Lesson 18 - the IDT

18-interrupts/boot/32bit_print.asm

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+[bits 32] ; using 32-bit protected mode
+
+; this is how constants are defined
+VIDEO_MEMORY equ 0xb8000
+WHITE_OB_BLACK equ 0x0f ; the color byte for each character
+
+print_string_pm:
+    pusha
+    mov edx, VIDEO_MEMORY
+
+print_string_pm_loop:
+    mov al, [ebx] ; [ebx] is the address of our character
+    mov ah, WHITE_OB_BLACK
+
+    cmp al, 0 ; check if end of string
+    je print_string_pm_done
+
+    mov [edx], ax ; store character + attribute in video memory
+    add ebx, 1 ; next char
+    add edx, 2 ; next video memory position
+
+    jmp print_string_pm_loop
+
+print_string_pm_done:
+    popa
+    ret