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hubris
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Framework won't be just a laptop company anymore
> The CPUs in Oxide racks are AMD, so, presumably AMD-based compute rather than ARM.
These don’t run Hubris though; based on the chips directory in the repo [0], they’re targeting a mix of NXP and ST parts, which are Arm, and the user isn’t likely to see them or care what firmware they’re running: they’re really pretty “boring”.
[0] : https://github.com/oxidecomputer/hubris/tree/020d014880382d8...
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Who killed the network switch? A Hubris Bug Story
I wouldn't put this comment here. It's not just some detail of this function; it's an invariant of the field that all writers have to respect (maybe this is the only one now but still) and all readers can take advantage of. So I'd add it to the `TaskDesc::regions` docstring. [1]
[1] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/hubris/commit/b44e677fb39cd...
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Oxide: The Cloud Computer
With respect to Hubris, the build badge was, in turns out, pointing to a stale workflow. (That is, the build was succeeding, but the build badge was busted.) This comment has been immortalized in the fix.[0]
With respect to Humility, I am going to resist the temptation of pointing out why one of those directories has a different nomenclature with respect to its delimiter -- and just leave it at this: if you really want to find some filthy code in Humility, you can do much, much better than that!
[0] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/hubris/commit/651a9546b20ce...
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Barracuda Urges Replacing – Not Patching – Its Email Security Gateways
A lot of questions in there! Taking these in order:
1. We aren't making standalone servers: the Oxide compute sled comes in the Oxide rack. So are not (and do not intend to be) a drop in replacement for extant rack mounted servers.
2. We have taken a fundamentally different approach to firmware, with a true root of trust that can attest to the service processor -- which can turn attest to the system software. This prompts a lot of questions (e.g., who attests to the root of trust?), and there is a LOT to say about this; look for us to talk a lot more about this
3. In stark contrast (sadly) to nearly everyone else in the server space, the firmware we are developing is entirely open source. More details on that can be found in Cliff Biffle's 2021 OSFC talk and the Hubris and Humility repos.[0][1][2]
4. Definitely not vaporware! We are in the process of shipping to our first customers; you can follow our progress in our Oxide and Friends podcast.[3]
[0] https://www.osfc.io/2021/talks/on-hubris-and-humility-develo...
[1] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/hubris
[2] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/humility
[3] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/
- Do you use Rust in your professional career?
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Spotting and Avoiding Heap Fragmentation in Rust Applications
everywhere, for example in https://github.com/oxidecomputer/hubris/search?q=dyn
Is Box really allocating here? Is the "Rust By Example" text incomplete?
Then I had to stop learning Rust for other reasons, but this doubt really hit me at the time.
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What's the coolest thing you've done with Neovim?
I work on an embedded OS in Rust (Hubris) that has a very bespoke build system. As part of the build system, it has to set environmental variables based on (1) the target device and (2) the specific "task"; this is an OS with task-level isolation, so tasks are compiled as individual Rust crates.
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TCG TPM2.0 implementations vulnerable to memory corruption
Oxide Computer told some storied about the difficulty of bring up of a new motherboard, and mentioned a lot of gotcha details and hack solutions for managing their AMD chip.
They talked about their bring up sequence, boot chain verification on their motherboard, and designing / creating / verifying their hardware root of trust.
I heard mention of this on a podcast recently, trying to find the reference.
I'm pretty sure it was [S3]
- "Tales from the Bringup Lab" https://lnns.co/FBf5oLpyHK3
- or "More Tales from the Bringup Lab" https://lnns.co/LQur_ToJX9m
But I found again these interesting things worth sharing on that search. https://oxide.computer/blog/hubris-and-humility, https://github.com/oxidecomputer/hubris
Search 1 [S1], Trammell Hudson ep mentioning firmware (chromebook related iirc) https://lnns.co/pystdPm0QvG.
Search 2 [S2], Security, Cryptography, Whatever podcast episode mentioning Oxide and roots of trust or similar. https://lnns.co/VnyTvdhBiGC
Search links:
[S1]: https://www.listennotes.com/search/?q=oxide+tpm
[S2]: https://www.listennotes.com/search/?q=oxide%20and%20friends%...
[S3]: https://www.listennotes.com/search/?q=oxide%20and%20friends%...
- Well-documented Embedded dev board for video, ethernet, usb, file IO, etc
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OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic
When we started the company, we knew it would be a three year build -- and indeed, our first product is in the final stages of development (i.e. EMC/safety certification). We have been very transparent about our progress along the way[0][1][2][3][4][5][6][7] -- and our software is essentially all open source, so you can follow along there as well.[8][9][10]
If you are asking "does anyone want a rack-scale computer?" the (short) answer is: yes, they do. The on-prem market has been woefully underserved -- and there are plenty of folks who are sick of Dell/HPE/VMware/Cisco, to say nothing of those who are public cloud borne and wondering if they should perhaps own some of their own compute rather than rent it all.
[0] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/holistic-bo...
[1] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/the-oxide-s...
[2] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/bringup-lab...
[3] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/more-tales-...
[4] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/another-lpc...
[5] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/the-pragmat...
[6] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/tales-from-...
[7] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/the-sidecar...
[8] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron
[9] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/propolis
[10] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/hubris
gccrs
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FreeBSD evaluating Rust's adoption into base system
There is a Rust front-end for GCC that is under active development [1]. If the chip vendors are not willing to develop and upstream a LLVM back-end then they can feel free to start contributing to it.
[1] https://rust-gcc.github.io/
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Why do lifetimes need to be leaky?
That's why gccrs doesn't even consider lifetime checking a part of the language (they plan to use Polonius, too).
- Rust-GCC: GCC Front-End for Rust
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How hard would it be to port the Rust toolchain to a new non-POSIX OS written in Rust and get it to host its own development? What would that process entail?
There's ongoing work on a Rust front-end for GCC (https://github.com/Rust-GCC/gccrs). Bit barebones right now -- ie, even core doesn't compile -- but there's funding, demand, and regular progress, so it'll only get better from there. Once gccrs can compile core, it should be ready to compile most of Rust, and thus if you've taught the calling conventions for C to GCC, you're golden.
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How hard is it to write a front end for a more complex language like Rust or Kotlin?
I recommend checking out the GCC Rust frontend project.
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Rust contributions for Linux 6.4 are finally merged upstream!
That is what theyre refering to, yes. The GitHub is named https://github.com/Rust-GCC/gccrs
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GCC 13 and the State of Gccrs
- But this misses so much extra context information
3. Macro invocations there are really subtle rules on how you treat macro invocations such as this which is not documented at all https://github.com/Rust-GCC/gccrs/blob/master/gcc/rust/expan...
Some day I personally want to write a blog post about how complicated and under spec'd Rust is, then write one about the stuff i do like it such as iterators being part of libcore so i don't need reactive extensions.
- Break rust Easter Egg Merged Into gccrs
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Any alternate Rust compilers?
(Speaking of which, Rust-GCC (or gcc-rs or gccrs or whichever other of their names they decide is the primary one) isn't even going to be a complete C++ implementation. Their plan is to implement enough to compile Polonius (the NLL 2.0 borrow checker being developed in Rust for rustc) and then share that since borrow-checking isn't necessary for codegen... only to identify and reject invalid programs... making the C++ portion of it not that different in scope from mrustc.)
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Which programming languages, if all legacy code written in them was ported to a more modern language, would become extinct?
That bridge will be crossed with gccrs (compiling Rust with gcc directly, coming next month with GCC 13) and rust_codegen_gcc (rustc frontend, GCC backend, works now but just doesn’t yet have an “easy” setup)
What are some alternatives?
tock - A secure embedded operating system for microcontrollers
gcc-rust - a (WIP) Rust frontend for gcc / a gcc backend for rustc
esp32 - Peripheral access crate for the ESP32
rustc_codegen_gcc - libgccjit AOT codegen for rustc
meta-raspberrypi - Yocto/OE BSP layer for the Raspberry Pi boards
rustc_codegen_gcc - libgccjit AOT codegen for rustc
esp32-hal - A hardware abstraction layer for the esp32 written in Rust.
mold - Mold: A Modern Linker 🦠
l4v - seL4 specification and proofs
rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
ferros - A Rust-based userland which also adds compile-time assurances to seL4 development.
Rust-for-Linux - Adding support for the Rust language to the Linux kernel.