Mercury - a shitty kernel

SirCmpwn · **Joined:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:57 pm **Posts:** 34

Source code

This kernel is written in C and has no remarkable innovations of any sort, and is not usable for any purpose, practical or otherwise.

I spend a day or two on this codebase once every 6 months or so.

Features:

i686 support
A z80 port that was started, compiled but wouldn't boot, and deleted
A somewhat meaty but still incomplete printk implementation
A VGA terminal supporting ANSI escape codes
Bad choices that will have to be rewritten

I have a handful of ideas on things I would want out of this project if I ever put effort into it. Right now it doesn't even have an IDT. We'll see where it goes.

kzinti · **Joined:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:11 pm **Posts:** 898

Thanks for the laugh.

embryo2 · **Joined:** Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:03 am **Posts:** 397

SirCmpwn wrote:

This kernel is written in C and has no remarkable innovations of any sort, and is not usable for any purpose, practical or otherwise.

Nice sarcasm

But how a beginner can make an OS with remarkable innovations of any sort, and usable for some practical purpose?

And how to find a pearl in the experienced developer's code if there wouldn't be such new OS advertising thread?

But the impression, shown by you, is a new and interesting perspective to look from.

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