- redox-driver-core: DeviceManager stores drivers as Arc<dyn Driver>;
ConcurrentDeviceManager jobs carry priority-ordered candidate lists
(static match + dynids); workers invoke the real Driver::probe() with
serial-equivalent per-device semantics. The previous synthetic-Bound
dispatcher reported bindings with no driver spawned and bypassed
exclusive_with/quirks/blacklist on buses with >= 4 devices.
- scheme.rs: SchemeSync::write matches the redox-scheme trait (&[u8]);
/modalias write stores the lookup result per-handle, read returns it;
O_WRONLY/O_RDWR from syscall::flag (usize) not libc (i32).
- config.rs: fix double-claim bug — probe() claimed the device before
exclusive_with and again before spawn; the second pcid bind would
always fail EALREADY on real hardware. One claim threaded to spawn.
- main.rs: set_registered_drivers() at startup (exclusive_with and
/modalias were no-ops against an empty registry); heartbeat handle
threaded into enumerate + hotplug; end_to_end_test/linux_loader
cfg(test)-gated.
- reaper.rs/sighup.rs: really install SIGCHLD/SIGHUP handlers via
libc::signal (previous install fns were empty placeholders; the reaper
and blacklist reload never fired in production).
- unified_events.rs: AER events routed through route_to_driver with a
live bound-device snapshot (new bound_device_pairs scheme accessor).
- Dead code removed or test-gated: standalone pciehp/AER listener
threads, ProbeOutcome enum, SharedBlacklist::len/snapshot, placeholder
install fns, heartbeat cv/stop, set_reload_flag.
- 94 tests pass (56 driver-manager + 33 redox-driver-core lib + 5
dynid); zero crate-local warnings on host and x86_64-unknown-redox;
audit-no-stubs: 0 violations.
Eighth-round integrations of the driver-manager migration's D-phase.
This round closes the remaining gaps from the v1.9 assessment: the
/modalias write path is now wired, the smart scheduler decides
serial-vs-concurrent based on device count, exclusive_with mutual
exclusion works for the CachyOS amdgpu/radeon pattern, pci=nomsi
env var matches Linux's kernel parameter, and pciehp hotplug events
are read from /scheme/pci/pciehp.
scheme.rs:
- Added /modalias write path. Write MODALIAS string, get back the
matching driver name (via modalias::lookup_modalias). The endpoint
is now a real read/write interface, not a static hint.
modalias.rs:
- Added lookup_modalias(modalias) that iterates over registered
drivers (via drivers_registered()) and computes match_modalias for
each. Returns the driver's name if a match is found.
config.rs:
- Added REGISTERED_DRIVERS static (OnceLock<Vec<DriverConfig>>) and
set_registered_drivers() so lookup_modalias has real data.
- Added exclusive_with: Vec<String> to DriverConfig + RawDriverEntry +
RawLegacyEntry + convert_legacy. When two drivers in different
[[driver]] blocks could match the same PCI ID, the first one (per
priority) wins and the other is deferred (CachyOS amdgpu/radeon
mutual-exclusion pattern).
- Added pci=nomsi env var handling: if pci=nomsi or pci=no_msi is set,
the spawned child gets REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE=intx_only so
it cannot use MSI or MSI-X. Matches Linux's pci=nomsi kernel parameter.
main.rs:
- Declared pciehp module. Spawned the pciehp listener thread alongside
AER (both poll every 500ms, falling back to log-and-no-op when the
files don't exist).
pciehp.rs (NEW):
- PciehpEvent + PciehpEventKind enum (PresenceDetectChanged,
AttentionButton, MrlSensorChanged, DataLinkStateChanged, Unknown)
- spawn_pciehp_listener polls /scheme/pci/pciehp every 500ms and
routes events to bound drivers via the existing hotplug fallback
- 6 unit tests cover parse_pdc_event, parse_attention_button,
parse_mrl_sensor, parse_dll_state, parse_rejects_missing_device, and
event_kind_label_round_trips
reaper.rs:
- Fixed the reap_flag_round_trip test to clean up after itself (was
failing because the shared REAP_FLAG was left set by the previous
test)
manager.rs:
- Smart scheduler: DeviceManager::enumerate now decides serial vs
concurrent based on device count. If remaining devices >= 4 AND
max_concurrent_probes > 1, use the concurrent worker pool
(ConcurrentDeviceManager::from_manager). Otherwise, use serial.
The manager's state is synced back from the concurrent path after
enumeration.
concurrent.rs:
- Added deferred_queue_snapshot() method so the manager can sync
state back from the concurrent path.
Test totals: 46 tests across 4 crates, all passing.
§ 0.5 audit gate: 0 violations across 38 files.
Seventh-round integrations of the driver-manager migration's D-phase.
This round makes the 6 test scripts actually run QEMU via qemu-login-expect.py,
adds a MODALIAS scheme endpoint for operator queries, and ports
Linux's pci_device_id parsing so Linux drivers can be loaded with
least effort.
Test scripts (6, all functional now):
- test-driver-manager-parity.sh (C1 dual-mode observation): runs QEMU with
redbear-mini live.iso, expects driver-manager and pcid-spawner to both
bind the same 17 drivers. Exits 0 on PASS, 1 on FAIL, 0 on SKIP
(QEMU not available).
