We already have kernel address sanitizer (KASAN) in Mimiker under MIPS Malta platform (PR #1040). This PR adds AArch 64 Raspberry Pi support. Great!
As a result of bugged kernel, parts of …
read morelibterminfo from NetBSD (JPiec)terminfo is a user-mode low-level library that exhibits terminal capabilities to libraries like curses. With those you may change terminal modes, move cursor, write to terminal in color and even define textual windows. Inclusion of terminfo will greatly improve Mimiker’s user interface. We …
Good news everyone. Mimiker weekly progress reports are back!
Do we really need to keep kernel page table for all pages in the virtual address space? No. In order to conserve precious RAM, we should boot up with very small page table and be able …
read moreGood news! Thanks to JUrb contributions we can create, delete and list
directories on tmpfs filesystem! We’ve got some contributions from students
who do not participate in the course officially :)
setpgid, kill, killpg) (by AChud)Some simple functional tests for syscalls related to process …
read moreGood news everyone, reporting progress in Mimiker development!
The kernel needs to keep track of allocated memory regions, both for physical and virtual memory. Regions of physical memory are handled by physmem subsystem of Mimiker (using classy buddy algorithm btw), while …
read moreWell, not quite, but let us introduce some context first. For the time being the only platform supported by Mimiker is MIPS 24KEc 32-bit processor on Malta board. The address space of 4GiB is split into two haves: useg for user programs and ksegX …
read moreGood news everyone, we start posting weekly updates on Mimiker kernel development. Read below what our team has coded recently!
As NetBSD manpage says
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ioctl()function manipulates the underlying device parameters of special files. In particular, many operating characteristics of character special files (e.g. terminals) may …