11 characters long (excluding the terminator)
+; input: si points to the string to be counted
+; output: cl holds the length
+os_string_length:
+   push si
+   xor cl,cl ; Clear the al register
+.loop:
+   lodsb
+   cmp al, 0
+   je .finish
+   inc cl
+   jmp .loop
+.finish:
+   pop si
+   ret
+
+; convert a string to fat's filename format
+; It will be capitalised and 11 characters long,
+; 8 for the filename, 3 for the extension
+; eg: 'file.txt' -> 'FILE    TXT'
+; input: si points to filename, di points to a free 11 bytes in memory
+; output: di points to the fat formatted filename
+os_format_fat_filename:
+   pusha
+   call os_upper_case
+   call os_string_length ; Stores the length of the string in cl
+   mov bl, 11
+   sub bl, cl ; 11 - string_length
+   .character_loop:
+	  lodsb
+	  cmp al, 0
+	  je .finish
+	  cmp al, 2Eh ; 2Eh
+	  je .add_spaces ; This will end up back at .character_loop
+	  stosb
+	  jmp .character_loop
+
+   .add_spaces: ; Add the number of spaces as bl holds
+	  mov al, ' ' ; 20h = space
+	  .spaces_loop:
+		 stosb
+		 cmp bl, 0
+		 je .character_loop
+		 dec bl
+		 jmp .spaces_loop
+   .finish:
+	  popa
+	  ret
+
+; Convert a string to all upper/lower case
+; INPUT: si pointing to a string
+; OUPUT: the same string in memory will now be capitalised/decapitalised
+os_upper_case: ; to upper case
+    pusha
+    mov di, si
+.loop:
+    lodsb ; Load the character into al
+    inc di
+    cmp al, 0
+    je .finish ; If it's null then the string is finished
+    cmp al, 7Ah ; 7Ah = 'z'
+    jns .loop ; Ignore if it's more than 'z'
+    cmp al, 61h ; 61h = 'a'
+    js .loop ; Ignore if it's less than 'a'
+    sub al, 20h ; Otherwise subtract 20h to capitalise it
+    dec di
+    stosb ; Store the new value
+    jmp .loop ; Next character
+.finish:
+    popa
+    ret
+
+os_lower_case: ; to lower case
+    pusha
+    mov di, si
+.loop:
+    lodsb ; Load the character into al
+    inc di
+    cmp al, 0
+    je .finish ; If it's null then the string is finished
+    cmp al, 5Ah ; 5Ah = 'Z'
+    jns .loop ; Ignore if it's more than 'Z'
+    cmp al, 41h ; 41h = 'A'
+    js .loop ; Ignore if it's less than 'A'
+    add al, 20h ; Otherwise subtract 20h to capitalise it
+    dec di
+    stosb ; Store the new value
+    jmp .loop ; Next character
+.finish:
+    popa
+    ret
+

source/kernel/features/text.asm

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ; SI = pointer to start of string to be printed
+; \n for newline
+; \t for tab
+; \\ for a single backslash
 os_print_string:
 	pusha
 
@@ -8,34 +11,68 @@ os_print_string:
 	lodsb				; Get char from si into al
 	cmp al, 0			; Compare al to 0
 	je .done			; If char is zero, end of string
+	cmp al, 5Ch			; backslash
+	je .backslash
 
 	int 10h				; Otherwise, print it
 	jmp .repeat			; And move on to next char
 
+   .backslash: ; If there is a '\', do what it says, \n for newline, \t for tab etc
+	  lodsb
+	  dec si
+	  cmp al, 6Eh		; 'n'
+	  je .newline
+	  cmp al, 74h	; \t
+	  je .tab
+	  cmp al, 5Ch ; '\'
+	  je .another_backslash
+	  jmp .repeat
+   .newline:
+	  mov al, 0Ah ; new line
+	  int 10h
+	  mov al, 0Dh ; carriage return
+	  int 10h
+	  jmp .finish_backslash
+   .tab:
+	  mov al, 09h	; tab
+	  int 10h
+	  jmp .finish_backslash
+   .another_backslash: ; This just prints 1 backslash
+	  mov al, 5Ch
+	  int 10h
+	  jmp .finish_backslash
+   .finish_backslash:
+	  inc si
+	  jmp .repeat
 .done:
 	popa
 	ret
 
