lucicos/Documentation.txt

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I. File structure
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A. Root directory
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File structure
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iso - GRUB directory that is used for emulation
kmain.c - kernel source code
loader.s - entry point in the OS that passes execution to kernel
modules/ - list of modules, each module is kept in a different directory
config/ - folder for config files
scripts/ - useful scripts and templates
Documentation.txt - file that describes important aspects about the
structure, implementation, functionality, etc
README.md - brief explanation of the project
Makefile - makefile to build the whole project
Makefile rules
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all - recursively build all modules and combine them to get the kernel
run - run the OS in bochs emulator
clean - clean unimportant files (objects, executables, etc)
B. Module directories
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File structure
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include/ - interfaces for modules
module_dir/ - implementation of module. Each module must have a short
description of what it does and a Makefile that will describe what
libraries it uses and other important configuration