Organization & build flow

This project is currently divided into two sub-projects (interactive - links are clickable):

• magnetite_os/boot - (WIP) custom legacy bootloader written in assembler and Rust
• magnetite_os/kern - (planned) kernel written in Rust

Testing

TODO

To build and debug the bootloader, simply run

make debug_boot

This project primarily uses make to keep track of progress, resolve dependencies and orchestrate component builds.

Since this project uses Rust and x86 assembly, it would be prudent to install nasm, GNU binutils and the Rust toolchain.

Rationale

TODO

I have no idea why I even bothered lifting a finger…

Key concepts & terminology

Specific concepts and terminology are more appropriately explained in their respective contexts:

• boot-related breakdown in magnetite_os/boot/README.md, and
• kernel-related breakdown in magnetite_os/kern/README.md

Resources

This project, like many other hobby OS development projects, would be next to impossible without reading into relevant literature.

A good place to look up basics and details would be the OSDev wiki page.