-; Exact same as the above procedure, but this adds a newline 
+; This is similar to the previous, however it prints
-; after priting, similar to the difference between Rust's print! and println!
+; raw output (including null) and prints the number
-os_print_string_nl:				
+; of character defined by ax
+; IN:
+; SI = pointer to start of string to be printed
+; AX = Length of string to print
+text_raw_output:
 	pusha
 
+	mov di, ax
+
 	mov ah, 0Eh			; int 10h teletype function, we're telling the BIOS we will print something
 
 .repeat:
 	lodsb				; Get char from si into al
-	cmp al, 0			; Compare al to 0
-	je .done			; If char is zero, end of string
-
 	int 10h				; Otherwise, print it
-	jmp .repeat			; And move on to next char
+	dec di
-
+	cmp di, 00h
+	je .done
+	jne .repeat
 .done:
-	call os_print_newline
 	popa
 	ret
 
+
 ; --------------------------------------------
 
 os_print_newline:

source/kernel/games/pong.asm

@@ -48,24 +48,24 @@ game_pong:
    mov dx, [p1_y]
    sub dx, 5
    mov [p1_y], dx
-   jmp .detect_input
+   ret
 .p1_down:
    mov dx, [p1_y]
    add dx, 5
    mov [p1_y], dx
-   jmp .detect_input
+   ret
 
 ; Player 2 movements
 .p2_up:
    mov dx, [p2_y]
    sub dx, 5
    mov [p2_y], dx
-   jmp .detect_input
+   ret
 .p2_down:
    mov dx, [p2_y]
    add dx, 5
    mov [p2_y], dx
-   jmp .detect_input
+   ret
 
 ; Ball bouncing
 ; This should move the ball along one frame
@@ -97,17 +97,17 @@ game_pong:
 
    ; Player 1
    cmp al, 77h       ; Pressed 'w' (player 1 up)
-   je .p1_up
+   call .p1_up
    cmp al, 73h       ; Pressed 's' (player 1 down)
-   je .p1_down
+   call .p1_down
 
    ; Player 2
    cmp al, 5bh       ; Pressed '[' (player 2 up)
-   je .p2_up
+   call .p2_up
    cmp al, 27h       ; Pressed ''' (player 2 down)
-   je .p2_down
+   call .p2_down
 
-   call .bounce_ball
+   ;call .bounce_ball
    call .draw_screen
 
    jmp .detect_input

source/kernel/games/snake.asm

@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-game_snake:
-   call .draw_screen
-   call .detect_input
-
-.draw_screen:
-   call os_set_graphics_mode ; Clear screen
-.draw_snake_loop:
-   mov ax, [snake_x]
-   mov [x_start], ax
-   mov [x_end], ax
-
-   mov bx, [snake_y]
-   mov [y_start], bx
-   mov [y_end], bx
-
-   call os_draw_graphical_rectangle
-   ret
-
-; Player 1 movements
-.up:
-   mov dword [snake_direction], 0
-   jmp .end_detect_input
-.down:
-   mov dword [snake_direction], 2
-   jmp .end_detect_input
-.left:
-   mov dword [snake_direction], 3
-   jmp .end_detect_input
-.right:
-   mov dword [snake_direction], 1
-   jmp .end_detect_input
-
-.move_up:
-   mov dx, [snake_y]
-   sub dx, 1
-   mov [snake_y], dx
-   ret
-.move_down:
-   mov dx, [snake_y]
-   add dx, 1
-   mov [snake_y], dx
-   ret
-.move_left:
-   mov dx, [snake_x]
-   sub dx, 1
-   mov [snake_x], dx
-   ret
-.move_right:
-   mov dx, [snake_x]
-   add dx, 1
-   mov [snake_x], dx
-   ret
-
-.move_snake:
-   cmp dword [snake_direction], 0
-   je .move_up
-   cmp dword [snake_direction], 1
-   je .move_right
-   cmp dword [snake_direction], 2
-   je .move_down
-   ; Else it must be left
-   jmp .move_left
-
-
-.detect_input:
-   call os_read_input
-   cmp al, 08h
-   je .finish
-
-   ; Player 1
-   cmp al, 77h       ; Pressed 'w' up
-   je .up
-   cmp al, 61h       ; Pressed 'a' left
-   je .left
-   cmp al, 73h       ; Pressed 's' down
-   je .down
-   cmp al, 64h       ; Pressed 'd' right
-   je .right
-.end_detect_input:
-   call .move_snake
-   call .draw_screen
-
-   jmp .detect_input
-
-.finish:
-   call os_set_text_mode
-   call os_start_cli
-
-
-section .data:
-   snake_x: dw 5
-   snake_y: dw 5
-   snake_direction: dw 1 ; 0=up, 1=right, 2=down, 3=left
-   snake_length: dw 1

