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Add detailed documentation

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I want to use this crate to implement an operating system, but I'm confused about the example implementation of the log mentioned in [framebuffer.rs](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/common/src/framebuffer.rs). Could you please add detailed documentation...

Hello-world150

Question on second stage

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I've read the through the first bootsector's code, and everything looks good with objdump: _second_stage_start label is supposed to be at ram 0x7e00 and the code calls it, but I'm...

boredcoder411

Use huge L3 page table entries to offset map the entire physical memory?

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Here is my config: ```rs pub static BOOTLOADER_CONFIG: BootloaderConfig = { let mut config = BootloaderConfig::new_default(); config.mappings.physical_memory = Some(Mapping::Dynamic); config }; ``` When I looped through every page table entry...

ChocolateLoverRaj

When using ASLR with dynamic physical memory mapping, bootloader can randomly panic on `INFO: Map physical memory`. After this message bootloader panics with: ``` ERROR: panicked at /Users/splaled/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/x86_64-0.15.2/src/addr.rs:75:23: virtual address...

splaled

Use VGA text instead of framebuffer

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Is it possible to use a text buffer instead of booting right away into a framebuffer? I am using a terminal Qemu (I have no other options available) and the...

bpisch

L4 inaccessible without bootloader provided virtual offset

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I have spent pretty close to a week trying to figure this out. In older versions there was the `map_physical_memory` feature, which appears to have been removed as of `v0.10.0`....

DuncanMcPherson