rust-osdev/bootloader

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An experimental pure-Rust x86 bootloader

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Indexed issues: 82

Dominant language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Aug 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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[Feature] Support creating an El Torito (CD-ROM) bootable image Open

help wanted

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#235 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 22, 2022
Double buffering / page flipping for the framebuffer Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#234 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 20, 2022
Custom target files Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#225 · 9 comments · Opened Feb 26, 2022
[Question] Why is `cargo install bootloader --features builder` not possible? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#224 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 26, 2022
File system: we now have a no_std-friendly btrfs crate Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#223 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 13, 2022
vga_printline causes GPF in stage_3 protected mode Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#217 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 30, 2022
Cannot build or install bootloader package due to duplicate llvm-tools dependency within bootloader Cargo.toml Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#212 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 19, 2022
Update 0.9 bootloader to x86_64 0.14.7 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#207 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 19, 2021
First stage of the 0.9 bootloader has a size limit on the size of the rest of the bootloader Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#205 · 7 comments · Opened Nov 25, 2021
How to know in which mode the kernel is booted? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#203 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 12, 2021
Question about the example Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 30/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#202 · Opened Nov 1, 2021
[Help] Can I build and test it on a VM? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#201 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 31, 2021
Bootloader does not map all required pages Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#197 · 6 comments · Opened Aug 27, 2021
How to run cargo test with the simple_boot example? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#193 · Opened Aug 21, 2021
Framebuffer Unclear Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#187 · 15 comments · Opened Jul 29, 2021
Incorrect memory map being presented to kernel Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#184 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 11, 2021
Pass `UnwindInfo` in `BootInfo` Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#164 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 15, 2021
Support for multiple boot protocols Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#158 · 4 comments · Opened May 9, 2021
Docs on how to use UEFI feature Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#146 · 8 comments · Opened Apr 7, 2021
Global Page Flag & Kernel Mapping Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#145 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 28, 2021
Bootloader not working with -device q35 Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#144 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 28, 2021
PhysFrames mapped multiple times? Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#131 · 7 comments · Opened Nov 1, 2020
Basic instructions for FileSystem Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#120 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 12, 2020
Documentation on initial state Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#89 · 5 comments · Opened Dec 31, 2019
PXE support (with iPXE) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#87 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 17, 2019
Add test kernel that uses SSE feature Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#83 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 8, 2019
Decrease Kernel Stack Size Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#79 · 9 comments · Opened Sep 14, 2019
Enable support for SMP Trampoline Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#74 · 27 comments · Opened Aug 14, 2019
32-bit support (with Multiboot2) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#70 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 31, 2019
Advanced Documentation Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#65 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 10, 2019
VESA video modes Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#37 · 5 comments · Opened Dec 6, 2018
Rewrite Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

rust-osdev/bootloader#24 · 30 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Aug 25, 2018

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