RustOS

A pure Rust and inline assembly x86_64 kernel with a custom bootloader with as few dependencies as possible.

Features

• A custom two stage bootloader that loads the kernel, enters protected mode, sets up paging and then enters long mode
• Interrupts
• Page allocation
• VGA driver
• PS2 Keyboard driver
• ATA driver
• Support for unit and integration tests executed on the target system

Requirements

Can be compiled on any Operating System with the following dependencies:

• Qemu
• Rust nightly rustup default nightly
• Llvm-tools-preview, rust-src rustup component add llvm-tools-preview rust-src

Getting Started

This might be one of the easiest OS to get up and running

git clone https://github.com/SanderJSA/RustOS.git
cd RustOS
cargo build -p kernel_runner --release

cargo xrun Compiles and runs the OS in release mode on qemu
cargo xdebug Compiles and runs the OS in debug mode on qemu
cargo xtest Runs unit and integration tests

Resources

This project wouldn't have been possible without these ressources:

• OSDev.org
• Philipp Oppermann's blog
• Bare Metal Rust