finally to a point where i can start building ddrivers for this framebuffer's output smh

fb.h

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef INCLUDE_IO_H
 #define INCLUDE_IO_H
 
-void out_buffer(unsigned short, unsigned char);
+void fb_cursor_control(unsigned short, unsigned char);
 
 #endif /* INCLUDE_IO_H */

fb.s

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+; Helpers for frame buffer which pretty much have to to be 
+; written in asm
+
+global fb_cursor_control
+
+fb_cursor_control:
+	mov al, [esp+8]
+	mov dx, [esp+4]
+	out dx, al
+	ret

framebuffer.c

@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ void clear_fb(void) {
 	for(unsigned cell=0;cell<AREA; cell+=2) {
 		write_cell_fb(' ', 0x00, 0x00);
 	}
+	Frame_Buffer_Cursor = 0x0000;
 }
 
 // Takes the linear indexed position to move the cursos, if there is nothing at that position we should still have something there
 void fb_move_cursor(u16 position) {
-	out_buffer(FB_CMD, FB_HIGH_CMD);
+	fb_cursor_control(FB_CMD, FB_HIGH_CMD);
-	out_buffer(FB_DATA, ((position >> 8) & 0x00ff) );
+	fb_cursor_control(FB_DATA, ((position >> 8) & 0x00ff) );
-	out_buffer(FB_CMD, FB_LOW_CMD);
+	fb_cursor_control(FB_CMD, FB_LOW_CMD);
-	out_buffer(FB_DATA, position & 0x00ff);
+	fb_cursor_control(FB_DATA, position & 0x00ff);
 }
 

framebuffer.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "types.h"
-#include "io.h"
+#include "fb.h"
 
 #define COLUMNS 80
 #define ROWS 25

io.s

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-global out_buffer
-
-out_buffer:
-	mov al, [esp+8]
-	mov dx, [esp+4]
-	out dx, al
-	ret

makefile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ASM=nasm
 LINK=ld
 ISO=genisoimage
 
-OBJECTS=loader.o framebuffer.o io.o stlio.o tests.o
+OBJECTS=loader.o framebuffer.o fb.o stlio.o tests.o
 AFLAGS=-f elf32
 CFLAGS=-m32 -nostdlib -nostdinc -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector -nostartfiles \
 		-nodefaultlibs -Wall -Wextra -Werror -c

stlio.c

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #include "stlio.h"
 
-u64 write(const s8* buffer, const u64 size) {
+// We are assuming null-terminated strings here
+u64 strlen(char* buffer) {
+	char* c;
+	for(c = buffer; *c != '\0'; c++); // LULW
+	return (u64)(c - buffer);
+}
+u64 write(const char* buffer, const u64 size) {
 	u64 i;
 	for(i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 		write_cell_fb(buffer[i], Green, White);

stlio.h

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 #include "framebuffer.h"
 // Frame buffer driver
 
-u64 write(const s8*, const u64);
+u64 strlen(char*);
+u64 write(const char*, const u64);

tests.c

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // Module for testing drivers and other things
+#include "stlio.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 
 void test_write() {
 	clear_fb();
-	s8* msg1 = (s8*)"big yeet";
+	char* msg1 = "bigyeet";
-	write(msg1, sizeof(msg1));
+	write(msg1, strlen(msg1));
 }

tests.h

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #include "types.h"
 #include "stlio.h"
+
 void test_write();