rust-osdev / rust-osdev/multiboot2
multiboot2-header: construct header at build time [call for contribution]
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- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
It would be awesome to construct multiboot2-headers at runtime with macros.
For reference: That's how you write a header in assembly language: https://github.com/rust-osdev/multiboot2/blob/main/integration-test/bins/multiboot2_payload/src/multiboot2_header.S
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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
Start with integration-test/bins/multiboot2_payload/src/multiboot2_header.S, which the issue provides as the assembly reference. Clarify whether the requested macro-based construction is intended at build time or runtime, then determine the API and coverage needed for constructing equivalent Multiboot2 headers; completion should produce headers through macros rather than handwritten assembly.
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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
- 25/100