/tmp/frame_check.png
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF' Add a Pokemon-like battle game, playable entirely over serial kernel/game/game.c: a small turn-based battle game (three species, one per type in a rock-paper-scissors cycle, wild encounters with mild difficulty scaling, a champion win condition) reachable from the shell via a new `play` command. The point of this feature is that it has to be playable by something with only a serial connection to the machine - no keyboard, no display - e.g. an AI agent. That required real new kernel capability, not just the game itself: serial input. Every input path in this kernel used to read exclusively from the polled PS/2 keyboard; serial (kernel/serial.c) was write-only, used only for the existing dual-output logging. - kernel/serial.c: add serial_has_char()/serial_getc() (RX) - kernel/keyboard.c: add keyboard_has_char() (non-blocking peek) - kernel/input.c: input_getchar(), polling both and returning whichever produces a character first - both the shell and the game read all their input through this, so a human at the keyboard and an agent over serial can drive either one interchangeably in the same session Found one real bug while testing the game live over a serial socket: rng_range()'s modulo of a full-range uint32_t hit CC's documented signed-idiv-only limitation (see docs/toolchain.md) - a result with the sign bit set was modulo'd as negative, producing an out-of-bounds moves[] read (a garbage move name, absurd damage). Fixed by masking the RNG output to 31 bits before the modulo, the same workaround the rest of the kernel already uses by construction. Two test suites, both driving a full session against headless QEMU: - tools/run_tests.sh: extended with a `play` pass over the existing keyboard/HMP-sendkey path, asserting on the deterministic parts of the flow (menu structure, run/quit) - tools/run_serial_tests.sh + tools/serial_game_test.py: new - no keyboard involved at all, driven entirely over a second, genuinely bidirectional `-serial unix:...` socket, playing a real battle to a real end state (accepts either outcome - battle results are RNG-dependent) to prove the whole loop works over serial alone See docs/game.md for the full design and how an external agent would connect. Verified: a full clean `make`, plus all three test suites (run_tests.sh, run_serial_tests.sh, run_toolchain_tests.sh) green. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> EOF )"
[main 4246ba7] Add a Pokemon-like battle game, playable entirely over serial 15 files changed, 664 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/game.md create mode 100644 kernel/game/game.c create mode 100644 kernel/game/game.h create mode 100644 kernel/input.c create mode 100644 kernel/input.h create mode 100755 tools/run_serial_tests.sh create mode 100755 tools/serial_game_test.py
$ which asciinema script scriptreplay 2>&1 echo "---" cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude ls -la build/disk.img 2>&1 git status --short | head -5
/bin/script /bin/scriptreplay --- -rw-r----- 1 martin martin 2097152 Jul 22 07:20 build/disk.img
$ mkdir -p /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build
cat > /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad/play_and_record.py << 'PYEOF'
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Plays kernel/game/game.c over a serial socket for ~5 real minutes,
printing a readable transcript to stdout (meant to be run under `script`
so the whole terminal session gets captured to a file - see
tools/serial_game_test.py for the same connection mechanism, used there
for a quick automated correctness check instead of a long recorded
playthrough)."""
import random
import socket
import sys
import time
DURATION_S = 5 * 60
MIN_DELAY = 1.2
MAX_DELAY = 3.0
def connect(sock_path):
for _ in range(50):
try:
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(sock_path)
s.settimeout(0.1)
return s
except (FileNotFoundError, ConnectionRefusedError):
time.sleep(0.2)
raise SystemExit("play_and_record: socket never appeared")
class Session:
def __init__(self, sock):
self.sock = sock
self.buf = ""
def _pump(self, timeout):
deadline = time.time() + timeout
got_any = False
while time.time() < deadline:
try:
chunk = self.sock.recv(4096)
except socket.timeout:
continue
if not chunk:
break
text = chunk.decode(errors="replace")
self.buf += text
sys.stdout.write(text)
sys.stdout.flush()
got_any = True
return got_any
def wait_for(self, pattern, timeout=15.0):
deadline = time.time() + timeout
while pattern not in self.buf:
if time.time() > deadline:
raise SystemExit(f"play_and_record: timed out waiting for {pattern!r}")
self._pump(0.2)
self.buf = self.buf[self.buf.index(pattern) + len(pattern):]
def send(self, line):
pause = random.uniform(MIN_DELAY, MAX_DELAY)
time.sleep(pause)
sys.stdout.write(line + "\n")
sys.stdout.flush()
self.sock.sendall((line + "\n").encode())
self._pump(0.3)
def main():
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <serial-unix-socket>", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
random.seed()
sess = Session(connect(sys.argv[1]))
print("=== connecting to tiny-os over serial (AI-agent-style session) ===\n")
sess.wait_for("SELFTEST PASS")
sess.wait_for("type 'help'")
sess._pump(0.3)
start = time.time()
games_played = 0
while time.time() - start < DURATION_S:
games_played += 1
sess.send("play")
sess.wait_for("Choose your starter:")
sess.send(str(random.randint(1, 3)))
while time.time() - start < DURATION_S:
sess.wait_for("4) Run")
if time.time() - start >= DURATION_S:
break
roll = random.random()
if roll < 0.15:
choice = "run"
else:
choice = str(random.randint(1, 3))
sess.send(choice)
if "Game over!" in sess.buf or "you are the Champion!" in sess.buf:
sess._pump(0.5)
break
print(f"\n=== time's up after {games_played} game(s) - leaving ===\n")
sess.send("quit")
sess._pump(1.0)
print("\n=== session recording complete ===")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
PYEOF
echo "written"written
$ cat > /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad/play_and_record.py << 'PYEOF'
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Plays kernel/game/game.c over a serial socket for ~5 real minutes,
printing a readable transcript to stdout (meant to be run under `script`
so the whole terminal session gets captured to a file - see
tools/serial_game_test.py for the same connection mechanism, used there
for a quick automated correctness check instead of a long recorded
playthrough)."""
import random
import socket
import sys
import time
DURATION_S = 5 * 60
MIN_DELAY = 1.2
MAX_DELAY = 3.0
def connect(sock_path):
for _ in range(50):
try:
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(sock_path)
s.settimeout(0.1)
return s
except (FileNotFoundError, ConnectionRefusedError):
time.sleep(0.2)
raise SystemExit("play_and_record: socket never appeared")
class Session:
def __init__(self, sock):
self.sock = sock
self.buf = ""
def _pump(self, timeout):
deadline = time.time() + timeout
while time.time() < deadline:
try:
chunk = self.sock.recv(4096)
except socket.timeout:
continue
if not chunk:
break
text = chunk.decode(errors="replace")
self.buf += text
sys.stdout.write(text)
sys.stdout.flush()
def wait_for_any(self, patterns, timeout=15.0):
deadline = time.time() + timeout
while True:
for p in patterns:
if p in self.buf:
self.buf = self.buf[self.buf.index(p) + len(p):]
return p
if time.time() > deadline:
raise SystemExit(f"play_and_record: timed out waiting for any of {patterns!r}")
self._pump(0.2)
def send(self, line):
pause = random.uniform(MIN_DELAY, MAX_DELAY)
time.sleep(pause)
sys.stdout.write(line + "\n")
sys.stdout.flush()
self.sock.sendall((line + "\n").encode())
self._pump(0.3)
def main():
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <serial-unix-socket>", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
random.seed()
sess = Session(connect(sys.argv[1]))
print("=== connecting to tiny-os over serial (AI-agent-style session) ===\n")
sess.wait_for_any(["type 'help'"])
sess._pump(0.3)
start = time.time()
games_played = 0
wins = 0
losses = 0
while time.time() - start < DURATION_S:
games_played += 1
sess.send("play")
sess.wait_for_any(["Choose your starter:"])
sess.send(str(random.randint(1, 3)))
battle_over = False
while not battle_over and time.time() - start < DURATION_S:
sess.wait_for_any(["4) Run"])
roll = random.random()
choice = "run" if roll < 0.15 else str(random.randint(1, 3))
sess.send(choice)
outcome = sess.wait_for_any(
["Game over!", "you are the Champion!", "You ran away!"], timeout=15.0
)
if outcome == "Game over!":
losses += 1
battle_over = True
elif outcome == "you are the Champion!":
wins += 1
battle_over = True
# "You ran away!" -> loop again, a fresh "4) Run" screen follows
print(f"\n=== time's up after {games_played} game(s) ({wins} champion runs, "
f"{losses} faints) - leaving ===\n")
sess.send("quit")
sess._pump(1.0)
print("\n=== session recording complete ===")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
PYEOF
echo "written"written
$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad
cat > "$SCRATCH/play_and_record.py" << 'PYEOF'
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Plays kernel/game/game.c over a serial socket for ~5 real minutes and
records the session as an asciinema v2 .cast file (a real, timed
terminal screencast - replayable with `asciinema play`).
The kernel echoes every typed character back over the same serial
connection as it's read (see shell.c/game.c's echo_char), so the raw
byte stream received from the socket already *is* a faithful terminal
transcript - typed commands and the game's own output, interleaved
exactly as they'd appear on a real console. This just timestamps that
stream into cast-file events; see tools/serial_game_test.py for the
same connection mechanism used for a quick correctness check instead of
a recorded playthrough.
"""
import json
import random
import socket
import sys
import time
DURATION_S = 5 * 60
MIN_DELAY = 1.2
MAX_DELAY = 3.0
def connect(sock_path):
for _ in range(50):
try:
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(sock_path)
s.settimeout(0.1)
return s
except (FileNotFoundError, ConnectionRefusedError):
time.sleep(0.2)
raise SystemExit("play_and_record: socket never appeared")
class Session:
def __init__(self, sock, cast_file):
self.sock = sock
self.buf = ""
self.cast_file = cast_file
self.t0 = time.time()
def _emit(self, text):
rel = time.time() - self.t0
self.cast_file.write(json.dumps([round(rel, 6), "o", text]) + "\n")
self.cast_file.flush()
sys.stdout.write(text)
sys.stdout.flush()
def _pump(self, timeout):
deadline = time.time() + timeout
while time.time() < deadline:
try:
chunk = self.sock.recv(4096)
except socket.timeout:
continue
if not chunk:
break
text = chunk.decode(errors="replace")
self.buf += text
self._emit(text)
def wait_for_any(self, patterns, timeout=15.0):
deadline = time.time() + timeout
while True:
for p in patterns:
if p in self.buf:
self.buf = self.buf[self.buf.index(p) + len(p):]
return p
if time.time() > deadline:
raise SystemExit(f"play_and_record: timed out waiting for any of {patterns!r}")
self._pump(0.2)
def send(self, line):
pause = random.uniform(MIN_DELAY, MAX_DELAY)
time.sleep(pause)
self.sock.sendall((line + "\n").encode())
self._pump(0.3)
def main():
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
print(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <serial-unix-socket> <out.cast>", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
random.seed()
sock_path, cast_path = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
with open(cast_path, "w") as cast_file:
header = {
"version": 2,
"width": 100,
"height": 30,
"timestamp": int(time.time()),
"title": "tiny-os: Tiny Monsters, played over serial (AI-agent-style session)",
}
cast_file.write(json.dumps(header) + "\n")
cast_file.flush()
sess = Session(connect(sock_path), cast_file)
sess._emit("=== connected over serial (no keyboard involved) ===\r\n")
sess.wait_for_any(["type 'help'"])
sess._pump(0.3)
start = time.time()
games_played = 0
wins = 0
losses = 0
while time.time() - start < DURATION_S:
games_played += 1
sess.send("play")
sess.wait_for_any(["Choose your starter:"])
sess.send(str(random.randint(1, 3)))
battle_over = False
while not battle_over and time.time() - start < DURATION_S:
sess.wait_for_any(["4) Run"])
roll = random.random()
choice = "run" if roll < 0.15 else str(random.randint(1, 3))
sess.send(choice)
outcome = sess.wait_for_any(
["Game over!", "you are the Champion!", "You ran away!"], timeout=15.0
)
if outcome == "Game over!":
losses += 1
battle_over = True
elif outcome == "you are the Champion!":
wins += 1
battle_over = True
sess._emit(
f"\r\n=== time's up after {games_played} game(s) "
f"({wins} champion runs, {losses} faints) - leaving ===\r\n"
)
sess.send("quit")
sess._pump(1.0)
sess._emit("\r\n=== recording complete ===\r\n")
print(f"\nwrote {cast_path}", file=sys.stderr)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
PYEOF
echo writtenwritten
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 120 make >/dev/null 2>&1 echo "build ok, exit=$?" pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386.*record' 2>/dev/null rm -f build/qemu-record.sock
Exit code 144 build ok, exit=0
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: bu3dxvn0l. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/bu3dxvn0l.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ sleep 3 SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude python3 "$SCRATCH/play_and_record.py" build/qemu-record.sock build/game_screencast.cast
Exit code 1 === connected over serial (no keyboard involved) === play_and_record: timed out waiting for any of ["type 'help'"]
$ ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep ls -la /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock 2>&1
martin 1725197 0.0 0.0 13312 3928 ? Ss 11:41 0:00 /bin/bash -c source /home/martin/.claude/shell-snapshots/snapshot-bash-1784610228462-5rmhnd.sh 2>/dev/null || true && shopt -u extglob 2>/dev/null || true && eval 'cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude qemu-system-i386 \ -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \ -display none \ -serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait \ -no-reboot' < /dev/null && pwd -P >| /tmp/claude-1d96-cwd martin 1725199 100 0.1 1741904 49944 ? Sl 11:41 0:34 qemu-system-i386 -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw -display none -serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait -no-reboot srwxr-x--- 1 martin martin 0 Jul 22 11:41 /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock
$ python3 - <<'PYEOF'
import socket, time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect("/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock")
s.settimeout(3)
buf = b""
try:
while True:
chunk = s.recv(4096)
if not chunk:
break
buf += chunk
except socket.timeout:
pass
print(repr(buf.decode(errors="replace")))
s.close()
PYEOF''
$ pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386.*qemu-record' 2>/dev/null sleep 1 rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/game_screencast.cast echo cleaned
Exit code 144
$ ls /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock 2>&1 ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep
ls: cannot access '/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock': No such file or directory
$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad
python3 - "$SCRATCH/play_and_record.py" <<'PYEOF'
import sys
path = sys.argv[1]
with open(path) as f:
content = f.read()
old = """ sess = Session(connect(sock_path), cast_file)
sess._emit("=== connected over serial (no keyboard involved) ===\\r\\n")
sess.wait_for_any(["type 'help'"])
sess._pump(0.3)
"""
new = """ sess = Session(connect(sock_path), cast_file)
sess._emit("=== connected over serial (no keyboard involved) ===\\r\\n")
# `-serial unix:...,server,nowait` discards anything the guest
# writes before a client is connected - if we attached late
# (after the boot banner already went out), there may be
# nothing to catch here, and that's fine: don't block on it,
# just grab whatever's already waiting and move on.
sess._pump(3.0)
"""
assert old in content, "pattern not found"
content = content.replace(old, new)
with open(path, "w") as f:
f.write(content)
print("patched")
PYEOFpatched
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: bxfpa3mt7. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/bxfpa3mt7.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do [ -S build/qemu-record.sock ] && break sleep 0.3 done python3 "$SCRATCH/play_and_record.py" build/qemu-record.sock build/game_screencast.cast
Exit code 1 === connected over serial (no keyboard involved) === play === Tiny Monsters === Defeat 5 wild monsters to become champion. Type 'quit' any time to leave. Choose your starter: 1) Emberpup (Fire) 2) Aqualing (Water) 3) Leafling (Grass) > 2 === A wild Aqualing appears! (stage 1) Your Aqualing: HP 30/30 Wild Aqualing: HP 30/30 1) Water Jet (7) 2) Tail Slap (5) 3) Tide Wave (10) 4) Run > 2 Your Aqualing uses Tail Slap! Wild Aqualing takes 6 damage. (HP 24/30) Wild Aqualing uses Tail Slap! Your Aqualing takes 3 damage. (HP 27/30) Your Aqualing: HP 27/30 Wild Aqualing: HP 24/30 1) Water Jet (7) 2) Tail Slap (5) 3) Tide Wave (10) 4) Run > play_and_record: timed out waiting for any of ['Game over!', 'you are the Champion!', 'You ran away!']
$ ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep
martin 1725411 0.0 0.0 13312 3928 ? Ss 11:42 0:00 /bin/bash -c source /home/martin/.claude/shell-snapshots/snapshot-bash-1784610228462-5rmhnd.sh 2>/dev/null || true && shopt -u extglob 2>/dev/null || true && eval 'cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude qemu-system-i386 \ -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \ -display none \ -serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait \ -no-reboot' < /dev/null && pwd -P >| /tmp/claude-0b0e-cwd martin 1725413 100 0.1 1741904 49604 ? Sl 11:42 0:47 qemu-system-i386 -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw -display none -serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait -no-reboot
$ python3 - <<'PYEOF'
import socket, time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect("/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock")
s.settimeout(3)
s.sendall(b"help\n")
buf = b""
try:
while True:
chunk = s.recv(4096)
if not chunk:
break
buf += chunk
except socket.timeout:
pass
print(repr(buf.decode(errors="replace")))
s.close()
PYEOF"help\ninvalid choice - type 1-3 for a move, 'run', or 'quit'\nYour Aqualing: HP 27/30\nWild Aqualing: HP 24/30\n1) Water Jet (7)\n2) Tail Slap (5)\n3) Tide Wave (10)\n4) Run\n> "
$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad
python3 - "$SCRATCH/play_and_record.py" <<'PYEOF'
import sys
path = sys.argv[1]
with open(path) as f:
content = f.read()
content = content.replace(
'def wait_for_any(self, patterns, timeout=15.0):',
'def wait_for_any(self, patterns, timeout=45.0):'
)
content = content.replace(
'["Game over!", "you are the Champion!", "You ran away!"], timeout=15.0',
'["Game over!", "you are the Champion!", "You ran away!"], timeout=45.0'
)
with open(path, "w") as f:
f.write(content)
print("patched")
PYEOF
grep -n 'timeout=' "$SCRATCH/play_and_record.py"patched 65: def wait_for_any(self, patterns, timeout=45.0): 128: ["Game over!", "you are the Champion!", "You ran away!"], timeout=45.0
$ pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386.*qemu-record' 2>/dev/null sleep 1 rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/game_screencast.cast ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep echo done
Exit code 144
$ ls /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock 2>&1 ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep echo "cleanup verified"
ls: cannot access '/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock': No such file or directory cleanup verified
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: bnyitkt36. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/bnyitkt36.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do [ -S build/qemu-record.sock ] && break sleep 0.3 done python3 "$SCRATCH/play_and_record.py" build/qemu-record.sock build/game_screencast.cast
Exit code 1 === connected over serial (no keyboard involved) === play === Tiny Monsters === Defeat 5 wild monsters to become champion. Type 'quit' any time to leave. Choose your starter: 1) Emberpup (Fire) 2) Aqualing (Water) 3) Leafling (Grass) > 3 === A wild Emberpup appears! (stage 1) Your Leafling: HP 32/32 Wild Emberpup: HP 28/28 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > 3 Your Leafling uses Leaf Storm! It's not very effective... Wild Emberpup takes 7 damage. (HP 21/28) Wild Emberpup uses Ember! It's super effective! Your Leafling takes 11 damage. (HP 21/32) Your Leafling: HP 21/32 Wild Emberpup: HP 21/28 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > play_and_record: timed out waiting for any of ['Game over!', 'you are the Champion!', 'You ran away!']
$ ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep
martin 1725714 0.0 0.0 13312 3892 ? Ss 11:45 0:00 /bin/bash -c source /home/martin/.claude/shell-snapshots/snapshot-bash-1784610228462-5rmhnd.sh 2>/dev/null || true && shopt -u extglob 2>/dev/null || true && eval 'cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude qemu-system-i386 \ -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \ -display none \ -serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait \ -no-reboot' < /dev/null && pwd -P >| /tmp/claude-3213-cwd martin 1725716 99.9 0.1 1741904 49736 ? Sl 11:45 1:44 qemu-system-i386 -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw -display none -serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait -no-reboot
$ python3 - <<'PYEOF'
import socket, time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect("/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock")
s.settimeout(5)
def drain(t=3.0):
buf = b""
end = time.time() + t
while time.time() < end:
try:
chunk = s.recv(4096)
if not chunk:
break
buf += chunk
except socket.timeout:
break
return buf
print("initial (should be empty since already connected client took it, or leftover):")
print(repr(drain(2)))
print("sending '3\\n' now")
s.sendall(b"3\n")
print(repr(drain(5)))
s.close()
PYEOFinitial (should be empty since already connected client took it, or leftover): b'' sending '3\n' now b"3\nYour Leafling uses Leaf Storm!\nIt's not very effective...\nWild Emberpup takes 6 damage. (HP 15/28)\nWild Emberpup uses Scratch!\nIt's super effective!\nYour Leafling takes 9 damage. (HP 12/32)\nYour Leafling: HP 12/32\nWild Emberpup: HP 15/28\n1) Vine Whip (7)\n2) Tackle (5)\n3) Leaf Storm (10)\n4) Run\n> "
$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad
cat > "$SCRATCH/play_and_record.py" << 'PYEOF'
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Plays kernel/game/game.c over a serial socket for ~5 real minutes and
records the session as an asciinema v2 .cast file (a real, timed
terminal screencast - replayable with `asciinema play`).
The kernel echoes every typed character back over the same serial
connection as it's read (see shell.c/game.c's echo_char), so the raw
byte stream received from the socket already *is* a faithful terminal
transcript - typed commands and the game's own output, interleaved
exactly as they'd appear on a real console. This just timestamps that
stream into cast-file events; see tools/serial_game_test.py for the
same connection mechanism used for a quick correctness check instead of
a recorded playthrough.
QEMU's `-serial unix:...,server,nowait` chardev has occasionally gone
quiet on a long-lived connection in practice (a send stops producing any
echo at all, even after a long wait) while the guest itself is still
alive and responsive - confirmed by connecting fresh and sending the
same input, which works immediately. Cause not fully pinned down; worked
around by reconnecting and re-sending whenever a wait stalls, rather
than trusting one connection for the whole session.
"""
import json
import random
import socket
import sys
import time
DURATION_S = 5 * 60
MIN_DELAY = 1.2
MAX_DELAY = 3.0
STALL_TIMEOUT = 20.0
def connect(sock_path):
for _ in range(50):
try:
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(sock_path)
s.settimeout(0.1)
return s
except (FileNotFoundError, ConnectionRefusedError):
time.sleep(0.2)
raise SystemExit("play_and_record: socket never appeared")
class Session:
def __init__(self, sock_path, cast_file):
self.sock_path = sock_path
self.sock = connect(sock_path)
self.buf = ""
self.cast_file = cast_file
self.t0 = time.time()
def _emit(self, text):
rel = time.time() - self.t0
self.cast_file.write(json.dumps([round(rel, 6), "o", text]) + "\n")
self.cast_file.flush()
sys.stdout.write(text)
sys.stdout.flush()
def _pump(self, timeout):
deadline = time.time() + timeout
while time.time() < deadline:
try:
chunk = self.sock.recv(4096)
except socket.timeout:
continue
except OSError:
return
if not chunk:
return
text = chunk.decode(errors="replace")
self.buf += text
self._emit(text)
def reconnect(self):
try:
self.sock.close()
except OSError:
pass
self.sock = connect(self.sock_path)
def wait_for_any(self, patterns, timeout=STALL_TIMEOUT):
deadline = time.time() + timeout
while True:
for p in patterns:
if p in self.buf:
self.buf = self.buf[self.buf.index(p) + len(p):]
return p
if time.time() > deadline:
return None
self._pump(0.2)
def send(self, line):
pause = random.uniform(MIN_DELAY, MAX_DELAY)
time.sleep(pause)
self.sock.sendall((line + "\n").encode())
self._pump(0.3)
def send_and_wait(self, line, patterns, timeout=STALL_TIMEOUT, retries=4):
for attempt in range(retries):
self.send(line)
outcome = self.wait_for_any(patterns, timeout=timeout)
if outcome is not None:
return outcome
self._emit(f"\r\n[recording: connection stalled, reconnecting (attempt {attempt + 2})]\r\n")
self.reconnect()
raise SystemExit(f"play_and_record: gave up waiting for any of {patterns!r}")
def main():
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
print(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <serial-unix-socket> <out.cast>", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
random.seed()
sock_path, cast_path = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
with open(cast_path, "w") as cast_file:
header = {
"version": 2,
"width": 100,
"height": 30,
"timestamp": int(time.time()),
"title": "tiny-os: Tiny Monsters, played over serial (AI-agent-style session)",
}
cast_file.write(json.dumps(header) + "\n")
cast_file.flush()
sess = Session(sock_path, cast_file)
sess._emit("=== connected over serial (no keyboard involved) ===\r\n")
# `-serial unix:...,server,nowait` discards anything the guest
# writes before a client is connected - if we attached late
# (after the boot banner already went out), there may be
# nothing to catch here, and that's fine.
sess._pump(3.0)
start = time.time()
games_played = 0
wins = 0
losses = 0
while time.time() - start < DURATION_S:
games_played += 1
sess.send_and_wait("play", ["Choose your starter:"])
sess.send_and_wait(str(random.randint(1, 3)), ["4) Run"])
battle_over = False
while not battle_over and time.time() - start < DURATION_S:
roll = random.random()
choice = "run" if roll < 0.15 else str(random.randint(1, 3))
outcome = sess.send_and_wait(
choice, ["Game over!", "you are the Champion!", "You ran away!", "4) Run"]
)
if outcome == "Game over!":
losses += 1
battle_over = True
elif outcome == "you are the Champion!":
wins += 1
battle_over = True
elif outcome == "You ran away!":
sess.wait_for_any(["4) Run"]) # the fresh encounter's battle screen
sess._emit(
f"\r\n=== time's up after {games_played} game(s) "
f"({wins} champion runs, {losses} faints) - leaving ===\r\n"
)
sess.send_and_wait("quit", ["Left the game.", "commands:"], timeout=10.0)
sess._pump(1.0)
sess._emit("\r\n=== recording complete ===\r\n")
print(f"\nwrote {cast_path}", file=sys.stderr)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
PYEOF
echo writtenwritten
$ pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386.*qemu-record' 2>/dev/null sleep 1 rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-record.sock rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/game_screencast.cast echo cleaned
Exit code 144
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial unix:build/qemu-record.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: bndmfteqc. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/bndmfteqc.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do [ -S build/qemu-record.sock ] && break sleep 0.3 done python3 "$SCRATCH/play_and_record.py" build/qemu-record.sock build/game_screencast.cast
<persisted-output> Output too large (29.3KB). Full output saved to: /home/martin/.claude/projects/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tool-results/b1hat5yy3.txt Preview (first 2KB): === connected over serial (no keyboard involved) === play === Tiny Monsters === Defeat 5 wild monsters to become champion. Type 'quit' any time to leave. Choose your starter: 1) Emberpup (Fire) 2) Aqualing (Water) 3) Leafling (Grass) > 3 === A wild Leafling appears! (stage 1) Your Leafling: HP 32/32 Wild Leafling: HP 32/32 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > run You ran away! === A wild Leafling appears! (stage 1) Your Leafling: HP 32/32 Wild Leafling: HP 32/32 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > run You ran away! === A wild Leafling appears! (stage 1) Your Leafling: HP 32/32 Wild Leafling: HP 32/32 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > 2 Your Leafling uses Tackle! Wild Leafling takes 4 damage. (HP 28/32) Wild Leafling uses Leaf Storm! Your Leafling takes 11 damage. (HP 21/32) Your Leafling: HP 21/32 Wild Leafling: HP 28/32 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > 1 Your Leafling uses Vine Whip! Wild Leafling takes 9 damage. (HP 19/32) Wild Leafling uses Leaf Storm! Your Leafling takes 9 damage. (HP 12/32) Your Leafling: HP 12/32 Wild Leafling: HP 19/32 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > 1 Your Leafling uses Vine Whip! Wild Leafling takes 8 damage. (HP 11/32) Wild Leafling uses Leaf Storm! Your Leafling takes 9 damage. (HP 3/32) Your Leafling: HP 3/32 Wild Leafling: HP 11/32 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > 2 Your Leafling uses Tackle! Wild Leafling takes 5 damage. (HP 6/32) Wild Leafling uses Tackle! Your Leafling takes 4 damage. (HP 0/32) Your Leafling fainted... Game over! You reached stage 1. > play === Tiny Monsters === Defeat 5 wild monsters to become champion. Type 'quit' any time to leave. Choose your starter: 1) Emberpup (Fire) 2) Aqualing (Water) 3) Leafling (Grass) > 3 === A wild Aqualing appears! (stage 1) Your Leafling: HP 32/32 Wild Aqualing: HP 30/30 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > 1 ... </persisted-output>
$ tail -60 "/home/martin/.claude/projects/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tool-results/b1hat5yy3.txt"
Wild Leafling: HP 12/32 1) Ember (7) 2) Scratch (5) 3) Flame Burst (10) 4) Run > 1 Your Emberpup uses Ember! It's super effective! Wild Leafling takes 9 damage. (HP 3/32) Wild Leafling uses Tackle! It's not very effective... Your Emberpup takes 2 damage. (HP 19/28) Your Emberpup: HP 19/28 Wild Leafling: HP 3/32 1) Ember (7) 2) Scratch (5) 3) Flame Burst (10) 4) Run > 2 Your Emberpup uses Scratch! It's super effective! Wild Leafling takes 5 damage. (HP 0/32) Wild Leafling fainted! You win! === A wild Emberpup appears! (stage 2) Your Emberpup: HP 19/28 Wild Emberpup: HP 32/32 1) Ember (7) 2) Scratch (5) 3) Flame Burst (10) 4) Run > 2 Your Emberpup uses Scratch! Wild Emberpup takes 5 damage. (HP 27/32) Wild Emberpup uses Scratch! Your Emberpup takes 7 damage. (HP 12/28) Your Emberpup: HP 12/28 Wild Emberpup: HP 27/32 1) Ember (7) 2) Scratch (5) 3) Flame Burst (10) 4) Run > 3 Your Emberpup uses Flame Burst! Wild Emberpup takes 8 damage. (HP 19/32) Wild Emberpup uses Flame Burst! Your Emberpup takes 10 damage. (HP 2/28) Your Emberpup: HP 2/28 Wild Emberpup: HP 19/32 1) Ember (7) 2) Scratch (5) 3) Flame Burst (10) 4) Run > === time's up after 16 game(s) (0 champion runs, 15 faints) - leaving === quit Left the game. > === recording complete === wrote build/game_screencast.cast
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
ls -la build/game_screencast.cast
wc -l build/game_screencast.cast
head -3 build/game_screencast.cast
echo "..."
tail -3 build/game_screencast.cast
echo "--- validate JSON lines ---"
python3 -c "
import json
with open('build/game_screencast.cast') as f:
lines = f.readlines()
print('total lines:', len(lines))
header = json.loads(lines[0])
print('header:', header)
last_ts = 0
for i, line in enumerate(lines[1:], 1):
ev = json.loads(line)
assert len(ev) == 3, f'bad event at line {i}'
assert ev[0] >= last_ts, f'non-monotonic timestamp at line {i}'
last_ts = ev[0]
print('all events valid, last timestamp:', last_ts, 'seconds')
"-rw-r----- 1 martin martin 91020 Jul 22 11:53 build/game_screencast.cast
2774 build/game_screencast.cast
{"version": 2, "width": 100, "height": 30, "timestamp": 1784713718, "title": "tiny-os: Tiny Monsters, played over serial (AI-agent-style session)"}
[1e-06, "o", "=== connected over serial (no keyboard involved) ===\r\n"]
[5.401983, "o", "pla"]
...
[306.286606, "o", "Left the game."]
[306.289067, "o", "\n> "]
[307.591163, "o", "\r\n=== recording complete ===\r\n"]
--- validate JSON lines ---
total lines: 2774
header: {'version': 2, 'width': 100, 'height': 30, 'timestamp': 1784713718, 'title': 'tiny-os: Tiny Monsters, played over serial (AI-agent-style session)'}
all events valid, last timestamp: 307.591163 seconds$ pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386.*qemu-record' 2>/dev/null sleep 1 ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep echo "cleanup done"
Exit code 144
$ ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep echo "no qemu running (expected)"
no qemu running (expected)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
mkdir -p recordings
python3 - <<'PYEOF'
import json
with open("build/game_screencast.cast") as f:
lines = f.readlines()
header = json.loads(lines[0])
with open("recordings/game_screencast.txt", "w") as out:
out.write(f"tiny-os screencast transcript\n")
out.write(f"title: {header['title']}\n")
out.write(f"recorded (unix epoch): {header['timestamp']}\n")
out.write("=" * 70 + "\n\n")
for line in lines[1:]:
ts, kind, text = json.loads(line)
out.write(text)
print("wrote recordings/game_screencast.txt")
PYEOF
cp build/game_screencast.cast recordings/game_screencast.cast
ls -la recordings/wrote recordings/game_screencast.txt total 148 drwxr-x--- 2 martin martin 4096 Jul 22 11:54 . drwxr-x--- 11 martin martin 4096 Jul 22 11:54 .. -rw-r----- 1 martin martin 91020 Jul 22 11:54 game_screencast.cast -rw-r----- 1 martin martin 30190 Jul 22 11:54 game_screencast.txt
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude cat .gitignore echo "---" head -30 recordings/game_screencast.txt echo "..." tail -15 recordings/game_screencast.txt echo "---" git status --short | head -5
build/ *.o *.bin *.img *.tbc *.elf --- tiny-os screencast transcript title: tiny-os: Tiny Monsters, played over serial (AI-agent-style session) recorded (unix epoch): 1784713718 ====================================================================== === connected over serial (no keyboard involved) === play === Tiny Monsters === Defeat 5 wild monsters to become champion. Type 'quit' any time to leave. Choose your starter: 1) Emberpup (Fire) 2) Aqualing (Water) 3) Leafling (Grass) > 3 === A wild Leafling appears! (stage 1) Your Leafling: HP 32/32 Wild Leafling: HP 32/32 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run > run You ran away! === A wild Leafling appears! (stage 1) Your Leafling: HP 32/32 Wild Leafling: HP 32/32 1) Vine Whip (7) 2) Tackle (5) 3) Leaf Storm (10) 4) Run ... Wild Emberpup takes 8 damage. (HP 19/32) Wild Emberpup uses Flame Burst! Your Emberpup takes 10 damage. (HP 2/28) Your Emberpup: HP 2/28 Wild Emberpup: HP 19/32 1) Ember (7) 2) Scratch (5) 3) Flame Burst (10) 4) Run > === time's up after 16 game(s) (0 champion runs, 15 faints) - leaving === quit Left the game. > === recording complete === --- ?? recordings/
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude git status --short
?? recordings/
1 build/ 2 *.o 3 *.bin 4 *.img 5 *.tbc 6 *.elf 7
- build/ - *.o - *.bin - *.img - *.tbc - *.elf + build/ + *.o + *.bin + *.img + *.tbc + *.elf + recordings/
The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/.gitignore has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude git add .gitignore git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF' Ignore recordings/ (local screencast output, not source) Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> EOF )"
[main 4fafcaa] Ignore recordings/ (local screencast output, not source) 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
{
"files": [
"/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/recordings/game_screencast.cast",
"/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/recordings/game_screencast.txt"
],
"caption": "5-minute live session of the Tiny Monsters game, played entirely over the QEMU serial port (no keyboard) and recorded as it happened. .cast is the asciinema v2 recording (real timing, replay with `asciinema play game_screencast.cast`); .txt is a plain-text transcript of the same session for quick reading.",
"status": "proactive"
}2 files delivered to user. /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/recordings/game_screencast.cast → file_uuid: 4666a0ea-98d5-4539-a80e-7b5f054665b1 /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/recordings/game_screencast.txt → file_uuid: 0f0e4647-11d4-4614-ab31-de5131a3606e
$ which agg asciicast2gif ffmpeg svg-term terminalizer 2>&1 echo "---" pip3 list 2>/dev/null | grep -i asciinema echo "---" cargo --version 2>&1 npm --version 2>&1
/bin/ffmpeg --- --- cargo 1.82.0-nightly (257b72b8a 2024-07-30) 11.8.0
$ apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep -i agg
apt-cache search asciinema 2>/dev/null
python3 -c "import PIL; print(PIL.__version__)" 2>&1
python3 -c "from PIL import ImageFont; print('ok')" 2>&1
fc-list | grep -i mono | head -5r-cran-ragg/questing,now 1.3.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic] r-cran-swagger/questing,questing,now 5.17.14.1-1 all [installed,automatic] asciinema - Record and share your terminal sessions, the right way termrec - terminal videos/scripts recorder and player termtosvg - record terminal sessions as standalone SVG animations teseq - utility for rendering terminal typescripts human-readable tty-record - Simple tool to record a terminal session 11.3.0 ok /usr/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmmonolt10-oblique.otf: Latin Modern Mono Light,LM Mono Light 10:style=10 Oblique,Italic /usr/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmmono10-italic.otf: Latin Modern Mono,LM Mono 10:style=10 Italic,Italic /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book /usr/share/fonts/truetype/paratype/PTM55F.ttf: PT Mono:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraMoBI.ttf: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold Oblique
$ cat /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/console.c
#include "console.h"
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#define VGA_MEM ((volatile uint16_t *)0xB8000)
#define VGA_COLS 80
#define VGA_ROWS 25
#define VGA_ATTR 0x07
static size_t cursor_row = 0;
static size_t cursor_col = 0;
static void console_scroll(void) {
for (size_t row = 1; row < VGA_ROWS; row++) {
for (size_t col = 0; col < VGA_COLS; col++) {
VGA_MEM[(row - 1) * VGA_COLS + col] = VGA_MEM[row * VGA_COLS + col];
}
}
for (size_t col = 0; col < VGA_COLS; col++) {
VGA_MEM[(VGA_ROWS - 1) * VGA_COLS + col] = (uint16_t)((VGA_ATTR << 8) | ' ');
}
cursor_row = VGA_ROWS - 1;
}
void console_clear(void) {
for (size_t i = 0; i < VGA_COLS * VGA_ROWS; i++) {
VGA_MEM[i] = (uint16_t)((VGA_ATTR << 8) | ' ');
}
cursor_row = 0;
cursor_col = 0;
}
void console_putc(char c) {
if (c == '\n') {
cursor_col = 0;
cursor_row++;
} else if (c == '\b') {
if (cursor_col > 0) {
cursor_col--;
} else if (cursor_row > 0) {
cursor_row--;
cursor_col = VGA_COLS - 1;
}
} else {
VGA_MEM[cursor_row * VGA_COLS + cursor_col] = (uint16_t)((VGA_ATTR << 8) | (uint8_t)c);
cursor_col++;
if (cursor_col >= VGA_COLS) {
cursor_col = 0;
cursor_row++;
}
}
if (cursor_row >= VGA_ROWS) {
console_scroll();
}
}
void console_write(const char *s) {
while (*s) {
console_putc(*s++);
}
}$ python3 -c "
from PIL import ImageFont
f = ImageFont.truetype('/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf', 18)
print('length M:', f.getlength('M'))
print('bbox M:', f.getbbox('M'))
print(f.size)
"length M: 10.84375 bbox M: (0, 4, 11, 17) 18
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Renders an asciinema v2 .cast file to an MP4 by simulating a plain
terminal screen (the same col=0-on-'\\n', cursor-based backspace, and
scroll-on-overflow semantics as kernel/console.c's real VGA console -
this recording has no ANSI/colour escapes to worry about, it's plain
serial text) and piping rendered RGB frames straight into ffmpeg.
"""
import json
import subprocess
import sys
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
COLS = 100
ROWS = 30
FONT_PATH = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf"
FONT_SIZE = 18
FPS = 12
MARGIN = 20
BG = (12, 14, 12)
FG = (77, 246, 38)
TITLE_FG = (140, 160, 140)
class Screen:
def __init__(self, cols, rows):
self.cols = cols
self.rows = rows
self.buf = [[" "] * cols for _ in range(rows)]
self.row = 0
self.col = 0
def feed(self, text):
for c in text:
if c == "\n":
self.row += 1
self.col = 0
elif c == "\r":
self.col = 0
elif c == "\b":
if self.col > 0:
self.col -= 1
elif self.row > 0:
self.row -= 1
self.col = self.cols - 1
elif c == "\t":
self.col = min((self.col // 8 + 1) * 8, self.cols - 1)
elif ord(c) >= 32 or c == " ":
if self.row < self.rows:
self.buf[self.row][self.col] = c
self.col += 1
if self.col >= self.cols:
self.col = 0
self.row += 1
if self.row >= self.rows:
self._scroll(self.row - self.rows + 1)
self.row = self.rows - 1
def _scroll(self, n):
for _ in range(n):
self.buf.pop(0)
self.buf.append([" "] * self.cols)
def text(self):
return "\n".join("".join(r).rstrip() for r in self.buf)
def main():
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
print(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <in.cast> <out.mp4>", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
cast_path, out_path = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
with open(cast_path) as f:
lines = f.readlines()
header = json.loads(lines[0])
cols = header.get("width", COLS)
rows = header.get("height", ROWS)
title = header.get("title", "")
events = [json.loads(line) for line in lines[1:]]
total_duration = events[-1][0] if events else 0.0
font = ImageFont.truetype(FONT_PATH, FONT_SIZE)
char_w = int(font.getlength("M")) + 1
line_h = FONT_SIZE + 6
title_h = 34 if title else 0
width = cols * char_w + 2 * MARGIN
height = rows * line_h + 2 * MARGIN + title_h
width += width % 2
height += height % 2
print(f"frame size: {width}x{height}, {cols}x{rows} chars, "
f"{total_duration:.1f}s @ {FPS}fps", file=sys.stderr)
ffmpeg = subprocess.Popen(
[
"ffmpeg", "-y", "-loglevel", "error",
"-f", "rawvideo", "-pix_fmt", "rgb24",
"-s", f"{width}x{height}", "-r", str(FPS),
"-i", "-",
"-c:v", "libx264", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", "-crf", "20",
out_path,
],
stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
)
screen = Screen(cols, rows)
ev_idx = 0
n_events = len(events)
n_frames = int(total_duration * FPS) + FPS # a little tail padding
last_text = None
last_frame_bytes = None
for frame_no in range(n_frames + 1):
t = frame_no / FPS
while ev_idx < n_events and events[ev_idx][0] <= t:
screen.feed(events[ev_idx][2])
ev_idx += 1
cur_text = screen.text()
if cur_text != last_text:
img = Image.new("RGB", (width, height), BG)
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
if title:
draw.text((MARGIN, MARGIN // 2), title, font=font, fill=TITLE_FG)
draw.multiline_text(
(MARGIN, MARGIN + title_h), cur_text, font=font, fill=FG, spacing=line_h - FONT_SIZE
)
last_frame_bytes = img.tobytes()
last_text = cur_text
ffmpeg.stdin.write(last_frame_bytes)
if frame_no % (FPS * 20) == 0:
print(f" {t:6.1f}s / {total_duration:.1f}s", file=sys.stderr)
ffmpeg.stdin.close()
rc = ffmpeg.wait()
if rc != 0:
raise SystemExit(f"ffmpeg exited {rc}")
print(f"wrote {out_path}", file=sys.stderr)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
File created successfully at: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad/cast_to_mp4.py (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad time python3 "$SCRATCH/cast_to_mp4.py" recordings/game_screencast.cast recordings/game_screencast.mp4
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wrote recordings/game_screencast.mp4
real 0m13.467s
user 1m11.413s
sys 0m6.073s$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude ls -la recordings/game_screencast.mp4 ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration,size -show_entries stream=width,height,codec_name -of default=noprint_wrappers=1 recordings/game_screencast.mp4
-rw-r----- 1 martin martin 8852060 Jul 22 13:47 recordings/game_screencast.mp4 codec_name=h264 width=1140 height=794 duration=308.666667 size=8852060
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude ffmpeg -y -loglevel error -ss 30 -i recordings/game_screencast.mp4 -frames:v 1 /tmp/frame_check.png ls -la /tmp/frame_check.png
-rw-r----- 1 martin martin 226045 Jul 22 13:47 /tmp/frame_check.png
$ grep -i monperrus ~/.ssh/config 2>/dev/null echo "---ssh hosts---" grep -i '^Host' ~/.ssh/config 2>/dev/null echo "---known dirs---" find ~ -maxdepth 3 -iname "*monperrus*" 2>/dev/null find / -maxdepth 4 -iname "*monperrus.net*" 2>/dev/null echo "---env---" env | grep -i monperrus
<persisted-output>
Output too large (344.8KB). Full output saved to: /home/martin/.claude/projects/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tool-results/bn4jck6xl.txt
Preview (first 2KB):
User monperrus
User mmonperrus
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/root-monperrus.net.private
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/root-monperrus.net.20260623.private
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/root-monperrus.net.private
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/root-monperrus.net.private
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/martin-monperrus.net.private
User mmonperrus
User monperrus
User monperrus
User monperrus
---ssh hosts---
Host localhost
Host gitlab.inria.fr
Host gitlab.ow2.org
Host gitlab.com
Host github.com
Host gist.github.com
Host github-jm
Host bitbucket.org
Host tormo
Host hasse
Host picolibre.enst-bretagne.fr
Host gforge scm.gforge.inria.fr
Host ford
Host backup-inria
Host webinria synchro-lil.lille.inria.fr
Host forge.univ-artois.fr
Host frontale
Host rootvpsovh
Host rootmab
Host ns334032.ip-37-187-127.eu
Host jimmy
Host vpsovhtpm
Host vpsovh
Host ci-ssh.inria.fr
Host sos-builder01
Host sos-builder02
Host gw
Host goa.cs.ucl.ac.uk
Host access.grid5000.fr
Host abisko.hpc2n.umu.se
Host alvis
Host kebnekaise.hpc2n.umu.se
Host pdc
Host pdc-t04n27
Host kth
Host gits-15.sys.kth.se
Host gitr.sys.kth.se
Host gerrit.wikimedia.org
Host salsa.debian.org
Host repairnator
Host pellow
Host tiramisu
Host croaker
Host nuc
Host api42
Host tty.sdf.org
Host sos-small01
Host sos-small02
Host sos-small01b
Host sos-small01c
Host sos-small01d
---known dirs---
/home/martin/CV-Martin-Monperrus-2026-en-2-pages-short-WASP-PhD-Call.aux
/home/martin/modelsizemetrics2007_monperrus.pdf
/home/martin/professional-services-martin-monperrus-2013.pdf
/home/martin/permis-de-conduire-martin-monperrus.jpg
/home/martin/salarydiscussion-feb-2021-martin-monperrus.pdf
/home/martin/sujet-thèse-inria-dga-lille-spirals-monperrus.pdf
/home/martin/nl+se-monperrus.pdf
/home/martin/modelsizemetrics2007_monperrus.bbl
/home/martin/CV-Martin-Monperrus-2026-en-1-page-short-vinnova-ai-integrity.tex
/home/martin/salarydiscussion-martin-monperrus-sep-2025.log
/home/martin/CV-Martin-Monperrus-2020-en.blg
/home/martin/Monperrus-references.odt
...
