Equivalent of gets() or scanf() ??

fbudek · Post by **fbudek** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:48 pm

I am making an OS and I have now finished making the bootloader and kernel. I have a working print() function and cls() function. I also have inportb() and outportb(), but I do not know how I would use these to get input from a user

The kernel is written in C, any help is appreciated

(btw: I read somewhere you need to use inportb() on port 60, but I have no idea what to do from there :3 )

Nessphoro · Post by **Nessphoro** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:04 pm

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xenos · Post by **xenos** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:46 pm

Hint: You need a keyboard driver.

serviper · Post by **serviper** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:27 pm

You may need a keyboard driver or some network / serial port support.

Love4Boobies · Post by **Love4Boobies** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:06 am

If you're asking for gets, then you don't know C. So how can you write a kernel in it?

araxestroy · Post by **araxestroy** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:33 am

Love4Boobies wrote:If you're asking for gets, then you don't know C. So how can you write a kernel in it?

This. gets() is probably one of the more insecure functions in the C standard library. Not to mention that it's deprecated in C99 and outright obsoleted (as in it may not even exist in some C standard library implementations) in C11. It's probably not a good idea to be writing an operating system kernel if you're used to using such hilariously broken libc functions.

Owen · Post by **Owen** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:03 am

Blacklight wrote:outright obsoleted (as in it may not even exist in some C standard library implementations) in C11

Every libc that I know of which has a "C11" mode removes gets in it

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Equivalent of gets() or scanf() ??

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