========================================= Genode Labs Newsletter - April / May 2019 ========================================= Content 1. Genode OS Framework 19.05 released 2. Meet us at TU Dresden's Output exhibition 3. Hack'n'Hike in review 1. Genode OS Framework 19.05 released ------------------------------------- With the second Genode release this year, we are focussing on the framework's platform support at various levels. In particular, the added support for the 64-bit ARM architecture (AARCH64) paves the ground for running Genode on modern ARM-based platforms. This step involved a profound update of Genode's infrastructure, including the tool chain, the dynamic linker, and the C runtime. These changes are accompanied with improved tooling to keep the diversity of kernels, CPU architectures, and boards easily manageable. The flagship feature of Genode 19.05 is without any doubt our long-term effort to unify the implementation of virtual machines on top of the various kernels supported by the framework. One year ago, we still regarded virtual machine monitors as inherently tied to a particular kernel interface. With Genode 19.05, we ultimately have become able to run the same virtual machine monitor on kernels as different as NOVA, seL4, and Fiasco.OC - with no recompilation needed! Further highlights of the new version are new options for user- level networking, the ability to run the Spring application framework and the Tomcat web server with our port of OpenJDK, and improved network drivers for Zynq and Intel hardware. These and many more topics are covered in great detail here: https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/19.05 2. Meet us at TU Dresden's Output exhibition -------------------------------------------- The university of Dresden celebrates the 50th anniversary of its faculty for computer science this year: 20th of June 2019 Fakultät Informatik der TU Dresden https://output-dd.de Since Genode Labs is located in Dresden and most members of our team studied at this department, we join the celebration in the form of a joint booth with the company Cyberus Technologies. Both companies are maintaining the NOVA kernel as a concerted effort. Hence, at the booth, you will see different uses of the NOVA kernel, ranging from Cyberus' security analysis tools to Genode's Sculpt OS. 3. Hack'n'Hike in review ------------------------ Once a year, we Genode developers gather together with members from our community at a remote place for joint hiking and hacking activities. This year, the event took place at the beginning of May nearby Königstein in the beautiful Saxon Switzerland. The participants came from many different countries - Switzerland, Slovakia, Poland, Netherlands, USA, and Germany - and equally versatile were their hacking projects. While some were working at the seamless integration of virtual machines or porting the Hatari emulator, others were dealing with network support on RaspberryPi 3 or ARM 64-bit support in the base-hw kernel. Further topics were the porting of Qemu, updating RISC-V support, the exec channel of SSH, and polishing our package-management tools. Besides the hacking, we enjoyed a lively exchange of ideas and experiences, and had two beautiful hikes to the fortress of Königstein and the Gamrig rock near Rathen. A few reflections of Hack'n'Hike activities can be found in the Genodians blog: https://genodians.org/nfeske/2019-05-16-resurrecting-escpaint https://genodians.org/m-stein/2019-05-21-depot-missing-ports The Hack'n'Hike was certainly the highlight of the year for our community. We can't wait for the next one! Should you be interested in joining the next time, keep an eye on the following issue: https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/issues/3349 About the newsletter -------------------- If you have friends or colleagues who might be interested in our projects, we would appreciate you to forward this email. If you received this newsletter as a forwarded email, you may subscribe to the newsletter here: https://genode-labs.com/newsletter In the case of receiving this newsletter unintended, you can cancel your subscription at any time by replying to this email with the subject set to "unsubscribe". Best regards -- Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske Genode Labs https://www.genode-labs.com/ · https://genode.org/ https://twitter.com/GenodeLabs · /ˈdʒiː.nəʊd/ Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth
