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Little Kernel. A lightweight operating system for embedded devices and small hardware.

github.com/littlekernel/lk

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Updates

July 2026

[claude] add a CLAUDE.md that just points to AGENTS.md Jul 21
[virtio][9p] switch some goto cleanup logic to a autocall lambda Jul 16
[virtio][9p/gpu] switch uses of plain mutex to autolock Jul 16
[dev][virtio] switch manual spinlock acquire/release to an AutoSpinlock Jul 16
[arch][interrupts] add a RAII wrapper for auto disabling/restoring in… Jul 16
[heap][dlmalloc] fetch newer version of dlmalloc Jul 16
[lib][heap] print which heap implementation is being used on startup Jul 16
[heap][miniheap] format the code according to clang-format Jul 16
[heap][miniheap] extend implementation to more correctly align and re… Jul 16
[miniheap] always return architecturally correct aligned allocations Jul 16
[heap][cmpctmalloc] increase the minimum allocation size to 2*native … Jul 16
[lib][heap] format all of the code under lib/heap Jul 16
[heap][cmpctmalloc] move internal test routines into a separate module Jul 16
[lib][console] Remove redundant NULL checks before free Jul 3
[app][inetsrv] use correct buffer size in tcp_read Jul 2

June 2026

[arch][mips] fix up the mips qemu port Jun 29
[scripts][do-qemuarm] dont add virtio devices for cortex-m3 machine Jun 29
[fs][memfs] fix bug where an extended file doesn't zero gap Jun 29
[lib][uefi] declare a direct dependency on dlmalloc Jun 29
[lk][reg] formatting of header file Jun 27
[minip][pktbuf] return full sized pktbuf phys address on 64bit machines Jun 27
[dev][e1000] add some additional tx and rx queue setup Jun 27
[dev][ahci] move the write memory barrier near an ahci kick Jun 26
[kernel][event] switch the signaled variable to an atomic Jun 26
[lib][uefi] add readable protocol GUID names Jun 24
[lib][uefi] implement missing protocols required by GBL Jun 24
[lib][uefi] implement boot buffer allocations Jun 24
[lib][pool] fix a few memory errors Jun 21
[libc][printf] move shared helper routines into separate files Jun 21
[libc][printf] add a non-float using floating point printf implementa… Jun 21