All submodules (kernel, bootloader, redoxfs, userutils, installer, base)
use path = '../libredox', '../syscall', '../redox-scheme' to reference
sibling forks. When the cookbook copies these to recipes/core/<name>/source/,
Cargo resolves the relative paths from the copy location, not the symlink
target. Added symlinks at the recipe level so all resolutions go through
the same path: recipes/core/<name>/<dep> → local/sources/<dep>.
Bootloader hardcoded RedoxFS partition offset at 2 MiB, which fails when
efi_partition_size > 1 (redbear-full, redbear-grub use 16 MiB, placing
RedoxFS at LBA 34816 = 17 MiB). Added GPT partition table parser that
scans for Linux filesystem GUID (0FC63DAF) to find the actual offset.
Also removed invalid 'respawn = true' from 31_debug_console.service in
redbear-full.toml — init's service format does not support this field.
Verified: all three ISOs boot in QEMU UEFI and reach login prompt.
Add redbear-usb-storage-check in-guest binary that validates USB mass
storage read and write I/O: discovers /scheme/disk/ devices, writes a
test pattern to sector 2048, reads it back, verifies match, restores
original content. Updates test-usb-storage-qemu.sh with write-proof
verification step.
Includes all accumulated Red Bear OS work: kernel patches, relibc
patches, driver infrastructure, DRM/GPU, KDE recipes, firmware,
validation tooling, build system hardening, and documentation.
Bootloader: alloc_zeroed_page_aligned no longer panics on OVMF
AllocatePages failure. Returns null on error.
Cookbook: pkgar falls back to repo/ dir when target pkgar missing.
Resolves KDE build chain failure.
redbear-full: builds 4.0GB image+ISO, boots without crash.
5-second countdown with any-key cancel into manual mode selection. Defaults to 1280x720, falls back to EDID best resolution. UEFI only via get_key_timeout polling with BootServices.Stall.
Derivative of Redox OS (https://www.redox-os.org) adding:
- AMD GPU driver (amdgpu) via LinuxKPI compat layer
- ext4 filesystem support (ext4d scheme daemon)
- ACPI fixes for AMD bare metal (x2APIC, DMAR, IVRS, MCFG)
- Custom branding (hostname, os-release, boot identity)
Build system is full upstream Redox with RBOS overlay in local/.
Patches for kernel, base, and relibc are symlinked from local/patches/
and protected from make clean/distclean. Custom recipes live in
local/recipes/ with symlinks into the recipes/ search path.
Build: make all CONFIG_NAME=redbear-full
Sync: ./local/scripts/sync-upstream.sh
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