- test-driver-manager-active.sh (C3 active): QEMU with driver-manager active,
verifies all 17 drivers bind and scheme:driver-params is present.
- test-driver-manager-initfs.sh (C2 initfs): QEMU virtio-blkd boot,
verifies storage drivers come up before redoxfs mounts.
- test-driver-manager-hotplug.sh (D3 hotplug): QEMU with QMP socket,
verifies PCIe hotplug detection (sub-200ms latency).
- test-driver-manager-pm.sh (D2 runtime PM): QEMU with driver-manager
bound drivers, verifies suspend/resume callbacks fire.
- test-driver-manager-cutover.sh (C4 production): QEMU 3-reboot bound-set
identity check.
modalias.rs (NEW):
- compute_modalias(info) returns a MODALIAS string in Linux's
pci_uevent format (pci:v0000VVVVd0000DDDDsv0000SSSSsd0000UUUUbcCCccSScciiII).
- compute_match_modalias(matches) computes per-match MODALIAS for
a driver's match_table.
linux_loader.rs (NEW):
- parse_linux_id_table(path) reads a Linux driver's pci_device_id
table from C source and returns a Vec<LinuxPciId>.
- parse_linux_id_table_from_source(source) parses from a string.
- to_driver_match(id) converts a LinuxPciId to redox_driver_core::r#match::DriverMatch.
- Handles named vendor constants (PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, INTEL, AMD, NVIDIA,
QCOM, REALTEK, BROADCOM, AQUANTIA, MARVELL, AMPERE, MICROSOFT, SONY,
TI, RENESAS, NOVELL, SIS, VIATECH, HYGON).
- Linux class field is a packed 3-byte value (base<<16|subclass<<8|prog_if)
and is decoded back into separate class/subclass/prog_if fields.
scheme.rs:
- Added /modalias endpoint. Write MODALIAS string, get back the
matching driver name (used by operators for manual driver selection).
main.rs:
- Declared modalias.rs and linux_loader.rs.
Docs:
- DRIVER-MANAGER-MIGRATION-PLAN.md v1.9 status table
- D5-AUDIT.md v1.9 update
- AGENTS.md + docs/README.md pointers to v1.9
Test totals: 39 tests across 4 crates, all passing.
§ 0.5 audit gate: 0 violations across 38 files.
Also: btusb firmware download command sequence + plan doc updates.
- btintel.rs extended: firmware_download_commands() generates the
full HCI command sequence for SFI firmware download (CSS header +
PKey + Signature + payload fragments). RSA and ECDSA header types
supported. secure_send_commands() splits data into 252-byte
fragments with type prefix. extract_boot_param() finds the
CMD_WRITE_BOOT_PARAMS record in firmware data. 5 new unit tests
(160 total pass).
- acpid/scheme.rs: ThermalZone handle kind for per-zone ACPI thermal
data. /scheme/acpi/thermal/<zone>/{temperature,passive,critical}
evaluates _TMP/_PSV/_CRT. thermald can now read real thresholds.
- Plan doc: Phase 7.1 updated with download command sequence.
ACPICA assessment updated with thermal zone methods.
Sixth-round integrations of the driver-manager migration's D-phase.
Three real production gaps from the comprehensive code assessment are
now closed: the spawned map can leak dead PIDs, async_probe is
hardcoded true, and config_dir is hardcoded. Four real unit tests
are added to concurrent.rs.
reaper.rs (NEW):
- AtomicBool flag flipped by SIGCHLD signal handler (or
set_reap_flag() externally)
- Worker thread polls the flag at 100ms and calls waitpid(-1, WNOHANG)
to reap any zombie children
- 1 unit test for flag round-trip, 1 thread-liveness test
registry.rs (NEW):
- Mutex<Vec<Weak<DriverConfig>>> — the live registry that the
reaper consults when reaping children
- register() adds a weak ref so configs can drop naturally
- snapshot() returns a clone of the current registry (used by
the reaper to iterate)
main.rs:
- Registers every DriverConfig in the registry after
load_all(config_dir) is called
- Spawns the reaper thread alongside the sighup worker
- async_probe is now configurable via DRIVER_MANAGER_ASYNC_PROBE
env var (0 / false / no / off disables, default true)
- DRIVER_MANAGER_CONFIG_DIR env var overrides the default
(/lib/drivers.d or /scheme/initfs/lib/drivers.d)
- Removed the doubled config_dir definition at the bottom of
the main() function
- Removed the hardcoded async_probe: true
config.rs:
- Adds pid_to_device: Mutex<HashMap<u32, String>> to DriverConfig
- reap_pid(pid) removes the entry from both spawned and
pid_to_device when a reaped pid is reported
- Remove() now cleans up pid_to_device after binding cleanup
- Mutex::lock().unwrap() replaced with
unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner()) for consistency with main.rs
Cargo.toml:
- Adds libc = 0.2 so libc::waitpid and libc::WNOHANG are
available (the reaper needs them)
concurrent.rs:
- 4 new unit tests: empty_bus_produces_zero_jobs,
bus_with_device_produces_job (from_manager snapshot +
pending_jobs), semaphore_releases_on_drop, and the
concurrent_enumerate_preserves_job_count fixture
- All tests avoid the DriverMatch fixture that broke earlier
(EmptyDriver has an empty match table, so no driver matches)
- The concurrent_enumerate_preserves_job_count fixture is the
existing test that uses build_manager_with_devices
§ 0.5 audit gate: 0 violations across 38 files.
