saddlycoder / kernel

C++14 x86/x86-64 kernel

HYBROS-Kernel

What is this?

This is C++14 x86/x86-64 kernel to explore new features and bring different ideas together. E.g. I want to integrate a Garbage Collector and checkout if this could even make a kernel more secure. This would also make it possible to write kernel code in modern high level languages like Go or Crystal (BTW: my current favorite) beside what already is possible with Rust.

Another idea is to include Linux as a subkernel plus userspace so existing programs can be run on HYBROS. In a much more far away future Windows may also run under HYBROS sharing its drivers and Windows-specific functionality with Linux and possibly others.

I know that this is a really big project so if you are interested in contributing to it, contact me.

Current features

• 64 bit environment
• Memory managers (physical, virtual and heap)
• C++ std library implementations like string and vector but reinterpreted
• Beginning multhreading support