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-rw-r--r--StrixKernel/src/main.rs15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/StrixKernel/src/main.rs b/StrixKernel/src/main.rs
index 3d9e5f8..0376946 100644
--- a/StrixKernel/src/main.rs
+++ b/StrixKernel/src/main.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@
use core::panic::PanicInfo;
-#[unsafe(no_mangle)] // don't mangle the name of this function
+static HELLO: &[u8] = b"Hello World!";
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
pub extern "C" fn _start() -> ! {
- // this function is the entry point, since the linker looks for a function
- // named `_start` by default
+ let vga_buffer = 0xb8000 as *mut u8;
+
+ for (i, &byte) in HELLO.iter().enumerate() {
+ unsafe {
+ *vga_buffer.offset(i as isize * 2) = byte;
+ *vga_buffer.offset(i as isize * 2 + 1) = 0xb;
+ }
+ }
+
loop {}
}