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Phase R10 audit (2026-06-07) identified that DmiInfo and DmiMatchRule
were missing the bios_vendor and bios_date fields that Linux SMBIOS
Type 0 (BIOS Information) provides. Many DMI-based quirk rules in
Linux drivers/acpi/osi.c, drivers/acpi/ec.c, and drivers/platform/x86/
match on BIOS vendor or BIOS release date for firmware-version
workarounds.
Changes:
- dmi.rs: add bios_vendor: Option<String> and bios_date: Option<String>
to both DmiInfo and DmiMatchRule structs
- dmi.rs: extend is_empty() and matches() to consider the new fields
- dmi.rs: extend parse_dmi_data() to handle bios_vendor and bios_date
keys in /scheme/acpi/dmi text format
- dmi.rs: extend all 8 compiled-in DmiPciQuirkRule literals and 3
DmiInfo test fixtures with the new fields
- toml_loader.rs: extend parse_dmi_match_rule() to parse bios_vendor
and bios_date from [[dmi_system_quirk]] match tables
- toml_loader.rs: extend all 4 DmiInfo test fixtures
- dmi.rs: 5 new unit tests (bios_vendor match, bios_date match,
combined match, parse_dmi_data, is_empty with bios fields)
- toml_loader.rs: 1 new integration test (TOML bios_vendor+date
parse and match, miss, and absent cases)
- QUIRKS-SYSTEM.md: mark Blocker 5 as RESOLVED
Tests: 120/120 pass (was 114, +6 new).
Clippy: +2 warnings (same map_or pattern as existing 7 DMI fields,
follows existing convention; not a new defect).
Source-of-truth: drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c (dmi_decode_table) and
include/linux/mod_devicetable.h (dmi_system_id).
Depends on Blocker 2 (acpid DMI producer at /scheme/acpi/dmi) for
runtime data; the fields are now in place and will activate when
acpid is updated to populate the new keys.
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.