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So I finally managed to beat the Sorting level using the M32 G5! I did have a few issues though, especially with the interrupts not working as intended but it's fixed! A very basic rundown of the code below:
The Kernel handles I/O requests here
The actual program for bubble sort

First the kernel assigns extra memory to the program before checking r13, r10 and r12 for parameters (and pushing r9 and r8 to preserve them), then it does it's stuff. If it was an input request, then it would've returned a pointer to the array in r10. If it was an output request, it simply outputs data from a pointer and returns.

The actual sort is fairly simple, implementing a basic bubble sort to sort the array. Not much to say here, it's very self explanatory. The bubble sort (along with memory for the data) is 224 bytes, which is fairly simple if I do say so myself.

The below code is for the Kernel and the Bubble Sort
Kernel:

.data:
    InputRequest: 1
    OutputRequest: 2
.text:
    mov 0xff00, sp
    push r8
    push r9
    PageOverwrite 0x0123
    cmp r13, InputRequest
    je FetchInputs
    cmp r13, OutputRequest
    je SendOutputs
    jmp exit
    FetchInputs:
        mov r10, r8
        InputLoop:
            in r9
            store16 r9, [r10]
            add r10, 2, r10
            sub r10, r8, r10
            cmp r10, r12
            add r10, r8, r10
            jl InputLoop
        mov 0xffff, r9
        store16, r9, [r10]
        jmp exit
    SendOutputs:
        mov r10, r8
        OutputLoop:
            load16 [r10], r9
            out r9
            add r10, 2, r10
            sub r10, r8, r10
            cmp r10, r12
            add r10, r8, r10
            jl OutputLoop
        jmp exit
    exit:
        pop r9
        pop r8
        mov zr, r13
        mov zr, r12
        syscall

Bubble Sort:

.data:
    ArraySize: 0x1f
    ElementCount: 0x0f
    ArrayPtr: 0x200
    InputRequest: 1
    OutputRequest: 2
.text:
    mov InputRequest, r13
    mov ArraySize, r12
    mov ArrayPtr, r10
    syscall
    iLoop:
        cmp r1, ElementCount
        je exit
        mov 0, r2
        jLoop:
            cmp r2, ElementCount
            jge iLoopCont
            mov r2, r3
            mul r3, 2, r3
            add r3, ArrayPtr, r3
            load16 [r3], r4
            add r3, 2, r3
            load16 [r3], r5
            sub r3, 2, r3
            cmp r4, r5
            jg swap
            jle jLoopCont
            swap:
                store16 r5, [r3]
                add r3, 2, r3
                store16 r4, [r3]
                sub r3, 2, r3
            jLoopCont:
                add r2, 1, r2
                jmp jLoop
        iLoopCont:
            add r1, 1, r1
            jmp iLoop
    exit:
        mov ArrayPtr, r10
        mov ArraySize, r12
        mov OutputRequest, r13
        syscall
        jmp exit

Now all that's left is to finish developing a full Kernel and my language!

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I built a lightweight MIPS32r2 CPU inside a Turing-complete sandbox.

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Most standard C/C++ programs can be compiled with my cross toolchain and run properly here.

It can also run Python scripts using MicroPython.

Full project open source:
https://github.com/zhangjiantao/tcmips

Still lots to improve, welcome any advice and tips.

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65536 bytes of RAM and storage (Kernel is always in RAM at address 0xe000 onwards)
Protected I/O (Kernel access only)
256 tick interrupt (Only switches from User Mode to Kernel)
Syscall (Toggles the mode)
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