# CONVENTION: # return value for functions : in register A # arguments for functions : registers A, B, C, D # all registers are caller-saved, except SP which is preserved by function calls .text li A msghello jal ser_out_msg push Z main_loop: # Process serial input jal check_input jz A end_process_input jal run_cmd end_process_input: # Process clock ticking pop D li B _clock lw B 0(B) add D D B push D jz B main_loop li A msgtick jal ser_out_msg j main_loop # PROCEDURE: run_cmd # ROLE: execute and clear command stored in cmdline # ARGUMENTS: none run_cmd: push RA li A prompt jal ser_out_msg li A cmdline jal ser_out_msg li A endl jal ser_out_msg li A error jal ser_out_msg li A cmdline_used sw Z 0(A) pop RA jr RA # PROCEDURE: ser_out_msg # ROLE: write null-terminated string to serial output # ARGUMENTS: address of string in register A ser_out_msg: li C _output ser_out_msg_loop: lb B 0(A) jz B ser_out_msg_ret sb B 0(C) incri A 1 j ser_out_msg_loop ser_out_msg_ret: jr RA # PROCEDURE: check_input # ROLE: check if an input byte is available. if it is, and is different from '\n' (10), add it to cmdline # ARGUMENTS: none # RETURN VALUE: 1 if read byte was '\n', 0 otherwise # WARNING: no buffer overflow check. check_input: li A _input lb A 0(A) jz A check_input_ret move B A sei A A '\n' jz A add_b_to_string move B Z add_b_to_string: push A li A cmdline li D cmdline_used lw C 0(D) add A A C sb B 0(A) incri C 1 sw C 0(D) pop A check_input_ret: jr RA # READ-ONLY PROGRAM DATA msghello: ascii "Hello, world!\n" msgtick: ascii " ..." prompt: ascii "\n$ " endl: ascii "\n" error: ascii "Sorry but I'm to stupid to understand that.\n" .data # Space where command-line is buffered from serial input cmdline: byte 256 # Number of bytes used in the command-line buffer cmdline_used: word 1