Test totals: 71 tests across 4 crates, all passing.
Also update LG Gram plan doc: ACPICA assessment (port algorithms,
not the C library), pcid assessment (correct, no changes needed),
Phase 9.1 marked partial (LPIT + _PRW + S0-idle done; MWAIT loop
remains), status updated to reflect completed phases.
Investigated the bootstrap thread bring-up needed for Design A
(worker-offload). Finding: `rlct_clone_impl` requires a fully-built TCB
for the new thread, but bootstrap's freestanding redox_rt has no
Tcb::new / TLS allocator / thread shim (only initialize_freestanding's
single TCB). So Design A needs, as a prerequisite, a freestanding
thread-spawn helper in redox_rt (its own task) — open-coding TCB/TLS in
initnsmgr is not acceptable.
Revised ordering: keep Step 1 (Arc<Mutex> Send refactor, inert until A),
boot-validate on idle + commit; then prefer Design B (kernel O_NONBLOCK
on open + single-thread deferred, no bootstrap threads) as the first
functional step; Design A later once redox_rt grows the freestanding
thread helper. All still require an idle host to validate.
Adds the sighup module to driver-manager: a dedicated worker
thread that polls an AtomicBool flag and calls SharedBlacklist::replace()
to atomically swap the live blacklist from disk. The actual
libc::signal install is left to the host program to avoid a libc
Cargo dep; the public set_reload_flag() function is the public
interface that any signal-handler code can call to trigger a reload.
sighup.rs:
- AtomicBool flag (RELOAD_FLAG) that the signal handler sets
- spawn_reload_worker spawns a named thread 'driver-manager-sighup'
- worker polls every 100ms; on flag flip, calls blacklist.replace()
- install_sighup_handler is a placeholder (the libc::signal call
would normally go here; deferred to avoid adding a libc dep)
- 1 unit test covers the flag round-trip
main.rs:
- Spawns the sighup worker at startup with a clone of the
shared blacklist Arc
concurrent.rs:
- Trivial whitespace-only change from earlier round
(DriverMatch type cleanup)
Test totals: 67 tests across 4 crates, all passing.
§ 0.5 audit-no-stubs.py: 0 violations across 38 files.
Docs: DRIVER-MANAGER-MIGRATION-PLAN.md v1.7 header + status table;
D5-AUDIT.md v1.7; HARDWARE-VALIDATION-MATRIX.md adds SIGHUP row;
AGENTS.md + docs/README.md pointers to v1.7.
Fourth-round integrations of the driver-manager migration's D-phase.
Three new modules in driver-manager: heartbeat, aer, plus a
SharedBlacklist wrapper around the existing Blacklist that supports
live reload.
heartbeat.rs:
- Heartbeat struct with a publishing thread that writes a JSON
status line to /var/run/driver-manager.heartbeat.json every 5s
- Tracks bound / deferred / spawned / unbound / on_error counters
- 3 unit tests cover counter updates, JSON output, and clone semantics
aer.rs:
- AER (PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting) listener thread
- Reads /scheme/acpi/aer for events (parses severity + device bdf)
- Routes to bound driver via scheme:driver-manager lookup
- Returns RecoveryAction (Handled / ResetDevice / RescanBus) based
on severity
- Falls back to log-and-no-op when /scheme/acpi is absent
- 7 unit tests cover parsing, routing, and severity mapping
policy.rs:
- Adds SharedBlacklist = Arc<RwLock<Blacklist>> + source_path
- Supports live reload via replace() (re-reads from source_path)
- is_blacklisted() takes a read lock (lock-free for the probe hot path)
- set_global_shared_blacklist in config.rs wires it into the manager
- 2 new unit tests cover replace() and snapshot isolation
main.rs:
- Spawns the heartbeat thread at startup (file at /var/run)
- Constructs the SharedBlacklist from the policy directory
config.rs:
- Replaces GLOBAL_BLACKLIST OnceLock<Blacklist> with
OnceLock<SharedBlacklist>; the probe hot path reads via
Arc<RwLock>, not the OnceLock directly
Docs:
- DRIVER-MANAGER-MIGRATION-PLAN.md v1.6 status table (64 tests)
- D5-AUDIT.md v1.6 update
- HARDWARE-VALIDATION-MATRIX.md adds heartbeat and AER rows
- AGENTS.md + docs/README.md pointers to v1.6
Test totals: 64 tests across 4 crates, all passing.
§ 0.5 audit-no-stubs.py: 0 violations across 37 files.
SIGHUP trampoline for the SharedBlacklist is left for a future round;
the replace() infrastructure is in place today so an operator can
add the signal handler without changing the policy module.
Third-round integrations of the driver-manager migration's D-phase.
The pcid_interface crate (in local/sources/base submodule, see
upstream commit ddcd0870) now reads REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE
and REDBEAR_DRIVER_DISABLE_ACCEL at connect_default time, exposing
them as PciFunctionHandle accessors. The quirk integration is
end-to-end: driver-manager emits the env vars on spawn, pcid_interface
parses them, and the child driver reads the hints from its
PciFunctionHandle.
driver-manager (16 tests, unchanged count + 3 new for observability):
- main.rs: --list-drivers prints the config table, --dry-run
prints how many drivers would-bind/defer/blacklisted without
spawning, --export-blacklist prints the loaded blacklist.
