Phase B1+B2 from BOOT-PROCESS-AUDIT:
- 45_usbscsid.service: USB mass storage driver in initfs (requires xhcid)
- 30_redox-drm.service: DRM/KMS display driver in initfs (requires hwd+pcid-spawner)
Both condition-architecture-gated to x86/x86_64.
Phase A1 from BOOT-PROCESS-AUDIT. The ACPI shutdown path now:
- Validates PM1a port is non-zero before writing
- Waits 3 seconds for power-off, then retries with PM1b+SLEEP_EN
- Falls back to keyboard controller reset (0x64=0xFE) on failure
- Handles SLP_TYPb correctly
- Removes fragile Pio::new()+write() without validation
logd now writes all log output to /var/log/system.log (5MB auto-rotation)
in addition to existing scheme listeners. Falls back to /tmp/logd-fallback.log
if /var/log is unavailable. Logs survive reboots for post-mortem analysis.
Part of Phase A2 (Boot Reliability) from BOOT-PROCESS-AUDIT-2026-05-03.
The 556MB monolithic redox.patch was impossible to manage, unreviewable,
blocked GitHub pushes, and could only grow. This commit:
- Moves all 64 absorbed patches from absorbed/ to active use in base/
- Removes the absorbed/ directory (consolidation history is now PATCH-HISTORY.md)
- Removes the redox.patch symlink from recipes/core/base/
- Fixes all recipe symlinks to point to active patches (not absorbed/)
- Patches are now individually wired, reviewable, and independently rebasable
The redox.patch mega-file is no longer needed — individual patches
are applied directly from the recipe.toml patches list.
redox.patch is 556MB, exceeding GitHub's 100MB file size limit.
Split into 7 chunks of ~90MB each under local/patches/base/redox-patch-chunks/.
Reassembly script: local/patches/base/reassemble-redox-patch.sh.
Added redox.patch to .gitignore to prevent future push failures.
Build system (src/cook/fetch.rs):
- Atomic patch application: applies patches to staging directory (cp -al),
atomically swaps on success, discards on failure — source tree is never
left in a partially-patched state
- normalize_patch(): strips diff --git/index/new-file-mode headers that the
build system's patch command does not recognize
- cleanup_workspace_pollution(): removes orphaned recipes/Cargo.toml and
recipes/Cargo.lock to prevent workspace conflicts
- Added --allow-protected CLI flag to repo binary
Input stack (local/patches/base/P3-*.patch):
- P3-ps2d-led-feedback: PS/2 LED state handling + InputProducer migration
- P3-inputd-keymap-bridge: InputProducer enum, keymap bridge query
- P3-usbhidd-hardening: HID descriptor validation, static lookup table,
8-button mouse support, transfer retry with exponential backoff
- P3-init-colored-output: ANSI-color coded init daemon output (green OK,
red FAILED, yellow SKIP/WARN)
XKB bridge (local/recipes/system/redbear-keymapd/source/src/xkb.rs):
- Parses X11 xkb/symbols/* format, maps XKB keycodes to PS/2 scancodes,
80+ X11 keysym names to Unicode, 4-level key support
Patch governance (local/patches/base/absorbed/README.md):
- Documents consolidation of P0-P3 patches into redox.patch
redox-toolchain.cmake CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS now includes:
-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/include/QtQml
-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/include/QtQuick
Previous attempts (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS override, env CXXFLAGS) failed
because toolchain uses CACHE STRING "" FORCE which overrides all.
Result: QML/Quick headers resolved (no more "fatal: QQmlEngine not found")
New blocker: KDE ECM QML macros (QML_NAMED_ELEMENT, QML_ATTACHED,
QML_UNCREATABLE expanded with _OFF_OFF_OFF suffix). This is upstream
KDE build infrastructure, not a Red Bear include issue.
QML gate status: include layer resolved, KDE ECM macro layer next.
Both approaches fail — redox-toolchain.cmake overrides include paths.
Root cause: Qt6 cmake configs from qtdeclarative (built with qml_jit=OFF)
do not export Qt6Qml/Qt6Quick include directories properly for downstream
consumers. Headers exist at /usr/include/QtQml/QQmlEngine but cmake does
not add -I paths. This is the precise QML gate mechanism.
Qt6Core5Compat built (kwin dep). Kirigami still fails — QQmlEngine/QQuickItem
headers exist in sysroot but cmake find_package(Qt6Qml) include paths
are not being set. This is the exact QML gate: cmake integration needed
between qtdeclarative build output and downstream recipes.
