rust-osdev / rust-osdev/bootloader
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Description
Bootloader Rewrite
This is the tracking issue for the bootloader rewrite. We're tracking our progress under the "Rewrite" milsestone. Our progress is as follows
- Successfully execute Rust in real mode
- Enter protected mode
- Use virtual 8086 mode to read the kernel in chunks, copying to protected mode
- Set up paging
- Enter long mode
- Jump to the kernel
Our eventual roadmap is to include UEFI support (@phil-opp is working on that) and multiboot client support, so we can load our kernel from GRUB (and other complaint loaders)
Contributor guide
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
This is a tracking issue for a broad bootloader rewrite, not a self-contained task. Start by reviewing the unchecked roadmap items: virtual 8086 kernel loading, paging, protected-to-long-mode transition, and the jump to the kernel. No files, tests, or entry points are named; completion means resolving the remaining checklist items and later roadmap support.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100