Enable A20 gate

[nameless-os.git] / kernel / kernel.c

diff --git a/kernel/kernel.c b/kernel/kernel.c
index c0ecb80f1ef0053e3686b2eaf53054bac433f658..7ac2ad72d79127aa2c942ca62a3561b3a8da9cb6 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/kernel.c
+++ b/kernel/kernel.c
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 #include <tty.h>
 
+const char *string = "Hello there!\n\n\
+Hopefully your machine manages to print this text.\n\
+If it did, that's great news because I managed to write a partial VGA driver.\n\n\
+Right now, the short-term roadmap is as follows:\n\n\
+* Complete the text-mode part of the VGA driver.\n\
+* Enable interrupts using the PIC.\n\
+* Write a driver for the Intel 8042 PS/2 controller so the OS can receive keystrokes.\n\
+* Once all that is done, it would be desirable to start the switch to userspace so the OS can actually be remotely usable.\n\n\
+Feel free to mess around with the code, although I doubt it will be very interesting at the moment.\n";
+
 void _start(void)
 {
        screen_clear();
-       kprint("Hello there!\n\n\
-                       Hopefully your machine manages to print this text.\n\
-                       If it did, that's great news because I managed to write a partial VGA driver.\n\n\
-                       Right now, the short-term roadmap is as follows:\n\n\
-                           * Enable interrupts using the PIC.\n\
-                               * Write a driver for the Intel 8042 PS/2 controller so the OS can receive keystrokes.\n\
-                               * A working i8042 driver will also aid in enabling A20 Gate, which should be done ASAP so the OS can address odd (as in odd/even number) megabytes.\n\n\
-                       Feel free to mess around with the code, although I doubt it will be very interesting at the moment.\n");
+       kprint(string);
 }