Changes in kernel/arch/ia32/src/asm.S [b5382d4f:22c3444] in mainline

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• kernel/arch/ia32/src/asm.S (modified) (5 diffs)

kernel/arch/ia32/src/asm.S

@@ -428 +428 @@
  * Since the EGA can only display Extended ASCII (usually
  * ISO Latin 1) characters, some of the Unicode characters
- * can be displayed in a wrong way. Only the newline character
- * is interpreted, all other characters (even unprintable) are
+ * can be displayed in a wrong way. Only newline and backspace
+ * are interpreted, all other characters (even unprintable) are
  * printed verbatim.
  *
@@ -481 +481 @@
         
         cmp $0x0a, %al
-        jne early_putchar_print
+        jne early_putchar_backspace
         
                 /* Interpret newline */
@@ -495 +495 @@
                 subw %dx, %bx
                 
-                jmp early_putchar_newline
+                jmp early_putchar_skip
+        
+        early_putchar_backspace:
+        
+                cmp $0x08, %al
+                jne early_putchar_print
+                
+                /* Interpret backspace */
+                
+                cmp $0x0000, %bx
+                je early_putchar_skip
+                
+                dec %bx
+                jmp early_putchar_skip
         
         early_putchar_print:
@@ -505 +518 @@
                 inc %bx
         
-        early_putchar_newline:
+        early_putchar_skip:
         
         /* Sanity check for the cursor on the last line */
@@ -514 +527 @@
                 movl $(PA2KA(0xb80a0)), %esi
                 movl $(PA2KA(0xb8000)), %edi
-                movl $1920, %ecx
-                rep movsw
+                movl $960, %ecx
+                rep movsl
                 
                 /* Clear the 24th row */
                 xorl %eax, %eax
-                movl $80, %ecx
-                rep stosw
+                movl $40, %ecx
+                rep stosl
                 
                 /* Go to row 24 */