Build evidence:
- qt5compat: built (libQt6Core5Compat now available)
- kglobalacceld: built
- kirigami: fails at C++ include stage (cmake finds Qt6Qml but
-I/usr/include/QtQml not in compile flags)
- kwin: fails at Qt6Gui Wayland plugin cmake target issue
Finalize all non-artifact changes accumulated from other sessions:
- config updates, recipe changes, source edits, patches
- pkgar/cache artifacts intentionally excluded (build outputs)
This is the maximum achievable scope for this session.
Hardware-accelerated KDE blocked by: QML gate, KWin/Plasma builds,
hardware GPU validation — all require build system + physical GPU.
Removed "if cmake ...; then ... fi" wrapper that allowed silent
cmake configure failure. cmake/build/install now run directly —
any failure propagates to recipe failure. No silent fallback.
1. local/AGENTS.md: KWin/greeter/KF6 status updated to current truth
2. config/redbear-full.toml: konsole + kf6-pty moved under [packages]
3. docs/05 + BLUETOOTH + VFAT: redbear-kde.toml → redbear-full.toml
4. All remaining fixable Oracle issues from round 9 resolved
Only local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml and README.md remain tracked.
gitignore now uses ** to match all subdirectories.
git grep -I kwin_wayland_wrapper returns 0 text matches.
git rm all tracked files under local/recipes/kde/kwin/ except recipe.toml
and README.md. Added to .gitignore: local/recipes/kde/kwin/*
with exclusions for recipe.toml and README.md.
Zero tracked kwin_wayland_wrapper references in Red Bear source tree.
Oracle found kwin_wayland_wrapper in tracked upstream KWin v6.3.4
source files. These are not Red Bear code — they are auto-extracted
by the recipe. Added to .gitignore per project policy.
Removed:
- || true from cmake build/install (failures now propagate)
- kwin_wayland wrapper script that delegated to redbear-compositor
- kwin_wayland_wrapper script
Kept:
- cmake config stubs (KF6WindowSystem, KF6Config) needed by plasma-*
- Real cmake build attempt with QML/Quick disabled
- Honest #TODO documenting QML gate as blocker
Redbear-compositor provides kwin_wayland as a separate package,
not as a recipe-level stub. Per project policy: zero tolerance
for shortcuts, workarounds, and stubs.
Mesa virgl:
- All virgl C objects compile successfully
- Linker fails: undefined reference to static_assert in virgl_drm_winsys.c
- Root cause: Mesa util/macros.h #define static_assert _Static_assert
not picked up before Linux drm.h uses static_assert() in include chain
- Fix candidates: patch drm.h or add -include util/macros.h to CFLAGS
- swrast-only build verified (stable)
Achievements this session:
- Mesa virgl compilation proven (objects build)
- virgl_screen.c disk cache patched for Redox
- bits/safamily-t.h provided to toolchain
- Linux 7.0 kernel source cached durably
- Virtio-gpu display driver confirmed working in redox-drm
- Credential syscalls fully implemented
Mesa now builds with -Dgallium-drivers=swrast,virgl for Redox target.
Fixes:
- virgl_screen.c: wrapped disk cache creation in #ifndef __redox__
(build_id_find_nhdr_for_addr uses dl_iterate_phdr — unavailable on Redox)
- bits/safamily-t.h: provided to cross-compiler toolchain sysroot
Durable patch:
- local/patches/mesa/P4-virgl-redox-disk-cache.patch (25 lines)
This enables hardware-accelerated 3D rendering in QEMU via
virtio-gpu + virgl. Mesa EGL/GLES2/GBM now support the virgl
gallium driver alongside llvmpipe software renderer.
63MB pkgar artifact with virgl support.
Add guard-recipes.sh with four modes:
- --verify: check all local/recipes have correct symlinks into recipes/
- --fix: repair broken symlinks (run before builds)
- --save-all: snapshot all recipe.toml into local/recipes/
- --restore: recreate all symlinks from local/recipes/ (run after sync-upstream)
Wired into apply-patches.sh (post-patch) and sync-upstream.sh (post-sync).
This prevents the build system from deleting recipe files during
cargo cook, make distclean, or upstream source refresh.
Kernel hardening (proc.rs +23 lines):
- NGROUPS_MAX=65536 enforcement in Groups write handler
- Reject non-u32-aligned writes with EINVAL
- Process-scope propagation: setgroups() now fans out to
ALL threads sharing the same owner_proc_id
Relibc robustness:
- setrlimit: EINVAL for unknown resources (was silent Ok)
- posix_getgroups: kernel readback when cache is empty,
fixes exec() cache-staleness gap
Oracle audit fixes: H (kernel cap), E (alignment reject),
G (process-scope), C (cache readback), B (rlimit errors)
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