Cross-referenced with Linux 7.1 drivers/usb/core/hub.c port event
handling and drivers/usb/core/driver.c device-driver binding.
New daemon (216 lines) that watches USB controllers for device
attachment/detachment and auto-spawns the appropriate class driver.
Architecture:
- Polls /scheme/usb/ every 1000ms for controller directories
- For each controller, enumerates root hub ports
- Reads device descriptors (class/subclass/protocol) via XhciClientHandle
- Maps class to driver binary: HID(0x03)→usbhidd, Storage(0x08)→usbscsid,
Hub(0x09)→usbhubd
- Spawns driver with <scheme> <port> <protocol> arguments
- Tracks spawned Child processes in HashMap<port_path, TrackedDevice>
- Detects disconnection (descriptor read fails) → kills driver + removes
from tracking
- Detects driver exit (try_wait) → removes from tracking
- Skips hub interfaces (usbhubd handles its own children)
Config:
- Added to redbear-mini.toml (inherited by redbear-full)
- Auto-started via 02_usb_hotplug.service (oneshot_async, after base.target
and pcid-spawner)
Driver map supports: HID (0x03), Mass Storage (0x08 with BOT protocol),
Hub (0x09). Additional class drivers extendable via DRIVER_MAP constant.
Bump the lower-delta graphics-stack lane to real upstream latest stable
on 2026-07-02. Per AGENTS.md fork-adaptation policy, the local patches
in local/patches/{libdrm,libwayland,libevdev,libinput}/ must be re-applied
against the new source trees before the next build; rebase is open work.
Versions resolved against authoritative upstream registries (real latest stable):
libwayland 1.24.0 -> 1.25.0 (gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland)
wayland-protocols 1.38 -> 1.49 (gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols)
libdrm 2.4.125 -> 2.4.134 (gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/libdrm)
libxkbcommon 1.7.0 -> 1.9.2 (github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon mirror)
libevdev 1.13.2 -> 1.13.6 (freedesktop.org/software/libevdev)
libinput 1.30.2 -> 1.31.3 (gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput)
seatd-redox 0.9.1 -> 0.9.3 (git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd)
expat 2.5.0 -> 2.8.2 (github.com/libexpat/libexpat)
BLAKE3 hashes verified against the actual downloaded upstream tarballs.
Not changed (already at or near upstream latest):
- dbus 1.16.2 (== upstream latest)
- xkeyboard-config (no standalone recipe; consumed via libxkbcommon)
- linux-input-headers (Red Bear original, not upstream)
Patches NOT yet rebased: see local/patches/{libdrm,libwayland,libevdev,
libinput}/. The dependency surfaces they patch (libdrm 2.4.134 has new
DRM modifier code, libwayland 1.25.0 has new server-decoder helpers,
libinput 1.31 has new touchpad gesture tables) will need review before
re-fetch.
Updates the local/sources/base submodule pointer to pick up the
PIIX4 IDE BAR quirk + vgaarb logging + archiso loop_mnt, and
updates the base-initfs recipe to cross-compile loop_mnt before
the redox-initfs-ar archive step.
See local/sources/base commit 2055dcd for the individual
changes.
After cooking relibc, copy the freshly built libc.a and libc.so to both
the prefix toolchain and the redoxer toolchain (the latter is what
'make live' actually consumes for cross-recipe builds).
Without this, recipes that link against the dynamic libc.so see a stale
copy (no eventfd, no __fseterr, ...) and fail with 'undefined reference'
at link time. 'make prefix' does this sync via its sysroot rule, but
'make r.relibc' alone does not — covering both paths prevents the
first recipe that needs a new symbol from breaking the build.
