rust-osdev / rust-osdev/bootimage
Allow custom disk size
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Description
Thank you for the great tool. Currently, it allows us to create the main bootable image of the kernel but doesn't have too much of empty space left for other actions from within Qemu. Please allow zero padded binaries to play with disk drivers from kernel.
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Research direction
Start by inspecting how bootimage creates the main bootable kernel image and how its output is used with Qemu. Determine how a configurable amount of zero-padded space should be specified and what image size behavior is expected. Done means the generated image leaves usable empty space for disk-driver experiments without breaking existing kernel image creation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100