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Start off with the standard [[Bare Bones]] setup, but use the <kbd>boot.asm</kbd> file provided in [[Bare Bones with NASM]] instructions (since Zig does not come with an assembler, just a C compiler). At that point, you can continue with [[Bare Bones]], but instead of using <kbd>i686-elf-gcc</kbd>, use the following command to build <kbd>kernel.c</kbd>: |
Start off with the standard [[Bare Bones]] setup, but use the <kbd>boot.asm</kbd> file provided in [[Bare Bones with NASM]] instructions (since Zig does not come with an assembler, just a C compiler). At that point, you can continue with [[Bare Bones]], but instead of using <kbd>i686-elf-gcc</kbd>, use the following command to build <kbd>kernel.c</kbd>: |
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">zig build-obj --c-source kernel.c -target i386-freestanding</syntaxhighlight> |
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This should create a <kbd>kernel.o</kbd> file, just the same as if you had used gcc. |
This should create a <kbd>kernel.o</kbd> file, just the same as if you had used gcc. |
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When you get to the linking step, we won't be able to use <kbd>i686-elf-gcc</kbd>, but luckily, modern versions of [[LD|GNU <kbd>ld</kbd>]] are able to emulate almost any other linker, so we can use the system <kbd>ld</kbd> like so: |
When you get to the linking step, we won't be able to use <kbd>i686-elf-gcc</kbd>, but luckily, modern versions of [[LD|GNU <kbd>ld</kbd>]] are able to emulate almost any other linker, so we can use the system <kbd>ld</kbd> like so: |
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">ld -m elf_i386 -T linker.ld -o myos.bin boot.o kernel.o</syntaxhighlight> |
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And at that point, you can carry on with [[Bare Bones]], and you should have an operating system, compiled without having to compile your own cross-compiler! |
And at that point, you can carry on with [[Bare Bones]], and you should have an operating system, compiled without having to compile your own cross-compiler! |
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Latest revision as of 04:16, 9 June 2024
If you want to write an operating system in C, you'll need a cross-compiler. However, building a GCC cross-compiler can be painful. If you just want to write C (not C++), you can use zig cc - a C cross-compiler that comes with the Zig programming language. There are pre-compiled binaries for Windows, Linux, MacOS, and FreeBSD.
Bare-Bones with zig cc
This section describes how to build Bare Bones using zig cc. First off, install the following software:
- Zig (tested with version 0.6.0)
- GNU binutils (we just care about the linker - if ld --version reports "GNU ld", you're good to go)
- NASM
Start off with the standard Bare Bones setup, but use the boot.asm file provided in Bare Bones with NASM instructions (since Zig does not come with an assembler, just a C compiler). At that point, you can continue with Bare Bones, but instead of using i686-elf-gcc, use the following command to build kernel.c:
zig build-obj --c-source kernel.c -target i386-freestanding
This should create a kernel.o file, just the same as if you had used gcc.
When you get to the linking step, we won't be able to use i686-elf-gcc, but luckily, modern versions of GNU ld are able to emulate almost any other linker, so we can use the system ld like so:
ld -m elf_i386 -T linker.ld -o myos.bin boot.o kernel.o
And at that point, you can carry on with Bare Bones, and you should have an operating system, compiled without having to compile your own cross-compiler!