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Writing an operating system kernel from scratch

Writing an operating system kernel from scratch

A barebones time-sharing OS kernel, written in Zig, running on RISC-V. It leans on OpenSBI for console I/O and timer interrupts. Threads? Statically allocated, each running in user mode (U-mode). The kernel stays in supervisor mode (S-mode), where it catches system calls and context switches via timer ticks.

One neat trick: kernel and userland share a single binary. No dynamic linking. No loaders. Everything stitched together upfront.


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