Simplified tty and serial write functions.

kernel/arch/i386/gdt.nim

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ proc gdtInstall*() =
 
   #gdtSetGate(4, 0'u16, 0xFFFFFFFF'u32, 0xF2, createFlags(true, true));
   serial.write("GDT Address:")
-  serial.write(gdt.descriptor.base)
+  serial.writeLine(gdt.descriptor.base)
-  serial.write("\L")
+  serial.writeLine("Flushing GDT.")
-  serial.write("Flushing GDT.\L")
   gdtFlush()

kernel/arch/i386/interrupts.nim

@@ -80,17 +80,10 @@ macro generateISR(code: static[uint8], isError: static[bool]): typed =
           nnkCall.newTree(
             nnkDotExpr.newTree(
               newIdentNode("serial"),
-              newIdentNode("write")
+              newIdentNode("writeLine")
             ),
             newLit(code)
           ),
-          nnkCall.newTree(
-            nnkDotExpr.newTree(
-              newIdentNode("serial"),
-              newIdentNode("write")
-            ),
-            newLit("\x0A")
-          ),    
           nnkAsmStmt.newTree(
             newEmptyNode(),
             newLit((if isError: "" else: "push 0\x0A") & "push " & $code & "\x0A")
@@ -181,5 +174,5 @@ proc idtInstall*() =
   idtSetGate(29, cast[uint32](isr29), selector, flags)
   idtSetGate(30, cast[uint32](isr30), selector, flags)
   idtSetGate(31, cast[uint32](isr31), selector, flags)
-  serial.write("Flushing IDT.\L")
+  serial.writeLine("Flushing IDT.")
   idtFlush()

kernel/arch/i386/serial.nim

@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ proc write*(input: char) =
 
 proc write*(input: string) =
   for i in 0 .. input.len - 1:
-    write(input[i])
+    serial.write(input[i])
 
 var parsedData: array[0..9, char]
 
 proc write*(data: SomeSignedInt) =
   if(data == 0):
-    write('0')
+    serial.write('0')
     return
   var input = data
   var i = 0
   if(input < 0):
-    write('-')
+    serial.write('-')
     input = input * -1
   while(input != 0):
     let parsedChar: char = char(48 + (input mod 10))
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ proc write*(data: SomeSignedInt) =
     input = input div 10
   while i > 0:
     i = i - 1
-    write(parsedData[i])
+    serial.write(parsedData[i])
 
 proc write*(data: SomeUnsignedInt) =
   if(data == 0):
-    write('0')
+    serial.write('0')
     return
   var input = data
   var i = 0
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ proc write*(data: SomeUnsignedInt) =
     input = input div 10
   while i > 0:
     i = i - 1
-    write(parsedData[i])
+    serial.write(parsedData[i])
 
 proc newLine*() = write('\L')
+
+proc writeLine*(data: any) =
+  serial.write(data)
+  newLine()

kernel/arch/i386/tty.nim

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ proc terminalClear*() =
   terminalRow = 0
   terminalColumn = 0
 
-proc terminalInitialize*() =
+proc initialize*() =
   terminalColour = vgaEntryColour(VGA_Colour.lightGreen, VGA_Colour.red)
   terminalClear()
 
@@ -58,22 +58,22 @@ proc terminalWriteChar(writeChar: char) =
   if(terminalColumn == vgaWidth):
     scrollCheckAndSet()
 
-proc terminalWrite*(data: string) =
+proc write*(data: string) =
   for i in 0 .. data.len - 1:
     terminalWriteChar(data[i])
 
-proc terminalWrite*(data: char) =
+proc write*(data: char) =
   terminalWriteChar(data)
 
-proc terminalWrite*(data: SomeSignedInt) =
+proc write*(data: SomeSignedInt) =
   var parsedData: array[0..9, char]
   if(data == 0):
-    terminalWrite('0')
+    tty.write('0')
     return
   var input = data
   var i = 0
   if(input < 0):
-    terminalWrite('-')
+    tty.write('-')
     input = input * -1
   while(input != 0):
     let parsedChar: char = char(48 + (input mod 10))
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ proc terminalWrite*(data: SomeSignedInt) =
     input = input div 10
   while i > 0:
     i = i - 1
-    terminalWrite(parsedData[i])
+    tty.write(parsedData[i])
 
-proc terminalWrite*(data: SomeUnsignedInt) =
+proc write*(data: SomeUnsignedInt) =
   var parsedData: array[0..9, char]
   if(data == 0):
-    terminalWrite('0')
+    tty.write('0')
     return
   var input = data
   var i = 0
@@ -98,4 +98,8 @@ proc terminalWrite*(data: SomeUnsignedInt) =
     input = input div 10
   while i > 0:
     i = i - 1
-    terminalWrite(parsedData[i])
+    tty.write(parsedData[i])
+
+proc writeLine*(data: any) =
+  tty.write(data)
+  tty.write('\L')

kernel/kernel.nim

@@ -22,24 +22,19 @@ proc memset*(dest: ByteAddress, value: char, count: int){.exportc.} =
 
 proc kernelMain() {.exportc: "kernel_main"}=
   serial.init()
-  serial.write("Version:")
+  serial.writeLine("Version:" & (version))
-  serial.write(version)
+  serial.writeLine("Booting OS")
-  serial.write("\L")
-  serial.write("Booting OS\L")
   gdt.gdtInstall()
-  serial.write("GDT installed\L")
+  serial.writeLine("GDT installed")
   interrupts.idtInstall()
-  serial.write("IDT installed\L")
+  serial.writeLine("IDT installed")
-  terminalInitialize()
+  tty.initialize()
-  terminalWrite("Version:")
+  tty.writeLine("Version:" & version)
-  terminalWrite(version)
+  tty.writeLine("Hello World!")
-  terminalWrite("\L")
+  tty.write("MAX_INT:")
-  terminalWrite("Hello World!\L")
+  tty.writeLine(high(int))
-  terminalWrite("MAX_INT:")
+  tty.write("LMIN_INT:")
-  terminalWrite(high(int))
+  tty.writeLine((low(int)+1))
-  terminalWrite("\LMIN_INT:")
+  tty.write("MAX_UINT:")
-  terminalWrite(low(int)+1)
+  tty.writeLine(high(uint32))
-  terminalWrite("\LMAX_UINT:")
-  terminalWrite(high(uint32))
-  terminalWrite("\L")
   asm """int $0x3"""

kernel/panicoverride.nim

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import tty
 {.push stack_trace: off, profiler:off.}
 
 proc rawoutput(s: string) =
-  tty.terminalWrite(s)
+  tty.write(s)
 
 proc panic(s: string) =
   rawoutput(s)