Changed to using Boch to better handle debugging the kernel. Updated build system with a new script to handle working with the build_numbers.c file.

support_files/boch.txt

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+megs: 32
+display_library: x
+romimage: file=/usr/share/bochs/BIOS-bochs-latest
+vgaromimage: file=/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest
+ata0-master: type=cdrom, path=kernel.iso, status=inserted 
+boot: cdrom
+log: bochs.log
+clock: sync=realtime, time0=local
+cpu: count=1, ips=1000000

support_files/handle_build_numbers.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+#Following the the spec set here https://semver.org/ (2.0.0)
+#we have three parts to a version number:
+major=0
+minor=0
+patch_level=0
+#And there is a fourth additional label for the build metadata.
+#These labels are for pre-release and build metadata.
+meta=0
+
+file_contents=""
+#Looping code from
+#https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10929453/read-a-file-line-by-line-assigning-the-value-to-a-variable
+#Adding numbers in bash:
+#https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6348902/how-can-i-add-numbers-in-a-bash-script
+while IFS=' ' read -ra line; do
+	if [[ $line != \#define* ]] 
+	then
+		continue
+	fi
+	#Lob off the quotes surrounding the version number.
+	#After lobbing off the quotes, replace all instances of '-' with a period.
+	version_number=($(echo ${line[2]:1:-1} | tr "-" "."))
+	#The symbol name that #define was setting (i.e. KERNEL_VERSION_NUMBER).
+	symbol=${line[1]}
+	#Read in the version number and split it on all periods.
+	IFS='.' read -a chunks <<<$version_number
+	
+	version_part_counter=0
+	
+	for i in "${chunks[@]}"; do
+		
+		case "$version_part_counter" in
+		"0")
+			major=$i
+			;;
+		"1")
+			minor=$i
+			;;
+		"2")
+			patch_level=$i
+			;;
+		"3")
+			#Check to see if a second parameter has been passed.
+			#It doesn't matter what its value is only that one is present.
+			#If there isn't a second parameter set, then we increment the meta build
+			#number, otherwise we decrement.
+			if [ "$2" != "reset" ]
+			then
+				echo "Incrementing meta build number."
+				meta=$(($i + 1))
+			else
+				echo "Resetting meta build number."
+				meta=0
+			fi
+			;;
+		esac
+		
+		version_part_counter=$(($version_part_counter + 1))
+	done
+	
+	ver="$major.$minor.$patch_level-$meta"
+
+	file_contents="$file_contents#ifndef ${symbol}\n#define ${symbol} \"$ver\"\n#endif\n"
+done < "$1"
+
+printf "$file_contents" > "$1"

support_files/link.ld

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+ENTRY(loader)
+
+SECTIONS {
+	. = 0x00100000; /* Load the code at 1 MB */
+
+	.text ALIGN (0x1000) :
+	{
+		*(.text)
+	}
+
+	.rodata ALIGN (0x1000) :
+	{
+		*(.rodata*)
+	}
+
+	.data ALIGN (0x1000) :
+	{
+		*(.data)
+	}
+
+	.bss ALIGN (0x1000) :
+	{
+		*(COMMON)
+		*(.bss)
+	}
+}

support_files/run_linker.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#Handles the final linking of the OS binaries to build the kernel.
+#This script will allow for rolling back the build number found in the
+#build_numbers.c file.
+
+ld $1 -T support_files/link.ld -o $2 $3 $4
+
+if [[ $? == 0 ]]
+then
+	./support_files/handle_build_numbers.sh build_numbers.c
+	exit 0
+else
+	exit 1
+fi