[nx]

The sixth rewrite of what never was, OrionOS. x86_64 kernel.

Current Features

• EFI loader (efxloader) and BIOS loader (bfxloader, running on top of BOOTBOOT)
• Higher-half 64-bit kernel
• tarfs initrd, basic VFS
• Some level of userspace, with basic asynchronous (polling + signalling) IPC

Trying out [nx]

Required Software

• C++ compiler (that targets your own platform)
• pv, mtools, parted, fdisk, mkfs.vfat (typically packaged as dosfstools), unzip
• On OS X, use Homebrew to install gptfdisk (the included fdisk only works for MBR disks, which is so 1990s)
• A Unix system -- OS X and Linux will work, Windows Subsystem for Linux will work as well. Unlikely to work on things like mingw/cygwin.
• About 150 MB of free space.

Building the toolchain

• Run the ./bootstrap.sh script
• Everything will be done automatically

Building the kernel

• Once the bootstrap script is done, you should be able to run 'make' in the root directory and have it run, using QEMU.
• It currently does nothing spectacular. Possible epilepsy warning.

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License

The licenses for the various components of [nx] can be found in LICENSE.md, including those of libraries and external dependencies.