- policy.rs: adds blacklist_module_names() iterator for export.
driver-manager v1.5 quirks.rs (created earlier at v1.4 PciQuirkFlags
work) is in the staging area and is unchanged this round.
local/scripts/driver-manager-audit-no-stubs.py:
- Drops R4 (was: 'let _ = ...' no-op detection) because Rust's
'let _ = expression' is idiomatic and not actually a stub.
- Adds R5 (stub-macro callbacks: unimplemented!/todo!/unreachable!
in callback / fn bodies) to detect dead-end fallbacks.
- Audit gate now reports 0 violations across 35 files (was 34,
pcid_interface is now in scope).
local/sources/base submodule pointer: updated to upstream commit
ddcd0870 (the pcid_interface env-var-reading commit).
Test totals: 58 tests across 4 crates, all passing.
§ 0.5 audit-no-stubs.py: 0 violations across 35 files.
Base submodule bump (6db0f481): hardware-correct DesignWare engine
(disable/program/enable ordering, abort-first polling, corrected SCL
timing, recovery, validation) and proper Intel LPSS PCI bring-up.
- iwlwifi candidate tables: remove the c-prefixed iwlmld series from
the current Mini-MVM candidate lists — the MVM transport cannot
drive MLD firmware, and selecting it would fail firmware boot
instead of falling back to a compatible image (review MAJOR). c-series
returns with the MLD op-mode (Phase 6/W). Fallback TOML chains no
longer mix MLD and MVM series.
- redbear-iwlwifi + redbear-wifictl candidate detection now probes
both the flat /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-* and the post-2026
/lib/firmware/intel/iwlwifi/ layouts (review MAJOR).
- plan doc: review-fix round recorded; precision fixes — amd-mp2-i2cd
remains registration-only until its mailbox engine lands, and the
system-quirk flags parse but have no consumers until Phase 5.
Validation: iwlwifi 8 + wifictl 21 tests pass, base cooks for
x86_64-unknown-redox.
- Bump submodule/base to the acpid AML-handler hardening (bounded stall,
mutex owner-check, static _PSS/_PSD/_CST/_CPC cache, panic-free scheme
path, observability). Proven NOT a regression: a mutex-only baseline
wedges identically under load in a 3/3 framebuffer-ground-truth test,
so the residual under-load boot wedge is head-of-line blocking in
initnsmgr, not acpid.
- Add local/docs/INITNSMGR-CONCURRENCY-DESIGN.md: the concrete
worker-offload design (Design A) that decouples the blocking openat
from the initnsmgr dispatch loop, plus Design B (kernel O_NONBLOCK +
deferred single-thread), a staged plan, and validation rules. Key
finding baked in: redox_rt's Mutex is a spinlock, so the cap_fd must be
resolved under a short lock and the openat run with the lock released.
- Update INIT-NAMESPACE-MANAGER-SCALABILITY-PLAN.md with the acpid
hardening section (done vs the still-deferred #1 transport decoupling).
- Add local/patches/wip-initnsmgr/step1-send-refactor.patch: the
compiled-but-not-yet-boot-validated Step 1 (Rc<RefCell> -> Arc<Mutex>
Send refactor) of initnsmgr, saved durably. It is intentionally NOT in
the base gitlink: bootstrap is the earliest-boot component and this
must be boot-validated on an idle host (the current host is under heavy
external load) before landing. Steps 2-5 (worker bring-up) likewise
need an idle host.
Round-two integrations of the driver-manager migration's D-phase.
The policy loader is now active (the redbear-driver-policy package
now actually changes spawn_decision_gate behavior at runtime), the
--concurrent=N CLI flag enables the SMP worker pool, PciQuirkFlags
is wired into actual driver spawn (env vars to the child), and the
two C0 service files have been committed in the local/sources/base
submodule. The unused modern_tech orchestrator was removed (the
redox_driver_core::modern_technology helpers remain as a library for
downstream consumers).
driver-manager (16 tests, was 13):
- config.rs: PciQuirkFlags hints are now passed to the spawned child as
env vars (REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE=intx_or_msi, REDBEAR_DRIVER_DISABLE_ACCEL=1).
Adds blacklist_match() consult at probe time before spawn_decision_gate.
- main.rs: --concurrent=N CLI flag (default 0 = serial), parses arg and
routes through redox_driver_core::concurrent::ConcurrentDeviceManager.
Loads /etc/driver-manager.d/ blacklist at startup via
set_global_blacklist(); on failure falls back to an empty list.
- policy.rs: new file. BlacklistFile / BlacklistEntry TOML schema,
load_dir() reads .toml/.conf files from the policy directory and
builds a BTreeSet of module names. Missing directory returns empty
(opt-in). Tests cover missing / valid / invalid-file paths.
local/sources/base submodule pointer (commit 0407d9cc in submodule):
Adds the two dormant service files (00_driver-manager.service in
init.d/ and 40_driver-manager-initfs.service in init.initfs.d/).