</persisted-output>$ grep -n -B3 'monperrus' ~/.ssh/config 2>/dev/null | grep -A3 -B3 'Host\|monperrus'
67- HostName picolibre.enst-bretagne.fr 68- IdentityFile /home/martin/.ssh/gforgeinria.private 69- #ProxyCommand connect -4 -S 192.168.1.2:822 %h %p 70: User monperrus -- 104-Host forge.univ-artois.fr 105- IdentityFile ~/.ssh/forge-univ-artois.private 106- HostName forge.univ-artois.fr 107: User mmonperrus -- 118- 119-Host rootvpsovh 120- User root 121: IdentityFile ~/.ssh/root-monperrus.net.private -- 129-# set up May 2023 130-Host rootmab 131- User martin 132: IdentityFile ~/.ssh/root-monperrus.net.20260623.private -- 151- 152-Host ns334032.ip-37-187-127.eu 153- User ubuntu 154: IdentityFile ~/.ssh/root-monperrus.net.private -- 161-# ProxyCommand nc -X 5 -x 127.0.0.1:9052 %h %p 162- 163-Host jimmy 164: IdentityFile ~/.ssh/root-monperrus.net.private -- 181- 182-Host vpsovh 183- IdentitiesOnly yes 184: IdentityFile ~/.ssh/martin-monperrus.net.private -- 253- IdentityFile ~/.ssh/earl-server.private 254- 255-Host access.grid5000.fr 256: User mmonperrus -- 332- HostName gitr.sys.kth.se 333- 334-Host gerrit.wikimedia.org 335: User monperrus -- 399- #RemoteCommand docker run -ti -v /mnt/data/martin/:/home/ubuntu myubuntu 400- 401-Host croaker 402: User monperrus -- 437- HostName api42.folkfigur.se 438- ForwardAgent yes 439-Host tty.sdf.org 440: User monperrus
{
"questions": [
{
"question": "I found SSH access configured for what looks like your monperrus.net server (a few aliases: `rootvpsovh`, `rootmab`, `vpsovh`, different users/keys) but no indication of the site's actual layout or deploy process. Where should the MP4 go, and how?",
"header": "Deploy target",
"multiSelect": false,
"options": [
{
"label": "Give me the exact command/path",
"description": "You tell me the scp/rsync destination path (and which SSH host alias to use) and I'll run it as-is."
},
{
"label": "Just scp it to my home dir on the server",
"description": "I'll pick one host alias (you confirm which) and scp the MP4 to the login user's home directory - no attempt to place it into the live site structure or make it publicly reachable."
},
{
"label": "Something else / let me clarify",
"description": "The site isn't on that server, or this needs a different process (e.g. a static-site repo to commit to, a CMS upload, etc.)."
}
]
}
]
}The user answered: "I found SSH access configured for what looks like your monperrus.net server (a few aliases: `rootvpsovh`, `rootmab`, `vpsovh`, different users/keys) but no indication of the site's actual layout or deploy process. Where should the MP4 go, and how?"="in /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/". Read the answers carefully — they may request clarification, changes, or that you not proceed — and follow what they actually say.
$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 -o BatchMode=yes rootvpsovh 'hostname; whoami; ls -la /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/ 2>&1 | head -20' 2>&1
Exit code 255 ssh: connect to host 51.38.48.202 port 22: Connection timed out
$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 -o BatchMode=yes vpsovh 'hostname; whoami; ls -la /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/ 2>&1 | head -20' 2>&1 echo "=== rootmab ===" timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 -o BatchMode=yes rootmab 'hostname; whoami; ls -la /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/ 2>&1 | head -20' 2>&1
ssh: connect to host 51.38.48.202 port 22: Connection timed out === rootmab === rootmab martin total 2790892 drwxrwxr-x 178 www-data www-data 122880 Jul 22 12:36 . drwxrwxr-x 14 www-data 5233 4096 Nov 16 2024 .. -rw------- 1 www-data www-data 297 Mar 16 2024 .bash_history -rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data 5233 24 Jun 21 2010 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 12288 Jun 23 06:52 .bashrc.swp drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Jun 27 17:08 .enroll-key-nonces -rw-r----- 1 martin martin 69 Feb 10 12:37 .env drwxr-x--- 2 www-data www-data 4096 Jul 17 16:25 .gakofs2-nonces drwxrwsr-x 16 www-data www-data 4096 Jul 17 19:59 .git -rwxrwxr-x 1 www-data www-data 12049 Jun 2 2023 .htaccess drwxr-xr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 May 1 2023 .jekyll-cache drwxr-x--- 3 martin martin 4096 Apr 12 07:58 .ruff_cache drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data www-data 4096 Jun 7 2025 0xemperor-Awesome-MEV.git drwxr-xr-x 6 www-data www-data 4096 Jun 7 2025 0xtokens-awesome-blockchain.git -rwxr-xr-x 1 martin martin 59082704 Nov 27 2020 2017_Martin_Monperrus_Installandi_TQ0A7490_ALC_max_size_FLV.tif -rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data 5233 28482911 Jan 11 2024 404.clf -rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data 173 Mar 13 2025 404.py drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data www-data 4096 Jun 10 05:32 4337Mafia-awesome-account-abstraction.git -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 15764 Jan 19 2025 7-things-to-do-with-your-TPM-on-Linux
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude ls -la recordings/game_screencast.mp4 scp -o ConnectTimeout=8 recordings/game_screencast.mp4 rootmab:/home/monperrus.net/www/martin/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4
-rw-r----- 1 martin martin 8852060 Jul 22 13:47 recordings/game_screencast.mp4 You should use rsync. scp does not copy symlinks. See: https://superuser.com/questions/233036/scp-copy-the-symlinks
$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 rootmab 'ls -la /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 2>&1'
-rw-r----- 1 martin martin 8852060 Jul 22 12:44 /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4
$ curl -sI --max-time 10 https://monperrus.net/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 2>&1 | head -10
(Bash completed with no output)
$ curl -v -I --max-time 10 https://monperrus.net/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 2>&1 | tail -20
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Host monperrus.net:443 was resolved.
* IPv6: (none)
* IPv4: 37.187.127.139
* Trying 37.187.127.139:443...
* ALPN: curl offers h2,http/1.1
} [5 bytes data]
* TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
} [1568 bytes data]
* CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
* CApath: /etc/ssl/certs
{ [5 bytes data]
* TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS alert, unrecognized name (624):
{ [2 bytes data]
* TLS connect error: error:0A000458:SSL routines::tlsv1 unrecognized name
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
* closing connection #0
curl: (35) TLS connect error: error:0A000458:SSL routines::tlsv1 unrecognized name$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 rootmab 'curl -sI --max-time 10 https://monperrus.net/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 2>&1 | head -10; echo "---localhost---"; curl -sI --max-time 5 http://localhost/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 2>&1 | head -10'
---localhost--- HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Location: https://localhost/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:45:50 GMT
$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 rootmab 'curl -skI --max-time 8 -H "Host: monperrus.net" https://localhost/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 2>&1 | head -10'
(Bash completed with no output)
$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 rootmab 'curl -sI --max-time 8 --resolve monperrus.net:443:127.0.0.1 https://monperrus.net/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 2>&1 | head -10'
(Bash completed with no output)
$ timeout 20 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 rootmab 'curl -sL -w "\nHTTP_CODE:%{http_code} SIZE:%{size_download}\n" -o /dev/null --max-time 12 --resolve monperrus.net:80:127.0.0.1 --resolve monperrus.net:443:127.0.0.1 http://monperrus.net/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4'Exit code 35 HTTP_CODE:301 SIZE:0
$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 rootmab 'ls -la /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/ 2>&1 | head -10'
total 96704 drwxrwxr-x 2 martin www-data 12288 Jul 18 14:46 . drwxrwxr-x 178 www-data www-data 122880 Jul 22 12:45 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 martin martin 1045630 Jan 30 2025 404.png -rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data 5233 159750 Apr 10 2015 4cantons-to-inria-lille.png -rwxrwxr-x 1 www-data 5233 371393 Apr 1 2009 A-Definition-of-Abstraction-Level-for-Metamodels.pdf -rw--w-r-- 1 www-data 5233 330191 Mar 5 2009 A-Model-Driven-Measurement-Approach.pdf -rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data 5233 7591 Jan 13 2012 ANR07-396.png -rwxrwxr-x 1 www-data 5233 38213 Mar 9 2019 Accuracy.png -rwxrwxr-x 1 www-data 5233 361081 Sep 8 2011 Automated-Measurement-of-Models-of-Requirements.pdf
$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 rootmab 'mv /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 && ls -la /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4'
-rw-r----- 1 martin martin 8852060 Jul 22 12:44 /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4
$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 rootmab 'chmod 755 /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4 && ls -la /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 martin martin 8852060 Jul 22 12:44 /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4
$ timeout 15 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=8 rootmab 'du -h /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4'
8.5M /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4
#pragma once #include <stdint.h> #define VGA_WIDTH 320 #define VGA_HEIGHT 200 /* Switches the VGA card into mode 0x13 (320x200, 256 colors, one byte * per pixel, linear framebuffer at 0xA0000) via direct register I/O - * no BIOS/VBE call, matching how everything else in this kernel talks * to hardware directly (see docs/toolchain.md's builtin port-I/O ops). * The real INT 10h video BIOS is only reachable from real mode, which * would mean unwinding all the way back out of protected mode - direct * register programming is the standard bare-metal alternative. */ void vga_set_graphics_mode(void); /* Switches back to mode 0x03 (80x25, 16-color text), the mode * console.c already assumes - called when a graphical screen (the game) * hands control back to the shell. */ void vga_set_text_mode(void); void vga_set_palette_color(uint8_t index, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b); void vga_clear(uint8_t color); void vga_put_pixel(int x, int y, uint8_t color); void vga_fill_rect(int x, int y, int w, int h, uint8_t color); void vga_draw_rect(int x, int y, int w, int h, uint8_t color); /* 5x7 pixel bitmap font (kernel/font.c) - covers the ASCII range this * game's text actually uses. */ void vga_draw_char(int x, int y, char c, uint8_t color); void vga_draw_text(int x, int y, const char *s, uint8_t color); int vga_text_width(const char *s);
File created successfully at: /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.h (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
#include "vga.h"
#include "builtins.h"
#include "font.h"
static inline void outb(uint16_t port, uint8_t val) { __builtin_outb(port, val); }
static inline uint8_t inb(uint16_t port) { return __builtin_inb(port); }
#define VGA_MISC_WRITE 0x3C2
#define VGA_SEQ_INDEX 0x3C4
#define VGA_SEQ_DATA 0x3C5
#define VGA_CRTC_INDEX 0x3D4
#define VGA_CRTC_DATA 0x3D5
#define VGA_GC_INDEX 0x3CE
#define VGA_GC_DATA 0x3CF
#define VGA_AC_INDEX 0x3C0
#define VGA_AC_WRITE 0x3C0
#define VGA_INSTAT_READ 0x3DA
#define VGA_DAC_WRITE_INDEX 0x3C8
#define VGA_DAC_DATA 0x3C9
#define FRAMEBUFFER ((uint8_t *)0xA0000)
/* Standard register dumps for mode 0x13 (320x200x256) and mode 0x03
* (80x25 text) - the same fixed sequences of Misc/Sequencer/CRTC/
* Graphics/Attribute Controller values used throughout the bare-metal
* OS dev community to switch VGA modes via direct port I/O instead of
* the (real-mode-only) INT 10h BIOS video service. Hardware register
* layout, not code - the same kind of fixed reference table as the PS/2
* scancode set in keyboard.c or the ATA command bytes in ata.c. */
static const uint8_t MODE13_SEQ[5] = { 0x03, 0x01, 0x0F, 0x00, 0x0E };
static const uint8_t MODE13_CRTC[25] = {
0x5F, 0x4F, 0x50, 0x82, 0x54, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x1F,
0x00, 0x41, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x9C, 0x0E, 0x8F, 0x28, 0x40, 0x96, 0xB9, 0xA3,
0xFF,
};
static const uint8_t MODE13_GC[9] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x05, 0x0F, 0xFF };
static const uint8_t MODE13_AC[21] = {
0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F,
0x41, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x00, 0x00,
};
static const uint8_t TEXT_SEQ[5] = { 0x03, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x02 };
static const uint8_t TEXT_CRTC[25] = {
0x5F, 0x4F, 0x50, 0x82, 0x55, 0x81, 0xBF, 0x1F,
0x00, 0x4F, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x9C, 0x0E, 0x8F, 0x28, 0x1F, 0x96, 0xB9, 0xA3,
0xFF,
};
static const uint8_t TEXT_GC[9] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x0E, 0x00, 0xFF };
static const uint8_t TEXT_AC[21] = {
0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F,
0x0C, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x08, 0x00,
};
static void vga_load_registers(uint8_t misc, const uint8_t *seq, const uint8_t *crtc,
const uint8_t *gc, const uint8_t *ac) {
outb(VGA_MISC_WRITE, misc);
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, seq[i]);
}
/* CRTC registers 0-7 are write-protected until bit 7 of index 0x03
* and the lock bit of index 0x11 are cleared - unlock first. */
outb(VGA_CRTC_INDEX, 0x03);
outb(VGA_CRTC_DATA, (uint8_t)(inb(VGA_CRTC_DATA) | 0x80));
outb(VGA_CRTC_INDEX, 0x11);
outb(VGA_CRTC_DATA, (uint8_t)(inb(VGA_CRTC_DATA) & ~0x80));
/* Re-apply the real values for those two indices below anyway (they
* come from the table), so this only matters transiently. */
for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
outb(VGA_CRTC_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
outb(VGA_CRTC_DATA, crtc[i]);
}
for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
outb(VGA_GC_DATA, gc[i]);
}
/* The Attribute Controller's index and data are the same port,
* distinguished by an internal flip-flop that's reset by reading
* the input status register. */
(void)inb(VGA_INSTAT_READ);
for (int i = 0; i < 21; i++) {
outb(VGA_AC_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
outb(VGA_AC_WRITE, ac[i]);
}
(void)inb(VGA_INSTAT_READ);
outb(VGA_AC_INDEX, 0x20); /* re-enable video output (PAS bit) */
}
void vga_set_graphics_mode(void) {
vga_load_registers(0x63, MODE13_SEQ, MODE13_CRTC, MODE13_GC, MODE13_AC);
}
void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
vga_load_registers(0x67, TEXT_SEQ, TEXT_CRTC, TEXT_GC, TEXT_AC);
}
void vga_set_palette_color(uint8_t index, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b) {
outb(VGA_DAC_WRITE_INDEX, index);
outb(VGA_DAC_DATA, (uint8_t)(r & 0x3F));
outb(VGA_DAC_DATA, (uint8_t)(g & 0x3F));
outb(VGA_DAC_DATA, (uint8_t)(b & 0x3F));
}
void vga_clear(uint8_t color) {
for (int i = 0; i < VGA_WIDTH * VGA_HEIGHT; i++) {
FRAMEBUFFER[i] = color;
}
}
void vga_put_pixel(int x, int y, uint8_t color) {
if (x < 0 || x >= VGA_WIDTH || y < 0 || y >= VGA_HEIGHT) {
return;
}
FRAMEBUFFER[y * VGA_WIDTH + x] = color;
}
void vga_fill_rect(int x, int y, int w, int h, uint8_t color) {
for (int row = 0; row < h; row++) {
for (int col = 0; col < w; col++) {
vga_put_pixel(x + col, y + row, color);
}
}
}
void vga_draw_rect(int x, int y, int w, int h, uint8_t color) {
vga_fill_rect(x, y, w, 1, color);
vga_fill_rect(x, y + h - 1, w, 1, color);
vga_fill_rect(x, y, 1, h, color);
vga_fill_rect(x + w - 1, y, 1, h, color);
}
void vga_draw_char(int x, int y, char c, uint8_t color) {
const uint8_t *glyph = font_glyph(c);
for (int row = 0; row < FONT_H; row++) {
uint8_t bits = glyph[row];
for (int col = 0; col < FONT_W; col++) {
if (bits & (1 << (FONT_W - 1 - col))) {
vga_put_pixel(x + col, y + row, color);
}
}
}
}
void vga_draw_text(int x, int y, const char *s, uint8_t color) {
int cx = x;
while (*s) {
if (*s == '\n') {
cx = x;
y += FONT_H + 1;
} else {
vga_draw_char(cx, y, *s, color);
cx += FONT_W + 1;
}
s++;
}
}
int vga_text_width(const char *s) {
int n = 0;
int max = 0;
while (*s) {
if (*s == '\n') {
if (n > max) {
max = n;
}
n = 0;
} else {
n++;
}
s++;
}
if (n > max) {
max = n;
}
return max * (FONT_W + 1);
}File created successfully at: /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude grep -oE '"[^"]*"' kernel/game/game.c | tr -d '"' | fold -w1 | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '
! ' ( ) * , - . / 1 3 4 5 : = > A B C D E F G H I J L M P R S T V W Y \ a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s t u v w y
$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad
cat > "$SCRATCH/gen_font.py" << 'PYEOF'
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Designs a compact 5x7 monospace bitmap font (hand-authored stroke
paths per glyph, not sampled from an existing font file) and emits it
as a C source table for kernel/font.c, plus a PNG preview to eyeball
legibility before committing to it."""
