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Tools

Baptiste Wicht edited this page 2013-12-15 13:03:25 -08:00

Several tools are necessary in order to build the operating system:

• GCC Cross Compiler for the x86_64-elf target (with binutils for the same target): To compile the C++ kernel
• NASM: To assemble the bootloader
• dd and objcopy: To create binary for the floppy (should be by default on distributions)

To run the operating system, either of these tools can be used:

• Bochs: Better for debugging purposes but can be quite different from hardware
• QEMU: Should be closer to the hardware, but not very practical for debugging