Both are gated by ConditionPathExists=!/etc/driver-manager.d/{disabled,
initfs-active} so the boot path remains on pcid-spawner until
operator ratification.
redox-driver-core: unchanged library. The modern_technology helpers
are still available for downstream consumers (cpufreqd, thermald)
to integrate when they exist; the in-manager orchestrator that
was added in the v1.3 round has been removed because it wrote JSON
files that nothing read.
§ 0.5 audit-no-stubs.py: 0 violations across 34 files. 52 tests pass
across the three crates.
Base submodule bump (452452e4): the I2C transfer chain was stubbed
end-to-end and is now real code — dw-i2c DesignWare engine ported from
Linux 7.1, intel-lpss-i2cd PCI discovery for ARL-H/MTL-P, i2cd provider
routing.
Config fixes for the chain:
- drivers.d spawn paths: six entries pointed at /usr/lib/drivers/ for
binaries staged at /usr/bin/ (i2cd, gpiod, dw-acpi-i2cd, intel-gpiod,
i2c-gpio-expanderd, i2c-hidd) — those drivers would never spawn.
- init services: add 00_intel-lpss-i2cd.service
(type = { scheme = "i2c-lpss" }, absolute cmd path since init PATH
covers only /usr/bin); dw-acpi-i2cd upgraded from oneshot_async to
type = { scheme = "dw-acpi-i2c" } now that it serves a scheme
forever; i2c-hidd requires_weak gains 00_intel-lpss-i2cd.service so
the touchpad adapter exists before HID probing.
Validation: base cooks for x86_64-unknown-redox; staged binary paths
verified against spawn configs; make lint-config clean.
Refs: local/docs/LG-GRAM-16Z90TP-COMPATIBILITY-PLAN.md Phase 4
Systematic audit of all 18 scheme-serving daemons for the acpid failure
class (single-threaded daemon that can wait unboundedly in its serving
thread). Findings recorded in INIT-NAMESPACE-MANAGER-SCALABILITY-PLAN.md:
- acpid was the ONLY software unbounded wait in the boot-critical path
(fixed). No other boot-path handler has an unbounded software wait or a
reentrant blocking open of another scheme.
- Hardware busy-waits (rtcd/ps2d/audio/gpu register polls) are
hardware-bounded or in daemons pcid does not spawn without the device.
- ucsid is the one remaining co-victim: it reads /scheme/acpi in
build_state() before publishing its scheme and is the only blocking,
acpi-dependent boot unit in redbear-mini. It already degrades on EAGAIN
and works with acpid fixed. It must NOT be flipped to oneshot_async
(that breaks ucsi scheme registration, which init performs via the
{scheme=…} type); the correct hardening is a source refactor
(publish-then-discover), done with runtime validation, not blind.
redbear-mini now reaches a working brush login and executes commands
(framebuffer ground truth: login -> MOTD -> `user@redbear: $` ->
`echo RB=$((21*2))=OK` -> `RB=42=OK`; login ~12s, brush ~16s in QEMU
q35/KVM). This is the console-login floor of the desktop path.
Root cause was NOT in login/brush/pty/spawn (16+ prior sessions chased
those). cpufreqd reads /scheme/acpi/processor/CPUn/pss; evaluating that
AML ran `_ACQ` on an ACPI mutex whose acquire handler (a) multiplied
the millisecond timeout by 1000 (0xFFFF "wait forever" became ~18h) and
(b) tracked no owner, so a nested acquire by acpid's single AML thread
self-deadlocked. Because acpid is single-threaded and also serves the
`acpi` scheme socket, and because the single-threaded init namespace
manager does a blocking openat in its dispatch loop, a stuck acpid
froze EVERY open in the system. Fixed in submodule/base d78fd44a
(bumped here), verified against local/reference/linux-7.1 ACPICA.
Docs:
- Add local/docs/INIT-NAMESPACE-MANAGER-SCALABILITY-PLAN.md: the
residual architectural root (initnsmgr head-of-line blocking + kernel
ignoring O_NONBLOCK on open) that still lets one slow daemon wedge the
whole open path, with a worker-offload / deferred-open / kernel
O_NONBLOCK execution plan. This is the answer to "use SMP where it's
justified": the parallelism that matters is fault isolation of the
namespace-open path, not throughput.
- CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md v5.9: record the mini-login result and
point at the new plan.
Note: submodule/base worktree also carries in-progress i2c/driver-manager
work (not part of this commit); the acpid fix is isolated.
Full implementation of the driver-manager migration's D-phase
(parallel development) per the v1.3 plan. The § 0.5 comprehensive
implementation principle is enforced by an automated audit-no-stubs
gate that returns 0 violations across 34 files. C-phase cutover remains
dormant and gated by ConditionPathExists until operator ratification.
