Help in creating a 16-bit OS

I am trying to build an old DOS-like 16-bit OS.

My example kernel code:

    asm(".code16\n");
    void putchar(char);
    int main()
    {
    putchar('A');
    return 0;
    }
    void putchar(char val)
    {
       asm("movb %0, %%al\n"  
           "movb $0x0E, %%ah\n" 
           "int $0x10\n"
          :
          :"r"(val)
          ) ;
    }

      

        
        
        
      

    

This is how I compile it:

nasm -f bin -o ./bin/boot.bin ./source/boot.asm
gcc -nostdinc -fno-builtin -I./include -c -o ./bin/kernel.o ./source/kernel.c
ld -Ttext=0x9000 -o ./bin/kernel.bin ./bin/kernel.o -e 0x0
dd if=/dev/zero of=./bin/empty.bin bs=1440K count=1
cat ./bin/boot.bin ./bin/kernel.bin ./bin/empty.bin|head -c 1440K > ./bin/os
rm ./bin/empty.bin

      

        
        
        
      

    

and I run it in a virtual machine.

When I do putchar function (in kernel code) for constant value .... for example:

 void putchar()
 {
    char val = 'A';
    asm("movb %0, %%al\n" 
    "movb $0x0E, %%ah\n" 
    "int $0x10\n"
    :
    :"r"(val)
    ) ;
 }

      

        
        
        
      

    

then it works fine. But when I pass an argument to it (this is in the previous code), it prints a space for any character. What should I do?