https://github.com/thepowersgang/rust_os
An OS kernel written in rust. Non POSIX
https://github.com/thepowersgang/rust_os
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An OS kernel written in rust. Non POSIX
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/thepowersgang/rust_os
- Owner: thepowersgang
- License: other
- Created: 2014-09-06T04:36:09.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-06T13:54:00.000Z (9 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-07T04:05:47.794Z (9 days ago)
- Language: Rust
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- Size: 5.74 MB
- Stars: 781
- Watchers: 46
- Forks: 46
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: COPYING
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README
"Tifflin" Experimental Kernel (and eventually Operating System)
=====
This is an experiment in writing an OS Kernel in rust (http://rust-lang.org).
Mostly the architecture is being designed as I go along, but it will be written to be architecture independent (the current version is x86\_64/amd64).
# Testing
With the required dependencies installed, run `make -C rundir ENABLE_VIDEO=1` to do a standard qemu PXE boot with display output enabled.
## Design Features
- Runtime module initialisation with dependencies
- Clear user-kernel separation of duties
- Userland owns the ELF loader, kernel uses a custom format for init.
- Object-based syscall API
- Kernel-provided window manager (yes, I know old windows did this)
## Progress
- Filesystems
- ISO9660
- FAT12/16/32
- Storage
- (P)ATA
- SATA (AHCI)
- ATAPI CDROM
- VirtIO Block
- Input
- PS2 Keyboard/Mouse
- Graphics
- Multiboot only
- GUI Apps
- Login (Credentials are root/password)
- "GUI Shell" (with background!)
- Text Terminal app (with basic set of commands)
- Filesystem viewer
- Architectures
- amd64 (aka x86\_64) - Boots to limit of implementation
- armv7 - Loads userland then crashes
# Dependencies
## Build Dependencies
- `nasm`
- GNU Binutils (cross-compiled)
- GCC (for ACPICA)
## Running
- `qemu-system-amd64` (or other `qemu-system-*` binary)
- `mtools` (for making FAT volumes)
- PXE Boot: `pxelinux` (for doing PXE boots, the default)
- ISO Boot: `grub-mkrescue` (for ISO boots)
- EFI Boot: `OVMF` qemu firmware
- `libguestfs-tools` (for creating generic disk images)