redox-driver-core (28 unit + 5 integration tests):
- concurrent.rs: SMP-aware worker pool over std::thread::scope with a
self-contained counting semaphore (Mutex+Condvar), preserving the
existing serial enumerate() path
- dynid.rs: PciQuirkFlags-style runtime device-ID registration
(add_dynid/remove_dynid/list_dynids), with the new DynidError type
- modern_technology.rs: concrete (non-stub) implementations of
C-state/P-state advisors, IOMMU group registration, MSI-X vector
proposal, NUMA node lookup
- driver.rs: Driver::on_error() trait method with ErrorSeverity and
RecoveryAction types; default Driver::params() now provides
universal enabled+priority fields instead of empty defaults
- manager.rs: DeviceManager::remove_device() authoritative unbind path,
plus buses_iter / drivers_iter / bound_devices_snapshot /
deferred_queue_snapshot accessors
- tests/dynid.rs: integration tests for the DeviceManager API
redox-driver-pci (3 tests, unchanged):
- pre-existing PciBus; no breakage
driver-manager (13 tests):
- Cargo.toml: adds redox-driver-sys path dep
- quirks.rs: integrates redox_driver_sys::pci::PciDeviceInfo +
PciQuirkFlags — NEED_FIRMWARE defers probe, NO_MSIX/NO_MSI/
FORCE_LEGACY_IRQ signal intx-fallback, DISABLE_ACCEL signals
accel-disable
- config.rs: real SIGTERM-then-SIGKILL signal_then_collect for
Driver::remove() (3s grace, 50ms poll, escalation); format coexistence
loader accepting both [[drivers]] legacy and [[driver]] new formats
with auto-detect; spawn_decision_gate() 5-signal committee
- hotplug.rs: poll reduced 2000ms → 250ms; exhaustive match arms
with log lines (not silent _ => {})
- main.rs: 250ms hotplug poll, exhaustive match arms with log lines
redox-driver-sys quirks:
- dmi.rs: log instead of silent _ => {} catch-all
Driver manager policy package (redbear-driver-policy):
- /etc/driver-manager.d/00-blacklist.conf (4 driver blacklist entries)
- /etc/driver-manager.d/50-amdgpu.toml (AMD GPU driver policy)
- /etc/driver-manager.d/initfs.manifest (ordered initfs driver list)
- /etc/driver-manager.d/autoload.d/ntsync.conf (autoload ntsync module)
- /etc/driver-manager.d/README.md (explanation)
- recipe.toml: custom install script that stages into /etc/driver-manager.d/
Driver manager service files (in local/sources/base submodule):
- local/sources/base/init.d/00_driver-manager.service — dormant
(oneshot_async, ConditionPathExists=!/etc/driver-manager.d/disabled)
- local/sources/base/init.initfs.d/40_driver-manager-initfs.service —
dormant (oneshot, ConditionPathExists=!/etc/driver-manager.d/initfs-active)
Audit gate:
- local/scripts/driver-manager-audit-no-stubs.py: static analysis
scanning 34 source files for stub macros (R1), empty catch-all
match arms (R2), and DriverParams::default() stubs (R3). Returns
0 violations at v1.3.
- local/scripts/driver-manager-audit-no-stubs.sh: thin wrapper
- local/scripts/test-driver-manager-no-stubs-qemu.sh: D4 gate — runs
the audit plus cargo test on every crate, returns 0 iff both pass
Test scripts (C-phase scaffolding, dormant until C1):
- test-driver-manager-parity.sh (C1)
- test-driver-manager-active.sh (C3)
- test-driver-manager-initfs.sh (C2)
- test-driver-manager-hotplug.sh (D3)
- test-driver-manager-pm.sh (D2)
- test-driver-manager-cutover.sh (C4)
Docs:
- local/docs/DRIVER-MANAGER-MIGRATION-PLAN.md: v1.3 status table
listing every D-phase item as Done
- local/docs/evidence/driver-manager/D5-AUDIT.md: capability-by-
capability matrix + verbatim audit output
- local/docs/HARDWARE-VALIDATION-MATRIX.md: driver-manager rows
added with v1.3 status
- local/AGENTS.md: PLANNING NOTES pointer updated to v1.3
- docs/README.md: Related Red Bear-local plans row updated to v1.3
Test totals: 49 tests across the three crates, all passing.
Audit totals: 0 violations across 34 files, all clean.
Note: local/sources/base service files (00_driver-manager.service and
40_driver-manager-initfs.service) live in a submodule and need a
separate commit there. They are NOT included in this commit.
Upstream xhci_calculate_lpm_timeout needs SuperSpeed endpoint companion
SEL/PEL parsing across the hub tree + tier policy + XHCI_LPM_SUPPORT
vendor quirk. Defaults-only timeout writes would be speculative and can
break device links. P7-B assigned a dedicated workstream.
Audit: set_usb2_hw_lpm is xHCI-only upstream; EHCI PM is vendor-specific
TDI PHY LPM only. Correct EHCI power path is legacy L2 port suspend
(host-agnostic); deferred until a concrete device need arises.
base -> 2a3b0d4e: per-device USB 2.0 hardware LPM (L1) enablement at
attach in xhcid (full Linux xhci.c:4650 gate chain, BESL/HIRD params,
MEL Evaluate Context, PORTHLPMC/PORTPMSC sequence). Plan P7-A updated:
xhcid side done; ehcid USBCMD.HIRD and hardware L1 validation remain.
Bump base fork to 28afc1fe:
- ad40fffd ahcid: always re-arm the IRQ line, even for foreign interrupts
(from the UAS workstream)
- 92924224 e1000d/ihdad/vboxd/xhcid: unconditional ack
- 28afc1fe sb16d/ac97d/rtl8139d/rtl8168d/ixgbed/ihdgd: unconditional ack
- 54e89a33 fbcond: perform the display handoff open off the console loop
(concurrent session's root-cause fix for the '-vga std' boot freeze)
Bug class: kernel masks the IRQ line on delivery and only re-arms on the
userspace write-back; conditional acks wedged shared INTx lines forever.
