Fixed the serial driver by checking, whether a serial ports exists.

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *~
 mtgos
 *.o
+*anjuta*

kernel/hal/x86/include/keyboard.hpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace MTGosHAL {
 			auto getChar() -> char;
 			auto sendCommand(uint8_t command) -> void;
 			static auto handleIRQ1(struct cpu_state* cpu) -> void;
-			bool shift, numlock, caps, scrollock;
+			bool numlock, caps, scrollock;
 		public:
 			Keyboard();
 	};

kernel/hal/x86/include/serial.hpp

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace MTGosHAL {
 			uint16_t port;
 			uint64_t waittimes;
 			uint64_t transmits;
+			bool works;
 			auto isTransmitEmpty() -> int;
 			auto putChar(char chr) -> void;
 			auto serial_received() -> int;

kernel/hal/x86/io/keyboard.cpp

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace MTGosHAL {
 		//TODO add checking for shift, and so on
 		debug << "Keyboard interrupt received.\nGot: 0x" << Base::HEXADECIMAL << (int)scancode << " -> 0x" << (int)keycode << ".\n";
 	}
-	Keyboard::Keyboard(): shift(false), numlock(true), caps(false), scrollock(false) {
+	Keyboard::Keyboard(): numlock(true), caps(false), scrollock(false) {
 		if(!idt.request(0x21, (void(*)(struct cpu_state*))&MTGosHAL::Keyboard::handleIRQ1)) {
 			debug << "Could not get an handler for IRQ1 (Keyboard)\n";
 			return;

kernel/hal/x86/io/serial.cpp

@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@ namespace MTGosHAL {
 		return inb(port+SERIAL_LSR)&0x20;
 	}
 	auto Serial::putChar(char chr) -> void {
-		while(!isTransmitEmpty())
+		if(!works)
+			return;
+		int tries=65535;
+		while(!isTransmitEmpty()) {
 			waittimes++;
+			tries--;
+			if(!tries){
+				works=false;
+				return;
+			}
+		}
 		outb(port, chr);
 		transmits++;
 	}
@@ -31,7 +40,7 @@ namespace MTGosHAL {
 			*this << '\n';
 		return chr;
 	}
-	Serial::Serial() {
+	Serial::Serial(): works(true) {
 		uint32_t baud=115200;
 		port=*((uint16_t*)0x0400);
 		union {