v1.5.0 r1

[1.5.0 r1] - 2024-11-30

Added

• Interactive shell (Eshell) with command support
• System shutdown functionality (ACPI/APM)
• Port I/O utilities in sys/ports.h
• Colored boot messages
• Shell commands: clear, shutdown, help
• Welcome message on boot

Changed

• Improved boot sequence with status messages
• Enhanced display color support
• Reorganized kernel initialization

Fixed

• Double screen clear in kernel main
• Namespace conflicts with color constants

v1.0.0 r2 Stable

Stable Release

[1.0.0 r2] - 2024

Added

• Comprehensive documentation in Docusaurus format
• Automatic dependency installation in build process
• Python kconfiglib for kernel configuration

Changed

• Updated kernel version to 1.0.0
• Improved build system with automatic dependency handling
• Reorganized documentation structure
• Updated project README with clearer instructions
• Simplified kernel configuration options

Removed

• HELLO_WORLD configuration option
• Redundant version information

Build System

• Added automatic installation of build dependencies
• Added pip installation of kconfiglib for menuconfig
• Streamlined build process with better error handling

Documentation

• Added comprehensive API reference
• Added detailed component documentation:
  • Display system
  • Keyboard system
  • Bootloader
  • Standard library
• Improved README with:
  • Clear project description
  • Updated build instructions
  • System requirements
  • Project structure

Technical Details

• Base Components:
  • Text-mode display (80x25)
  • Interrupt-driven keyboard (US QWERTY)
  • Basic bootloader
  • Standard library utilities
• Build Requirements:
  • GCC (i686)
  • NASM
  • GRUB
  • Make
  • Python (for kconfiglib)

Configuration

• Simplified Kconfig options
• Focused on essential build configurations
• Removed experimental features

v0.0.6-Alpha

Changes

• Add headers for system developers
• Made boot sequence

What's Changed

• update version 0.0.6 Alpha by @Extraskilled56 in #6

New Contributors

• @Extraskilled56 made their first contribution in #6

Full Changelog: v0.0.1-alpha...v0.0.6-Alpha

v0.0.1-alpha

#v0.0.1 Pre-release

This is just a base version to go off of. Not for production, but I guess you can use it?

Thanks to using the Echo-kernel

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Extraskilled56/Echo-kernel/commits/v0.0.1-alpha