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Boot Path
The boot path moves the system from firmware and build tooling into a running kernel with visible early diagnostics.
Introduced in
Touched by
- Core Servers
- Secure Boot
- Shell And Tools
- Hardware Discovery
- Userspace Init Shell
- Ion Shell
- TTY PTY
- User Accounts
- Ext2 Filesystem
- Telnet Server
- Compiler Bootstrap
- Build Tools
- Real Time Clock
- Expanded Coreutils
- Regression Stress Ci
- Rust Cross Compilation
- Ports System
- Doom
- Security Foundation
- Service Model Maturity
- Kernel Completion And Roadmap Alignment
- Headless Hardening
- Deep Serverization
- Post Serverization Kernel Hygiene
Responsibilities
- Build and launch the bootable image.
- Transfer control into the kernel entry point.
- Provide the first reliable diagnostics channel.
The boot path is introduced in Boot Foundation and later touched by 24 phase(s).
Key files
- xtask/src/main.rs — The host-side logic lives in xtask/src/main.rs.
- kernel/src/serial.rs — The serial implementation in kernel/src/serial.rs provides:
- xtask/vendor/ — pre-built binary is not found in xtask/vendor/
- xtask/vendor/ion — xtask/vendor/ion; if absent, build it from source using the musl target. Copy