From 342097b7e36f30b91352438d49c614d7e750c1fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nickspiker Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 09:49:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add Nick Spiker org and 1209:4665 ferros --- 1209/4665/index.md | 11 +++++++++++ org/nickspiker/index.md | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 1209/4665/index.md create mode 100644 org/nickspiker/index.md diff --git a/1209/4665/index.md b/1209/4665/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6ee70c11 --- /dev/null +++ b/1209/4665/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +layout: pid +title: ferros +owner: nickspiker +license: Apache-2.0 +site: https://github.com/nickspiker/ferros +source: https://github.com/nickspiker/ferros +--- +ferros is an open-source mobile operating system written from first principles in Rust, built on the Redox microkernel. This PID identifies a USB device running ferros for peer-to-peer connectivity between ferros systems. + +The PID `0x4665` is the ASCII encoding of "Fe" — both the chemical symbol for iron (the etymological root of the project name) and a human-readable identifier visible in USB descriptor hex dumps. diff --git a/org/nickspiker/index.md b/org/nickspiker/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e48dfb4c --- /dev/null +++ b/org/nickspiker/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +--- +layout: org +title: Nick Spiker +site: https://github.com/nickspiker +--- +Independent developer working on ferros, an open-source mobile operating system written from first principles in Rust, and related open hardware projects. From 708a6e0050f314554119a745d041577fa2478c8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nickspiker Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:28:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] 1209:4665 ferros: name the hardware embodiment and USB device stack --- 1209/4665/index.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/1209/4665/index.md b/1209/4665/index.md index 6ee70c11..817cbca5 100644 --- a/1209/4665/index.md +++ b/1209/4665/index.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ license: Apache-2.0 site: https://github.com/nickspiker/ferros source: https://github.com/nickspiker/ferros --- -ferros is an open-source mobile operating system written from first principles in Rust, built on the Redox microkernel. This PID identifies a USB device running ferros for peer-to-peer connectivity between ferros systems. +ferros is an open-source, bare-metal mobile operating system written in Rust. It replaces the stock OS on commercial ARM64 hardware. The current hardware embodiment is a Google Pixel 8 Pro (Tensor G3), booted from the phone's boot partition with no Linux or Android underneath; an Apple M1 MacBook Air (via m1n1) is the second target in bring-up. -The PID `0x4665` is the ASCII encoding of "Fe" — both the chemical symbol for iron (the etymological root of the project name) and a human-readable identifier visible in USB descriptor hex dumps. +ferros brings up the SoC's USB device controller itself: it initialises the Tensor G3 eUSB2 PHY and drives the Synopsys DWC3 core in device mode, builds the descriptors, and services EP0 plus one bulk IN and one bulk OUT endpoint. It enumerates as a vendor-specific device (bDeviceClass 0xFF) for its host tool `ferros-bridge`, which matches on this ID for diagnostics, kernel hot-reload and reboot. The device stack lives in `ferros_hal/src/usb.rs` (DWC3 driver and descriptors, Pixel 8 Pro) and `ferros_hal_m1/src/usb.rs` (M1). Every device running ferros enumerates with this single PID; the protocol carried over the bulk endpoints identifies the device's role. + +The PID `0x4665` is the ASCII encoding of "Fe", the chemical symbol for iron (the etymological root of the project name) and a human-readable identifier in USB descriptor hex dumps.