from PIL import Image
W, H = 5, 7
def grid():
return [[0] * W for _ in range(H)]
def line(g, x0, y0, x1, y1):
dx = x1 - x0
dy = y1 - y0
steps = max(abs(dx), abs(dy), 1)
for i in range(steps + 1):
x = round(x0 + dx * i / steps)
y = round(y0 + dy * i / steps)
if 0 <= x < W and 0 <= y < H:
g[y][x] = 1
return g
def dot(g, x, y):
if 0 <= x < W and 0 <= y < H:
g[y][x] = 1
return g
# Each glyph: a list of strokes; a stroke is ('l', x0,y0,x1,y1) for a
# line or ('d', x,y) for a single dot. Coordinates are 0..4 (cols),
# 0..6 (rows, top to bottom).
GLYPHS = {}
def L(*coords):
return ('l',) + coords
def D(x, y):
return ('d', x, y)
GLYPHS[' '] = []
GLYPHS['!'] = [L(2,0,2,4), D(2,6)]
GLYPHS["'"] = [L(2,0,3,2)]
GLYPHS['('] = [L(3,0,1,3), L(1,3,3,6)]
GLYPHS[')'] = [L(1,0,3,3), L(3,3,1,6)]
GLYPHS['*'] = [L(0,1,4,5), L(4,1,0,5), L(2,0,2,6), L(0,3,4,3)]
GLYPHS[','] = [L(2,5,1,6)]
GLYPHS['-'] = [L(0,3,4,3)]
GLYPHS['.'] = [D(2,6)]
GLYPHS['/'] = [L(0,6,4,0)]
GLYPHS[':'] = [D(2,2), D(2,4)]
GLYPHS[';'] = [D(2,2), L(2,4,1,6)]
GLYPHS['='] = [L(0,2,4,2), L(0,4,4,4)]
GLYPHS['>'] = [L(0,0,4,3), L(4,3,0,6)]
GLYPHS['?'] = [L(0,1,2,0), L(2,0,4,1), L(4,1,2,3), L(2,3,2,4), D(2,6)]
GLYPHS['+'] = [L(2,1,2,5), L(0,3,4,3)]
GLYPHS['\\'] = [L(0,0,4,6)]
GLYPHS['0'] = [L(0,0,4,0), L(0,0,0,6), L(4,0,4,6), L(0,6,4,6), L(0,6,4,0)]
GLYPHS['1'] = [L(1,1,2,0), L(2,0,2,6), L(1,6,3,6)]
GLYPHS['2'] = [L(0,1,2,0), L(2,0,4,1), L(4,1,0,6), L(0,6,4,6)]
GLYPHS['3'] = [L(0,0,4,0), L(4,0,2,3), L(2,3,4,3), L(4,3,4,6), L(4,6,0,6)]
GLYPHS['4'] = [L(3,0,0,4), L(0,4,4,4), L(3,0,3,6)]
GLYPHS['5'] = [L(4,0,0,0), L(0,0,0,3), L(0,3,4,3), L(4,3,4,6), L(4,6,0,6)]
GLYPHS['6'] = [L(4,0,1,0), L(1,0,0,3), L(0,3,0,6), L(0,6,4,6), L(4,6,4,3), L(4,3,0,3)]
GLYPHS['7'] = [L(0,0,4,0), L(4,0,1,6)]
GLYPHS['8'] = [L(1,0,3,0), L(0,1,1,0), L(3,0,4,1), L(1,3,3,3), L(0,1,0,3), L(4,1,4,3),
L(0,3,1,6), L(1,6,3,6), L(3,6,4,3), L(4,3,0,5)]
GLYPHS['9'] = [L(0,1,3,0), L(3,0,4,1), L(4,1,4,4), L(4,4,3,3), L(0,3,4,3), L(4,4,1,6)]
for ch, code in list(GLYPHS.items()):
pass
ALPHA_UPPER = {
'A': [L(0,6,2,0), L(2,0,4,6), L(1,4,3,4)],
'B': [L(0,0,0,6), L(0,0,3,0), L(3,0,4,1), L(4,1,3,3), L(0,3,3,3), L(3,3,4,4), L(4,4,3,6), L(3,6,0,6)],
'C': [L(4,1,3,0), L(3,0,1,0), L(1,0,0,1), L(0,1,0,5), L(0,5,1,6), L(1,6,3,6), L(3,6,4,5)],
'D': [L(0,0,0,6), L(0,0,2,0), L(2,0,4,2), L(4,2,4,4), L(4,4,2,6), L(2,6,0,6)],
'E': [L(4,0,0,0), L(0,0,0,6), L(0,6,4,6), L(0,3,3,3)],
'F': [L(4,0,0,0), L(0,0,0,6), L(0,3,3,3)],
'G': [L(4,1,3,0), L(3,0,1,0), L(1,0,0,1), L(0,1,0,5), L(0,5,1,6), L(1,6,4,6), L(4,6,4,3), L(2,3,4,3)],
'H': [L(0,0,0,6), L(4,0,4,6), L(0,3,4,3)],
'I': [L(1,0,3,0), L(2,0,2,6), L(1,6,3,6)],
'J': [L(3,0,3,5), L(3,5,2,6), L(2,6,1,6), L(1,6,0,5)],
'K': [L(0,0,0,6), L(4,0,0,3), L(0,3,4,6)],
'L': [L(0,0,0,6), L(0,6,4,6)],
'M': [L(0,6,0,0), L(0,0,2,3), L(2,3,4,0), L(4,0,4,6)],
'N': [L(0,6,0,0), L(0,0,4,6), L(4,6,4,0)],
'O': [L(1,0,3,0), L(3,0,4,1), L(4,1,4,5), L(4,5,3,6), L(3,6,1,6), L(1,6,0,5), L(0,5,0,1), L(0,1,1,0)],
'P': [L(0,6,0,0), L(0,0,3,0), L(3,0,4,1), L(4,1,3,3), L(3,3,0,3)],
'Q': [L(1,0,3,0), L(3,0,4,1), L(4,1,4,5), L(4,5,3,6), L(3,6,1,6), L(1,6,0,5), L(0,5,0,1), L(0,1,1,0), L(2,4,4,6)],
'R': [L(0,6,0,0), L(0,0,3,0), L(3,0,4,1), L(4,1,3,3), L(3,3,0,3), L(2,3,4,6)],
'S': [L(4,1,3,0), L(3,0,1,0), L(1,0,0,1), L(0,1,2,3), L(2,3,4,4), L(4,4,4,5), L(4,5,3,6), L(3,6,1,6), L(1,6,0,5)],
'T': [L(0,0,4,0), L(2,0,2,6)],
'U': [L(0,0,0,5), L(0,5,1,6), L(1,6,3,6), L(3,6,4,5), L(4,5,4,0)],
'V': [L(0,0,2,6), L(2,6,4,0)],
'W': [L(0,0,1,6), L(1,6,2,3), L(2,3,3,6), L(3,6,4,0)],
'X': [L(0,0,4,6), L(4,0,0,6)],
'Y': [L(0,0,2,3), L(4,0,2,3), L(2,3,2,6)],
'Z': [L(0,0,4,0), L(4,0,0,6), L(0,6,4,6)],
}
GLYPHS.update(ALPHA_UPPER)
ALPHA_LOWER = {
'a': [L(4,2,4,6), L(4,3,2,2), L(2,2,1,3), L(1,3,1,5), L(1,5,2,6), L(2,6,4,5)],
'b': [L(0,0,0,6), L(0,4,1,3), L(1,3,3,3), L(3,3,4,4), L(4,4,4,5), L(4,5,3,6), L(3,6,1,6), L(1,6,0,5)],
'c': [L(4,3,3,2), L(3,2,1,2), L(1,2,0,3), L(0,3,0,5), L(0,5,1,6), L(1,6,3,6), L(3,6,4,5)],
'd': [L(4,0,4,6), L(4,4,3,3), L(3,3,1,3), L(1,3,0,4), L(0,4,0,5), L(0,5,1,6), L(1,6,3,6), L(3,6,4,5)],
'e': [L(0,4,4,4), L(4,4,4,3), L(4,3,3,2), L(3,2,1,2), L(1,2,0,3), L(0,3,0,5), L(0,5,1,6), L(1,6,3,6), L(3,6,4,5)],
'f': [L(3,0,2,0), L(2,0,1,1), L(1,1,1,6), L(0,2,3,2)],
'g': [L(4,2,4,6), L(4,6,3,7), L(1,7,3,7), L(4,3,3,2), L(3,2,1,2), L(1,2,0,3), L(0,3,0,4), L(0,4,1,5), L(1,5,4,5)],
'h': [L(0,0,0,6), L(0,4,1,3), L(1,3,3,3), L(3,3,4,4), L(4,4,4,6)],
'i': [D(2,0), L(2,2,2,6)],
'j': [D(3,0), L(3,2,3,6), L(3,6,2,7), L(2,7,1,7)],
'k': [L(0,0,0,6), L(3,2,0,4), L(0,4,3,6)],
'l': [L(2,0,2,5), L(2,5,3,6)],
'm': [L(0,2,0,6), L(0,3,1,2), L(1,2,2,3), L(2,3,2,6), L(2,3,3,2), L(3,2,4,3), L(4,3,4,6)],
'n': [L(0,2,0,6), L(0,3,1,2), L(1,2,3,2), L(3,2,4,3), L(4,3,4,6)],
'o': [L(1,2,3,2), L(3,2,4,3), L(4,3,4,5), L(4,5,3,6), L(3,6,1,6), L(1,6,0,5), L(0,5,0,3), L(0,3,1,2)],
'p': [L(0,2,0,7), L(0,3,1,2), L(1,2,3,2), L(3,2,4,3), L(4,3,4,5), L(4,5,3,6), L(3,6,0,6)],
'q': [L(4,2,4,7), L(4,3,3,2), L(1,2,3,2), L(1,2,0,3), L(0,3,0,5), L(0,5,1,6), L(1,6,4,6)],
'r': [L(0,2,0,6), L(0,3,1,2), L(1,2,3,2)],
's': [L(4,3,3,2), L(3,2,1,2), L(1,2,0,3), L(0,3,4,5), L(4,5,3,6), L(3,6,1,6), L(1,6,0,5)],
't': [L(1,0,1,5), L(1,5,2,6), L(0,2,3,2)],
'u': [L(0,2,0,5), L(0,5,1,6), L(1,6,3,6), L(3,6,4,5), L(4,2,4,6)],
'v': [L(0,2,2,6), L(2,6,4,2)],
'w': [L(0,2,1,6), L(1,6,2,4), L(2,4,3,6), L(3,6,4,2)],
'x': [L(0,2,4,6), L(4,2,0,6)],
'y': [L(0,2,2,5), L(4,2,1,7), L(1,7,0,7)],
'z': [L(0,2,4,2), L(4,2,0,6), L(0,6,4,6)],
}
GLYPHS.update(ALPHA_LOWER)
def rasterize(strokes):
g = grid()
for s in strokes:
if s[0] == 'l':
_, x0, y0, x1, y1 = s
line(g, x0, min(y0, H - 1), x1, min(y1, H - 1))
else:
_, x, y = s
dot(g, x, min(y, H - 1))
return g
rows = {ch: rasterize(strokes) for ch, strokes in GLYPHS.items()}
# preview image
cell = 8
cols_per_row = 16
n = len(rows)
import math
grid_rows = math.ceil(n / cols_per_row)
img = Image.new("RGB", (cols_per_row * (W + 1) * cell, grid_rows * (H + 2) * cell), (0, 0, 0))
px = img.load()
for i, (ch, g) in enumerate(sorted(rows.items())):
gx = (i % cols_per_row) * (W + 1) * cell
gy = (i // cols_per_row) * (H + 2) * cell
for y in range(H):
for x in range(W):
if g[y][x]:
for dy in range(cell):
for dx in range(cell):
px[gx + x * cell + dx, gy + y * cell + dy] = (77, 246, 38)
img.save("/tmp/font_preview.png")
# emit C table
with open("/tmp/font_table.c", "w") as f:
f.write("/* generated by tools' font design script - see docs/game.md */\n")
for ch in sorted(rows.keys(), key=ord):
g = rows[ch]
vals = []
for y in range(H):
v = 0
for x in range(W):
v = (v << 1) | g[y][x]
vals.append(v)
name = f"0x{ord(ch):02X}"
f.write(f" [{name}] = {{ " + ", ".join(f"0x{v:02X}" for v in vals) + f" }}, /* '{ch}' */\n")
print("chars:", len(rows))
print("wrote /tmp/font_preview.png and /tmp/font_table.c")
PYEOF
python3 "$SCRATCH/gen_font.py"chars: 79 wrote /tmp/font_preview.png and /tmp/font_table.c
$ wc -l /tmp/font_table.c head -20 /tmp/font_table.c
80 /tmp/font_table.c
/* generated by tools' font design script - see docs/game.md */
[0x20] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* ' ' */
[0x21] = { 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04 }, /* '!' */
[0x27] = { 0x04, 0x04, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* ''' */
[0x28] = { 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x02 }, /* '(' */
[0x29] = { 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* ')' */
[0x2A] = { 0x04, 0x15, 0x0E, 0x1F, 0x0E, 0x15, 0x04 }, /* '*' */
[0x2B] = { 0x00, 0x04, 0x04, 0x1F, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00 }, /* '+' */
[0x2C] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* ',' */
[0x2D] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* '-' */
[0x2E] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04 }, /* '.' */
[0x2F] = { 0x01, 0x02, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10 }, /* '/' */
[0x30] = { 0x1F, 0x13, 0x13, 0x15, 0x19, 0x19, 0x1F }, /* '0' */
[0x31] = { 0x04, 0x0C, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x0E }, /* '1' */
[0x32] = { 0x0E, 0x11, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08, 0x1F }, /* '2' */
[0x33] = { 0x1F, 0x02, 0x02, 0x07, 0x01, 0x01, 0x1F }, /* '3' */
[0x34] = { 0x02, 0x06, 0x06, 0x0A, 0x1F, 0x02, 0x02 }, /* '4' */
[0x35] = { 0x1F, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1F, 0x01, 0x01, 0x1F }, /* '5' */
[0x36] = { 0x0F, 0x08, 0x10, 0x1F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1F }, /* '6' */
[0x37] = { 0x1F, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* '7' */$ cat /tmp/font_table.c
/* generated by tools' font design script - see docs/game.md */
[0x20] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* ' ' */
[0x21] = { 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04 }, /* '!' */
[0x27] = { 0x04, 0x04, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* ''' */
[0x28] = { 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x02 }, /* '(' */
[0x29] = { 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* ')' */
[0x2A] = { 0x04, 0x15, 0x0E, 0x1F, 0x0E, 0x15, 0x04 }, /* '*' */
[0x2B] = { 0x00, 0x04, 0x04, 0x1F, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00 }, /* '+' */
[0x2C] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* ',' */
[0x2D] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* '-' */
[0x2E] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04 }, /* '.' */
[0x2F] = { 0x01, 0x02, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10 }, /* '/' */
[0x30] = { 0x1F, 0x13, 0x13, 0x15, 0x19, 0x19, 0x1F }, /* '0' */
[0x31] = { 0x04, 0x0C, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x0E }, /* '1' */
[0x32] = { 0x0E, 0x11, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08, 0x1F }, /* '2' */
[0x33] = { 0x1F, 0x02, 0x02, 0x07, 0x01, 0x01, 0x1F }, /* '3' */
[0x34] = { 0x02, 0x06, 0x06, 0x0A, 0x1F, 0x02, 0x02 }, /* '4' */
[0x35] = { 0x1F, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1F, 0x01, 0x01, 0x1F }, /* '5' */
[0x36] = { 0x0F, 0x08, 0x10, 0x1F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1F }, /* '6' */
[0x37] = { 0x1F, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* '7' */
[0x38] = { 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1A, 0x0E }, /* '8' */
[0x39] = { 0x06, 0x19, 0x01, 0x1F, 0x01, 0x06, 0x08 }, /* '9' */
[0x3A] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* ':' */
[0x3B] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* ';' */
[0x3D] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* '=' */
[0x3E] = { 0x10, 0x08, 0x06, 0x01, 0x06, 0x08, 0x10 }, /* '>' */
[0x3F] = { 0x0E, 0x11, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04 }, /* '?' */
[0x41] = { 0x04, 0x04, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 'A' */
[0x42] = { 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E }, /* 'B' */
[0x43] = { 0x0E, 0x11, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 'C' */
[0x44] = { 0x1C, 0x12, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x12, 0x1C }, /* 'D' */
[0x45] = { 0x1F, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1E, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1F }, /* 'E' */
[0x46] = { 0x1F, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1E, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10 }, /* 'F' */
[0x47] = { 0x0E, 0x11, 0x10, 0x17, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F }, /* 'G' */
[0x48] = { 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 'H' */
[0x49] = { 0x0E, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x0E }, /* 'I' */
[0x4A] = { 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x12, 0x0C }, /* 'J' */
[0x4B] = { 0x11, 0x12, 0x1C, 0x10, 0x1C, 0x12, 0x11 }, /* 'K' */
[0x4C] = { 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1F }, /* 'L' */
[0x4D] = { 0x11, 0x1B, 0x1B, 0x15, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 'M' */
[0x4E] = { 0x11, 0x19, 0x19, 0x15, 0x13, 0x13, 0x11 }, /* 'N' */
[0x4F] = { 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 'O' */
[0x50] = { 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10 }, /* 'P' */
[0x51] = { 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x15, 0x13, 0x0F }, /* 'Q' */
[0x52] = { 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E, 0x12, 0x12, 0x11 }, /* 'R' */
[0x53] = { 0x0E, 0x11, 0x08, 0x04, 0x03, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 'S' */
[0x54] = { 0x1F, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 'T' */
[0x55] = { 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 'U' */
[0x56] = { 0x11, 0x11, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 'V' */
[0x57] = { 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x15, 0x0E, 0x0A, 0x0A }, /* 'W' */
[0x58] = { 0x11, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x11 }, /* 'X' */
[0x59] = { 0x11, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 'Y' */
[0x5A] = { 0x1F, 0x02, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x1F }, /* 'Z' */
[0x5C] = { 0x10, 0x08, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02, 0x02, 0x01 }, /* '\' */
[0x61] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x07 }, /* 'a' */
[0x62] = { 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E }, /* 'b' */
[0x63] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x10, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 'c' */
[0x64] = { 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x0F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F }, /* 'd' */
[0x65] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x1F, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 'e' */
[0x66] = { 0x06, 0x08, 0x1E, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08 }, /* 'f' */
[0x67] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F, 0x0F }, /* 'g' */
[0x68] = { 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 'h' */
[0x69] = { 0x04, 0x00, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 'i' */
[0x6A] = { 0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x0E }, /* 'j' */
[0x6B] = { 0x10, 0x10, 0x12, 0x1C, 0x10, 0x1C, 0x12 }, /* 'k' */
[0x6C] = { 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x02 }, /* 'l' */
[0x6D] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x1A, 0x15, 0x15, 0x15, 0x15 }, /* 'm' */
[0x6E] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 'n' */
[0x6F] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 'o' */
[0x70] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E }, /* 'p' */
[0x71] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F }, /* 'q' */
[0x72] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10 }, /* 'r' */
[0x73] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 's' */
[0x74] = { 0x08, 0x08, 0x1E, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x04 }, /* 't' */
[0x75] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F }, /* 'u' */
[0x76] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 'v' */
[0x77] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x11, 0x15, 0x0E, 0x0A }, /* 'w' */
[0x78] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x0A, 0x11 }, /* 'x' */
[0x79] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x0A, 0x0C, 0x04, 0x18 }, /* 'y' */
[0x7A] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x1F }, /* 'z' */$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad
python3 - "$SCRATCH/gen_font.py" <<'PYEOF'
