Track base e9342b78 (fbcond bidirectional serial mirror) + kernel 229046c6
(debug fevent readable). Disable the standalone 31_debug_console getty since
fbcond now owns the serial/debug console (avoids competing for the shared debug
input queue and duplicated output). Gives headless serial login on mini + bare.
Port the brush shell (reubeno/brush) to Redox and adopt the recipe as a
Red Bear local recipe under local/recipes/shells/brush, with the standard
recipes/shells/brush -> ../../local/recipes/shells/brush overlay symlink so
it takes priority over any upstream WIP copy (per local/AGENTS.md "Local
recipe priority vs upstream WIP"). Removes the old recipes/wip/shells/brush.
The dependency tree did not build for Redox: nix 0.31 only partially
cfg-enables Redox and the libc crate's Redox module omits POSIX symbols that
relibc provides. Fixes are reviewable unified diffs under
local/recipes/shells/brush/patches/:
nix-0.31-redox.patch cfg-enable resource/Id/waitid/from_siginfo, rlimit
import + repr(i32), SaFlags width casts, pty.
libc-0.2-redox.patch add idtype_t, P_*/CLD_*, rusage, getrusage/waitid/
forkpty externs, siginfo child accessors.
brush-umask-redox.patch mode_t is signed on Redox; cast, not u32::from.
The recipe runs `cargo fetch` to materialise registry sources before
patching (they are only unpacked during the build), resolves the right
crate version from Cargo.lock (brush pulls both nix 0.26 and 0.31), and
applies each patch idempotently, failing loudly on version drift. The
binary target is named `brush` (not `brush-shell`), so install it
explicitly. Verified: cooks from a pristine cargo cache using only the
patch files. brush is shipped in redbear-mini as a package for in-image
validation; the login shell stays zsh until brush is runtime-proven.
Mini now boots (q35/KVM) all the way to the getty "Red Bear login:" prompt
on VT2 with zero kernel panics. Root-cause fixes across submodules + config:
- config: 00_base.service zsh->mkdir (a full shell startup hangs an init
oneshot; the earlier 'echo/mkdir also hang' result was a silent config
override running zsh). 00_ptyd.service notify->{scheme=pty} (ptyd signals
readiness via its scheme fd; notify made init block on a byte forever).
- kernel: wrmsr_safe/rdmsr_safe #GP recovery so /scheme/sys/msr can't panic
the kernel (cpufreqd's P-state MSR write #GP'd on KVM, halting the boot
before login). base: ptyd scheme type + hwd ACPI enum -> debug (noise).
installer: warn on config [[files]] override. relibc/bootloader: prior
getrlimit + warning-demotion pointers.
- build-redbear.sh: fix host-fstools staleness (installer/redoxfs never
rebuilt on source change), prefix rebuild-every-build (touch libc.a), add
concurrent-build flock.
Submodule pointers: base 8aa8616d, installer 460d9530, kernel 155d01b1,
relibc a7663b3a, bootloader 6e119641.
Three Phase 1.3/2.4 fixes that have real runtime impact:
1. local/scripts/build-redbear.sh: Export ARCH and HOST_ARCH at the top
of the script (derived from uname -m when unset). This fixes the
'Unsupported ARCH for QEMU ""' error from the auto-rebuild-prefix
path introduced in Phase 1.3 — the env(1) wrapper was masking
the variables, and even without it mk/config.mk needed explicit
ARCH to be exported to subprocesses. The prefix rule now succeeds
when the fork source is newer than prefix/x86_64-unknown-redox/sysroot.
2. config/redbear-device-services.toml: Remove the three init.d service
files 16_redbear-{acmd,ecmd,usbaudiod}.service. These are USB device
daemons that take <scheme> <port> [<iface>] arguments and panic on
missing args. They are spawned dynamically by pcid-spawner (00_driver-
manager.service) when matching USB hardware is detected. Starting
them as init services caused the boot to fail with
'thread main panicked at redbear-acmd <scheme> <port> <iface>'.
The binaries are still installed via the [packages] section so
pcid-spawner can find and exec them. This matches the Linux model
where cdc_acm / cdc_eem / snd-usb-audio are kernel modules or
udev-spawned, not init services.
