zkernel

an operating system kernel developed for learning purposes.

Tasks:

• create and load kernel GDT
• logging via serial ports
• write to the screen using the frame buffer
• initialize interrupt descriptor table
• setup physical memory manager
• setup virtual memory management and paging
• create keyboard driver
• create nic (network interface card) driver
• create disk driver (ata/ide)
• create a filesystem (FAT?)
• remove makefile and utilize zig build system for linking kernel + bootloader, running in qemu, and other cmds.

Possible Future Goals:

• have partial compatibility with the linux ABI. Can execute simple linux binaries