# Re-run the font design logic but emit a DENSE sequential table
# (0x20..0x7A) instead of designated initializers - CC (this project's
# self-hosted compiler) doesn't support C99 designated initializers.
import runpy
import sys
mod_path = sys.argv[1]
ns = runpy.run_path(mod_path)
rows = ns["rows"]
LO, HI = 0x20, 0x7A
lines = []
for code in range(LO, HI + 1):
ch = chr(code)
g = rows.get(ch)
if g is None:
vals = [0] * 7
else:
vals = []
for y in range(7):
v = 0
for x in range(5):
v = (v << 1) | g[y][x]
vals.append(v)
comment = ch if ch not in ("\\", "'", "/*", "*/") else {"\\": "backslash", "'": "apostrophe"}.get(ch, ch)
lines.append(" { " + ", ".join(f"0x{v:02X}" for v in vals) + f" }}, /* 0x{code:02X} '{comment}' */")
with open("/tmp/font_table_dense.c", "w") as f:
f.write("\n".join(lines) + "\n")
print("wrote /tmp/font_table_dense.c, entries:", len(lines))
PYEOF
wc -l /tmp/font_table_dense.cchars: 79 wrote /tmp/font_preview.png and /tmp/font_table.c wrote /tmp/font_table_dense.c, entries: 91 91 /tmp/font_table_dense.c
$ cat /tmp/font_table_dense.c
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x20 ' ' */
{ 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04 }, /* 0x21 '!' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x22 '"' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x23 '#' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x24 '$' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x25 '%' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x26 '&' */
{ 0x04, 0x04, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x27 'apostrophe' */
{ 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x02 }, /* 0x28 '(' */
{ 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* 0x29 ')' */
{ 0x04, 0x15, 0x0E, 0x1F, 0x0E, 0x15, 0x04 }, /* 0x2A '*' */
{ 0x00, 0x04, 0x04, 0x1F, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00 }, /* 0x2B '+' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* 0x2C ',' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x2D '-' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04 }, /* 0x2E '.' */
{ 0x01, 0x02, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10 }, /* 0x2F '/' */
{ 0x1F, 0x13, 0x13, 0x15, 0x19, 0x19, 0x1F }, /* 0x30 '0' */
{ 0x04, 0x0C, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x0E }, /* 0x31 '1' */
{ 0x0E, 0x11, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08, 0x1F }, /* 0x32 '2' */
{ 0x1F, 0x02, 0x02, 0x07, 0x01, 0x01, 0x1F }, /* 0x33 '3' */
{ 0x02, 0x06, 0x06, 0x0A, 0x1F, 0x02, 0x02 }, /* 0x34 '4' */
{ 0x1F, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1F, 0x01, 0x01, 0x1F }, /* 0x35 '5' */
{ 0x0F, 0x08, 0x10, 0x1F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1F }, /* 0x36 '6' */
{ 0x1F, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* 0x37 '7' */
{ 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1A, 0x0E }, /* 0x38 '8' */
{ 0x06, 0x19, 0x01, 0x1F, 0x01, 0x06, 0x08 }, /* 0x39 '9' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x3A ':' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08 }, /* 0x3B ';' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x3C '<' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x3D '=' */
{ 0x10, 0x08, 0x06, 0x01, 0x06, 0x08, 0x10 }, /* 0x3E '>' */
{ 0x0E, 0x11, 0x02, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04 }, /* 0x3F '?' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x40 '@' */
{ 0x04, 0x04, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 0x41 'A' */
{ 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E }, /* 0x42 'B' */
{ 0x0E, 0x11, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 0x43 'C' */
{ 0x1C, 0x12, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x12, 0x1C }, /* 0x44 'D' */
{ 0x1F, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1E, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1F }, /* 0x45 'E' */
{ 0x1F, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1E, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10 }, /* 0x46 'F' */
{ 0x0E, 0x11, 0x10, 0x17, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F }, /* 0x47 'G' */
{ 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 0x48 'H' */
{ 0x0E, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x0E }, /* 0x49 'I' */
{ 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x12, 0x0C }, /* 0x4A 'J' */
{ 0x11, 0x12, 0x1C, 0x10, 0x1C, 0x12, 0x11 }, /* 0x4B 'K' */
{ 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1F }, /* 0x4C 'L' */
{ 0x11, 0x1B, 0x1B, 0x15, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 0x4D 'M' */
{ 0x11, 0x19, 0x19, 0x15, 0x13, 0x13, 0x11 }, /* 0x4E 'N' */
{ 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 0x4F 'O' */
{ 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10 }, /* 0x50 'P' */
{ 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x15, 0x13, 0x0F }, /* 0x51 'Q' */
{ 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E, 0x12, 0x12, 0x11 }, /* 0x52 'R' */
{ 0x0E, 0x11, 0x08, 0x04, 0x03, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 0x53 'S' */
{ 0x1F, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 0x54 'T' */
{ 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 0x55 'U' */
{ 0x11, 0x11, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 0x56 'V' */
{ 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x15, 0x0E, 0x0A, 0x0A }, /* 0x57 'W' */
{ 0x11, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x11 }, /* 0x58 'X' */
{ 0x11, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 0x59 'Y' */
{ 0x1F, 0x02, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x1F }, /* 0x5A 'Z' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x5B '[' */
{ 0x10, 0x08, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02, 0x02, 0x01 }, /* 0x5C 'backslash' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x5D ']' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x5E '^' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x5F '_' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x60 '`' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x07 }, /* 0x61 'a' */
{ 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E }, /* 0x62 'b' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x10, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 0x63 'c' */
{ 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x0F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F }, /* 0x64 'd' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x1F, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 0x65 'e' */
{ 0x06, 0x08, 0x1E, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08 }, /* 0x66 'f' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F, 0x0F }, /* 0x67 'g' */
{ 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 0x68 'h' */
{ 0x04, 0x00, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 0x69 'i' */
{ 0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x0E }, /* 0x6A 'j' */
{ 0x10, 0x10, 0x12, 0x1C, 0x10, 0x1C, 0x12 }, /* 0x6B 'k' */
{ 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x02 }, /* 0x6C 'l' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x1A, 0x15, 0x15, 0x15, 0x15 }, /* 0x6D 'm' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11 }, /* 0x6E 'n' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 0x6F 'o' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x1E }, /* 0x70 'p' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F }, /* 0x71 'q' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10 }, /* 0x72 'r' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x0E, 0x11, 0x0E }, /* 0x73 's' */
{ 0x08, 0x08, 0x1E, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x04 }, /* 0x74 't' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0F }, /* 0x75 'u' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x11, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x04 }, /* 0x76 'v' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x11, 0x15, 0x0E, 0x0A }, /* 0x77 'w' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x0A, 0x04, 0x0A, 0x11 }, /* 0x78 'x' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x0A, 0x0C, 0x04, 0x18 }, /* 0x79 'y' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x1F }, /* 0x7A 'z' */#pragma once #include <stdint.h> #define FONT_W 5 #define FONT_H 7 /* Returns FONT_H bytes, one per row, each row's bottom FONT_W bits are * the pixels left-to-right (bit FONT_W-1 = leftmost). Covers 0x20..0x7A * (space through 'z'); anything else - or a character in that range * with no defined glyph, e.g. punctuation this game never prints - * comes back blank rather than garbage. */ const uint8_t *font_glyph(char c);
File created successfully at: /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/font.h (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
{
echo '#include "font.h"'
echo ''
echo '#define FONT_LO 0x20'
echo '#define FONT_HI 0x7A'
echo ''
echo '/* 5x7 bitmap font, hand-authored as a set of stroke paths per glyph'
echo ' * (see docs/game.md) and rasterized - not sampled from any existing'
echo ' * font file. One row per byte, low 5 bits are the pixels. */'
echo 'static const uint8_t GLYPHS[FONT_HI - FONT_LO + 1][FONT_H] = {'
cat /tmp/font_table_dense.c
echo '};'
echo ''
echo 'static const uint8_t BLANK_GLYPH[FONT_H] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };'
echo ''
echo 'const uint8_t *font_glyph(char c) {'
echo ' unsigned char uc = (unsigned char)c;'
echo ' if (uc < FONT_LO || uc > FONT_HI) {'
echo ' return BLANK_GLYPH;'
echo ' }'
echo ' return GLYPHS[uc - FONT_LO];'
echo '}'
} > kernel/font.c
wc -l kernel/font.c
head -15 kernel/font.c111 kernel/font.c
#include "font.h"
#define FONT_LO 0x20
#define FONT_HI 0x7A
/* 5x7 bitmap font, hand-authored as a set of stroke paths per glyph
* (see docs/game.md) and rasterized - not sampled from any existing
* font file. One row per byte, low 5 bits are the pixels. */
static const uint8_t GLYPHS[FONT_HI - FONT_LO + 1][FONT_H] = {
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x20 ' ' */
{ 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00, 0x04 }, /* 0x21 '!' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x22 '"' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x23 '#' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x24 '$' */
{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, /* 0x25 '%' */- KERNEL_C_SRCS := kernel/kmain.c kernel/console.c kernel/serial.c kernel/gdt.c \ - kernel/idt.c kernel/string.c kernel/memory.c kernel/selftest.c \ - kernel/ata.c kernel/fs/tinyfs.c kernel/fs/tinyfs_disk.c \ - kernel/keyboard.c kernel/input.c kernel/shell/shell.c \ - kernel/game/game.c \ - kernel/lang/lexer.c kernel/lang/script/ast.c \ - kernel/lang/script/parser.c kernel/lang/script/eval.c \ - kernel/lang/compiler/parser.c kernel/lang/compiler/codegen.c \ - kernel/lang/vm.c + KERNEL_C_SRCS := kernel/kmain.c kernel/console.c kernel/serial.c kernel/gdt.c \ + kernel/idt.c kernel/string.c kernel/memory.c kernel/selftest.c \ + kernel/ata.c kernel/fs/tinyfs.c kernel/fs/tinyfs_disk.c \ + kernel/keyboard.c kernel/input.c kernel/vga.c kernel/font.c \ + kernel/shell/shell.c \ + kernel/game/game.c \ + kernel/lang/lexer.c kernel/lang/script/ast.c \ + kernel/lang/script/parser.c kernel/lang/script/eval.c \ + kernel/lang/compiler/parser.c kernel/lang/compiler/codegen.c \ + kernel/lang/vm.c
The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/Makefile has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- #include "game/game.h" - #include "input.h" + #include "game/game.h" + #include "input.h" + #include "vga.h"
The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/shell/shell.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- static void cmd_reboot(void) {
+ static void cmd_gfxtest(void) {
+ vga_set_graphics_mode();
+ for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+ vga_set_palette_color((uint8_t)(16 + i), (uint8_t)(i * 4), (uint8_t)(63 - i * 4), (uint8_t)(i * 2));
+ }
+ vga_set_palette_color(1, 63, 0, 0);
+ vga_set_palette_color(2, 0, 63, 0);
+ vga_set_palette_color(3, 0, 0, 63);
+ vga_set_palette_color(4, 63, 63, 63);
+ vga_set_palette_color(0, 0, 0, 20);
+ vga_clear(0);
+ for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+ vga_fill_rect(i * 20, 0, 20, 40, (uint8_t)(16 + i));
+ }
+ vga_fill_rect(10, 50, 60, 30, 1);
+ vga_fill_rect(80, 50, 60, 30, 2);
+ vga_fill_rect(150, 50, 60, 30, 3);
+ vga_draw_rect(10, 90, 300, 20, 4);
+ vga_draw_text(20, 120, "gfxtest: mode 13h A-Z a-z 0-9 !?.,:;", 4);
+ vga_draw_text(20, 140, "press any key to return", 4);
+ input_getchar();
+ vga_set_text_mode();
+ console_clear();
+ }
+
+ static void cmd_reboot(void) {The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/shell/shell.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- } else if (strcmp(cmd, "play") == 0) {
- game_run();
+ } else if (strcmp(cmd, "play") == 0) {
+ game_run();
+ } else if (strcmp(cmd, "gfxtest") == 0) {
+ cmd_gfxtest();The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/shell/shell.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 120 make 2>&1 | tail -40
build/toolchain/cc -Ikernel -Itoolchain/include -o build/vga.S kernel/vga.c build/toolchain/as -f elf32 -o build/vga.o build/vga.S build/toolchain/cc -Ikernel -Itoolchain/include -o build/font.S kernel/font.c build/toolchain/as -f elf32 -o build/font.o build/font.S build/toolchain/cc -Ikernel -Itoolchain/include -o build/shell/shell.S kernel/shell/shell.c build/toolchain/as -f elf32 -o build/shell/shell.o build/shell/shell.S build/toolchain/ld -T kernel/link.ld --format bin -o build/kernel.bin build/entry.o build/idt_stubs.o build/kmain.o build/console.o build/serial.o build/gdt.o build/idt.o build/string.o build/memory.o build/selftest.o build/ata.o build/fs/tinyfs.o build/fs/tinyfs_disk.o build/keyboard.o build/input.o build/vga.o build/font.o build/shell/shell.o build/game/game.o build/lang/lexer.o build/lang/script/ast.o build/lang/script/parser.o build/lang/script/eval.o build/lang/compiler/parser.o build/lang/compiler/codegen.o build/lang/vm.o dd if=/dev/zero of=build/disk.img bs=512 count=4096 status=none dd if=build/boot.bin of=build/disk.img conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/stage2.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=1 conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/kernel.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=5 conv=notrunc status=none build/mkfs_tinyfs build/disk.img tests/hello.tsh:hello.tsh tests/hello.tc:hello.tc mkfs_tinyfs: done rm build/shell/shell.S build/font.S build/vga.S
$ pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386' 2>/dev/null
sleep 1
rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-monitor.sock
cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial file:build/serial.log \
-monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: bp1jsk4q9. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/bp1jsk4q9.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude for i in $(seq 1 25); do [ -S build/qemu-monitor.sock ] && break; sleep 0.2; done for i in $(seq 1 50); do grep -qF "SELFTEST PASS" build/serial.log 2>/dev/null && break; sleep 0.2; done echo "selftest ok?" grep -c "SELFTEST PASS" build/serial.log python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "gfxtest"$'\n' sleep 1
selftest ok?
1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/tools/qemu_type.py", line 54, in <module>
main()
~~~~^^
File "/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/tools/qemu_type.py", line 41, in main
s.connect(sock_path)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory$ cat "/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/bp1jsk4q9.output" 2>&1 echo "---serial log---" cat /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/serial.log 2>&1
---serial log---
tiny-os: kernel entered
selftest: running
SELFTEST PASS
tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands.
> ls
hello.txt 15
hello.tsh 281
hello.tc 272
> cat hello.txt
Hello, tinyfs!
> write greet.txt hi there
write: ok
> cat greet.txt
hi there
> rm greet.txt
rm: ok
> cat greet.txt
cat: no such file
> help
commands: ls, cat <file>, write <file> <text>, rm <file>, run <file>,
build <src> <out>, exec <file>, play, help, clear, reboot
> run hello.tsh
hello from tinyfs script
x = 14
add(3,4) = 7
loop 0
loop 1
loop 2
written by script
> build hello.tc hello.tbc
build: ok
> exec hello.tbc
14
7
55
10
> play
=== Tiny Monsters ===
Defeat 5 wild monsters to become champion. Type 'quit' any time to leave.
Choose your starter:
1) Emberpup (Fire)
2) Aqualing (Water)
3) Leafling (Grass)
> 1
=== A wild Leafling appears! (stage 1)
Your Emberpup: HP 28/28
Wild Leafling: HP 32/32
1) Ember (7)
2) Scratch (5)
3) Flame Burst (10)
4) Run
> run
You ran away!
=== A wild Emberpup appears! (stage 1)
Your Emberpup: HP 28/28
Wild Emberpup: HP 28/28
1) Ember (7)
2) Scratch (5)
3) Flame Burst (10)
4) Run
> quit
Left the game.
>$ ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep echo "---" ls -la /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-monitor.sock 2>&1
Exit code 2 --- ls: cannot access '/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-monitor.sock': No such file or directory
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude rm -f build/serial.log build/qemu-monitor.sock qemu-system-i386 -version
QEMU emulator version 10.1.0 (Debian 1:10.1.0+ds-5ubuntu2.7) Copyright (c) 2003-2025 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial file:build/serial.log \
-monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: b0whpj3hc. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/b0whpj3hc.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ sleep 3 ps aux | grep qemu-system | grep -v grep ls -la /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-monitor.sock 2>&1 cat /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/serial.log 2>&1
martin 1754403 0.0 0.0 13312 3940 ? Ss 16:33 0:00 /bin/bash -c source /home/martin/.claude/shell-snapshots/snapshot-bash-1784610228462-5rmhnd.sh 2>/dev/null || true && shopt -u extglob 2>/dev/null || true && eval 'cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude qemu-system-i386 \ -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \ -display none \ -serial file:build/serial.log \ -monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait \ -no-reboot' < /dev/null && pwd -P >| /tmp/claude-b774-cwd martin 1754405 100 0.1 1740904 49368 ? Sl 16:33 0:08 qemu-system-i386 -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw -display none -serial file:build/serial.log -monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait -no-reboot srwxr-x--- 1 martin martin 0 Jul 22 16:33 /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-monitor.sock tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. >
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "gfxtest"$'\n' sleep 1 tail -5 build/serial.log
tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. > gfxtest
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
python3 - <<'PYEOF'
import socket, time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect("build/qemu-monitor.sock")
time.sleep(0.2)
s.recv(4096)
s.sendall(b"screendump /tmp/gfxtest.ppm\n")
time.sleep(0.5)
print(s.recv(4096))
s.close()
PYEOF
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$ ffmpeg -y -loglevel error -i /tmp/gfxtest.ppm /tmp/gfxtest.png ls -la /tmp/gfxtest.png
-rw-r----- 1 martin martin 4801 Jul 22 16:34 /tmp/gfxtest.png
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock $'\n' sleep 1 tail -8 build/serial.log
tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. > gfxtest >
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
python3 - <<'PYEOF'
import socket, time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect("build/qemu-monitor.sock")
time.sleep(0.2)
s.recv(4096)
s.sendall(b"screendump /tmp/textmode.ppm\n")
time.sleep(0.5)
s.recv(4096)
s.close()
PYEOF
ffmpeg -y -loglevel error -i /tmp/textmode.ppm /tmp/textmode.png(Bash completed with no output)
$ SCRATCH=/tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/scratchpad
python3 - "$SCRATCH/gen_font.py" <<'PYEOF'
import runpy, sys
mod_path = sys.argv[1]
ns = runpy.run_path(mod_path)
GLYPHS = ns["GLYPHS"]
line = ns["line"]
dot = ns["dot"]
W16, H16 = 8, 16
SX, SY = 1.6, 2.28 # scale from the 5x7 design grid
def grid16():
return [[0] * W16 for _ in range(H16)]
def rasterize16(strokes):
g = grid16()
for s in strokes:
if s[0] == 'l':
_, x0, y0, x1, y1 = s
line(g, round(x0 * SX), min(round(y0 * SY), H16 - 1),
round(x1 * SX), min(round(y1 * SY), H16 - 1))
else:
_, x, y = s
dot(g, round(x * SX), min(round(y * SY), H16 - 1))
return g
rows16 = {ch: rasterize16(strokes) for ch, strokes in GLYPHS.items()}
LO, HI = 0x20, 0x7A
lines_out = []
for code in range(0, 256):
ch = chr(code) if code < 128 else None
g = rows16.get(ch) if ch else None
if g is None:
vals = [0] * H16
else:
vals = []
for y in range(H16):
v = 0
for x in range(W16):
v = (v << 1) | g[y][x]
vals.append(v)
lines_out.append(" { " + ", ".join(f"0x{v:02X}" for v in vals) + " },")
with open("/tmp/font16_table.c", "w") as f:
f.write("\n".join(lines_out) + "\n")
# preview
from PIL import Image
cell = 4
cols_per_row = 16
grid_rows = (127 - LO) // cols_per_row + 1
img = Image.new("RGB", (cols_per_row * W16 * cell, grid_rows * H16 * cell), (0,0,0))
px = img.load()
for i, code in enumerate(range(LO, 128)):
ch = chr(code)
g = rows16.get(ch)
if g is None:
continue
gx = (i % cols_per_row) * W16 * cell
gy = (i // cols_per_row) * H16 * cell
for y in range(H16):
for x in range(W16):
if g[y][x]:
for dy in range(cell):
for dx in range(cell):
px[gx+x*cell+dx, gy+y*cell+dy] = (200,200,200)
img.save("/tmp/font16_preview.png")
print("wrote /tmp/font16_table.c and preview, entries:", len(lines_out))
PYEOFchars: 79 wrote /tmp/font_preview.png and /tmp/font_table.c wrote /tmp/font16_table.c and preview, entries: 256
60 static void vga_load_registers(uint8_t misc, const uint8_t *seq, const uint8_t *crtc,
61 const uint8_t *gc, const uint8_t *ac) {
62 outb(VGA_MISC_WRITE, misc);
63
64 for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
65 outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
66 outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, seq[i]);
67 }
68
69 /* CRTC registers 0-7 are write-protected until bit 7 of index 0x03
70 * and the lock bit of index 0x11 are cleared - unlock first. */
71 outb(VGA_CRTC_INDEX, 0x03);
72 outb(VGA_CRTC_DATA, (uint8_t)(inb(VGA_CRTC_DATA) | 0x80));
73 outb(VGA_CRTC_INDEX, 0x11);
74 outb(VGA_CRTC_DATA, (uint8_t)(inb(VGA_CRTC_DATA) & ~0x80));
75 /* Re-apply the real values for those two indices below anyway (they
76 * come from the table), so this only matters transiently. */
77 for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
78 outb(VGA_CRTC_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
79 outb(VGA_CRTC_DATA, crtc[i]);
80 }
81
82 for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
83 outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
84 outb(VGA_GC_DATA, gc[i]);
85 }
86
87 /* The Attribute Controller's index and data are the same port,
88 * distinguished by an internal flip-flop that's reset by reading
89 * the input status register. */89 * the input status register. */
90 (void)inb(VGA_INSTAT_READ);
91 for (int i = 0; i < 21; i++) {
92 outb(VGA_AC_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
93 outb(VGA_AC_WRITE, ac[i]);
94 }
95 (void)inb(VGA_INSTAT_READ);
96 outb(VGA_AC_INDEX, 0x20); /* re-enable video output (PAS bit) */
97 }
98
99 void vga_set_graphics_mode(void) {
100 vga_load_registers(0x63, MODE13_SEQ, MODE13_CRTC, MODE13_GC, MODE13_AC);
101 }
102
103 void vga_set_text_mode(void) {- void vga_set_graphics_mode(void) {
- vga_load_registers(0x63, MODE13_SEQ, MODE13_CRTC, MODE13_GC, MODE13_AC);
- }
-
- void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
+ /* Mode 0x13's linear framebuffer at 0xA0000 and text mode's character
+ * generator both live in the same underlying VGA RAM, just addressed
+ * differently - "chained" (linear, 1 byte/pixel) for graphics vs. one
+ * glyph bitmap per character code in "plane 2" for text. Any drawing in
+ * graphics mode clobbers whatever was in plane 2, so switching back to
+ * text mode with the *registers* alone reproduces a real 80x25 grid,
+ * but every cell renders garbage - there's no glyph data left to read.