3. config/redbear-mini.toml: Add explicit '-K us' to
29_activate_console.service so the inputd daemon activates VT 2 with
a deterministic keymap. Combined with the Russian (ЙЦУКЕН) keymap
added in commit 75f5480f, all 7 layouts (US, GB, Dvorak, Azerty, Bepo,
IT, RU) are now selectable via 'inputd -K <layout>' or by editing
this service.
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.
The getty binary opens a PTY via /scheme/pty during startup. Adding an
explicit requires_weak on 00_ptyd.service avoids races where getty runs
before the pseudo-terminal daemon is fully ready, which could delay or
prevent the login prompt from appearing.
All three were blocking the boot scheduler in /usr phase on live-mini
because their daemons never notify readiness without hardware present.
- 00_gpiod.service: scheme -> oneshot_async
- 00_i2cd.service: scheme -> oneshot_async
- 00_pcid-spawner.service: new override, oneshot -> oneshot_async
- base: update submodule to 4a1d1f4 (scheduler counter)
The local init fork's Service struct does not have a 'before' field
(it supports cmd, args, envs, inherit_envs, type only), and the
deny_unknown_fields attribute makes init panic at boot when it parses
'before':
init: /etc/init.d/12_dbus.service: unknown field 'before', expected
one of 'cmd', 'args', 'envs', 'inherit_envs', 'type' in 'service'
The 'before = [13_redbear-sessiond.service]' line was redundant
anyway: 13_redbear-sessiond.service already declares
requires_weak = ['12_dbus.service'], which orders it after dbus.
Fix both redbear-mini.toml and redbear-full.toml.
- Add --address=unix:path=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket to dbus-daemon args
- Add before = ["13_redbear-sessiond.service"] for strict ordering
- Fixes redbear-sessiond "failed to read from socket" errors
- 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'
- Split filemanager/mod.rs into dispatch.rs, render.rs, dialog_ops.rs,
format_utils.rs (3567→~1200 lines in mod.rs)
- Comment out mc in redbear-mini.toml and redbear-full.toml per user request
- Enable tlc in redbear-full.toml (was temporarily disabled)
- 1022 tests pass, zero behavior changes
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.
Core fixes to get redbear-mini building and booting via UEFI:
relibc: Use 'VaListImpl as va_list' in syslog so cbindgen outputs va_list
instead of unknown VaListImpl type (matches stdio pattern). Fixes
openssl3 and all C consumers of syslog.h.
base fork (f97da5b0): ps2d missing info! import, ps2d dead variable,
fbcond drm-0.15 API fix, acpid 31 errors (ivrs/mcfg modules, duplicate
methods, packed fields, dmar copy-paste bug), bootstrap abort_immediate
removal (feature removed from nightly)
redox-driver-sys: Add PciQuirkFlags re-export for crate-root imports
bash: Regenerate P1-mksyntax-host-headers.patch with proper unified diff
m4: Fix getlocalename_l unsafe wrapper
config: Comment out mc (requires glib-2.0 chain, not needed for mini)
UEFI boot verified in QEMU — boots to RedBear login prompt.
Author: vasilito <adminpupkin@gmail.com>
5-phase hardening to prevent silent file-layer collisions (the D-Bus
regression class):
Phase 1: lint-config-paths.sh + make lint-config in depends.mk
Phase 2: CollisionTracker in installer (content-hash comparison)
Phase 3: installs manifests in recipe.toml + validate-file-ownership.sh
Phase 4: validate-init-services.sh + make validate in disk.mk
Phase 5: documentation (AGENTS.md, BUILD-SYSTEM-HARDENING-PLAN.md)
Both redbear-mini and redbear-full build and validate clean.
66 declared install paths in base, zero conflicts.
Shell: Changed default shell from ion to zsh for all user accounts
in base.toml, redbear-mini.toml, redbear-full.toml, and greeter config.
zsh 5.9 is already ported and builds (ZSH-PORTING-PLAN — fully implemented).
ion is kept as fallback/alternative.
Cookbook: pkgar staging fallback — when a dependency's target pkgar
doesn't exist, fall back to repo/<target>/<pkg>.pkgar. This fixes the
kf6-kitemviews build failure where libwayland's pkgar was missing from
the target directory.
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.
vasilito