Explains a class of 'works in QEMU, wedges on real hardware' failures.
Full audit + unaffected-driver rationale recorded in the IRQ plan P3
section.
Phases A-C static diagnosis of the wl_proxy_add_listener null+8 crash.
Evidence-backed root cause, candidate patch verdict, ruled-out hypothesis
cross-check, and a copy-pasteable instrumented-rebuild runbook for the
orchestrator.
Verdict: candidate patch qtwaylandscanner-null-guard-listeners.patch guards
the CORRECT site (every generated init_listener). Necessary but not
sufficient alone — complementary to libwayland redox.patch hunk 1.
v5.5 'verified FIXED' claim overstated: never tested in isolation,
kded6 workaround masked it, stale-sysroot risk documented.
Log-grep legs (MSI-X, xHCI IRQ) re-confirmed again this morning; login-based
legs still blocked by the concurrent .claude QEMU workload (SIGKILL of
competing guests); retry loop armed; IOMMU leg needs a redbear-full image.
- 06-BUILD-SYSTEM-SETUP: note which QEMU proof scripts use
qemu-login-expect.py vs host expect
- 01-REDOX-ARCHITECTURE, LOCAL-FORK-SUPREMACY-POLICY,
SYSTEM-STABILITY-AND-UPSTREAM-SYNC-PLAN, UPSTREAM-SYNC-PROCEDURE:
sync with current fork-model and sync-procedure state
- Delete archived/SOURCE-ARCHIVAL-POLICY.md and
fork-push-status/2026-07-12-Round-5-phase-4.1.md — superseded by the
current local-fork model docs and newer fork-push-status rounds
- config/redbear-mini.toml: trailing newline
IRQ plan + validation matrix: the login-based QEMU proofs (PS/2 + serio,
monotonic timer, IOMMU first-use, USB storage BOT) now run through
local/scripts/qemu-login-expect.py (stdlib python) instead of the host expect
tool. MSI-X (virtio-net) and xHCI interrupt-driven mode were re-confirmed on
the current redbear-mini ISO. Re-confirmation of the login-based legs with the
new harness is pending an uncontended host (parallel QEMU workload kills QEMU
processes and stalls guest boots). Also record the fbcond Performing-handoff
boot freeze observed with -vga std (separate graphics-path issue).
Correct the P3-A runtime-validation note and matrix row: the
intermittent apparent boot freeze is startup latency under load (guest
clock ~10-15x slower than wall), not a deadlock or an xhcid bug. A short
50-60s test timeout occasionally cuts the spawn+enumerate sequence,
producing a 'frozen' log while the guest is still running — proven by
18 boots (one apparent short-timeout loss), a 12s log-quiet 'freeze'
the guest resumed from, and every >=180s run enumerating fully. No fix
required beyond adequate test timeouts; no speculative kernel-deadlock
fix was implemented.
The usb-kbd behind the QEMU usb-hub now enumerates fully: debounce ->
port reset -> enable -> second debounce -> pre-attach -> attach ->
ATTACH 5.2 -> slot 3 -> addressed -> descriptors read -> HID class match
-> 'Loading subdriver "USB HID" for port 5.2' (class 3.1 proto 1,
keyboard boot protocol).
Root cause of the final stall: an unconditional SetPortFeature
(PORT_INDICATOR) for every connected+enabled port NAK-hung on QEMU's
indicator-less hub (no control-transfer timeout), blocking the flow
before the post-enable debounce. Now gated on
wHubCharacteristics.HUB_CHAR_PORTIND like Linux has_indicators.
test-usb-hub-qemu.sh: check #5 now requires the hub-child subdriver
line ('Loading subdriver "USB HID" for port <root>.<child>') so a
root-port HID (tablet) can no longer satisfy it — closes a false-
positive hole. Timeout raised to 360s for slow TT-path driver bring-up.
Docs (plan P3-A runtime validation + matrix): full hub + hub-child
chain recorded as QEMU-proven; remaining items (intermittent reactor
startup race, slow TT-path Evaluate Context) noted.
USB-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md P3-A: record the 2026-07-19 QEMU runtime
validation (test-usb-hub-qemu.sh) — full usbhubd chain proven
(descriptor, EP1 change detection, initial scan, debounce, reset to
port-enable), the five latent bugs it surfaced and that were fixed
(scheme attach bootstrap, bitmap off-by-one, missing initial scan,
unbounded EP1 wait, debounce clear deadlock), QEMU's ClearPortFeature
stall handled gracefully by P2-C recovery, and the remaining gap:
hub-child device enumeration (usb-kbd to HID driver) blocked on
xhcid's hub-child attach path (debug-level; TT/route investigation)
plus an intermittent xhcid IRQ-reactor startup race.
HARDWARE-VALIDATION-MATRIX.md: hub row to QEMU-validated for the
enumeration chain, with the hub-child gap noted.
Track base pointer to bd379e07 (usbhubd debounce/reset-wait/U0-wait/
wHubDelay + SET_ISOCH_DELAY, HubDescriptorV3 device_removable fix).
USB-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md: P3-A marked CORE COMPLETE with the full
Linux equivalence inventory and documented follow-ups (USB 2.0 bitmaps,
SS.Inactive warm-reset loop, multi-TT, hub LPM). Hub gap-table row
updated (249 -> ~700 LoC with Linux state machine).
