BareMetal

For other uses, see Bare metal (disambiguation).
BareMetal
Developer Return Infinity
Written in Assembly
Working state Current
Source model Open source
Initial release 2008 (2008)
Latest release 0.6.0 / April 30, 2013 (2013-04-30)
Marketing target HPCs, HTC, Cloud computing
Available in English
Platforms x86-64
Kernel type Exokernel, SASOS
Userland Unknown
Default user interface Command-line
License BSD License[1]
Official website www.returninfinity.com/baremetal.html

BareMetal is an exokernel-based single address space operating system (OS) created by Return Infinity.

It is written in assembly to achieve high-performance computing with minimal footprint[2][3] with a JeOS approach.[4] The operating system is primarily targeted towards virtualized environments for cloud computing, or HPCs due to its design as a lightweight kernel (LWK). It could be used as a unikernel.

It was inspired by another OS written in assembly, MikeOS,[1] and it is a current-day example of an operating system that is not written in C or C++, nor based on Unix-like kernels.[5]

Overview

Hardware requirements[6]

One task per core

Multitasking on BareMetal is unusual for operating systems in this day and age. BareMetal uses an internal work queue that all CPU cores poll. A task added to the work queue will be processed by any available CPU core in the system and will execute until completion, which results in no context switch overhead.[7]

Programming

API

An API is documented[8] but, in line with its philosophy, the OS does not enforce entry points for system calls (e.g.: no call gates or other safety mechanisms).

C

BareMetal OS has a build script to pull the latest code, make the needed changes, and then compile C code using[9] the Newlib C standard library.[10]

C++

A mostly-complete C++11 Standard Library was designed and developed for working in ring 0.[11] The main goal of such library is providing, on a library level, an alternative to hardware memory protection used in classical OSes, with help of carefully designed classes.[12]

Rust

A Rust program demonstration was added to the programs in November 2014, demonstrating the ability to write Rust programs for BareMetal OS.[13]

Networking

TCP/IP stack

A TCP/IP stack was the #1 feature request.[14] A port of lwIP written in C was announced in October 2014.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 Voorsanger, Conrad (June 2, 2011). "Interview With Baremetal OS' Ian Seyler". OSNews. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ Adams, David (July 14, 2010). "BareMetal OS". OSNews. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ Benchoff, Brian (May 27, 2011). "64-bit OS written entirely in assembly". Hack A Day. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ Seyler, Ian. "Return Infinity (home page), The BareMetal advantage". Return Infinity. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ Smith, Jesse (July 19, 2010). "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 363". DistroWatch. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ "BareMetal OS Requirements". Return Infinity (archived copy at Wayback Machine). Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  7. ↑ "BareMetal OS Queue". Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ Seyler, Ian. "API documentation". BareMetal OS GitHub repository. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Seyler, Ian (January 17, 2014). "Newlib build script". BeareMetal OS Google Group. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ Seyler, Ian. "newlib.sh". Build scripts for BareMetal OS and its related utilities, GitHub repository. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ Lodyagin, Sergei (November 17, 2013). "Bare C++ library". BeareMetal OS Google Group. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ Lodyagin, Sergei. "The Bare C++ library". The Bare C++ library GitHub repository. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ Seyler, Ian. "Add Rust example". BareMetal OS GitHub repository. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ Seyler, Ian (August 22, 2013). "TCP/IP". BeareMetal OS Google Group. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  15. ↑ Seyler, Ian (October 31, 2014). "BareMetal and lwIP". BeareMetal OS Google Group. Retrieved February 2, 2015.

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