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Phase R12 (2026-06-07) — DRM panel orientation quirks.
The data side lands now; consumer wiring in redox-drm is
deferred until compositor rotation lands (Phase 4 KDE).
Changes:
1. DrmPanelOrientation enum (mod.rs:225) with four
values: Normal, RightUp, LeftUp, BottomUp. Sourced
from Linux 7.1 include/drm/drm_panel_orientation.h.
Provides from_name() for TOML parsing and as_str()
for logging.
2. DmiDrmPanelQuirkRule (dmi.rs:517) — DMI match + panel
orientation, mirrors the existing DmiAcpiQuirkRule
shape from R11.
3. DMI_DRM_PANEL_QUIRK_RULES (dmi.rs:531) — empty
compiled-in table; runtime TOML is the data surface
(see 50-drm-panel.toml).
4. load_drm_panel_orientation() (dmi.rs:537) — reads
live SMBIOS via read_dmi_info, applies the
compiled-in + TOML rules, returns the orientation.
Falls back to Normal if DMI data is unavailable or
no rule matches.
5. read_toml_drm_panel_entries + parse_drm_panel_toml
(toml_loader.rs) — new [[drm_panel_quirk]] TOML
table type with sub-table +
string. Unknown orientation names log a warning
and skip the entry.
6. load_drm_panel_orientation (toml_loader) — applies
the first matching TOML rule, returns Normal if
none match.
7. 1 new unit test: phase_r12_drm_panel_orientation_from_name_round_trip
exercises all four orientation values + a bogus
name. 123/123 redox-driver-sys tests pass.
8. quirks.d/50-drm-panel.toml (234 lines) — 36 DMI
entries sourced from Linux 7.1
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel_orientation_quirks.c.
Covers Acer, Anbernic, Asus, AYA NEO (full range
including 2/2S, 2021, AIR, FLIP, Founder, GEEK,
NEXT, KUN, SLIDE), AYN (Loki Max, Loki Zero),
Chuwi, Dynabook, GPD (MicroPC, WIN Max, Pocket 2/3,
WIN2/3/4, WIN Max 2), Lenovo, OneXPlayer, OrangePi,
Samsung Galaxy Book, Valve Jupiter/Galileo
(Steam Deck family), ZOTAC. The data spans
laptop, tablet, and handheld form factors.
cargo test: 123/123 (was 122, +1 for the new test).
cargo check: clean.
cargo clippy: no new warnings in this code.
Consumer wiring is R12.1 (out of scope for this turn):
redox-drm will call load_drm_panel_orientation() at
connector enumeration time and apply the returned
transform once the compositor supports rotation.
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
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
git clone https://gitea.redbearos.org/vasilito/RedBear-OS.git
cd RedBear-OS
# Build and run the desktop target in QEMU
./scripts/run.sh --build
# Build a live ISO for bare metal
./scripts/build-iso.sh redbear-full
# Build the text-only recovery target
./scripts/run.sh --build --config redbear-mini
Repository Hosting
The canonical Red Bear OS Git server is Gitea at
https://gitea.redbearos.org/vasilito/RedBear-OS.git. GitHub is not a Red Bear OS source of
truth and must not be used for pushes, issues, releases, or project coordination.
Public Scripts
| Script | Purpose |
|---|---|
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/
├── sources/ # Red Bear source forks (git repos, directly editable)
├── 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.