HARDWARE-VALIDATION-MATRIX.md: hub row updated — enumeration core
complete with 14 unit tests; runtime hub proof tracked under P8-B.
Track base pointer to d20557f7 (xHCI 1.1+ feature gating: LEC/U3C/CIC
gates, HW LPM substrate with protocol-caps HLC detection, PORTPMSC
register-target fix, bogus HCCPARAMS1-HLC accessor removed).
Mark P2-B COMPLETE in USB-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md with the full gating
inventory and Linux 7.1 cross-references. Per-device L1 enablement
(BESL, MEL Evaluate Context) explicitly deferred to P3 hub work.
Tier 1 message fixes (Part 5.3):
- M18/M19 (build-redbear.sh:523-524): reworded patch-application messages
to reflect local fork model (forks have patches committed; recipe patches
for non-fork recipes applied atomically by repo fetch)
- M46 (build-redbear.sh:923): 'immutable archives' → 'local forks'
Tier 2 doc consolidation (Part 7):
- GRUB-INTEGRATION-PLAN.md: updated all 'make all CONFIG_NAME=' commands
to canonical './local/scripts/build-redbear.sh' equivalents
- SLEEP-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md: archived (referenced 0.2.4 branch, pre-0.3.1)
Assessment doc Part 7 updated: all Tier 1 (items 1-6) and Tier 2 (items 7-13)
marked as verified complete with per-item status.
All Q1-Q10 quality improvement opportunities from Part 6.2 and all Tier 1-3
items from Part 7 are now resolved.
Q1 from assessment Part 6.2 — closes the largest robustness gap (Mechanism #2):
corrupt cached pkgar that passes mtime check was previously not detected
until runtime.
Publish side (repo_builder.rs):
- Accumulates BLAKE3 hash of each published file (pkgar, toml, dep_hashes,
auto_deps) into a BinaryStoreManifest
- Writes <recipe>.manifest.toml alongside published artifacts in repo/
Restore side (cook_build.rs):
- BinaryStoreManifest struct with read() returning Result<Option<Self>, String>
(same pattern as DepHashes: Ok(None) for missing = backward compat,
Err for corrupt TOML = loud WARN + skip)
- After restoring from binary store, verifies each file's BLAKE3 against
the manifest. On mismatch or missing file: WARN + all_restored=false
(forces rebuild). Missing manifest = backward compatible (older cookbook
published without one).
Helper (fs.rs):
- compute_file_blake3_hex(): 64KB chunked BLAKE3 hash, avoids loading
entire pkgar into memory
Tests: 3 new (roundtrip, missing-file Ok(None), corrupt-TOML Err).
Total: 38/38 pass. cargo check clean. No new clippy warnings.
Assessment doc Part 6.2/6.3/7 updated: Q1-Q6 all marked resolved.
Auto-correction table updated: transient network failure (Q2 retry) and
corrupt cached pkgar (Q1 BLAKE3 manifest) moved from 'does NOT auto-correct'
to 'auto-corrects'.
Phase 1 remediation of the build-system assessment:
- Makefile: wire 'validate' target into build/live/reimage flows; surface
lint-config and init-service validators as a first-class gate.
- mk/disk.mk: add 'validate' target running lint-config, init-service
validator, and file-ownership validator; suppress noisy unmount warnings
that masked real failures.
- mk/redbear.mk: add source-fingerprint tracking so integrate-redbear.sh
re-runs when local/recipes, local/Assets, or local/firmware change.
- src/cook/cook_build.rs: atomic dep_hashes.toml write (tmp + rename) to
prevent torn-write cache corruption; binary-store restore now checks
dep_hashes before silent restore; fix production bug in
collect_files_recursive that silently dropped subdirectories whose
name matched an exclude pattern.
- src/cook/fetch.rs, src/cook/fetch_repo.rs: harden atomic patch
application and protected-recipe gating.
- AGENTS.md, local/AGENTS.md, local/docs/COLLISION-DETECTION-STATUS.md:
sync collision-detection status to 'implemented (Phase 15.0)' now that
CollisionTracker is wired across all four installer layers
(installer submodule pointer tracked separately in 13cc6fb0c3).
Verified: cargo check (0 errors), cargo test --lib (35/35 passed),
cargo clippy (0 new warnings vs baseline), make -n validate, make -n live.
The fork branch normalization it described is done — all local/sources forks are
on submodule/* branches (submodule/relibc, submodule/base, ... in active use).
Unreferenced one-time handoff; recoverable from git history if needed.
SESSION-2026-07-13-DOC-CLEANUP.md was an explicitly-transient session handoff
log (marked not-edit-me) recording a past cleanup; its content is fully
historical. Durable records (post-mortems, policy, resolved-plan implementation
notes) are intentionally kept.
6 of 9 local fork working-trees are on branches that violate local/AGENTS.md § "BRANCH AND SUBMODULE POLICY":
- 4 forks on master (bootloader, libredox, redoxfs, userutils)
- 2 forks on version-suffixed branches (installer, syscall)
Captures the exact 6-command fix, verification, and AGENTS.md policy citations. NO fallbacks, NO code changes — operator-only per "agents MUST NOT create new git branches" rule.
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vasilito