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TLDR: for Multiboot2 you use module2 and for Multiboot1 module in GRUB config files. One of my projects of the last months was to build a prototype setup for kernels written in Rust. The kernel is Multiboot2-compliant and boots on x86_64 with UEFI as firmware. To test everything, I create Read more…
TLDR: GRUB can reference internal files via the volume specifier (memdisk), similar to external drives (hd0). GRUB has an undocumented but really convenient feature to include files/images (e.g., bootable kernels) directly into the GRUB installation itself. If you use $ grub-mkstandalone to store GRUB on a USB stick or a Read more…
The other day I had some fun with assembly and wanted to try to call assembly functions from Rust. Each compiler follows a certain calling convention, that specifies how parameters are passed between functions. The calling convention is part of an ABI, an application binary interface. There are two major Read more…
Update 2021-12-21: I included documentation references. Since Rust nightly 1.59 macros global_asm! and asm! are finally stable! Recently I stumbled upon a Rust project, where *.S– and *.rs-files were side by side in the same Cargo source directory and I was like: “What the heck, I always wanted this!” At Read more…
The other day I created a small CLI + library written in Rust, that helps to measure the TTFB (time to first byte) for HTTP GET-Requests in Rust. I had this project on my to-do list for a few months now and finally some time for it. I got inspired Read more…
In the previous blog post we talked about how to use QEMUs debugcon feature. To do this responsibly, we should only do this if the binary runs in fact inside QEMU. To find this out, one can use the cpuid instruction. It gives us a lot of information about our Read more…