Pedigree

h1. Pedigree

Pedigree is a hobby operating system, primarily designed by James Molloy ([[JamesM]]) and Joerg Pfahler ([[Joerg]]) and

primarily implemented by James Molloy ([[JamesM]]), Joerg Pfahler ([[Joerg]]), and Matthew Iselin ([[Matt]]).

The current development team consists of [[Matt]] and Eduard.

The objectives of Pedigree are to develop a solid yet portable operating system from the ground up with an object oriented architecture where possible. The goal is to support multiple different subsystems to allow many different applications to run natively on Pedigree. At the moment a POSIX subsystem exists, with plans for the implementation of a native subsystem. Pedigree also caters for two different driver interfaces: our native, C++, interface, and the C "CDI" interface (Ported from "Tyndur":http://lowlevel.brainsware.org/wiki/index.php/T%C3%BDndur).

The OS currently supports the following architectures in various degrees;

* x86 / ia32

* x64 / x86-64

* MIPS - Little endian, 32-bit, release 1, processors R4000 and later, specifically the Malta and Malta/CoreBonito64? development boards.

* ARM - Version 9, specifically the versatile and integrator boards emulated by qEmu.

* PowerPC - Runs on Apple iBooks, G4 towers etc.

h1. Pages of interest

* How to [[Checkout|check out]] the kernel.

* How to [[Build|build the kernel.]]

* [[MemoryMap|Memory Management]].

* [[POSIX]] support.

* [[Quick_Reference|Quick Reference]] - details some unique features of Pedigree and how to use them.