{"id":59238,"date":"2023-05-28T18:29:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T22:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=ba65ce29c69a99835d0ffa5f1a452f23"},"modified":"2023-05-28T18:29:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T22:29:07","slug":"irix-community-proposes-to-reverse-engineer-the-last-32-bit-irix-kernel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=59238","title":{"rendered":"IRIX community proposes to reverse-engineer the last 32 bit IRIX kernel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: OSNews<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: That is an odd project - while the userland was interesting, Irix's kernel was (AFIK) not particularly special, at least not until later. It has always been Unix-brand-Unix with occasionally some BSD derived extensions before they were folded in. The 5.3 release they're talking about is directly SVR4 derived, and it didn't pick up the interesting in-house scalable MP extensions until 6.4, so the kernel they're working is essentially a MIPS port of SVR4.<\/div>

The IRIX Network, the primary community for SGI and IRIX enthousiasts, has announced a fundraising effort to reverse-engineer the last 32 bit version of the IRIX kernel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IRIX-32, so named for its basis on kernel and APIs of the last 32-bit compatible IRIX (5.3) is a proposed reverse engineering project to be conducted by a team of developers in the US and the EU.<\/p>

Purpose: We will reverse engineer the version 5.3 kernel with future goal of producing a fully open source reference implementation. This is the first major step and the delivery will be documentation and reference material to enable effective emulation and driver development for IRIX.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This is huge. If they can do this, they will save the operating system from an inevitable demise. I’m of course 100% behind this, and the total costs of 8500 dollars – 6500 from the fundraiser, 1000 as a donation from the IRIX Network itself, and 1000 from a few companies still using IRIX – is definitely realistic in the sense that they should be able to meet their goal. It’s not a lot of money, and it’s not meant as fair compensation for the work delivered – the teams of developers involved know this and aren’t asking for such either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thread so far is a great read. They haven’t selected a fundraising platform yet, but I am definitely throwing money their way once they do.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IRIX Network, the primary community for SGI and IRIX enthousiasts, has announced a fundraising …<\/p>\n

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