- gettext: use -I${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/aclocal instead of
/usr/share/aclocal so autoreconf picks up the Redox-patched libtool 2.5.4
macros instead of the host system's libtool 2.6.1, fixing version mismatch
at build time
- libxau: add ACLOCAL=true AUTOMAKE=true AUTOHEADER=true to make invocations
to prevent automake regeneration when host autotools version differs from
what the source expects
- build-redbear.sh: make pre-cook failures non-fatal (warn only) and run with
COOKBOOK_OFFLINE=false so packages that need source fetching can succeed
- redox-drm: restore source from git history (was deleted in dc6805430);
update Cargo.toml version 0.1.0 -> 0.2.4 and dependency constraints to
match current project version
- recipes/dev/python312/recipe.toml: use COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN for
--with-build-python instead of /tmp/python312, which the build system
never stages. Add [ -x ] guard for clear failure on missing dev-dep.
- recipes/core/userutils/recipe.toml: switch from upstream git URL to
local fork (local/sources/userutils/) per the local fork model. The
upstream source opens /scheme/pty/ptmx which the ptyd scheme does not
recognize; the local fork opens /scheme/pty correctly and avoids the
getty PTY panic.
- local/scripts/build-preflight.sh: warn when a recipe build script
references /tmp/<known-package>/, since the cookbook does not stage
host dev-deps under /tmp/<name>. Points authors at COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN.
- local/scripts/build-redbear.sh: replace 'tail -1 || true' on pre-cook
failures with proper error capture, last-50-lines tail on failure, and
exit-1. Verify the pkgar exists after a successful cook.
OpenSSL 3.5.3 tarball is missing include/openssl/core.h and
include/internal/core.h headers. Instead of using a patch (which
fails due to atomic patch application when files already exist),
inline the header creation directly into the build script.
This approach is more robust because:
- It always creates the headers before configure, regardless of
whether the source tree was previously patched or not
- It avoids the atomic patch rollback issue when files exist
- It survives make clean / distclean without issues
Fixes build failure:
fatal error: openssl/core.h: No such file or directory
OpenSSL 3.5.3 tarball is missing include/openssl/core.h and
include/internal/core.h headers. These are standard OpenSSL 3.x
headers that are referenced by multiple source files.
- Add P0-add-missing-core-headers.patch with both missing headers
- Update recipe.toml to apply the patch
- Headers sourced from official OpenSSL 3.5.3 branch on GitHub
Fixes build failure:
fatal error: openssl/core.h: No such file or directory
- Add x11proto to redbear-full.toml package list
- libxau recipe updated with x11proto dependency and custom build script
- Fixes libxau build failure: 'Package xproto was not found'
TLC (Twilight Commander) was missing from both ISO configs. Added
tlc = {} to [packages] in redbear-mini.toml and redbear-full.toml.
Created missing symlink: recipes/tui/tlc -> ../../local/recipes/tui/tlc.
The old patch symlinks (P0-*.patch through P17-*.patch, redox.patch,
redbear-consolidated.patch) were leftover from the git+patches model.
With path = "../../../local/sources/kernel", the cookbook creates a
symlink to the local fork and does NOT apply any patches. The patches
are preserved in local/patches/kernel/ for reference only.
Use local/sources/kernel/ as path source instead of git+patches.
The fork is synced to upstream b93260ed and has all Red Bear changes
squash-merged. Old patches preserved in local/patches/kernel/ for
reference only.
Author: vasilito <adminpupkin@gmail.com>
Use local/sources/installer/ as path source instead of git+patch.
The fork is synced to upstream 142b2d6. The ext4/GRUB patch will
be re-applied to the fork as a follow-up.
Author: vasilito <adminpupkin@gmail.com>
- .config: drop REDBEAR_RELEASE?=0.1.0 (was forcing offline)
- local/patches/gettext/01-external-gettext.patch (new): fix
AM_GNU_GETTEXT arg for autopoint 0.23.1+. autopoint now requires
'external' as first arg; gettext 0.22.5 used 'use-libtool'/'here'.
Patched 3 files: gettext-tools, gettext-runtime, gettext-runtime/intl.
- recipes/tools/gettext/01-external-gettext.patch (symlink): durable
source for the patch.
- recipes/tools/gettext/recipe.toml: fix source script for
gettext 0.22.5:
- Use /usr/share/aclocal (not /share/aclocal) — host sysroot is /.
