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.
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
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.
- Mesa recipe: re-add patches = ["P4-virgl-redox-disk-cache.patch"]
(was dropped from recipe during iteration)
- README.md: remove links to 4 deleted docs (COMPREHENSIVE-OS-ASSESSMENT,
RELIBC-COMPREHENSIVE, RELIBC-COMPLETENESS, DESKTOP-STACK-CURRENT-STATUS)
- Point to CONSOLE-TO-KDE v4.0 as the single canonical plan
Mesa now builds with -Dgallium-drivers=swrast,virgl for Redox target.
Fixes:
- CFLAGS: -Dstatic_assert(...)= nullifies Linux-drm.h static_assert
calls that conflict with Mesa util/macros.h redefinition on Redox
- virgl_screen.c: disk cache disabled for Redox (dl_iterate_phdr unavailable)
- bits/safamily-t.h: provided to cross-compiler toolchain sysroot
Build output:
- usr/lib/dri/virtio_gpu_dri.so — virgl DRI driver
- usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so — llvmpipe software renderer
- usr/lib/dri/kms_swrast_dri.so — KMS software renderer
- libEGL.so, libGLESv2.so, libgbm.so — with virgl support
- 80MB stage.pkgar (vs 63MB swrast-only)
This enables hardware-accelerated 3D rendering in QEMU via
-device virtio-vga-gl with virgl, using the virtio-gpu display
driver in redox-drm. The full stack for QEMU testing is now:
QEMU -device virtio-vga-gl
→ redox-drm virtio driver (KMS/GEM/pageflip)
→ Mesa virtio_gpu_dri.so (virgl gallium)
→ libEGL/libGLES2
→ Wayland compositor
→ KDE Plasma
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.
Platform prerequisite status:
- Qt6::Sensors: BUILT (v6.11.0, 520KB pkgar, dummy backend)
- libinput: BUILT (v1.30.2, with libevdev v1.13.2 + linux-input-headers)
- QML/Quick JIT: still disabled on Redox (blocks real KWin binary,
kirigami, plasma-framework)
KWin: now attempts real cmake build with Sensors + libinput deps
enabled. Falls back to redbear-compositor shim on cmake failure
(QML/Quick gate). Previously kwin was pure stub — now it's a
bounded build attempt with fallback.
Enabled in config (new this session):
- qt6-sensors, libevdev, libinput, kdecoration, kf6-kcmutils
Previously OOTB dependencies now resolved:
- libevdev → libinput → KWin real build path opened
- linux-input-headers → libevdev → libinput chain
- qt6-sensors → KWin Sensors dependency satisfied
- plasma-workspace: stub deps deferrable, not unresolved blockers
- knewstuff/kwallet: deferrable (not blocking plasma builds)
- make all vs make live distinction for rebuild
14-line durability patch adds #if QT_CONFIG(opengl) guards
around createEglWindow, createPlatformOpenGLContext, and
nativeResourceForContext functions that use OpenGL types.
Patch applied during source extraction (not inline Python).
Verified in QEMU: compositor runs, no exceptions, DRM active.
Greeter reaches 'compositor ready, launching greeter UI'.
All canaries present. Boot completes to login prompt.
Qt6ShaderTools cmake function is not available in our cross-compilation
setup. Added -C preload with no-op stub function to allow cmake
configuration to proceed past shader compilation calls.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
Add three relibc patches (42 total) to close QtNetwork-critical socket gaps:
- P3-inet6-pton-ntop: AF_INET6 address parsing/formatting with RFC 5952
shorthand, IPv4-mapped suffix support
- P3-tcp-sockopt-forward: forward IPPROTO_TCP getsockopt/setsockopt to
scheme daemon instead of hitting todo_skip
- P3-dns-aaaa-getaddrinfo-ipv6: AAAA DNS record queries, lookup_host_v6,
dual-stack getaddrinfo with sockaddr_in6 entries
Also fix P3-tcp-nodelay to use sys_call_wo + from_raw_parts (const) in the
SOL_SOCKET setsockopt fallback — setsockopt sends data to the kernel, not
reads from it.
The 17,046-line redox.patch monolith is no longer referenced in the base
recipe. All 27 individual P2 patches are now listed explicitly in
recipe.toml with symlinks to local/patches/base/.
Coverage gap closed: ixgbed/src/device.rs was the only file not covered
by any individual patch. Added P2-ixgbed-error-handling.patch for the
10GbE Intel driver error handling (println → log::info/warn/error).
Build verified: CI=1 make r.base completes successfully with the new
patch list. The monolith file is preserved as backup but no longer applied.
Enforce that every source-tree edit must be mirrored to local/patches/
and wired into recipe.toml in the same session. Apply the policy
retroactively to userutils res/issue and res/motd (Redox → Red Bear).
relibc select_epoll() forced timeout=0 when any FD doesn't support epoll
(e.g. TTY on Redox), causing busy-loop. Poll with 100ms interval instead.
Also add stdint.h to signal/cbindgen.toml sys_includes so signalfd_siginfo
struct types (uint32_t, int32_t) resolve without build errors.
vasilito