1c851a3627bf41c048b4d067b2474c8aee0edd2b
The GCC driver relocates its install prefix from argv[0]. crt1 hardcoded argv[0] as "prog", so make_relative_prefix cwd-joined it and computed exec prefixes relative to the current directory (0:/users/admin/../libexec/gcc/...), and because the computed gcc_exec_prefix is non-NULL the standard /sdk prefixes were never searched. cc1plus was unreachable from anywhere except (by accident of the path arithmetic) 0:/sdk/bin. sdk-diag proved the kernel and libc layers all worked; only the driver's self-relocation was lost. New SYS_GETEXECPATH (151) returns the absolute path the process was spawned from (Process::name); crt1 uses it for argv[0] with a "prog" fallback. With a real argv[0], make_relative_prefix computes 0:/sdk/bin/../libexec/gcc/ from any cwd. Native GCC relinked against the new crt1; sdk-diag ships in the SDK as a permanent probe; the montauk.h TCC mirror gains the wrapper (checker enforced it). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
doomgeneric
@ fc60163949
The Montauk Operating System
MontaukOS is an operating system written in modern C++. It runs on bare metal and supports various applications, including DOOM, a Wikipedia client, and standard desktop utilities.
Features
- Modern preemptive multitasking kernel
- Multi-user userspace with desktop environment and command line
- PCI-e support and drivers for Intel GPU and e100e Ethernet for graphics and networking on real hardware
- ACPI support with AML interpreter, including S3 sleep and ACPI shutdown
- Support for USB including input devices (keyboard/mouse), along with PS/2 input support
- Support for Intel High Definition (HDA) audio devices
- Userspace and kernel audio support
- Support for (some) Intel Bluetooth devices, userspace Bluetooth management app
- Support for the GPT partition table
- VFS using numbered drive identifiers with support for ext2 and FAT32 filesystems
- Support for AHCI and NVMe SSD drives
- Support for UEFI Runtime Services, including power management calls (shutdown/reboot)
- Customizable desktop environment with 12+ graphical apps, including a terminal emulator, file manager, Wikipedia client, weather app, DOOM, and more
- Modern icon pack (Flat Remix) used in desktop environment
- Support for TrueType font, JPEG image, and SVG icon rendering
- Networking including TCP/IP stack, UDP, DNS, DHCP and TLS via BearSSL
- Command-line IRC client
- Live viewable kernel log from GUI
- Mandelbrot set renderer
- PDF viewer app with full support for text (inc. baked-in TrueType fonts) and some graphics
- Userspace Music app with support for MP3 and WAV files
- 2D game engine and demo game with fantasy tileset
Goal
The goal of the MontaukOS project is to create a modern and unique operating system that runs on both emulators and on real hardware. The kernel and included userspace applications are written in modern C++.
History and methodology
Development started in early 2025, as a hand-written toy kernel. The first published Git commit was on Feb 27, 2025. In early 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 began being used to accelerate development of the kernel and userspace.
Languages
C++
53.9%
C
41.6%
HTML
2.3%
Makefile
0.8%
Roff
0.6%
Other
0.7%