- Create missing m4/ subdirs in every configure.ac-bearing dir
before autoreconf runs (newer aclocal needs them).
- src/cook/gnu-config/{config.sub,config.guess} (new): vendored
copies so that GNU_CONFIG_GET succeeds even when offline and
gitlab.redox-os.org is unreachable.
After several rounds of patch alignment issues with the overlay-patches
approach, switching to the local Red Bear base fork. The local fork is
the durable source of truth (already at d0ca0d5f with 14 unused-var
fixes). Future work will import upstream redox-os/base commits into the
fork and re-apply any necessary Red Bear deltas as patches on top.
This matches the existing pattern: kernel and relibc are also built
from local forks (local/sources/kernel, local/sources/relibc).
The old overlay patches in local/patches/base/ are preserved for
reference and will be re-applied to the fork during the next
synchronization pass.
The P0-redox-ioctl-syscall-0.8.1.patch only bumped the redox-ioctl
sub-crate's pin. The relibc main workspace still pinned
redox_syscall = 0.7.4, causing relibc itself to fail to compile
with redox-rt errors when the path-override in base pulled in
the now-0.8.1 redox-ioctl.
Bump the relibc workspace's redox_syscall to 0.8.1 to match.
The previous P0-redox-ioctl-syscall-0.8.1.patch on relibc was useless
because base uses `redox-ioctl = { git = ... relibc.git }` which
bypasses the relibc recipe's local source.
Add a [patch] override in base/Cargo.toml to use the local relibc
source's redox-ioctl instead, which has the syscall 0.8.1 pin.
Base build was failing with:
error[E0277]: `?` couldn't convert the error to `syscall::error::Error`
--> drivers/graphics/driver-graphics/src/lib.rs
because relibc's redox-ioctl sub-crate pins `redox_syscall = "0.7"`
which uses one syscall::Error type, but the rest of the build
(redox-scheme 0.11.1, base workspace redox_syscall 0.8.1) uses
another. Two versions of the same type can't unify across crate
boundaries.
Bump the pin in relibc/redox-ioctl/Cargo.toml to 0.8.1 to match.
The previous daemon patches (P0-daemon-init-notify-graceful, P0-daemon-fix-init-notify-unwrap,
P0-daemon-silence-init-notify) were conflicting with each other and with
the upstream daemon code. The result was either:
1. get_fd returns RawFd (-1) but Daemon.write_pipe is Option<PipeWriter>
(from P0-daemon-init-notify-graceful) — broken
2. get_fd returns Option<RawFd> but Daemon::new uses io::PipeWriter::from_raw_fd
(no .map()) — broken
This single comprehensive patch applies all needed changes atomically:
- get_fd returns Option<RawFd> with full error handling
- Daemon.write_pipe: Option<PipeWriter>
- Daemon::new uses .map(|fd| unsafe { from_raw_fd(fd) })
- Daemon::ready handles Option
- SchemeDaemon.write_pipe: Option<PipeWriter>
- SchemeDaemon::new uses same closure pattern
- ready_with_fd handles Option
Replaces: P0-daemon-init-notify-graceful, P0-daemon-fix-init-notify-unwrap,
P0-daemon-silence-init-notify
The previous commit (d86bcb24a) added this patch which assumed a
different state of daemon/src/lib.rs than what P0-daemon-fix-init-notify-unwrap.patch
produces. The original P0-daemon-fix-init-notify-unwrap.patch ALREADY
fixes the same lines using a proper closure:
unsafe { get_fd("INIT_NOTIFY").map(|fd| io::PipeWriter::from_raw_fd(fd)) }
vs my (broken) version:
unsafe { get_fd("INIT_NOTIFY").map(io::PipeWriter::from_raw_fd) }
The original uses a closure which makes the unsafe call syntactically
valid. My version passes the function directly which Rust 2024 rejects
because from_raw_fd is unsafe fn.
Removing the redundant patch and relying on P0-daemon-fix-init-notify-unwrap
which is already in the recipe.
