Red Bear OS
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Phase D of the ACPI fork-sync plan (continuation).
Phase B replaced the `/scheme/kernel.acpi/kstop` filesystem file with
a single Fd-based call() interface. This consumer (redbear-sessiond)
still tried to open the old path and got EBADF, leaving sessiond without
shutdown-watchdog signal emission.
The new implementation:
- Opens `/scheme/kernel.acpi` and uses `openat("kstop", ...)` to
get the kstop sub-handle. The kernel requires the CheckShutdown
kcall to target the sub-handle (HandleBits::KSTOP_HANDLE), not the
parent.
- Uses the new `AcpiVerb::CheckShutdown` (value 2) kcall to poll
the kernel-side shutdown flag every 250ms.
- The poll-based approach was chosen over the event-queue
subscription path (which would require pulling in `redox_event`
and dealing with the `llvm_asm!` macro deprecation). The kernel's
new design supports this polling pattern natively; the wakeup
latency is bounded at 250ms.
Also updates the inner-fork submodule pointers to pick up
the Phase A (kernel re-sync) and Phase C+D (base gap-closing)
commits from local/sources/{kernel,base}.
Files:
- local/recipes/system/redbear-sessiond/source/src/acpi_watcher.rs:
rewrote wait_for_shutdown_edge() to use the new Fd interface.
- local/sources/base: pointer bumped to include Phase C+D gap
fixes (4f2a043 in kernel paired with ae57fe3, d844111, 8140a2c
in base).
- local/sources/kernel: pointer bumped to include the Phase A
ACPI re-sync (RSDP validation, AcpiScheme fevent, new
kcall interface).
Verified by: redbear-mini ISO rebuilt cleanly (2026-06-30 06:28)
and QEMU boot reaches Red Bear login: prompt with redbear-sessiond
working (login1 registered on D-Bus, ACPI shutdown watcher no
longer errors).
Red Bear OS
A microkernel operating system written in Rust, derived from Redox OS
What is Red Bear OS?
Red Bear OS is a general-purpose, Unix-like operating system with a microkernel architecture, written in Rust. It is a full fork of Redox OS, frozen at release 0.1.0, with added hardware support, filesystem drivers, and a KDE Plasma desktop path.
Goals:
- AMD & Intel parity — first-class support for both platforms on bare metal
- KDE Plasma desktop — Wayland-based desktop environment via the KWin compositor
- Hardware GPU acceleration — AMD GPU (amdgpu) and Intel GPU drivers via
redox-drm - Modern subsystems — USB, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, ext4, GRUB, D-Bus
- Offline-first builds — reproducible from archived, BLAKE3-verified sources
Our Git Server
Red Bear OS lives on a self-hosted Gitea instance at https://gitea.redbearos.org. This is the canonical home for the fork — there is no GitHub / GitLab / Codeberg mirror that is authoritative.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Host | https://gitea.redbearos.org |
| User | vasilito |
| Token | (session-only — never stored in repo) |
| Web UI | https://gitea.redbearos.org/vasilito |
| Main repo | https://gitea.redbearos.org/vasilito/RedBear-OS |
Token policy. The
vasilitotoken is a per-session credential and must never be committed to any tracked file. Usegit credential.helper(store / cache / libsecret),~/.netrc, or$REDBEAR_GITEA_TOKENenv var. Seelocal/AGENTS.md§ Our Git Server for the full operator runbook, mirror list, API reference, and recovery procedure.
Quick Start
Prerequisites
Linux x86_64 host with Rust nightly, QEMU, nasm, and standard build tools.
See the Redox Build Guide for full setup.
Build & Run
# Clone (read-only)
git clone https://gitea.redbearos.org/vasilito/RedBear-OS.git
cd RedBear-OS
# Authenticated clone (one-off) — supply token via env var, not literal here
git clone https://vasilito:${REDBEAR_GITEA_TOKEN}@gitea.redbearos.org/vasilito/RedBear-OS.git
# Recommended: use the Red Bear wrapper
./local/scripts/build-redbear.sh redbear-mini # Text-only target
./local/scripts/build-redbear.sh redbear-full # Desktop-capable target
# Boot in QEMU with the resulting image
make qemu
Build script:
local/scripts/build-redbear.shis the canonical entry point. Baremake allworks but bypasses the.configchecking andREDBEAR_ALLOW_PROTECTED_FETCH=1gates thatbuild-redbear.shenforces. SeeAGENTS.md§ Build Commands for full details.
Public Scripts
| Script | Purpose |
|---|---|
local/scripts/build-redbear.sh |
Canonical build wrapper for redbear-mini/full/grub |
scripts/run.sh |
Build and run in QEMU (-b to build, -c <config> for target) |
scripts/build-iso.sh |
Build a live ISO for bare-metal boot |
scripts/build-all-isos.sh |
Build all live ISO targets |
scripts/network-boot.sh |
PXE network boot helper |
scripts/dual-boot.sh |
Dual-boot installation helper |
Config Targets
| Target | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
redbear-full |
Desktop | Wayland + KDE + GPU drivers + D-Bus services |
redbear-mini |
Console | Text-only recovery / install target |
redbear-grub |
Console | Text-only with GRUB boot manager |
Current Status
Red Bear OS boots to a login prompt in QEMU with working wired networking, D-Bus system bus, hardware detection daemons, and filesystem support (RedoxFS, ext4, FAT).
| Area | Status |
|---|---|
| Boot (ACPI/x2APIC/SMP) | ✅ Bare-metal proven |
| Userspace drivers (PCI, storage, net) | ✅ Working in QEMU |
| D-Bus system bus + services | ✅ Working (login1, PolicyKit, UDisks, UPower) |
| ext4 / FAT filesystems | ✅ Compiles, installer-wired |
| POSIX gaps (relibc) | 🚧 Bounded Wayland-facing support |
| DRM/KMS display drivers | 🚧 AMD + Intel compile; HW validation pending |
| Wayland compositor | 🚧 Bounded proof; Qt6/KF6 clients crash at init |
| KDE Plasma desktop | 🔄 In progress (Qt6/KF6 compile; KWin/QML blocked) |
| Wi‑Fi / Bluetooth | 📋 Planned (architected, implementation pending) |
How It Works
Red Bear OS uses a userspace driver model — all drivers run as unprivileged daemons:
Kernel (microkernel)
└── schemes: memory, irq, event, pipe, debug
└── Driver daemons (userspace)
├── pcid → PCI enumeration
├── e1000d → Intel ethernet
├── xhcid → USB controller
└── vesad → Display framebuffer
The kernel provides minimal services (memory, interrupts, IPC). Everything else — filesystems, networking, graphics, input — runs in userspace.
Documentation
- Implementation Plan — roadmap and execution model
- Desktop Path Plan — kernel → DRM → Mesa → Wayland → KDE
- D-Bus Integration — session bus architecture
- USB Plan — USB stack design
- Wi‑Fi Plan — wireless architecture
- Bluetooth Plan — BT stack design
- Documentation Index — full doc map
Contributing
Red Bear OS uses a full fork model. Upstream Redox sources are frozen and archived. All custom work lives in local/:
local/
├── patches/ # Durable changes to upstream source trees
├── recipes/ # Custom packages (drivers, GPU, system)
├── docs/ # Integration and planning docs
└── scripts/ # Build, test, and release tooling
We welcome contributions made with or without AI assistance — we care about quality, not how the code was produced.
License
MIT — same as upstream Redox OS.