# Sylva OS — Agent Guide x86_64 UEFI hobby OS. C17 boot → C++17 kernel, ELF64 → PE32+ via objcopy. ## Build & Run | Command | What | |---------|------| | `make` | Build `build/BOOTX64.EFI` + `build/Kernel.elf` | | `make run` | QEMU + OVMF, serial 1 → `serial.log`, serial 2 → stdio, paused for GDB (`:1234`) | | `make vdir` | Stage both binaries into `vdir/EFI/BOOT/` for manual boot | | `make clean` | **Always before commit** — untracked build artifacts leak outside `build/` | ## Architecture - Two-stage boot: `boot.c` (UEFI app) loads `Kernel.elf` from FAT volume, parses ELF PHDRs, jumps to entry - `kernel/entry.cpp` — `_start` saves `SystemTable`, calls `kernel_main()` - `kernel/main.cpp` — `extern "C" kernel_main()`: init GOP → serial → PMM → heap → idle (`hlt`) - `kernel/serial.cpp` — UEFI serial protocol wrapper (write/read/hex) - `kernel/memory/pmm.cpp` — bitmap + free-list physical page allocator - `kernel/memory/heap.cpp` — kmalloc/kfree/kcalloc/krealloc (first-fit w/ coalescing) - `graphics/` — GOP framebuffer, `fonts/` — Hankaku 8×16 font via `pf_print()` - `efi/` — bundled gnu-efi sources: `gnuefi/` (crt0, lds, reloc), `lib/`, `inc/` - Kernel linked at `0x100000` (`kernel/kernel.ld`) ## Conventions - Commits: `[type] message` with types `feat`, `fix`, `chore`, `docs` (git log) - `#define ASM asm volatile` in `include/common.h` - C17 (`boot.c`), C++17 (`kernel/`) — `-ffreestanding -fno-stack-protector -fshort-wchar -mno-red-zone` - `uefi_call_wrapper` required for all UEFI protocol calls (omission → page-fault) - `kernel_main` must be `extern "C"` (C→C++ linkage) - QEMU starts paused: connect GDB to `:1234` to proceed - No tests, no CI, no lint config