============================================== Genode Labs Newsletter - February / March 2022 ============================================== Content 1. Genode OS Framework 22.02 released 2. Presentation of Genode meeting the PinePhone 1. Genode OS Framework 22.02 released ------------------------------------- End of February, we proudly released Genode version 22.02. Two highlights stand out. First, we completed our transition to a less centralized maintenance structure of Genode's code base, easing the future addition of new hardware platforms by us or by third parties. This change went hand in hand with the introduction of a new generation of device drivers ported from the Linux kernel such as a new USB host-controller driver for PC hardware, or a touchscreen driver for the PinePhone. The second highlight of version 22.02 is the modularization of the Sculpt OS base system. Whereas Sculpt OS used to promote one canonical system image as a basis for shaping the system live on target, the new version also allows for the easy creation of custom Sculpt-based special-purpose appliances. The gained flexibility took even us developers by surprise! Thanks to the new modular approach, we were able to demonstrate a bare-bones version of Sculpt OS on the PinePhone at FOSDEM (see below), or accelerate our development workflow by routinely running Sculpt OS directly on the Linux kernel. Further highlights of the new version is the introduction of 3D acceleration for guest operating systems running in VirtualBox, a new mechanism for packet-level network processing by POSIX applications, and the completion of C and C++ standard library support for RISC-V. Please enjoy the entire picture as presented by the official release documentation: https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/22.02 2. Presentation of Genode meeting the PinePhone ----------------------------------------------- We announced the presentation of our PinePhone-related work at FOSDEM in the previous newsletter. In the meanwhile, the virtual FOSDEM conference took place and the recording of the talk and demo has become available. You can find the video along with the slides at the following website. https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/nfeske/ Thanks to Sebastian Sumpf, Martin Decky, and Josef Söntgen for having organized the microkernel developer room this year, and to all participants who contributed! 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
