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BIOS - Basic Integrated Operating System

Provides APIs to get information about the peripherals, and their methods, are the direct or indirect.

Also gives info about LIKO-12's version, and previous version when updated from an old one (only the first boot with the new version). Starting with LIKO-12 0.9.0, It also gives the .love of LIKO-12.

  • Version: v1.18.3
  • Available since: LIKO-12 v0.6.0
  • Last updated in: LIKO-12 v1.0.0

Methods:

BIOS.HandledAPIS

Returns the handled peripherals APIS, that can be used directly.

  • Available since: BIOS: v1.15.2, LIKO-12: v0.7.0
  • Last updated in: BIOS: v1.15.2, LIKO-12: v0.7.0

The HandledAPIS table is passed to the operating system's boot.lua as an argument:

--In C:/boot.lua
local HandledAPIS = ...

HandledAPIS = BIOS.HandledAPIS()

Returns:

  • HandledAPIS (table): The peripherals handled APIS.

Note:

The peripherals handled APIS is a table where the keys and values are:

  • Keys: The mount name.
  • Values: The peripheral methods (functions).

BIOS.PeripheralFunctions

Returns the list of available peripheral functions, and their type (Direct,Yield).

  • Available since: BIOS: v1.15.2, LIKO-12: v0.7.0
  • Last updated in: BIOS: v1.15.2, LIKO-12: v0.7.0

It's good to know if a method/function is a yield or direct one:

  • Direct Methods are called directly, fast.
  • Yielding Methods requires a coroutine yield, slow.
functions = BIOS.PeripheralFunctions(mountName)

Arguments:

  • <mountName> (string): The peripheral mount name.

Returns:

  • functions (table): The peripheral functions list.

Note:

The peripheral functions list is a table where the keys and values are:

  • Keys: The function/method name.
  • Values: The function/method type ("Direct" or "Yield").

BIOS.Peripherals

Returns a list of mounted peripherals and their types.

  • Available since: BIOS: v1.15.2, LIKO-12: v0.7.0
  • Last updated in: BIOS: v1.15.2, LIKO-12: v0.7.0
peripherals = BIOS.Peripherals()

Returns:

  • peripherals (table): The peripherals list.

Note:

The peripherals list is a table where the keys and values are:

  • Keys: The mount name.
  • Values: The peripheral type.

BIOS.getSRC

Returns LIKO-12_Source.love data.

  • Available since: BIOS: v1.18.2, LIKO-12: v1.0.0
  • Last updated in: BIOS: v1.18.2, LIKO-12: v1.0.0

LIKO-12_Source.love is created at the first boot whenever a different LIKO-12 version is used, with the message Generating internal file... shown.

LIKO_SRC, err = BIOS.getSRC()

Returns:

  • LIKO_SRC (string, boolean): The file data of LIKO-12's source code .love file.
  • err (string, nil): The failure reason if LIKO_SRC was false.

BIOS.getVersion

Returns LIKO-12's Version.

  • Available since: BIOS: v1.15.2, LIKO-12: v0.7.0
  • Last updated in: BIOS: v1.15.2, LIKO-12: v0.7.0

The LIKO_Old value is only provided when LIKO-12 boots for the first time with the new version.

LIKO_Version, LIKO_Old = BIOS.getVersion()

Returns:

  • LIKO_Version (string): Current LIKO-12's version string (ex: 1.0.0_DEV).
  • LIKO_Old (string, nil): The previous installed LIKO-12's version string (ex: 0.8.0_PRE).

BIOS.isFirstBoot

Tells if this is the first boot of LIKO-12 ever.

  • Available since: BIOS: v1.18.3, LIKO-12: v1.0.0
  • Last updated in: BIOS: v1.18.3, LIKO-12: v1.0.0
FirstBoot = BIOS.isFirstBoot()

Returns:

  • FirstBoot (boolean): True when this is the first boot of LIKO-12 ever.
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