rust-osdev / rust-osdev/bootloader
looks possible to use std::fs::File::write_all
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Description
Rust has write_all() in std::fs::File, it may be able to write certain numbers (machine code) into a file. Can it replace some Assembly and remove some Nightly feature usages in this repo?
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the repository's Assembly and Nightly feature usages alongside the std::fs::File::write_all documentation. Determine which machine-code writes could use write_all and whether replacing them preserves the bootloader's behavior; done means documenting or implementing a justified replacement scope.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100