+ * Saving a copy of the BIOS-loaded font (present at boot, before this
+ * kernel ever touches graphics mode) and writing it back on the way out
+ * sidesteps needing to author/embed a whole replacement font ourselves:
+ * this just restores the exact font the console already relies on. */
+ #define FONT_GLYPHS 256
+ #define FONT_ROWS 16
+ static uint8_t g_saved_font[FONT_GLYPHS * FONT_ROWS];
+ static int g_font_saved;
+
+ /* Routes the 0xA0000 window to plane 2 only, sequential (non-chained,
+ * non-odd/even) addressing - the standard VGA "font access" register
+ * configuration, distinct from both the mode 0x13 and text-mode tables
+ * above. Whichever of vga_set_graphics_mode/vga_set_text_mode runs next
+ * fully reprograms these same registers to its own real values anyway,
+ * so this only matters for the font-copy loop that follows it. */
+ static void vga_select_font_plane(void) {
+ outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */
+ outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x07); /* sequential, extended memory */
+ outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x02); /* read map select: plane 2 */
+ outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x05); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* write mode 0, read mode 0 */
+ outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* map at 0xA0000, not chained */
+ }
+
+ static void vga_save_text_font(void) {
+ if (g_font_saved) {
+ return;
+ }
+ vga_select_font_plane();
+ volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
+ for (int g = 0; g < FONT_GLYPHS; g++) {
+ for (int row = 0; row < FONT_ROWS; row++) {
+ g_saved_font[g * FONT_ROWS + row] = mem[g * 32 + row];
+ }
+ }
+ g_font_saved = 1;
+ }
+
+ static void vga_restore_text_font(void) {
+ if (!g_font_saved) {
+ return;
+ }
+ vga_select_font_plane();
+ volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
+ for (int g = 0; g < FONT_GLYPHS; g++) {
+ for (int row = 0; row < FONT_ROWS; row++) {
+ mem[g * 32 + row] = g_saved_font[g * FONT_ROWS + row];
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ void vga_set_graphics_mode(void) {
+ vga_save_text_font();
+ vga_load_registers(0x63, MODE13_SEQ, MODE13_CRTC, MODE13_GC, MODE13_AC);
+ }
+
+ void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
+ vga_restore_text_font();The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
150 for (int row = 0; row < FONT_ROWS; row++) {
151 mem[g * 32 + row] = g_saved_font[g * FONT_ROWS + row];
152 }
153 }
154 }
155
156 void vga_set_graphics_mode(void) {
157 vga_save_text_font();
158 vga_load_registers(0x63, MODE13_SEQ, MODE13_CRTC, MODE13_GC, MODE13_AC);
159 }160
161 void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
162 vga_restore_text_font();
163 vga_load_registers(0x67, TEXT_SEQ, TEXT_CRTC, TEXT_GC, TEXT_AC);
164 }
165 $ pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386' 2>/dev/null sleep 1 cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 60 make 2>&1 | tail -15
Exit code 144
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 60 make 2>&1 | tail -15
build/toolchain/cc -Ikernel -Itoolchain/include -o build/vga.S kernel/vga.c build/toolchain/as -f elf32 -o build/vga.o build/vga.S build/toolchain/ld -T kernel/link.ld --format bin -o build/kernel.bin build/entry.o build/idt_stubs.o build/kmain.o build/console.o build/serial.o build/gdt.o build/idt.o build/string.o build/memory.o build/selftest.o build/ata.o build/fs/tinyfs.o build/fs/tinyfs_disk.o build/keyboard.o build/input.o build/vga.o build/font.o build/shell/shell.o build/game/game.o build/lang/lexer.o build/lang/script/ast.o build/lang/script/parser.o build/lang/script/eval.o build/lang/compiler/parser.o build/lang/compiler/codegen.o build/lang/vm.o dd if=/dev/zero of=build/disk.img bs=512 count=4096 status=none dd if=build/boot.bin of=build/disk.img conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/stage2.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=1 conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/kernel.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=5 conv=notrunc status=none build/mkfs_tinyfs build/disk.img tests/hello.tsh:hello.tsh tests/hello.tc:hello.tc mkfs_tinyfs: done rm build/vga.S
$ rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/serial.log /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-monitor.sock
cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial file:build/serial.log \
-monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: b3z2c04j1. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/b3z2c04j1.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
for i in $(seq 1 25); do [ -S build/qemu-monitor.sock ] && break; sleep 0.2; done
for i in $(seq 1 50); do grep -qF "SELFTEST PASS" build/serial.log 2>/dev/null && break; sleep 0.2; done
python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "gfxtest"$'\n'
sleep 1
python3 - <<'PYEOF'
import socket, time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect("build/qemu-monitor.sock")
time.sleep(0.2); s.recv(4096)
s.sendall(b"screendump /tmp/gfx2.ppm\n")
time.sleep(0.5); s.recv(4096)
s.close()
PYEOF
ffmpeg -y -loglevel error -i /tmp/gfx2.ppm /tmp/gfx2.png(Bash completed with no output)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock $'\n'
sleep 1
python3 - <<'PYEOF'
import socket, time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect("build/qemu-monitor.sock")
time.sleep(0.2); s.recv(4096)
s.sendall(b"screendump /tmp/text2.ppm\n")
time.sleep(0.5); s.recv(4096)
s.close()
PYEOF
ffmpeg -y -loglevel error -i /tmp/text2.ppm /tmp/text2.png(Bash completed with no output)
$ grep -n 'vga_select_font_plane' -A 6 /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c
121:static void vga_select_font_plane(void) {
122- outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */
123- outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x07); /* sequential, extended memory */
124- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x02); /* read map select: plane 2 */
125- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x05); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* write mode 0, read mode 0 */
126- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* map at 0xA0000, not chained */
127-}
--
133: vga_select_font_plane();
134- volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
135- for (int g = 0; g < FONT_GLYPHS; g++) {
136- for (int row = 0; row < FONT_ROWS; row++) {
137- g_saved_font[g * FONT_ROWS + row] = mem[g * 32 + row];
138- }
139- }
--
147: vga_select_font_plane();
148- volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
149- for (int g = 0; g < FONT_GLYPHS; g++) {
150- for (int row = 0; row < FONT_ROWS; row++) {
151- mem[g * 32 + row] = g_saved_font[g * FONT_ROWS + row];
152- }
153- }- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* map at 0xA0000, not chained */ + outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x04); /* map at 0xA0000-0xAFFFF only */
The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386' 2>/dev/null sleep 1 cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 60 make 2>&1 | tail -6
Exit code 144
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 60 make 2>&1 | tail -8
build/toolchain/ld -T kernel/link.ld --format bin -o build/kernel.bin build/entry.o build/idt_stubs.o build/kmain.o build/console.o build/serial.o build/gdt.o build/idt.o build/string.o build/memory.o build/selftest.o build/ata.o build/fs/tinyfs.o build/fs/tinyfs_disk.o build/keyboard.o build/input.o build/vga.o build/font.o build/shell/shell.o build/game/game.o build/lang/lexer.o build/lang/script/ast.o build/lang/script/parser.o build/lang/script/eval.o build/lang/compiler/parser.o build/lang/compiler/codegen.o build/lang/vm.o dd if=/dev/zero of=build/disk.img bs=512 count=4096 status=none dd if=build/boot.bin of=build/disk.img conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/stage2.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=1 conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/kernel.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=5 conv=notrunc status=none build/mkfs_tinyfs build/disk.img tests/hello.tsh:hello.tsh tests/hello.tc:hello.tc mkfs_tinyfs: done rm build/vga.S
$ rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/serial.log /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-monitor.sock
cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial file:build/serial.log \
-monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: bvky92kxp. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/bvky92kxp.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
for i in $(seq 1 25); do [ -S build/qemu-monitor.sock ] && break; sleep 0.2; done
for i in $(seq 1 50); do grep -qF "SELFTEST PASS" build/serial.log 2>/dev/null && break; sleep 0.2; done
python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "gfxtest"$'\n'
sleep 1
python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock $'\n'
sleep 1
python3 - <<'PYEOF'
import socket, time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect("build/qemu-monitor.sock")
time.sleep(0.2); s.recv(4096)
s.sendall(b"screendump /tmp/text3.ppm\n")
time.sleep(0.5); s.recv(4096)
s.close()
PYEOF
ffmpeg -y -loglevel error -i /tmp/text3.ppm /tmp/text3.png(Bash completed with no output)
1 #include "vga.h"
2
3 #include "builtins.h"
4 #include "font.h"
5
6 static inline void outb(uint16_t port, uint8_t val) { __builtin_outb(port, val); }
7 static inline uint8_t inb(uint16_t port) { return __builtin_inb(port); }
8
9 #define VGA_MISC_WRITE 0x3C2
10 #define VGA_SEQ_INDEX 0x3C4- void vga_set_palette_color(uint8_t index, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b); + void vga_set_palette_color(uint8_t index, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b); + + /* Temporary diagnostic (Phase: game GUI) - dumps glyph 'A''s first 16 + * saved-font bytes over serial as hex, prefixed with label. */ + void vga_debug_dump_font(const char *label);
The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.h has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- #include "vga.h" - - #include "builtins.h" - #include "font.h" + #include "vga.h" + + #include "builtins.h" + #include "font.h" + #include "serial.h" + #include "string.h"
The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
- vga_restore_text_font();
- vga_load_registers(0x67, TEXT_SEQ, TEXT_CRTC, TEXT_GC, TEXT_AC);
- }
+ void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
+ vga_restore_text_font();
+ vga_load_registers(0x67, TEXT_SEQ, TEXT_CRTC, TEXT_GC, TEXT_AC);
+ }
+
+ void vga_debug_dump_font(const char *label) {
+ serial_write(label);
+ serial_write(" saved='");
+ char buf[8];
+ for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+ serial_write(itoa(g_saved_font['A' * FONT_ROWS + i], buf, 16));
+ serial_write(" ");
+ }
+ serial_write("' live='");
+ vga_select_font_plane();
+ volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
+ for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+ serial_write(itoa(mem['A' * 32 + i], buf, 16));
+ serial_write(" ");
+ }
+ serial_write("'\n");
+ }The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
1 #include "shell.h" 2 3 #include <stdint.h> 4 5 #include "builtins.h" 6 #include "console.h" 7 #include "fs/tinyfs.h" 8 #include "game/game.h" 9 #include "input.h" 10 #include "vga.h" 11 #include "lang/compiler/codegen.h" 12 #include "lang/compiler/parser.h" 13 #include "lang/script/eval.h" 14 #include "lang/vm.h" 15 #include "serial.h"
$ grep -n 'cmd_gfxtest' -A 25 /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/shell/shell.c | head -30
196:static void cmd_gfxtest(void) {
197- vga_set_graphics_mode();
198- for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
199- vga_set_palette_color((uint8_t)(16 + i), (uint8_t)(i * 4), (uint8_t)(63 - i * 4), (uint8_t)(i * 2));
200- }
201- vga_set_palette_color(1, 63, 0, 0);
202- vga_set_palette_color(2, 0, 63, 0);
203- vga_set_palette_color(3, 0, 0, 63);
204- vga_set_palette_color(4, 63, 63, 63);
205- vga_set_palette_color(0, 0, 0, 20);
206- vga_clear(0);
207- for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
208- vga_fill_rect(i * 20, 0, 20, 40, (uint8_t)(16 + i));
209- }
210- vga_fill_rect(10, 50, 60, 30, 1);
211- vga_fill_rect(80, 50, 60, 30, 2);
212- vga_fill_rect(150, 50, 60, 30, 3);
213- vga_draw_rect(10, 90, 300, 20, 4);
214- vga_draw_text(20, 120, "gfxtest: mode 13h A-Z a-z 0-9 !?.,:;", 4);
215- vga_draw_text(20, 140, "press any key to return", 4);
216- input_getchar();
217- vga_set_text_mode();
218- console_clear();
219-}
220-
221-static void cmd_reboot(void) {
--
258: cmd_gfxtest();
259- } else if (strcmp(cmd, "reboot") == 0) {
260- cmd_reboot();- static void cmd_gfxtest(void) {
- vga_set_graphics_mode();
+ static void cmd_gfxtest(void) {
+ vga_debug_dump_font("before-any-switch");
+ vga_set_graphics_mode();
+ vga_debug_dump_font("after-set-graphics-before-clear");The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/shell/shell.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- input_getchar();
- vga_set_text_mode();
- console_clear();
- }
+ vga_debug_dump_font("before-restore-after-drawing");
+ input_getchar();
+ vga_set_text_mode();
+ vga_debug_dump_font("after-restore");
+ console_clear();
+ }The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/shell/shell.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386' 2>/dev/null sleep 1 cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 60 make 2>&1 | tail -8
Exit code 144
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 60 make 2>&1 | tail -8
build/toolchain/ld -T kernel/link.ld --format bin -o build/kernel.bin build/entry.o build/idt_stubs.o build/kmain.o build/console.o build/serial.o build/gdt.o build/idt.o build/string.o build/memory.o build/selftest.o build/ata.o build/fs/tinyfs.o build/fs/tinyfs_disk.o build/keyboard.o build/input.o build/vga.o build/font.o build/shell/shell.o build/game/game.o build/lang/lexer.o build/lang/script/ast.o build/lang/script/parser.o build/lang/script/eval.o build/lang/compiler/parser.o build/lang/compiler/codegen.o build/lang/vm.o dd if=/dev/zero of=build/disk.img bs=512 count=4096 status=none dd if=build/boot.bin of=build/disk.img conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/stage2.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=1 conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/kernel.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=5 conv=notrunc status=none build/mkfs_tinyfs build/disk.img tests/hello.tsh:hello.tsh tests/hello.tc:hello.tc mkfs_tinyfs: done rm build/shell/shell.S build/vga.S
$ rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/serial.log /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-monitor.sock
cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial file:build/serial.log \
-monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: bwasehlv0. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/bwasehlv0.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude for i in $(seq 1 25); do [ -S build/qemu-monitor.sock ] && break; sleep 0.2; done for i in $(seq 1 50); do grep -qF "SELFTEST PASS" build/serial.log 2>/dev/null && break; sleep 0.2; done python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "gfxtest"$'\n' sleep 1 python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock $'\n' sleep 1 tail -10 build/serial.log
tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. > gfxtest before-any-switch saved='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' live='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' after-set-graphics-before-clear saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='f0 f0 f0 f0 e0 e0 e0 e0 c0 c0 c0 c0 80 80 80 80 ' before-restore-after-drawing saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 ' after-restore saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 ' >
- static void vga_select_font_plane(void) {
- outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */
- outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x07); /* sequential, extended memory */
- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x02); /* read map select: plane 2 */
- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x05); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* write mode 0, read mode 0 */
- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x04); /* map at 0xA0000-0xAFFFF only */
- }
+ static void vga_select_font_plane(void) {
+ /* Values chosen by diffing against the two already-verified-working
+ * tables above rather than trusting a from-memory register dump on
+ * its own: both MODE13_SEQ[4] (0x0E) and TEXT_SEQ[4] (0x02) have bit
+ * 0 clear, so this does too (0x06, not the 0x07 first tried); and
+ * font data lives behind the same 0xA0000-0xAFFFF graphics-style
+ * window mode 0x13 itself uses (memory map 01, "graphics" addressing
+ * bit set) - see vga_debug_dump_font, which is how this was found:
+ * the previous version silently read/wrote raw framebuffer pixels
+ * instead of plane 2 at all. */
+ outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */
+ outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x06); /* sequential, extended memory */
+ outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x02); /* read map select: plane 2 */
+ outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x05); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* write mode 0, read mode 0 */
+ outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x05); /* graphics addressing, map at 0xA0000-0xAFFFF */
+ }The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ pkill -f 'qemu-system-i386' 2>/dev/null sleep 1 cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 60 make 2>&1 | tail -6
Exit code 144
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude timeout 60 make 2>&1 | tail -6
dd if=build/boot.bin of=build/disk.img conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/stage2.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=1 conv=notrunc status=none dd if=build/kernel.bin of=build/disk.img bs=512 seek=5 conv=notrunc status=none build/mkfs_tinyfs build/disk.img tests/hello.tsh:hello.tsh tests/hello.tc:hello.tc mkfs_tinyfs: done rm build/vga.S
$ rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/serial.log /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/qemu-monitor.sock
cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
qemu-system-i386 \
-drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw \
-display none \
-serial file:build/serial.log \
-monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait \
-no-rebootCommand running in background with ID: b6hg724js. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1001/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab/tasks/b6hg724js.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path. Session cwd remains /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude for i in $(seq 1 25); do [ -S build/qemu-monitor.sock ] && break; sleep 0.2; done for i in $(seq 1 50); do grep -qF "SELFTEST PASS" build/serial.log 2>/dev/null && break; sleep 0.2; done python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "gfxtest"$'\n' sleep 1 python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock $'\n' sleep 1 tail -10 build/serial.log
tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. > gfxtest before-any-switch saved='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' live='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' after-set-graphics-before-clear saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='f0 f0 f0 f0 e0 e0 e0 e0 c0 c0 c0 c0 80 80 80 80 ' before-restore-after-drawing saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 ' after-restore saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 ' >
$ grep -n 'SEQ_DATA, 0x0' /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c ls -la /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/kernel.bin date
133: outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */ 134: outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x06); /* sequential, extended memory */ -rw-r----- 1 martin martin 82996 Jul 22 16:45 /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/kernel.bin Wed Jul 22 16:45:54 CEST 2026
This session is being continued from a previous conversation that ran out of context. The summary below covers the earlier portion of the conversation.
Summary:
1. Primary Request and Intent:
This conversation covers multiple sequential user requests within the "boot-to-claude" project (a from-scratch x86 OS at `/home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude`, entirely Claude-authored including its own self-hosted toolchain):
a) **Rejected/abandoned**: "install and test the self-hosted compiler inside tinyos" — I asked a clarifying AskUserQuestion about scope; the user explicitly REJECTED this tool use ("The user doesn't want to proceed with this tool use... STOP what you are doing and wait for the user to tell you how to proceed"), and the topic was never revisited (superseded by the next message).
b) **Completed and committed**: "implement in tinyos a Pokemon like game such that an AI agent later plays over serial port." — Built a full turn-based battle game (kernel/game/game.c) plus new serial-RX/dual-input kernel capability (kernel/serial.c additions, kernel/keyboard.c additions, new kernel/input.c), wired into the shell via a `play` command, with two test suites (keyboard-driven extension to tools/run_tests.sh, and new fully-serial-driven tools/run_serial_tests.sh + tools/serial_game_test.py), plus docs/game.md. Committed as commit 4246ba7.
c) **Completed**: "start the game and play for 5 minutes, record the console screen cast of the game in a file." — Played a real 5-minute (307.6s) session over the serial port (no keyboard), recorded as an asciinema v2 `.cast` file plus a plain-text transcript, delivered both to the user via SendUserFile, stored in a new `recordings/` directory (added to `.gitignore`, committed as 4fafcaa).
d) **Completed**: "convert the cast file to MP4 and push it to monperrus.net" — Wrote a custom terminal-simulator-to-MP4 renderer (matching kernel/console.c's exact newline/backspace semantics), produced `recordings/game_screencast.mp4` (1140x794, H.264, ~308.7s, 8.8MB), then uploaded it to the user's real personal website server via SSH (`rootmab` alias) after asking the user to clarify the exact target path (user answered "in /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/").
e) **Completed**: "move to /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4" — moved the file on the remote server via SSH.
f) **Completed**: "chmod 755 the file" — set permissions on the remote file via SSH.
g) **Completed**: "how large is the file" — reported 8.5M / 8,852,060 bytes via `du -h` on the remote server.
h) **IN PROGRESS (current work)**: "very good, it works, next step is to to make a good looking GUI like Pokemon Ruby on GBA." — Building a real pixel-graphics (VGA mode 13h) battle GUI for the game, styled after Pokemon Ruby's GBA battle screens, while explicitly preserving the existing serial/AI-agent text interface completely unchanged (the GUI is a local-display-only rendering upgrade; game logic, input mechanism, and serial output all stay as-is). This is a large, multi-stage effort: VGA driver, hand-authored bitmap font, sprite art, HP bars, dialogue/menu boxes — currently stuck debugging VGA plane-2 font save/restore for returning to text mode after the game ends.
2. Key Technical Concepts:
- VGA hardware register-level programming: Miscellaneous Output Register (0x3C2), Sequencer (index 0x3C4/data 0x3C5, 5 registers), CRT Controller (index 0x3D4/data 0x3D5, 25 registers, with a write-protect unlock dance for indices 0-7), Graphics Controller (index 0x3CE/data 0x3CF, 9 registers), Attribute Controller (single port 0x3C0 with an index/data flip-flop reset by reading 0x3DA, 21 registers, PAS/video-enable bit via index 0x20), DAC palette (write-index 0x3C8, data 0x3C9, 3 bytes RGB 0-63 range).
- Mode 0x13 (320x200, 256-color, linear/chained framebuffer at 0xA0000) vs Mode 0x03 (80x25 text mode, framebuffer conceptually at 0xB8000, character glyphs stored in "plane 2" of the same underlying VGA VRAM, accessed via a special register configuration through the 0xA0000 window).
- The core VGA gotcha discovered: mode-13h pixel drawing physically overlaps/clobbers plane 2 (font glyph storage) in VRAM; switching back to text-mode registers alone restores correct addressing/timing but not valid glyph data, producing garbled repeating patterns.
- Direct register-level mode switching (no BIOS/VBE calls) is required because the kernel runs in 32-bit protected mode post-boot; INT 10h is real-mode-only.
- Hand-authored bitmap font design: glyphs defined as vector "stroke" lists (line segments + dots) in a 5x7 grid, rasterized via a Bresenham-style line function, to avoid using/embedding any existing font file (preserving the project's "every line hand-authored" ethos).
- Dual keyboard+serial input polling (`input_getchar()`), and a "no timer interrupt" entropy source (`input_ticks()`, incremented during busy-wait polling) used to seed a game RNG.
- CC's known compiler limitations (from prior project history, still relevant): no C99 designated initializers (`[index] = value` syntax unsupported), signed-`idiv`-only division/modulo (no true unsigned division — caused the RNG out-of-bounds bug).
- asciinema v2 `.cast` file format (JSON header line + `[time, "o"|"i", data]` event lines) — used both for recording (from live serial byte stream, since the kernel already echoes input) and as an input format for a custom MP4 renderer.
- QEMU headless testing techniques: `-serial file:PATH` (write-only capture), `-serial unix:PATH,server,nowait` (bidirectional socket, but discards data written before a client connects, and — observed once — can go silently unresponsive mid-session requiring reconnect logic), `-monitor unix:PATH,server,nowait` (HMP monitor for `sendkey` keystroke injection and `screendump PATH.ppm` framebuffer capture), converting PPM→PNG via ffmpeg for visual inspection via the Read tool.
- ffmpeg piped raw RGB frames (`-f rawvideo -pix_fmt rgb24 -s WxH -r FPS -i - -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p`) for custom video generation from a Python-driven terminal simulator.
- SSH config reconnaissance and real production infrastructure: confirmed this is the user's actual personal machine with real SSH access to his monperrus.net server (multiple aliases with different users/keys: `rootvpsovh`/`rootmab`/`vpsovh`), a real Jekyll-based website.
3. Files and Code Sections:
**`kernel/serial.h` / `kernel/serial.c`** (modified in Phase 2, unchanged since):
- Added `int serial_has_char(void)` (`return inb(COM1 + 5) & 0x01;`) and `char serial_getc(void)` (`while (!serial_has_char()) {} return (char)inb(COM1);`).
**`kernel/keyboard.h` / `kernel/keyboard.c`** (modified in Phase 2, unchanged since):
- Added `int keyboard_has_char(void)` wrapping the existing `scancode_ready()` static function.
**`kernel/input.h`** (new, Phase 2):
```c
#pragma once
char input_getchar(void);
unsigned int input_ticks(void);
```
**`kernel/input.c`** (new, Phase 2):
```c
#include "input.h"
#include "keyboard.h"
#include "serial.h"
static unsigned int g_ticks;
char input_getchar(void) {
for (;;) {
if (keyboard_has_char()) { return keyboard_getchar(); }
if (serial_has_char()) { return serial_getc(); }
g_ticks++;
}
}
unsigned int input_ticks(void) { return g_ticks; }
```
**`kernel/game/game.h`** (new, Phase 2): declares `void game_run(void);`.
**`kernel/game/game.c`** (new, Phase 2, ~300 lines): Full "Tiny Monsters" battle game. Key structures: `mon_type_t` enum (TYPE_FIRE, TYPE_WATER, TYPE_GRASS), `move_t {const char *name; int power;}`, `species_t {const char *name; mon_type_t type; int max_hp; move_t moves[3];}`, static `SPECIES[3]` array (Emberpup/Aqualing/Leafling). `type_beats()` implements fire>grass>water>fire. `compute_damage()` applies 1.5x/0.5x type multiplier plus `rng_range(-2,2)` variance, minimum 1 damage. RNG: `rng_next()` xorshift32 perturbed by `input_ticks()`; **critical fix applied**:
```c
static int rng_range(int lo, int hi) { /* inclusive */
/* CC's codegen only ever emits signed idiv, never true unsigned
* division (see docs/toolchain.md)... */
uint32_t r = rng_next() & 0x7FFFFFFFu;
return lo + (int)(r % (uint32_t)(hi - lo + 1));
}
```
`game_run()` implements: starter selection, encounter loop with `stage` progression, battle loop with move/run/quit choices, win at stage>WIN_STAGE(5), lose at player_hp<=0. Uses local `w()`/`wln()`/`w_int()` dual console+serial output helpers and a local `read_line()` using `input_getchar()`, mirroring shell.c's style (small helper duplication, matching existing codebase convention of not sharing trivial statics across modules).
**`kernel/shell/shell.c`** (modified in Phase 2, then further modified in Phase 5/current work):
- Phase 2: added `#include "game/game.h"` and `#include "input.h"`; changed `read_line`'s `char c = keyboard_getchar();` to `char c = input_getchar();`; updated `cmd_help()` text to mention `play`; added `} else if (strcmp(cmd, "play") == 0) { game_run(); }` dispatch.
- Phase 5 (current, uncommitted): added `#include "vga.h"`; added a temporary `cmd_gfxtest(void)` function (currently still present, not yet cleaned up) that switches to graphics mode, draws a test pattern (gradient bar, 3 colored rects, bordered rect, two lines of text), and now includes 4 `vga_debug_dump_font(...)` diagnostic calls at checkpoints "before-any-switch", "after-set-graphics-before-clear", "before-restore-after-drawing", "after-restore"; added `} else if (strcmp(cmd, "gfxtest") == 0) { cmd_gfxtest(); }` dispatch after the `play` branch.
**`tools/run_tests.sh`** (modified, Phase 2, committed):
- Appended after the existing `build`+`exec` test section:
```bash
type_line "play"
wait_for "Choose your starter:"
type_line "1"
wait_for "4) Run"
type_line "run"
wait_for "You ran away!"
type_line "quit"
wait_for "Left the game."
```
**`tools/serial_game_test.py`** (new, Phase 2, committed): Python script with a `Session` class (`wait_for`, `wait_for_any` trimming-buffer helpers) connecting to a unix socket, playing through starter selection and a real battle to completion (accepts either "Game over!" or "you are the Champion!"), verifying shell still responsive with a final "help" check.
**`tools/run_serial_tests.sh`** (new, Phase 2, committed): bash wrapper matching run_tests.sh's style, boots QEMU with `-serial unix:"$BUILD/qemu-serial.sock",server,nowait`, runs serial_game_test.py, trap cleanup.
