Compiling the kernel

Note

This repository contains only the kernel and drivers. If you want to get a bootable image, you might want to check out Bootstrap instead.

Cloning the repository

Menix has external submodules as dependencies, to initialize them either run:

git clone https://github.com/menix-os/menix --recurse-submodules

or if you’ve already cloned the repository:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Building the kernel

To build the kernel you will need:

• cargo
• rustc
• clang (Used for bindgen)
• lld

Make sure you have a full nightly toolchain installed, including the rust-src component.

The following commmand will build the kernel and all drivers for x86_64:

cargo +nightly build --release --target toolchain/x86_64-kernel.json