57 Commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Philipp Oppermann	907f51bb5b	Add section about modifying table entries	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	882af6f14e	Make p{1,2,3}_table functions unsafe	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	cf5e2715ae	Add section about translating virtual addresses	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	08a9743caa	Describle implementation of recursive mapping	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	90dba32898	Add “Mapping Page Tables” section and extract page table entry flags	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	6462a3263c	Add basic module and corresponding documentation	2015-12-09 15:38:33 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	6b72dd8223	Remove Lock structure again as we changed design	2015-12-08 22:20:19 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	f917bd67a1	Begin paging module	2015-12-08 22:20:19 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	0e574426c5	Add recursive mapping and start describing it	2015-12-08 22:20:19 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	38849516a1	Add preliminary outline for next post	2015-12-08 22:20:19 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	f1f1e66dce	Improve wording (frame instead of page)	2015-12-03 18:41:51 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	2d069d636f	Add a note about Mac OS and virtual machines	2015-11-28 18:04:37 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	0a6a174e54	Fix broken markdown link	2015-11-24 00:18:32 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	e52d8bcfd2	Specify raw ISO format explicitely to avoid QEMU warning	2015-11-24 00:08:34 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	43924afbbf	Make internal links relative	2015-11-23 23:42:35 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	84813d9b08	Recommend multirust override nighly ... Resolves #53	2015-11-22 23:04:32 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	a8600a00b6	Don't derive Copy/Clone for Frame so we can be sure that it's free ... If a Frame would be clonable or even Copy, the frame could be freed (e.g. passed to deallocate_frame) and used thereafter. Or it could be freed multiple times.	2015-11-19 19:56:22 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	88eb0636f3	Don't set write protect bit as we don't need it now	2015-11-19 15:26:58 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	0e31d4a221	Fix #48	2015-11-19 15:23:25 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	25122bc05c	Correct the reason for using clone	2015-11-16 15:01:39 +01:00
Amit Levy	fc55d6dc06	Small grammar nit in "Entering Longmode" post ... 'a' vs 'an'	2015-11-15 14:17:27 -05:00
Amit Levy	a1d744cf5a	Fix typo in "Entering long mode" ... I think there is a typo in the section describing how the P2 mapping is set up. The corresponding code sets _P2_'s third entry.	2015-11-15 13:55:58 -05:00
Philipp Oppermann	ced6edbdd1	Discuss alternative frame stack designs	2015-11-15 17:13:20 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	f997f1f0f0	Small wording improvement	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	96cee9ab2b	Link github repository	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	5de4255fca	Add a conclusion to the allocating frames post	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	78c2fd6acc	Many small improvements	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	28c56f2c06	Publish Allocating Frames post	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	18d397b48d	Some improvements to the allocating frames post	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	a8580ad3a2	Fix: next_free_frame must be increased to the start of the current area	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	6ce34f5e2b	Add introduction	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	d0cf5e7c61	Link from Printing to Screen	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	ca07527ede	Add What's next? text	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	cf835e19ae	Recommend Eric Kidd's Bare Metal Rust series	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	939d33efce	Many improvements to allocating frames post	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	16078431db	Add basic description for frame allocator methods	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	8304439c82	Add a FrameAllocator trait	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	a2047bc70a	Add an AreaFrameAllocator	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	6f8a21eba6	Create a memory module with a Frame struct	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	ccaa2ed645	Add section about start and end of kernel/multiboot	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	718db100cd	Add let bindings for tags	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	f2b91d3d61	Improve panic handler	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	fc389c9e9e	Increase stack size to 4096	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	2d1c801c72	Rename post to Allocating Frames	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	895d40cd13	Add section about kernel elf sections	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	33fdbce530	Print available memory areas using multiboot info	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	73aa41e25e	Pass multiboot pointer as argument to rust_main	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	d07530d660	Rename new post to Remapping the Kernel	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	a54b2d8f47	Remove detailed description of multiboot structures ... Instead, we will use the external crate `multiboot2-elf64` at https://github.com/phil-opp/multiboot2-elf64 . The removed parts were added to its README for documentation	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	c064de5190	Add description of info struct and elf tag	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00