User:Johnburger/Demo/Exec/Key
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This code needs to do two things:
- Install the Keyboard interrupt handler;
- Enable Keyboard interrupts in its PIC.
Note that this Interrupt handler doesn't do two things:
- Maintain the state of the "Shift" keys, like <Shift>, <Ctrl> and <Alt>;
- Convert scan codes into ASCII for the standard keys.
Both of these are left as an exercise for the reader - including the decision as to whether they belong inside the interrupt handler at all! (Hint: I suggest "Yes" for #1 and "No" for #2).
Demo/Exec/Key.inc
; ; Exec/Key.inc ; ; This module installs a Keyboard interrupt handler. There's not much to do: ; the defaults as set by the BIOS are good enough. ; Of course, to be a true Device Driver, something needs to convert the KeyCodes ; generated by the keyboard into the ASCII equivalents (or whatever) for more ; general consumption by other programs. This has been left as an exercise for ; the reader - until I get impatient and do it myself... Exec.Key: ; First, install a Keyboard interrupt handler MOV EAX,Ints.Key ; Handler MOV EBX,IDT.Key ; Interrupt MOV CX,Selector(GDT.Ints, GDT, RPL0) MOV DL,Type.Sys(Int, DPL0, 386) CALL Exec.Alloc.IDT ; Finally, enable the Keyboard interrupt in the PIC IN AL,Dev.PIC.A.Mask AND AL,~Dev.PIC.A.Key ; Unmask Key IRQ OUT Dev.PIC.A.Mask,AL RET