7486 - primitive for reading keys

It also clears keys after reading them, allowing us to read more than 16
keys.

3 files changed, 74 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/baremetal/102keyboard.subx b/baremetal/102keyboard.subx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7913d449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baremetal/102keyboard.subx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# check keyboard for a key
+# return 0 on no keypress or unrecognized key
+read-key:  # kbd: (addr keyboard) -> result/eax: byte
+    # . prologue
+    55/push-ebp
+    89/<- %ebp 4/r32/esp
+    # . save registers
+    51/push-ecx
+    # result = 0
+    b8/copy-to-eax 0/imm32
+    # ecx = keyboard
+    8b/-> *(ebp+8) 1/r32/ecx
+    81 7/subop/compare %ecx 0/imm32
+    {
+      75/jump-if-!= break/disp8
+      # var read/ecx: byte = keyboard buffer's read index
+      8b/-> *0x7dcc 1/r32/CL  # keyboard-buffer-read
+      # var next-key/eax: byte = *(keyboard buffer + ecx)
+      8a/byte-> *(ecx+0x7dd0) 0/r32/AL  # keyboard-buffer-data
+      # if (next-key != 0) lock and remove from keyboard-buffer
+      81 7/subop/compare %eax 0/imm32
+      {
+        74/jump-if-= break/disp8
+        # TODO: add some instructions in this block to SubX if we ever want to
+        # use bootstrap on baremetal programs
+        fa/disable-interrupts
+        c6 0/subop/copy-byte *(ecx+0x7dd0) 0/imm8
+        ff 0/subop/increment *0x7dcc  # keyboard-buffer-read
+        81 4/subop/and *0x7dcc 0xf/imm32  # keyboard-buffer-read
+        fb/enable-interrupts
+      }
+      # return
+      eb $read-key:end/disp8
+    }
+    # TODO: fake keyboard
+$read-key:end:
+    # . restore registers
+    59/pop-to-ecx
+    # . epilogue
+    89/<- %esp 5/r32/ebp
+    5d/pop-to-ebp
+    c3/return
diff --git a/baremetal/400.mu b/baremetal/400.mu
index 1121a00a..0f36e3fe 100644
--- a/baremetal/400.mu
+++ b/baremetal/400.mu
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 sig pixel screen: (addr screen), x: int, y: int, color: int
+sig read-key kbd: (addr keyboard) -> _/eax: byte
diff --git a/baremetal/ex3.mu b/baremetal/ex3.mu
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21e30466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baremetal/ex3.mu
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Draw pixels in response to keyboard events, starting from the top-left
+# and in raster order.
+#
+# To build a disk image:
+#   ./translate_mu_baremetal baremetal/ex3.mu     # emits disk.img
+# To run:
+#   qemu-system-i386 disk.img
+# Or:
+#   bochs -f baremetal/boot.bochsrc               # boot.bochsrc loads disk.img
+#
+# Expected output: a new green pixel starting from the top left corner of the
+# screen every time you press a key (letter or digit)
+
+fn main {
+  var x/ecx: int <- copy 0
+  var y/edx: int <- copy 0
+  {
+    var key/eax: byte <- read-key 0  # real keyboard
+    compare key, 0
+    loop-if-=  # busy wait
+    pixel 0, x, y, 0x31  # green
+    x <- increment
+    compare x, 0x400
+    {
+      break-if-<
+      y <- increment
+      x <- copy 0
+    }
+    loop
+  }
+}