source/kernel/kernel.asm

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-ORG 0h
+ORG 00h
 BITS 16
+root_buffer equ 24000h
+data_buffer equ 26000h
 
 start:
    mov si, boot_message
-   call os_print_string_nl
+   call os_print_string
 
-   mov si, help_text
+   call disk_load_root ; Loads the root directory into disk_buffer
-   call os_print_string_nl
+
+   ; Physical address = (segment * 16) + offset
+   mov si, file_name
+   call disk_load_file
 
    call os_start_cli
    hlt
@@ -14,7 +19,31 @@ start:
 halt:
    jmp halt
 
-boot_message: db 0Dh, 'Welcome to CrawOS!', 0Dh, 0
+boot_message: db 'OK] Kernel successfully loaded!\n\n', 0
+file_name: db 'hello.cws', 0
+
+; Define Fat12 header
+bdb_oem:                    db 'MSWIN4.1' ; ignore
+bdb_bytes_per_sector:       dw 200h ; = 512d
+bdb_sectors_per_cluster:    db 01h ; sector = cluster
+bdb_reserved_sectors:       dw 01h
+bdb_fat_count:              db 02h  ; We've got a fat1 and fat2
+bdb_dir_entries_count:      dw 0E0h ; Maximum number of root directory entries
+bdb_total_sectors:          dw 0B40h ; = 2880d
+bdb_media_descriptor_type:  db 0F0h ; ignore
+bdb_sectors_per_fat:        dw 09h
+bdb_sectors_per_track:      dw 12h ; = 18d
+bdb_number_of_heads:        dw 02h ; top and bottom of the floppy disk
+bdb_hidden_sectors:         dd 0 ; ignore
+bdb_large_sector_count:     dd 0 ; total sector count for fat32 (0 for fat12 or fat16)
+
+; extended boot record
+ebr_drive_number:           db 0 ; ignore
+                            db 0 ; ignore
+ebr_signature:              db 29h ; boot signature, indicates that the next three fields are present (0x29)
+ebr_volume_id:              db 12h, 34h, 56h, 78h ; unique id for volume tracking
+ebr_volume_label:           db 'CrawShaw OS' ; must be 11 bytes
+ebr_system_id:              db 'FAT12   ' ; must be 8 bytes
 
 ; ------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; FEATURES -- Code to pull into the kernel
@@ -24,9 +53,9 @@ boot_message: db 0Dh, 'Welcome to CrawOS!', 0Dh, 0
 	%INCLUDE "source/kernel/features/power.asm"
 	%INCLUDE "source/kernel/features/strings.asm"
 	%INCLUDE "source/kernel/features/graphics.asm"
-	%INCLUDE "source/kernel/features/sound.asm"
+    %INCLUDE "source/kernel/features/disk.asm"
-	%INCLUDE "source/kernel/features/basic.asm"
     %INCLUDE "source/kernel/features/math.asm"
 ; GAMES -- Games that I wrote for it
 	%INCLUDE "source/kernel/games/pong.asm"
-	%INCLUDE "source/kernel/games/snake.asm"
+
+

test-linux.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
+make clean
-# This script starts the QEMU PC emulator, booting from the
+sudo make
-# MikeOS floppy disk image
+sudo chown $(whoami) disk_images/*
-
+qemu-system-i386\
-qemu-system-i386 -soundhw pcspk -drive format=raw,file=disk_images/mikeos.flp,index=0,if=floppy
+	-drive file=disk_images/crawos.img,if=floppy,format=raw\
+	-m 512m\
+       	-object memory-backend-file,id=pc.ram,size=512m,mem-path=/dev/shm/qemu-ram,share=on -machine memory-backend=pc.ram\
+       	$1 $2