Ironclad - an OS kernel in Ada
Ironclad - an OS kernel in Ada
ironclad.nongnu.org
Ironclad
cross-port from: https://programming.dev/post/5377847
Ironclad is a formally verified, hard real-time capable kernel for general-purpose and embedded uses, written in SPARK and Ada. It is comprised of 100% free software, free in the sense that it respects the user's freedom.
Some of the supported features are:
- A familiar POSIX-compatible interface.
- True simultaneous preemptive multitasking.
- Advanced cryptography and a security-centered architecture.
- Mandatory Access Control (MAC).
- Highly configurable, hard real-time scheduling.
- Support for several architectures and boards.
Today (4 Nov 2023) at 14:00 UTC the author will preset it on Ada Monthly Meetup!
Does anyone have scenarios in which you'd use this? Maybe industrial manufacturing or robotics?
Automotive, Aerospace. Everywhere where you need safety qualifiable software (safety as in ISO 26262 or equivalent)
Pretty sure the auto industry avoids safe software
So pretty much where Ada is currently used, no?