Progress on implementing multiboot; Realized there are issues with current implementation of aphrodite::multiboot2::Modules, thinking of fix.

emulation/bochs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fd6f101699b11129be91c1ac8cb67bebb65a5c9b

kernel/src/include/multiboot2.rs

@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ pub struct Tag {
     /// The type of the tag.
     pub tag_type: u32,
     /// The length of the tag.
-    pub tag_len: u32,
+    pub tag_len: u32
-    /// A pointer to after [tag_len](Tag::tag_len). This is where most type-specific data is.
-    pub data_ptr: *const u8
 }
 
 /// The root tag. The official Multiboot2 name is literally the "fixed part" of the tags, so I made a better name.
@@ -49,8 +47,6 @@ pub struct RootTag {
     pub total_len: u32,
     /// Reserved space. Unused for anything.
     reserved: u32,
-    /// A pointer to right after the reserved space. Should be a pointer to the next tag.
-    pub tag_ptr: *const u8
 }
 
 /// A Multiboot2 module. See https://github.com/AverseABFun/aphrodite/wiki/Plan/#Bootloader-modules (remember to update link later!).
@@ -220,10 +216,13 @@ pub struct BootInfo {
 
     // VBE table is ignored for a similar reason to above: it's deprecated. Good luck if you need it.
 
+    /// Provides information on the framebuffer.
     pub framebuffer_info: Option<FramebufferInfo>,
 
     // Even though SMBIOS is documented for Multiboot2, we're not using it and will instead search for it ourselves.
     // This is because right now I cannot figure out what format it provides the SMBIOS table in.
 
-    
+    // EFI memory map and image handle pointers are not included for portability.
+
+    // "Image load base physical address" is not included as at the moment the kernel is not relocatable.
 }

kernel/src/internal/arch/x86/entry.rs

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #![no_main]
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 
-use core::{arch::asm, hint::unreachable_unchecked, panic::PanicInfo};
+use core::{arch::asm, ffi::CStr, hint::unreachable_unchecked, panic::PanicInfo};
-use aphrodite::multiboot2::{BootInfo, RootTag, Tag};
+use aphrodite::multiboot2::{BootInfo, CString, RootTag, Tag};
 
 #[unsafe(link_section = ".multiboot2")]
 static MULTIBOOT_HEADER: [u16; 14] = [
@@ -20,9 +20,23 @@ static MULTIBOOT_HEADER: [u16; 14] = [
     0x0000, 0x0000,
 ];
 
+// The root tag, provided directly from the multiboot bootloader.
 static mut RT: *const RootTag = core::ptr::null();
-static mut BI: *const BootInfo = core::ptr::null();
+// The boot info struct, created from all of the tags.
+static mut BI: BootInfo = BootInfo {
+    mem_lower: None,
+    mem_upper: None,
+    cmdline: None,
+    modules: None,
+    memory_map: None,
+    bootloader_name: None,
+    framebuffer_info: None
+};
+
+// The raw pointer to bootloader-specific data.
 static mut O: *const u8 = core::ptr::null();
+
+// The magic number in eax. 0x36D76289 for multiboot2.
 static mut MAGIC: u32 = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 
 #[unsafe(link_section = ".start")]
@@ -38,10 +52,57 @@ extern "C" fn _start() -> ! {
     }
     unsafe {
         match MAGIC {
-            0x36d76289 => { // Multiboot2
+            0x36D76289 => { // Multiboot2
                 RT = O as *const RootTag; // This is unsafe rust! We can do whatever we want! *manical laughter*
 
+                let mut ptr = O as usize;
+                ptr += size_of::<RootTag>();
 
+                let mut current_tag = ptr as *const Tag;
+                
+                loop {
+                    match (*current_tag).tag_type {
+                        0 => { // Ending tag
+                            if (*current_tag).tag_len != 8 { // Unexpected size, something is probably up
+                                panic!("Size of ending tag != 8");
+                            }
+                            break
+                        },
+                        4 => { // Basic memory information
+                            if (*current_tag).tag_len != 16 { // Unexpected size, something is probably up
+                                panic!("Size of basic memory information tag != 16");
+                            }
+
+                            BI.mem_lower = Some(*((current_tag as usize + 8) as *const u32));
+                            BI.mem_upper = Some(*((current_tag as usize + 12) as *const u32));
+                            // The end result of the above is adding an offset to a pointer and retrieving the value at that pointer
+
+                            current_tag = (current_tag as usize + 16) as *const Tag;
+                        },
+                        1 => { // Command line
+                            if (*current_tag).tag_len < 8 { // Unexpected size, something is probably up
+                                panic!("Size of command line tag < 8");
+                            }
+                            let cstring = CStr::from_ptr((current_tag as usize + 8) as *const i8);
+                            // creates a &core::ffi::CStr from the start of the command line...
+
+                            let cstring = CString {
+                                ptr: cstring.as_ptr() as *const u8,
+                                len: cstring.to_bytes().len()
+                            };
+                            // ...which can then be converted to a aphrodite::multiboot2::CString...
+
+                            current_tag = (current_tag as usize + 8 + cstring.len) as *const Tag;
+                            // ...before the current_tag is incremented to prevent ownership issues...
+
+                            BI.cmdline = Some(cstring);
+                            // ...before lastly the BootInfo's commandline is set.
+                        },
+                        _ => { // Unknown tag type
+                            todo!("Implement tag");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             },
             _ => { // Unknown bootloader, triple fault
                 asm!(