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A kernel for RISC-V written in Rust. Currently focused on running on QEMU generic riscv64, advice and assistance welcome & encouraged.

Reading list

Beginner tutorial

• Meyer Zinn's RISC-V kernel guide (right now, code is just copied from this - will diverge later)
  • Part 0
  • Part 1

Other reading

• https://osblog.stephenmarz.com/ch1.html
• https://os.phil-opp.com/
• https://github.com/skyzh/core-os-riscv
• https://twilco.github.io/riscv-from-scratch/2019/04/27/riscv-from-scratch-2.html

RISC-V Spec

• Volume I: Unprivileged
• Volume II: Privileged

Videos

• Sarah Jamie Lewis's "Let's Build An OS" series (Note: it can run Doom)
• Dr. Harry Porter's lectures on the xv6 kernel
• LaurieWired's RISC-V Assembly primer

TODO Research and implement

• Basics
  • Processes
  • Virtual address spaces, page tables
  • Files, directories
  • Pipes
  • Multitasking, time-slicing
  • Syscalls
• CPU cache
• User authentication, login
• File protection, permissions
• Mountable file systems
• Paging to disk
• Sockets, network support
• Interprocess communication
• Device drivers
• User applications