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Quick Guide to the OS Source#

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Gimme! I want all the source now! #

Incant: svn checkout --username <userid> http://community.qnx.com/svn/repos/coreos_pub

For the details of what that means, read:

• Downloading the Neutrino OS/Kernel Source

You may also want to read:

• Build the OS Source
• Using What You Built

Where is just the OS Source?#

• Kernel and Process Manager /services/system
• All OS components (libraries, services and utilities): /trunk

Where are the good bits?#

The operating system (remember, by "operating system" we mean kernel and procnto) is comprised of the following pieces, each described on its own page:

Kernel#

Guide	Code
The Kernel Source Guide	/services/system/ker

Proc (aka the Process Manager and occasionally procnto)#

This provides the "process management" aspects of the system, including virtual memory and pathname management. It is the special process #1 multi-threaded server and is OS comprised of:

Guide	Code
The memory Manager	/services/system/memmgr
The Path Manager	/services/system/pathmgr
The Process Manager	/services/system/procmgr and /services/system/proc

Public headers for both the kernel and the are stored in /services/system/public.

The C Library (aka the clib or the glue)#

Guide	Source
Anatomy of the C Library	lib/c

Other links to source#

• Browse the full source tree
• svn checkout command: svn checkout --username <userid> http://community.qnx.com/svn/repos/coreos_pub
• List of source modules by license