**`docs/game.md`** (new, Phase 2, committed): Design doc covering dual input mechanism, playing-over-serial instructions, game rules, and testing approach.
**`README.md`** (modified, Phase 2, committed): architecture diagram updated (`keyboard.c + input.c -> shell/shell.c`, added `game/game.c` line), docs list (added game.md link), repo layout (added game/, input.c, run_serial_tests.sh, serial_game_test.py entries), Testing section (added run_serial_tests.sh paragraph).
**`Makefile`** (modified across Phase 2 and Phase 5, uncommitted for Phase 5 additions):
- Phase 2: `KERNEL_C_SRCS` gained `kernel/input.c` and `kernel/game/game.c`; `BUILD_SUBDIRS` gained `$(BUILD)/game`.
- Phase 5 (current, uncommitted): `KERNEL_C_SRCS` further modified to insert `kernel/vga.c kernel/font.c` after `kernel/input.c`, before `kernel/shell/shell.c`. Current exact line:
```makefile
KERNEL_C_SRCS := kernel/kmain.c kernel/console.c kernel/serial.c kernel/gdt.c \
kernel/idt.c kernel/string.c kernel/memory.c kernel/selftest.c \
kernel/ata.c kernel/fs/tinyfs.c kernel/fs/tinyfs_disk.c \
kernel/keyboard.c kernel/input.c kernel/vga.c kernel/font.c \
kernel/shell/shell.c \
kernel/game/game.c \
kernel/lang/lexer.c kernel/lang/script/ast.c \
kernel/lang/script/parser.c kernel/lang/script/eval.c \
kernel/lang/compiler/parser.c kernel/lang/compiler/codegen.c \
kernel/lang/vm.c
```
**`.gitignore`** (modified, committed as 4fafcaa): added `recordings/` line.
**`recordings/`** (new directory, NOT committed — gitignored): contains `game_screencast.cast`, `game_screencast.txt`, `game_screencast.mp4` (local artifacts, delivered to user via SendUserFile, then uploaded to monperrus.net).
**`kernel/vga.h`** (new, Phase 5, uncommitted):
```c
#pragma once
#include <stdint.h>
#define VGA_WIDTH 320
#define VGA_HEIGHT 200
void vga_set_graphics_mode(void);
void vga_set_text_mode(void);
void vga_set_palette_color(uint8_t index, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b);
void vga_clear(uint8_t color);
void vga_put_pixel(int x, int y, uint8_t color);
void vga_fill_rect(int x, int y, int w, int h, uint8_t color);
void vga_draw_rect(int x, int y, int w, int h, uint8_t color);
void vga_draw_char(int x, int y, char c, uint8_t color);
void vga_draw_text(int x, int y, const char *s, uint8_t color);
int vga_text_width(const char *s);
void vga_debug_dump_font(const char *label); /* temporary diagnostic */
```
**`kernel/vga.c`** (new, Phase 5, uncommitted, actively being debugged): Contains `MODE13_SEQ/CRTC/GC/AC` and `TEXT_SEQ/CRTC/GC/AC` register tables (confirmed correct via live testing for MODE13; TEXT_* registers alone are also confirmed correct for addressing/timing but insufficient without font restore), `vga_load_registers()`, pixel/rect primitives (all confirmed working via screendump), and the font save/restore subsystem (currently broken):
```c
#define FONT_GLYPHS 256
#define FONT_ROWS 16
static uint8_t g_saved_font[FONT_GLYPHS * FONT_ROWS];
static int g_font_saved;
static void vga_select_font_plane(void) {
outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */
outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x06); /* CURRENT (2nd attempt) value */
outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x02); /* read map select: plane 2 */
outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x05); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* write mode 0, read mode 0 */
outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x05); /* CURRENT (2nd attempt) value */
}
static void vga_save_text_font(void) { /* guarded by g_font_saved, reads plane 2 into g_saved_font */ }
static void vga_restore_text_font(void) { /* guarded by g_font_saved, writes g_saved_font back to plane 2 */ }
void vga_set_graphics_mode(void) {
vga_save_text_font();
vga_load_registers(0x63, MODE13_SEQ, MODE13_CRTC, MODE13_GC, MODE13_AC);
}
void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
vga_restore_text_font();
vga_load_registers(0x67, TEXT_SEQ, TEXT_CRTC, TEXT_GC, TEXT_AC);
}
void vga_debug_dump_font(const char *label) {
/* dumps g_saved_font['A'*16..+16] and a fresh live plane-2 read
* of the same range, both as hex, via serial_write */
}
```
First attempt used `SEQ_DATA=0x07` and `GC_DATA(idx6)=0x00` (then `0x04`) — confirmed broken via diagnostic (reads raw framebuffer pixels, not plane-2 font data). Second attempt (current, just rebuilt, NOT yet re-verified after confirming fresh build) uses `SEQ_DATA=0x06` and `GC_DATA(idx6)=0x05`, reasoned via diffing against the two known-working MODE13/TEXT tables.
**`kernel/font.h`** (new, Phase 5, uncommitted):
```c
#pragma once
#include <stdint.h>
#define FONT_W 5
#define FONT_H 7
const uint8_t *font_glyph(char c);
```
**`kernel/font.c`** (new, Phase 5, uncommitted, ~111 lines): dense sequential array `GLYPHS[0x7A-0x20+1][7]` (91 entries, hand-authored 5x7 bitmap font via stroke-based generation, verified visually legible), `BLANK_GLYPH` fallback, `font_glyph()` bounds-checked lookup.
**Scratchpad-only files (not part of the committed repo)**:
- `/tmp/.../scratchpad/gen_font.py`: the font design/generation script (stroke definitions for space through z, rasterization, preview PNG, C table emission — used to produce both the 5x7 font (kernel/font.c) and later reused/extended for a failed 8x16 attempt).
- `/tmp/.../scratchpad/play_and_record.py`: the 5-minute game-playing screencast recorder (Phase 3).
- `/tmp/.../scratchpad/cast_to_mp4.py`: the cast-to-MP4 terminal renderer (Phase 4).
4. Errors and fixes:
- **RNG out-of-bounds array read** (Phase 2): `rng_range()`'s modulo of a full-range `uint32_t` hit CC's signed-`idiv`-only limitation, producing a negative index and garbage move data/absurd damage (e.g., "Wild Aqualing uses [garbage char]!", "40 damage"). Fixed by masking to 31 bits before modulo: `rng_next() & 0x7FFFFFFFu`.
- **QEMU serial socket connecting too late, missing boot banner** (Phase 3 recording): `-serial unix:...,server,nowait` discards output written before a client connects. Fixed by not blocking on catching the banner text, just doing a passive timed pump and proceeding regardless.
- **QEMU serial socket going silently unresponsive mid-session** (Phase 3 recording): a `send()`'s response never arrived even at 45s timeout, though a fresh reconnect confirmed the kernel was alive/responsive. Root cause not fully diagnosed (documented as an observed QEMU quirk). Fixed via automatic reconnect-on-stall retry logic in the Python driver (`Session.send_and_wait()` with up to 4 reconnect attempts).
- **TLS/SNI verification failure when checking monperrus.net accessibility** (Phase 4): both from the sandbox and from the server's own localhost via `--resolve` tricks, got "SSL routines::tlsv1 unrecognized name". Concluded this is likely a CDN/proxy-in-front-of-origin issue (bypassed when connecting directly), not an upload failure — confirmed the file itself landed correctly via direct filesystem `ls -la` checks and a successful plain-HTTP 301 redirect response. Did not resolve the TLS issue itself (out of scope, noted to user as a caveat).
- **8x16 font rescale attempt failed** (Phase 5): naively scaling the 5x7 stroke coordinates by ~1.6x/2.28x produced a broken, disconnected-pixel rasterization (visually confirmed bad via preview PNG). Abandoned this approach in favor of saving/restoring the REAL BIOS font instead of authoring a replacement.
- **VGA text-mode restoration produces garbled screen** (Phase 5, UNRESOLVED at cutoff): Root cause diagnosed via `vga_debug_dump_font()`: `vga_select_font_plane()`'s register values (first attempt: `SEQ[4]=0x07`, `GC[6]=0x00`→`0x04`) do not actually route reads/writes to plane 2 — diagnostic dumps show raw framebuffer pixel bytes being read instead of font data (`f0 f0 f0 f0 e0 e0...` after mode switch before any drawing; constant `18 18 18...` after drawing, matching a solid-color pixel run). Second fix attempt (`SEQ[4]=0x06`, `GC[6]=0x05`, reasoned via diffing bit patterns against the two known-working MODE13/TEXT register tables) was just rebuilt but **not yet re-verified** — the diagnostic dump shown after rebuilding was identical to before, and I was in the process of confirming whether the rebuild actually picked up the source change (confirmed via grep that the source has the new value `0x06` at line 134, and confirmed kernel.bin's timestamp is fresh/current) when the conversation was cut off. **This needs a fresh QEMU boot+drive+dump cycle to get truly current diagnostic output.**
- **Recurring "exit code 144" Bash tool artifact**: Observed repeatedly throughout Phases 3-5 whenever a `pkill` command kills a tracked background QEMU task — established as a harmless notification-bleed-through artifact of this environment, not a real command failure; worked around by simply re-running whatever command actually mattered afterward.
5. Problem Solving:
Phases 2-4 were fully solved and verified (game logic, dual input, RNG bug, recording pipeline, MP4 conversion, remote deployment — all confirmed working via actual execution/testing, matching the project's established rigor).
Phase 5 (GBA-style GUI) is a large, ongoing effort. Solved so far: VGA mode 13h graphics switching (register table, verified via screendump to render correctly — gradient bars, colored rectangles, bordered rectangle, and legible hand-authored font text all confirmed visually correct). Unsolved: VGA text-mode restoration after leaving graphics mode (the plane-2 font save/restore register configuration is still incorrect; two attempts made, diagnostic infrastructure built and proving informative, second fix not yet verified).
6. All user messages:
- "very good, it works, next step is to to make a good looking GUI like Pokemon Ruby on GBA." (Note: this exact message, given at the point where the previous monperrus.net-upload work had just been confirmed, is the CURRENT, most recent actual user instruction driving all of Phase 5's work.)
(Earlier in this excerpt, prior to Phase 5, the user's messages were, in order: the AskUserQuestion rejection ["The user doesn't want to proceed with this tool use...STOP what you are doing and wait for the user to tell you how to proceed"], "implement in tinyos a Pokemon like game such that an AI agent later plays over serial port.", "very good, it works, next step is to start the game and play for 5 minutes, record the console screen cast of the game in a file." [paraphrased as later restated], "convert the cast file to MP4 and push it to monperrus.net", "move to /home/monperrus.net/www/martin/pubdir/boot-to-claude-tiny-monsters-screencast.mp4", "chmod 755 the file", "how large is the file" — all already fully handled before the current Phase 5 work began.)
No security-relevant constraints were explicitly stated by the user in this segment beyond the implicit high-stakes nature of touching real production infrastructure (monperrus.net), which I self-identified and handled by asking for explicit path/method clarification via AskUserQuestion before taking any action on that server, and by never guessing at destructive operations there.
7. Pending Tasks:
- **Immediate**: Fix `vga_select_font_plane()`'s register values so text-mode restoration after the game correctly shows the real, legible shell font (not garbled patterns) — re-verify the second attempt (`SEQ[4]=0x06`, `GC[6]=0x05`) with a genuinely fresh QEMU boot+drive+screendump cycle, since the last check showed identical (stale-looking) diagnostic output to the first broken attempt.
- Once text-mode restoration works: remove the temporary `cmd_gfxtest()` function, its `gfxtest` shell dispatch, and the `vga_debug_dump_font()` diagnostic calls/function (or decide if `vga_debug_dump_font` is worth keeping — likely should be removed as debug-only scaffolding per the project's "no debug leftovers" discipline already established in prior phases).
- Build the actual Pokemon-Ruby-style battle GUI: background art (sky/ground bands), player sprite (bottom-left) and enemy sprite (top-right) — need to design simple procedural pixel-art sprites for the 3 species (Emberpup/Aqualing/Leafling), animated/dynamic HP bars, a dialogue/message text box at the bottom, a move-selection menu box with cursor highlighting — all while keeping the existing text-based input mechanism (digit + Enter) and the serial output path completely untouched.
- Wire the graphical rendering into `game_run()` (kernel/game/game.c), calling `vga_set_graphics_mode()` on entry and `vga_set_text_mode()` on exit/return to shell, with all game state changes ALSO drawn graphically in addition to (not instead of) the existing plain-text serial/console output.
- Thoroughly test: verify via QEMU screendump that the graphical battle screens render correctly at each state (starter selection, battle screen, victory/defeat messages), and re-run `tools/run_tests.sh` and `tools/run_serial_tests.sh` to confirm the serial/AI-agent text interface is completely unaffected by the graphics addition.
- Update `docs/game.md` to document the new graphical UI.
- Commit all of Phase 5's work once complete and verified (nothing from Phase 5 has been committed yet — all vga.c/vga.h/font.c/font.h files and the shell.c/Makefile modifications are currently uncommitted, untracked/modified working-tree state).
8. Current Work:
Immediately before this summary was requested, I was debugging the VGA text-mode restoration bug (plane-2 font data corruption). The exact sequence of my last few actions:
1. Diagnosed (via `vga_debug_dump_font()` output in the serial log) that my FIRST `vga_select_font_plane()` register values (`SEQ[4]=0x07`, `GC[6]=0x00` then `0x04`) were not actually isolating plane 2 — reads were returning raw framebuffer pixel data instead of font glyph bytes.
2. Formulated a SECOND fix by diffing bit patterns against the two already-confirmed-working register tables (`MODE13_SEQ`/`TEXT_SEQ`), concluding `SEQ[4]` should be `0x06` (not `0x07`) and `GC[6]` should be `0x05` (not `0x00`/`0x04`). Applied this via an Edit to `kernel/vga.c`:
```c
outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x06); /* sequential, extended memory */
...
outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x05); /* graphics addressing, map at 0xA0000-0xAFFFF */
```
3. Rebuilt (`make`), rebooted QEMU fresh, drove to `gfxtest` via HMP `sendkey`, sent a keypress to trigger the return-to-text-mode path, and checked `build/serial.log`'s tail for the diagnostic dump output.
4. The diagnostic output appeared **IDENTICAL** to the pre-fix run (same `f0 f0 f0 f0...`, `18 18 18...`, `10 10 10...` byte patterns), which was suspicious/concerning.
5. Ran `grep -n 'SEQ_DATA, 0x0' /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c` — confirmed the source file DOES contain the new `0x06` value at line 134 (edit is genuinely present, not reverted or lost).
6. Ran `ls -la /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/kernel.bin` and `date` — confirmed kernel.bin's modification timestamp (`Jul 22 16:45`) matches the current date/time (`Wed Jul 22 16:45:54 CEST 2026`), suggesting the binary genuinely was freshly rebuilt with the new source.
This is exactly where the conversation was cut off — I had just finished this verification step (confirming both the source edit and the build freshness were legitimate) but had **not yet re-run the actual QEMU test** (boot → drive to gfxtest → keypress → dump serial log) against this now-confirmed-fresh build to see whether the register fix genuinely has no effect, or whether my PREVIOUS test run (whose output I was looking at) was itself against a stale/pre-fix binary due to a timing issue in my test sequence (e.g., I may have compared against output captured from the QEMU instance that was ALREADY RUNNING from before the rebuild, rather than a freshly-booted instance using the new kernel.bin).
9. Optional Next Step:
Re-run the QEMU test cycle completely fresh to get genuinely current diagnostic output against the confirmed-fresh build (with `SEQ[4]=0x06`, `GC[6]=0x05`): kill any stale QEMU process, boot a brand new QEMU instance from the just-rebuilt `build/disk.img`, wait for `SELFTEST PASS`, drive to `gfxtest` via `tools/qemu_type.py`, send a keypress to trigger `vga_set_text_mode()`, and check `build/serial.log`'s tail for the `vga_debug_dump_font` output at the "before-restore-after-drawing" and "after-restore" checkpoints — comparing the "live" hex bytes against the known-correct 'A' glyph pattern (`0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0`) to determine whether the second register fix actually resolved the plane-2 addressing issue. This directly continues my last uncompleted action: I had just verified "the source edit is present and the binary is freshly built" and was about to (but had not yet) run this fresh verification cycle when the summary was requested. If this fix still doesn't work, the next escalation would be trying further register-value permutations (e.g., reconsidering `GC[5]`, or the CRTC's Character Map Select register at index 0x14, or the AC's Chain-4-related bits) — all still guided by the now-proven-effective `vga_debug_dump_font()` diagnostic technique of comparing live-read bytes against the known-good `0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0` reference pattern for glyph 'A'.
If you need specific details from before compaction (like exact code snippets, error messages, or content you generated), read the full transcript at: /home/martin/.claude/projects/-home-martin-workspace-prototypes-boot-to-claude/03468d1c-5b29-4e24-8f0d-2a7435d227ab.jsonl
Continue the conversation from where it left off without asking the user any further questions. Resume directly — do not acknowledge the summary, do not recap what was happening, do not preface with "I'll continue" or similar. Pick up the last task as if the break never happened.161 for (int row = 0; row < FONT_ROWS; row++) {
162 mem[g * 32 + row] = g_saved_font[g * FONT_ROWS + row];
163 }
164 }
165 }
166 1 #include "vga.h"
2
3 #include "builtins.h"
4 #include "font.h"
5 #include "serial.h"
6 #include "string.h"
7
8 static inline void outb(uint16_t port, uint8_t val) { __builtin_outb(port, val); }
9 static inline uint8_t inb(uint16_t port) { return __builtin_inb(port); }
10
11 #define VGA_MISC_WRITE 0x3C2
12 #define VGA_SEQ_INDEX 0x3C4
13 #define VGA_SEQ_DATA 0x3C5
14 #define VGA_CRTC_INDEX 0x3D4
15 #define VGA_CRTC_DATA 0x3D5
16 #define VGA_GC_INDEX 0x3CE
17 #define VGA_GC_DATA 0x3CF
18 #define VGA_AC_INDEX 0x3C0
19 #define VGA_AC_WRITE 0x3C0
20 #define VGA_INSTAT_READ 0x3DA
21 #define VGA_DAC_WRITE_INDEX 0x3C8
22 #define VGA_DAC_DATA 0x3C9
23
24 #define FRAMEBUFFER ((uint8_t *)0xA0000)
25
26 /* Standard register dumps for mode 0x13 (320x200x256) and mode 0x03
27 * (80x25 text) - the same fixed sequences of Misc/Sequencer/CRTC/
28 * Graphics/Attribute Controller values used throughout the bare-metal
29 * OS dev community to switch VGA modes via direct port I/O instead of
30 * the (real-mode-only) INT 10h BIOS video service. Hardware register
31 * layout, not code - the same kind of fixed reference table as the PS/2
32 * scancode set in keyboard.c or the ATA command bytes in ata.c. */
33
34 static const uint8_t MODE13_SEQ[5] = { 0x03, 0x01, 0x0F, 0x00, 0x0E };
35 static const uint8_t MODE13_CRTC[25] = {
36 0x5F, 0x4F, 0x50, 0x82, 0x54, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x1F,
37 0x00, 0x41, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
38 0x9C, 0x0E, 0x8F, 0x28, 0x40, 0x96, 0xB9, 0xA3,
39 0xFF,
40 };
41 static const uint8_t MODE13_GC[9] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x05, 0x0F, 0xFF };
42 static const uint8_t MODE13_AC[21] = {
43 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
44 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F,
45 0x41, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x00, 0x00,
46 };
47
48 static const uint8_t TEXT_SEQ[5] = { 0x03, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x02 };
49 static const uint8_t TEXT_CRTC[25] = {
50 0x5F, 0x4F, 0x50, 0x82, 0x55, 0x81, 0xBF, 0x1F,
51 0x00, 0x4F, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
52 0x9C, 0x0E, 0x8F, 0x28, 0x1F, 0x96, 0xB9, 0xA3,
53 0xFF,
54 };
55 static const uint8_t TEXT_GC[9] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x0E, 0x00, 0xFF };
56 static const uint8_t TEXT_AC[21] = {
57 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
58 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F,
59 0x0C, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x08, 0x00,
60 };
61
62 static void vga_load_registers(uint8_t misc, const uint8_t *seq, const uint8_t *crtc,
63 const uint8_t *gc, const uint8_t *ac) {
64 outb(VGA_MISC_WRITE, misc);
65
66 for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
67 outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
68 outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, seq[i]);
69 }
70
71 /* CRTC registers 0-7 are write-protected until bit 7 of index 0x03
72 * and the lock bit of index 0x11 are cleared - unlock first. */
73 outb(VGA_CRTC_INDEX, 0x03);
74 outb(VGA_CRTC_DATA, (uint8_t)(inb(VGA_CRTC_DATA) | 0x80));
75 outb(VGA_CRTC_INDEX, 0x11);
76 outb(VGA_CRTC_DATA, (uint8_t)(inb(VGA_CRTC_DATA) & ~0x80));
77 /* Re-apply the real values for those two indices below anyway (they
78 * come from the table), so this only matters transiently. */
79 for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
80 outb(VGA_CRTC_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
81 outb(VGA_CRTC_DATA, crtc[i]);
82 }
83
84 for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
85 outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
86 outb(VGA_GC_DATA, gc[i]);
87 }
88
89 /* The Attribute Controller's index and data are the same port,
90 * distinguished by an internal flip-flop that's reset by reading
91 * the input status register. */
92 (void)inb(VGA_INSTAT_READ);
93 for (int i = 0; i < 21; i++) {
94 outb(VGA_AC_INDEX, (uint8_t)i);
95 outb(VGA_AC_WRITE, ac[i]);
96 }
97 (void)inb(VGA_INSTAT_READ);
98 outb(VGA_AC_INDEX, 0x20); /* re-enable video output (PAS bit) */
99 }
100
101 /* Mode 0x13's linear framebuffer at 0xA0000 and text mode's character
102 * generator both live in the same underlying VGA RAM, just addressed
103 * differently - "chained" (linear, 1 byte/pixel) for graphics vs. one
104 * glyph bitmap per character code in "plane 2" for text. Any drawing in
105 * graphics mode clobbers whatever was in plane 2, so switching back to
106 * text mode with the *registers* alone reproduces a real 80x25 grid,
107 * but every cell renders garbage - there's no glyph data left to read.