Earlier we over-included workspace patches. After closer inspection:
- Upstream Cargo.toml ALREADY has `exclude = ["bootstrap"]` at the end
of the workspace members list (line 72). No need to add another.
- Upstream bootstrap/Cargo.toml ALREADY has `[workspace]` declaration.
No need to add another.
The only real gap was the missing driver members (i2c, gpio, intel-thc-hidd,
acpi-resource, amlserde, thermald, ucsid). The P0-add-missing-driver-members.patch
fixes that alone.
Removed the redundant P0-bootstrap-workspace-{fix,exclude,standalone} patches.
The base build was failing with:
error: package ID specification `amd-mp2-i2cd` did not match any packages
error: package ID specification `dw-acpi-i2cd` did not match any packages
... (15+ missing drivers)
because the upstream base Cargo.toml workspace members list is missing
drivers that the recipe's BINS list tries to build (e1000d-rtl8139d
succeeded but amd-mp2-i2cd, i2c-*, gpio-*, intel-thc-hidd, ucsid, etc.
failed). Earlier Red Bear session must have had a more comprehensive
patch.
The new P0-bootstrap-workspace-exclude.patch:
- Adds `exclude = ["bootstrap"]` to the parent workspace
- Adds missing drivers to members: i2c/*, gpio/*, input/i2c-hidd,
input/intel-thc-hidd, acpi-resource, amlserde, thermald, usb/ucsid
The new P0-bootstrap-workspace-standalone.patch:
- Adds `[workspace]` to bootstrap/Cargo.toml so it can be standalone
(matches the parent workspace's exclude)
The base build was failing with:
error[E0277]: expected a `FnOnce(i32)` closure
--> daemon/src/lib.rs:67:61
error[E0308]: mismatched types
--> daemon/src/lib.rs:119:63
arguments to this function are incorrect
because P0-daemon-fix-init-notify-unwrap.patch changed `unsafe fn
get_fd(var: &str)` to return `Option<RawFd>` instead of `RawFd`,
but the upstream daemon code in SchemeDaemon::new still treated the
return value as `RawFd` (not `Option<RawFd>`).
This patch updates the SchemeDaemon code to handle the Option<RawFd>:
- Change `write_pipe` field to `Option<PipeWriter>`
- Use `.map(io::PipeWriter::from_raw_fd)` in new()
- Handle None case in ready_with_fd (return Ok early)
This matches the Daemon struct above and the Red Bear base fork at
local/sources/base.
Base build was failing with:
error[E0277]: the trait `From<libredox::error::Error>` is not implemented for `syscall::Error`
error: could not compile `scheme-utils` (lib) due to 13 previous errors
error: could not compile `daemon` (lib) due to 6 previous errors
because the workspace pinned redox-scheme 0.11.0 (libredox 0.1.12) and
redox_syscall 0.7.4. The newer libredox 0.1.16/0.1.17 has a different
Error API. Bump both to versions compatible with libredox 0.1.17:
redox-scheme 0.11.0 -> 0.11.1 (requires libredox 0.1.17)
redox_syscall 0.7.4 -> 0.8.1 (requires libredox 0.1.17)
This matches the Red Bear base fork at local/sources/base.
bison build was failing with:
undefined reference to `__fseterr\'
in function `rpl_fprintf'
in function `rpl_vfprintf'
because the relibc recipe was missing P3-stdio-fseterr.patch, which
implements `__freadahead` and `__fseterr` in src/header/stdio/ext.rs
and adds the stdio_ext.h prototypes needed by gnulib (which m4, bison,
and flex all rely on).
The patch file was already present in local/patches/relibc/ with a
symlink at recipes/core/relibc/P3-stdio-fseterr.patch, but the recipe
never listed it. Without these symbols, any gnulib-using package that
links rpl_fprintf/rpl_vfprintf fails to link.
This is the same fix that was already applied to local/sources/relibc
fork at commit f45729d4 but not mirrored into the recipe patch chain
for upstream builds.
vasilito
Red Bear Build System