JOSTALY TECHNOLOGIES
John SETH Thielemann
sthielemann@jostaly.com
+1-223-231-3511
(1767008938 UNIX 362) Mon Dec 29 11:48:58 2025

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	* Resolve more annoyance issues including an interesting race condition on
		multi-processor ARM build: allocation localized to CPU prior to MMU
		being properly setup on all CPUs for synchronization caught by
		integrity checks.
	* Minor utility touch ups, and the addition of a few more: remaining
		coreutils to complete: sort, tr, and (maybe) xargs.
	* Create "clean room" build environment using Jostaly Standard C and
		utilities for linux platform. Currently building our software,
		development kernels, various open source software packages (full libc
		replacement), and initramfs images. A few outside dependencies
		currently out of scope (except for build / potential build): perl,
		flex, bison (see article), openssl, make, m4, sed, and various
		compression tools.
	* Almost all EFI as a meta architecture unit tests passing: no red zone,
		shadow storage alloc on calls, with some additional code to be written
		for exception/irq entry/exit.
	* Update public keys URL with new FIDO key, signed with soon-to-be-expired
		FIDO. Next article will have a replacement.
	* Start implementing FIPS algorithms.
	* Initial in house hashing algorithm.
	* Start initial framework for low-level FS interpretation / utilities.

	Completed 39/129 checkboxes, 139 files changed, 5868 insertions(+), 827 deletions(-)

1 A "Year-in-Review")

		ARM MMU support complete for synchronization outside of single
	localized instruction level CPU. Rework testing core for better driver and
	system call harnesses. Redundant independent integrity checks for defect
	detection in various critical code paths.
		Implement most coreutil replacements and various utilities/compilation
	units for calculations, fractals, power series, transcendentals, VT
	graphics, and termios. Basic shell that still needs some more features;
	start language work.
		Large sections of Standard C/Math completed (full replacement support
	for a number of packages). Floating Point & Single Instruction Multiple
	Data support: SSE (x86-64), VFP (ARM), and generalized IEEE754 FP emulation
	support for easy compile-time disable. Add interesting experimental code
	for bolstering Standard C front-end for testing and security.
		Initial crypto algorithms work: standard PRNGs with an in-house
	PRNG implementation. Start implementations of FIPS algorithms, and other
	original in-house algorithms and utilities. Information theory has been a
	long time interest, potential white papers.
		Toolchain updates, automated build/testing for statistical data
	collection, and C++26 standard language update. Significant performance
	gains across the board in regards to build and runtime.
		Introduction of EFI as a meta architecture with a few unit testing
	types remaining to pass for complete support (and next stages). Built an
	initial initramfs demo for linux x86-64 platform (currently in experimental
	use, shooting for ARM support/use near term), to be released in binary form
	in the near future as an initramfs or as temporary replacement of existing
	standards.

	2114 files changed, 133469 insertions(+), 27118 deletions(-)