108 * Saving a copy of the BIOS-loaded font (present at boot, before this
109 * kernel ever touches graphics mode) and writing it back on the way out
110 * sidesteps needing to author/embed a whole replacement font ourselves:
111 * this just restores the exact font the console already relies on. */
112 #define FONT_GLYPHS 256
113 #define FONT_ROWS 16
114 static uint8_t g_saved_font[FONT_GLYPHS * FONT_ROWS];
115 static int g_font_saved;
116
117 /* Routes the 0xA0000 window to plane 2 only, sequential (non-chained,
118 * non-odd/even) addressing - the standard VGA "font access" register
119 * configuration, distinct from both the mode 0x13 and text-mode tables
120 * above. Whichever of vga_set_graphics_mode/vga_set_text_mode runs next
121 * fully reprograms these same registers to its own real values anyway,
122 * so this only matters for the font-copy loop that follows it. */
123 static void vga_select_font_plane(void) {
124 /* Values chosen by diffing against the two already-verified-working
125 * tables above rather than trusting a from-memory register dump on
126 * its own: both MODE13_SEQ[4] (0x0E) and TEXT_SEQ[4] (0x02) have bit
127 * 0 clear, so this does too (0x06, not the 0x07 first tried); and
128 * font data lives behind the same 0xA0000-0xAFFFF graphics-style
129 * window mode 0x13 itself uses (memory map 01, "graphics" addressing
130 * bit set) - see vga_debug_dump_font, which is how this was found:
131 * the previous version silently read/wrote raw framebuffer pixels
132 * instead of plane 2 at all. */
133 outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */
134 outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x06); /* sequential, extended memory */
135 outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x02); /* read map select: plane 2 */
136 outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x05); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* write mode 0, read mode 0 */
137 outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x05); /* graphics addressing, map at 0xA0000-0xAFFFF */
138 }
139
140 static void vga_save_text_font(void) {
141 if (g_font_saved) {
142 return;
143 }
144 vga_select_font_plane();
145 volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
146 for (int g = 0; g < FONT_GLYPHS; g++) {
147 for (int row = 0; row < FONT_ROWS; row++) {
148 g_saved_font[g * FONT_ROWS + row] = mem[g * 32 + row];
149 }
150 }
151 g_font_saved = 1;
152 }
153
154 static void vga_restore_text_font(void) {
155 if (!g_font_saved) {
156 return;
157 }
158 vga_select_font_plane();
159 volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
160 for (int g = 0; g < FONT_GLYPHS; g++) {
161 for (int row = 0; row < FONT_ROWS; row++) {
162 mem[g * 32 + row] = g_saved_font[g * FONT_ROWS + row];
163 }
164 }
165 }
166
167 void vga_set_graphics_mode(void) {
168 vga_save_text_font();
169 vga_load_registers(0x63, MODE13_SEQ, MODE13_CRTC, MODE13_GC, MODE13_AC);
170 }
171
172 void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
173 vga_restore_text_font();
174 vga_load_registers(0x67, TEXT_SEQ, TEXT_CRTC, TEXT_GC, TEXT_AC);
175 }
176
177 void vga_debug_dump_font(const char *label) {
178 serial_write(label);
179 serial_write(" saved='");
180 char buf[8];
181 for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
182 serial_write(itoa(g_saved_font['A' * FONT_ROWS + i], buf, 16));
183 serial_write(" ");
184 }
185 serial_write("' live='");
186 vga_select_font_plane();
187 volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
188 for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
189 serial_write(itoa(mem['A' * 32 + i], buf, 16));
190 serial_write(" ");
191 }
192 serial_write("'\n");
193 }
194
195 void vga_set_palette_color(uint8_t index, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b) {
196 outb(VGA_DAC_WRITE_INDEX, index);
197 outb(VGA_DAC_DATA, (uint8_t)(r & 0x3F));
198 outb(VGA_DAC_DATA, (uint8_t)(g & 0x3F));
199 outb(VGA_DAC_DATA, (uint8_t)(b & 0x3F));
200 }
201
202 void vga_clear(uint8_t color) {
203 for (int i = 0; i < VGA_WIDTH * VGA_HEIGHT; i++) {
204 FRAMEBUFFER[i] = color;
205 }
206 }
207
208 void vga_put_pixel(int x, int y, uint8_t color) {
209 if (x < 0 || x >= VGA_WIDTH || y < 0 || y >= VGA_HEIGHT) {
210 return;
211 }
212 FRAMEBUFFER[y * VGA_WIDTH + x] = color;
213 }
214
215 void vga_fill_rect(int x, int y, int w, int h, uint8_t color) {
216 for (int row = 0; row < h; row++) {
217 for (int col = 0; col < w; col++) {
218 vga_put_pixel(x + col, y + row, color);
219 }
220 }
221 }
222
223 void vga_draw_rect(int x, int y, int w, int h, uint8_t color) {
224 vga_fill_rect(x, y, w, 1, color);
225 vga_fill_rect(x, y + h - 1, w, 1, color);
226 vga_fill_rect(x, y, 1, h, color);
227 vga_fill_rect(x + w - 1, y, 1, h, color);
228 }
229
230 void vga_draw_char(int x, int y, char c, uint8_t color) {
231 const uint8_t *glyph = font_glyph(c);
232 for (int row = 0; row < FONT_H; row++) {
233 uint8_t bits = glyph[row];
234 for (int col = 0; col < FONT_W; col++) {
235 if (bits & (1 << (FONT_W - 1 - col))) {
236 vga_put_pixel(x + col, y + row, color);
237 }
238 }
239 }
240 }
241
242 void vga_draw_text(int x, int y, const char *s, uint8_t color) {
243 int cx = x;
244 while (*s) {
245 if (*s == '\n') {
246 cx = x;
247 y += FONT_H + 1;
248 } else {
249 vga_draw_char(cx, y, *s, color);
250 cx += FONT_W + 1;
251 }
252 s++;
253 }
254 }
255
256 int vga_text_width(const char *s) {
257 int n = 0;
258 int max = 0;
259 while (*s) {
260 if (*s == '\n') {
261 if (n > max) {
262 max = n;
263 }
264 n = 0;
265 } else {
266 n++;
267 }
268 s++;
269 }
270 if (n > max) {
271 max = n;
272 }
273 return max * (FONT_W + 1);
274 }- static void vga_select_font_plane(void) {
- /* Values chosen by diffing against the two already-verified-working
- * tables above rather than trusting a from-memory register dump on
- * its own: both MODE13_SEQ[4] (0x0E) and TEXT_SEQ[4] (0x02) have bit
- * 0 clear, so this does too (0x06, not the 0x07 first tried); and
- * font data lives behind the same 0xA0000-0xAFFFF graphics-style
- * window mode 0x13 itself uses (memory map 01, "graphics" addressing
- * bit set) - see vga_debug_dump_font, which is how this was found:
- * the previous version silently read/wrote raw framebuffer pixels
- * instead of plane 2 at all. */
- outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */
- outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x06); /* sequential, extended memory */
- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x02); /* read map select: plane 2 */
- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x05); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* write mode 0, read mode 0 */
- outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x05); /* graphics addressing, map at 0xA0000-0xAFFFF */
- }
+ static void vga_select_font_plane(void) {
+ /* The standard "read/write a VGA font plane directly" register
+ * configuration (used well beyond this project - the same values
+ * show up in most bare-metal font-dump code): Sequencer index 4 must
+ * have chain-4 (bit 3) OFF and odd/even (bit 2) OFF - 0x06, not
+ * mode 0x13's 0x0E (chain-4 on) or text mode's 0x02 (odd/even on) -
+ * so bytes at 0xA0000 map 1:1 onto plane 2's own address space
+ * instead of either linear framebuffer pixels or interleaved
+ * char/attribute bytes. Graphics Controller index 6 then selects the
+ * 0xA0000-0xBFFFF window with alphanumeric addressing still off
+ * (0x00): found by diffing against the two already-verified-working
+ * MODE13/TEXT tables above wasn't enough on its own (that produced
+ * 0x05, still wrong - see vga_debug_dump_font's history) - 0x00 is
+ * the actual correct value. */
+ outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */
+ outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x06); /* sequential, extended memory */
+ outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x02); /* read map select: plane 2 */
+ outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x05); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* write mode 0, read mode 0 */
+ outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* map 0xA0000-0xBFFFF, alphanumeric addressing off */
+ }The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ pkill -f qemu-system-i386 2>/dev/null; make -s 2>&1 | tail -30
Exit code 144
$ make -s 2>&1 | tail -30; echo "EXIT:$?"
mkfs_tinyfs: done EXIT:0
$ pkill -9 -f qemu-system-i386 2>/dev/null; sleep 0.3; rm -f build/serial.log build/qemu-monitor.sock; true
Exit code 1
$ ls tools/ | grep -i qemu; ls tools/*.py 2>/dev/null
qemu_type.py tools/qemu_type.py tools/serial_game_test.py
1 #!/usr/bin/env python3
2 """Types text into a running QEMU guest via its HMP monitor's `sendkey`
3 command, over a unix socket (-monitor unix:PATH,server,nowait). Used by
4 tools/run_tests.sh to drive the kernel shell headlessly - there is no
5 other way to feed the polled PS/2 keyboard driver without real hardware
6 or a display.
7 """
8 import socket
9 import sys
10 import time
11
12 KEYMAP = {
13 " ": "spc",
14 ".": "dot",
15 "\n": "ret",
16 "-": "minus",
17 "_": "shift-minus",
18 ",": "comma",
19 "/": "slash",
20 }
21
22
23 def key_name(c):
24 if c in KEYMAP:
25 return KEYMAP[c]
26 if c.isalpha():
27 return c.lower()
28 if c.isdigit():
29 return c
30 raise ValueError(f"qemu_type: no key mapping for {c!r}")
31
32
33 def main():
34 if len(sys.argv) != 3:
35 print(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <monitor-socket> <text>", file=sys.stderr)
36 sys.exit(1)
37
38 sock_path, text = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
39
40 s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
41 s.connect(sock_path)
42 time.sleep(0.2)
43 s.recv(4096) # monitor banner
44
45 for c in text:
46 s.sendall(f"sendkey {key_name(c)}\n".encode())
47 time.sleep(0.05)
48 s.recv(4096)
49
50 s.close()
51
52
53 if __name__ == "__main__":
54 main()
55 $ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude rm -f build/serial.log build/qemu-monitor.sock nohup $(which qemu-system-i386) -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw -display none -serial file:build/serial.log -monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait -no-reboot > build/qemu.out 2>&1 & echo "started pid $!" sleep 2 tail -c 500 build/serial.log
started pid 1756755 tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. >
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "gfxtest " sleep 1 tail -c 800 build/serial.log
tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. > gfxtest before-any-switch saved='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' live='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' after-set-graphics-before-clear saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='f0 f0 f0 f0 e0 e0 e0 e0 c0 c0 c0 c0 80 80 80 80 ' before-restore-after-drawing saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 '
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "x" sleep 1 tail -c 1200 build/serial.log
tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. > gfxtest before-any-switch saved='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' live='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' after-set-graphics-before-clear saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='f0 f0 f0 f0 e0 e0 e0 e0 c0 c0 c0 c0 80 80 80 80 ' before-restore-after-drawing saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 ' after-restore saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 ' >
- void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
- vga_restore_text_font();
- vga_load_registers(0x67, TEXT_SEQ, TEXT_CRTC, TEXT_GC, TEXT_AC);
- }
+ void vga_set_text_mode(void) {
+ /* Load the text-mode CRTC/Attribute Controller state *before*
+ * touching the font plane, not after: vga_debug_dump_font showed
+ * that plane-2 reads/writes at 0xA0000 only land correctly when the
+ * CRTC is already in a text-mode-like state (matching how
+ * vga_save_text_font in vga_set_graphics_mode runs *before* the
+ * mode 0x13 registers are loaded, i.e. the same ordering) - QEMU's
+ * VGA emulation appears to key the planar/non-chain4 addressing path
+ * off overall CRTC state, not the Sequencer/Graphics Controller
+ * registers alone. */
+ vga_load_registers(0x67, TEXT_SEQ, TEXT_CRTC, TEXT_GC, TEXT_AC);
+ vga_restore_text_font();
+ }The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude pkill -9 -f qemu-system-i386 2>/dev/null sleep 0.3 make -s 2>&1 | tail -20 echo "BUILD_DONE exit=$?"
Exit code 1
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude make -s 2>&1 | tail -30 echo "EXIT:$?"
mkfs_tinyfs: done EXIT:0
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude rm -f build/serial.log build/qemu-monitor.sock nohup $(which qemu-system-i386) -drive file=build/disk.img,format=raw -display none -serial file:build/serial.log -monitor unix:build/qemu-monitor.sock,server,nowait -no-reboot > build/qemu.out 2>&1 & echo "started pid $!" sleep 2 tail -c 300 build/serial.log
started pid 1756901 tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. >
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "gfxtest " sleep 1 python3 tools/qemu_type.py build/qemu-monitor.sock "x" sleep 1 tail -c 1200 build/serial.log
tiny-os: kernel entered selftest: running SELFTEST PASS tiny-os shell. type 'help' for commands. > gfxtest before-any-switch saved='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' live='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' after-set-graphics-before-clear saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='f0 f0 f0 f0 e0 e0 e0 e0 c0 c0 c0 c0 80 80 80 80 ' before-restore-after-drawing saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 ' after-restore saved='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' live='0 0 10 38 6c c6 c6 fe c6 c6 c6 c6 0 0 0 0 ' >
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude
python3 -c "
import socket, time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect('build/qemu-monitor.sock')
time.sleep(0.2)
s.recv(4096)
s.sendall(b'screendump build/after_restore.ppm\n')
time.sleep(0.5)
print(s.recv(4096))
s.close()
"
ffmpeg -y -i build/after_restore.ppm build/after_restore.png -loglevel error
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$ ls -la /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/after_restore.ppm
-rw-r----- 1 martin martin 864015 Jul 22 16:54 /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/after_restore.ppm
$ pkill -9 -f qemu-system-i386 2>/dev/null; rm -f /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/after_restore.ppm /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/build/after_restore.png; true
Exit code 1
- static void cmd_gfxtest(void) {
- vga_debug_dump_font("before-any-switch");
- vga_set_graphics_mode();
- vga_debug_dump_font("after-set-graphics-before-clear");
- for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
- vga_set_palette_color((uint8_t)(16 + i), (uint8_t)(i * 4), (uint8_t)(63 - i * 4), (uint8_t)(i * 2));
- }
- vga_set_palette_color(1, 63, 0, 0);
- vga_set_palette_color(2, 0, 63, 0);
- vga_set_palette_color(3, 0, 0, 63);
- vga_set_palette_color(4, 63, 63, 63);
- vga_set_palette_color(0, 0, 0, 20);
- vga_clear(0);
- for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
- vga_fill_rect(i * 20, 0, 20, 40, (uint8_t)(16 + i));
- }
- vga_fill_rect(10, 50, 60, 30, 1);
- vga_fill_rect(80, 50, 60, 30, 2);
- vga_fill_rect(150, 50, 60, 30, 3);
- vga_draw_rect(10, 90, 300, 20, 4);
- vga_draw_text(20, 120, "gfxtest: mode 13h A-Z a-z 0-9 !?.,:;", 4);
- vga_draw_text(20, 140, "press any key to return", 4);
- vga_debug_dump_font("before-restore-after-drawing");
- input_getchar();
- vga_set_text_mode();
- vga_debug_dump_font("after-restore");
- console_clear();
- }
- The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/shell/shell.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- } else if (strcmp(cmd, "play") == 0) {
- game_run();
- } else if (strcmp(cmd, "gfxtest") == 0) {
- cmd_gfxtest();
- } else if (strcmp(cmd, "reboot") == 0) {
+ } else if (strcmp(cmd, "play") == 0) {
+ game_run();
+ } else if (strcmp(cmd, "reboot") == 0) {The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/shell/shell.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- #include "input.h" - #include "vga.h" - #include "lang/compiler/codegen.h" + #include "input.h" + #include "lang/compiler/codegen.h"
The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/shell/shell.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- void vga_debug_dump_font(const char *label) {
- serial_write(label);
- serial_write(" saved='");
- char buf[8];
- for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
- serial_write(itoa(g_saved_font['A' * FONT_ROWS + i], buf, 16));
- serial_write(" ");
- }
- serial_write("' live='");
- vga_select_font_plane();
- volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
- for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
- serial_write(itoa(mem['A' * 32 + i], buf, 16));
- serial_write(" ");
- }
- serial_write("'\n");
- }
- The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude grep -n "serial_\|itoa\|string\.h" kernel/vga.c
6:#include "string.h"
- #include "builtins.h" - #include "font.h" - #include "serial.h" - #include "string.h" + #include "builtins.h" + #include "font.h"
The file /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude/kernel/vga.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
- void vga_set_palette_color(uint8_t index, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b); - - /* Temporary diagnostic (Phase: game GUI) - dumps glyph 'A''s first 16 - * saved-font bytes over serial as hex, prefixed with label. */ - void vga_debug_dump_font(const char *label); - - void vga_clear(uint8_t color); + void vga_set_palette_color(uint8_t index, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b); + + void vga_clear(uint8_t color);
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115 /* Routes the 0xA0000 window to plane 2 only, sequential (non-chained,
116 * non-odd/even) addressing - the standard VGA "font access" register
117 * configuration, distinct from both the mode 0x13 and text-mode tables
118 * above. Whichever of vga_set_graphics_mode/vga_set_text_mode runs next
119 * fully reprograms these same registers to its own real values anyway,
120 * so this only matters for the font-copy loop that follows it. */
121 static void vga_select_font_plane(void) {
122 /* The standard "read/write a VGA font plane directly" register
123 * configuration (used well beyond this project - the same values
124 * show up in most bare-metal font-dump code): Sequencer index 4 must
125 * have chain-4 (bit 3) OFF and odd/even (bit 2) OFF - 0x06, not
126 * mode 0x13's 0x0E (chain-4 on) or text mode's 0x02 (odd/even on) -
127 * so bytes at 0xA0000 map 1:1 onto plane 2's own address space
128 * instead of either linear framebuffer pixels or interleaved
129 * char/attribute bytes. Graphics Controller index 6 then selects the
130 * 0xA0000-0xBFFFF window with alphanumeric addressing still off
131 * (0x00): found by diffing against the two already-verified-working
132 * MODE13/TEXT tables above wasn't enough on its own (that produced
133 * 0x05, still wrong - see vga_debug_dump_font's history) - 0x00 is
134 * the actual correct value. */
135 outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x02); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x04); /* map mask: plane 2 */
136 outb(VGA_SEQ_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_SEQ_DATA, 0x06); /* sequential, extended memory */
137 outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x04); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x02); /* read map select: plane 2 */
138 outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x05); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* write mode 0, read mode 0 */
139 outb(VGA_GC_INDEX, 0x06); outb(VGA_GC_DATA, 0x00); /* map 0xA0000-0xBFFFF, alphanumeric addressing off */
140 }
141
142 static void vga_save_text_font(void) {
143 if (g_font_saved) {
144 return;
145 }
146 vga_select_font_plane();
147 volatile uint8_t *mem = (volatile uint8_t *)0xA0000;
148 for (int g = 0; g < FONT_GLYPHS; g++) {
149 for (int row = 0; row < FONT_ROWS; row++) {
150 g_saved_font[g * FONT_ROWS + row] = mem[g * 32 + row];
151 }
152 }
153 g_font_saved = 1;
154 }- * char/attribute bytes. Graphics Controller index 6 then selects the - * 0xA0000-0xBFFFF window with alphanumeric addressing still off - * (0x00): found by diffing against the two already-verified-working - * MODE13/TEXT tables above wasn't enough on its own (that produced - * 0x05, still wrong - see vga_debug_dump_font's history) - 0x00 is - * the actual correct value. */ + * char/attribute bytes. Graphics Controller index 6 then selects the + * 0xA0000-0xBFFFF window with alphanumeric addressing still off + * (0x00). Beyond these register values, the CRTC also has to already + * be in a text-mode-like state for a plane-2 read/write here to land + * correctly at all (QEMU's VGA emulation appears to key the planar + * addressing path off overall CRTC state, not the Sequencer/Graphics + * Controller registers alone) - see the call-site comment in + * vga_set_text_mode below. */
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$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude pkill -9 -f qemu-system-i386 2>/dev/null make -s 2>&1 | tail -40 echo "BUILD_EXIT:$?"
Exit code 1
$ make -s 2>&1 | tail -40; echo "BUILD_EXIT:$?"
mkfs_tinyfs: done BUILD_EXIT:0
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude bash tools/run_tests.sh 2>&1 | tail -60
run_tests: PASS qemu-system-i386: terminating on signal 15 from pid 1757190 (bash)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude bash tools/run_serial_tests.sh 2>&1 | tail -60
ok: shell reachable over serial (no keyboard involved) ok: game reachable, starter menu -> battle screen ok: battle played to completion over serial (Game over!) ok: shell still responsive after the game returned serial_game_test: PASS qemu-system-i386: terminating on signal 15 from pid 1757257 (bash)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude git status --short
M Makefile ?? kernel/font.c ?? kernel/font.h ?? kernel/vga.c ?? kernel/vga.h
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude git diff --stat kernel/shell/shell.c git diff kernel/shell/shell.c | head -50
(Bash completed with no output)
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude git add kernel/vga.c kernel/vga.h kernel/font.c kernel/font.h Makefile git status --short
M Makefile A kernel/font.c A kernel/font.h A kernel/vga.c A kernel/vga.h
$ cd /home/martin/workspace/prototypes/boot-to-claude git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF' Add VGA mode 13h graphics driver and hand-authored bitmap font Direct register-level mode 0x13 <-> text mode switching (no BIOS/VBE, since the kernel runs in protected mode), with save/restore of the real BIOS font in VGA plane 2 so returning to text mode after a graphical screen doesn't corrupt the shell's glyphs. The plane-2 access register values needed two fixes over the initial guess - chain-4 had to be off (0x06, not 0x07) and the read/write has to happen while the CRTC is already in a text-mode-like state, not mode 13h's - both found via a diagnostic byte dump, since QEMU's VGA emulation didn't behave as hardware references alone predicted. Foundation for the upcoming graphical battle GUI; not wired into the shell yet. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0165e38p645KdVscGAtTxcpe EOF )" git log --oneline -3
[main 377d751] Add VGA mode 13h graphics driver and hand-authored bitmap font 5 files changed, 428 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 kernel/font.c create mode 100644 kernel/font.h create mode 100644 kernel/vga.c create mode 100644 kernel/vga.h 377d751 Add VGA mode 13h graphics driver and hand-authored bitmap font 4fafcaa Ignore recordings/ (local screencast output, not source) 4246ba7 Add a Pokemon-like battle game, playable entirely over serial