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Bringing SerenityOS to real hardware, one driver at a time

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309 points LorenDB | 1 comments | 08 Jan 25 16:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Santosh83 ◴[08 Jan 25 18:46 UTC] No.42637177[source]▶
Read somewhere that it is relatively easy to adapt NetBSD's drivers into a custom kernel... maybe Serenity folks can go that way? Device drivers are huge obstacle for any fledgling OS.
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mysterydip ◴[08 Jan 25 19:18 UTC] No.42637487[source]▶
> Device drivers are a huge obstacle for any fledgling OS.

I've wondered if new/hobby OSes would fare better by starting out targeting a popular single board computer like a raspberry pi? A mostly fixed set of hardware to make/get drivers for and test your system on.

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1. mardifoufs ◴[08 Jan 25 22:50 UTC] No.42639368[source]▶
Probably not the raspberry pi as it is one of the less conventional SBC in terms of booting and while its hardware is more documented than ever, it's still a less documented Broadcom custom chip.