Syscalls pass by int64. The identifier of the called function is in eax, parameters are in ebx, ecx, edx, esi, edi. Syscall list : id=eax Name Parameters Description 1 thread_exit none Signal kernel that current thread has finished 2 schedule none Switch to next thread (might be the current one) 3 thread_sleep ebx: time (int) msecs Tell kernel to put current thread to sleep 4 process_exit ebx: return value (int) Tell kernel to end current process, cleaning up everything 5 printk ebx: addr of a string Print a message to screen 6 thread_new ebx: entry point Creates a new thread ecx: data pointer edx: stack pointer 7 irq_wait ebx: irq number Waits for an IRQ (requires privilege PL_DRIVER) 8 proc_priv none Returns current process privilege level 10 sbrk ebx: size Allocates some memory 11 brk ebx: new_end Allocates/frees some memory 12 mmap (see linux specs) not implemented 13 munmap (see linux specs) not implemented 14 run ebx: char* filename spans a new process and run the executable filename ecx: char** args 15 waitpid ebx: int pid wait for a process to exit, returns retval. 20 open ebx: char* filename open a file, returns a descriptor ecx: mode 21 open_relative ebx: root open a file, returns a descriptor ecx: char* filename edx: mode 22 stat ebx: char* filename get file info ecx: struct* info 23 stat_relative ebx: root get file info ecx: char* filename edx: struct* info 24 statf ebx: file descriptor get file info ecx: struct* info 25 close ebx: file descriptor close file 26 read ebx: file descriptor read from file ecx: offset edx: length esi: pointer to data 27 write ebx: file descriptor write to file ecx: offset edx: length esi: pointer to data 28 link ebx: char* from symlink/hardlink/mount/... ecx: char* to edx: mode If a processes wishes to exit with an error code, it HAS to use process_exit. thread_exit will do nothing.