Shiro 白~

Shiro (白~) - A small, (not yet) monolithic x86 & 64 Kernel

Table of Contents

1. ℹ️ About
2. 🏁 Goal
3. 🔧 Building

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ℹ️ About

Shiro 白 is a small monolithic x86 & 64 Kernel.

The name "Shiro" itself is the Japanese word for "white" written in Romaji. The symbol (白) is the japanese Kanji for the word "white".

We want to extend it to a fully functional OS someday.

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🏁 Goal

We want to use as few C++ as possible and bind v8 on Kernel level so that we can programm the entire OS including most parts of the Kernel in JavaScript. We are still debating whether to go with NodeJS, V8 or a custom fork of v8 to make an ECMAScript compliant JS dialect that has pointers and lowlevel API's.

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🔧 Build

-- Coming Soon --

For now you only need the following tools:

• NASM for Bootloader stuff
• C for the Kernel itself
• Bash for build scripts
• (Recommended:) Qemu as Type 2 Hypervisor / Emulator

and then build & launch the kernel by starting build.sh

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