MRmrbluecoat·Feb 13, 2025
Reminds me somewhat of https://github.com/ReturnInfinity/BareMetal-OS
In Show HN: I made my own OS from scratch because I was boredReturnInfinity
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ReturnInfinity / BareMetal-OS
BareMetal-OS
Build script for BareMetal OS and its related utilities
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8 sourcesBareMetal-OS. An MS-DOS for 64-bit computers
2 points · Open discussionVery cool.
When it mentions a bare metal kernel, I thought about the BareMetal OS by ReturnInfinity: https://github.com/ReturnInfinity/BareMetal-OS
In Wozmon for x86-64Others have given hints for how to get started on Windows. On Linux, assembly for x86_64 is actually rather pleasant, and it looks like a project that was announced on hn a good while back has been fleshed out quite a bit:
"Say hello to x64 Assembly, part 1"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8245581
https://github.com/0xAX/asm
(Incidentally, I did a fork of the early stuff just to see what it would look like with gas syntax - the standard for gcc. Now that there's more code in the parent repository, maybe it's time to revisit):
https://github.com/e12e/asm/tree/gas-syntax/hello
Another quick intro to 64-bit assembly:
https://cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall11/CSCI-GA.2130-001/x64-intro...
A book (I haven't read), but looks ok, from a quick glance at the examples:
http://rayseyfarth.com/asm/
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Bit-Assembly-Program
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For a long time, the best resources were (arguably still are) for 32 bit x86 assembly -- but IMNHO it's rather unpleasant in terms of segmented memory, limited registers, and the C call abi is also a bit "clumsy" if you want to work in assembly as much as possible (again, this has to do with limited registers). That said, Randall Hyde has some great resources on 32 bit assembly:
http://www.plantation-productions.com/Webster/
An older resource, for 32bit assembly:
http://www.drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/
I have an old print-out of this on my bookshelf - it's a pretty straight-forward introduction to how one might go about to combine C and assembly. It'd be great to see an updated version for 64bit though.
An operating system in assembler. 32bit version GPL, the 64bit version is as far as I can gather under a more restrictive, source-available license:
http://menuetos.net/
Then there's BareMetal Os (I couldn't find any License.txt):
https://github.com/ReturnInfinity/BareMetal-OS
There's also a wiki on OS dev: http://wiki.osdev.org/X86-64
I would recommend going through the first tutorial listed above, to get a feel for things. Assembly can be a lot of fun - but I think you'll in general will have a hard time doing better than gcc/clang if speed is your goal. Still useful for stuff like boot loaders and such. If you want to play with OS/boot-loader development, it is easier now than ever before thanks to emulators like Qemu: http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page
This article highlights the goals for BareMetal OS (https://github.com/ReturnInfinity/BareMetal-OS) - let the app do the heavy lifting.
In The C10M problem (2013)BareMetal OS -- a 64-bit OS written in Assembly for x86-64 systems
6 points · Open discussionWhile its great the GitHub added support for this how about x86-64?
https://github.com/ReturnInfinity/BareMetal-OS/blob/master/o...
The 64-bit register names are still not handled correctly. It does properly color the 8, 16, and 32-bit register names.
In Take Over The Galaxy with GitHub (DCPU16 support)