Crate ostool 

ostool

A comprehensive toolkit for operating system development.

ostool provides utilities for building, running, and debugging operating systems, with special support for embedded systems and bootloader interaction.

Features

• Build System: Cargo-based build configuration with customizable options
• QEMU Integration: Easy QEMU launching with various architectures support
• U-Boot Support: Serial communication and file transfer via YMODEM
• TFTP Server: Built-in TFTP server for network booting
• Menu Configuration: TUI-based configuration editor (like Linux kernel’s menuconfig)
• Serial Terminal: Interactive serial terminal for device communication

Modules

• build - Build system configuration and Cargo integration
• ctx - Application context and state management
• menuconfig - TUI-based menu configuration
• run - QEMU, TFTP, and U-Boot runners
• sterm - Serial terminal implementation
• utils - Common utilities and helper functions

Example

// ostool is primarily used as a CLI tool
// See the binary targets for usage examples

Modules

board

ostool-server board client and remote terminal integration.

build

Build system configuration and Cargo integration.

ctx

Application context and state management. Application context and runtime state.

logger

Custom file logger for ostool.

menuconfig

TUI-based menu configuration system.

run

Runtime execution modules for QEMU, TFTP, and U-Boot.

sterm

Serial terminal implementation.

utils

Common utilities and helper functions. Common utilities and helper functions.

Structs

ManifestContext

Resolved Cargo manifest and workspace paths derived from cargo metadata.

Tool

Main library object orchestrating build and run operations.

ToolConfig

Static configuration used to initialize a Tool.

Functions

resolve_manifest_context