let drivers allocate memory at 64k physical boundary.

include/minix/syslib.h

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ _PROTOTYPE( int sys_sdevio, (int req, long port, endpoint_t proc_nr,
 _PROTOTYPE(void *alloc_contig, (size_t len, int flags, phys_bytes *phys));
 #define AC_ALIGN4K	0x01
 #define AC_LOWER16M	0x02
+#define AC_ALIGN64K	0x04
 
 /* Clock functionality: get system times or (un)schedule an alarm call. */
 _PROTOTYPE( int sys_times, (endpoint_t proc_nr, clock_t *user_time,

include/sys/mman.h

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define MAP_PREALLOC	0x0008		/* not on-demand */
 #define MAP_CONTIG	0x0010		/* contiguous in physical memory */
 #define MAP_LOWER16M	0x0020		/* physically below 16MB */
+#define MAP_ALIGN64K	0x0040		/* physically aligned at 64kB */
 
 /* mmap() error return */
 #define MAP_FAILED      ((void *)-1)

lib/syslib/alloc_util.c

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ void *alloc_contig(size_t len, int flags, phys_bytes *phys)
 
 	if(flags & AC_LOWER16M)
 		mmapflags |= MAP_LOWER16M;
+	if(flags & AC_ALIGN64K)
+		mmapflags |= MAP_ALIGN64K;
 
 	/* First try to get memory with mmap. This is gauranteed
 	 * to be page-aligned, and we can tell VM it has to be
@@ -44,20 +46,22 @@ void *alloc_contig(size_t len, int flags, phys_bytes *phys)
 	 * so we can page align it ourselves.
 	 */
 	if(buf == (vir_bytes) MAP_FAILED) {
+		u32_t align = 0;
 		if(errno != (_SIGN ENXIO)) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
-#define ALIGN 4096
-		if(flags & AC_ALIGN4K) {
-			if(len + ALIGN < len)
-				return NULL;
-			len += ALIGN;
-		}
+		if(flags & AC_ALIGN4K)
+			align = 4*1024;
+		if(flags & AC_ALIGN64K)
+			align = 64*1024;
+		if(len + align < len)
+			return NULL;
+		len += align;
 		if(!(buf = (vir_bytes) malloc(len))) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		if(flags & AC_ALIGN4K)
-			buf += ALIGN - (buf % ALIGN);
+		if(align)
+			buf += align - (buf % align);
 	}
 
 	/* Get physical address. */

servers/vm/alloc.c

@@ -206,17 +206,19 @@ PUBLIC phys_clicks alloc_mem_f(phys_clicks clicks, u32_t memflags)
  * needed for FORK or EXEC.
  */
   register struct hole *hp, *prev_ptr;
-  phys_clicks old_base;
+  phys_clicks old_base, mem = NO_MEM, align_clicks = 0;
   int s;
 
+  if(memflags & PAF_ALIGN64K) {
+  	align_clicks = (64 * 1024) / CLICK_SIZE;
+	clicks += align_clicks;
+  }
+
   if(vm_paged) {
 	vm_assert(CLICK_SIZE == VM_PAGE_SIZE);
-	return alloc_pages(clicks, memflags);
-  }
-
+	mem = alloc_pages(clicks, memflags);
+  } else {
 CHECKHOLES;
-
-  {
         prev_ptr = NIL_HOLE;
 	hp = hole_head;
 	while (hp != NIL_HOLE) {
@@ -239,15 +241,33 @@ CHECKHOLES;
 
 			/* Return the start address of the acquired block. */
 CHECKHOLES;
-			return(old_base);
+			mem = old_base;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		prev_ptr = hp;
 		hp = hp->h_next;
 	}
   }
+
+  if(mem == NO_MEM)
+  	return mem;
+
 CHECKHOLES;
-  return(NO_MEM);
+
+  if(align_clicks) {
+  	phys_clicks o;
+  	o = mem % align_clicks;
+  	if(o > 0) {
+  		phys_clicks e;
+  		e = align_clicks - o;
+	  	FREE_MEM(mem, e);
+	  	mem += e;
+	}
+  }
+CHECKHOLES;
+
+  return mem;
 }
 
 /*===========================================================================*

servers/vm/mmap.c

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ PUBLIC int do_mmap(message *m)
 	if(m->VMM_FD == -1 || (m->VMM_FLAGS & MAP_ANON)) {
 		int s;
 		vir_bytes v;
+		u32_t vrflags = VR_ANON | VR_WRITABLE;
 		size_t len = (vir_bytes) m->VMM_LEN;
 
 		if(m->VMM_FD != -1) {
@@ -65,13 +66,14 @@ PUBLIC int do_mmap(message *m)
 
 		if(m->VMM_FLAGS & MAP_CONTIG) mfflags |= MF_CONTIG;
 		if(m->VMM_FLAGS & MAP_PREALLOC) mfflags |= MF_PREALLOC;
+		if(m->VMM_FLAGS & MAP_ALIGN64K) vrflags |= VR_PHYS64K;
 
 		if(len % VM_PAGE_SIZE)
 			len += VM_PAGE_SIZE - (len % VM_PAGE_SIZE);
 
 		if(!(vr = map_page_region(vmp,
 			arch_vir2map(vmp, vmp->vm_stacktop), VM_DATATOP, len, MAP_NONE,
-			VR_ANON | VR_WRITABLE, mfflags))) {
+			vrflags, mfflags))) {
 			return ENOMEM;
 		}
 	} else {

servers/vm/region.c

@@ -432,7 +432,10 @@ struct phys_region *physhint;
 	/* Memory for new physical block. */
 	clicks = CLICKSPERPAGE * length / VM_PAGE_SIZE;
 	if(what_mem == MAP_NONE) {
-		if((mem_clicks = ALLOC_MEM(clicks, PAF_CLEAR)) == NO_MEM) {
+		u32_t af = PAF_CLEAR;
+		if(region->flags & VR_PHYS64K)
+			af |= PAF_ALIGN64K;
+		if((mem_clicks = ALLOC_MEM(clicks, af)) == NO_MEM) {
 			SLABFREE(newpb);
 			SLABFREE(newphysr);
 			return ENOMEM;
@@ -499,6 +502,7 @@ struct phys_region *ph;
 	int r;
 	phys_bytes newmem, newmem_cl, clicks;
 	struct phys_block *newpb;
+	u32_t af = 0;
 
 	SANITYCHECK(SCL_FUNCTIONS);
 
@@ -514,7 +518,9 @@ struct phys_region *ph;
 
 	clicks = CLICKSPERPAGE * ph->ph->length / VM_PAGE_SIZE;
 	vm_assert(CLICK2ABS(clicks) == ph->ph->length);
-	if((newmem_cl = ALLOC_MEM(clicks, 0)) == NO_MEM) {
+	if(region->flags & VR_PHYS64K)
+		af |= PAF_ALIGN64K;
+	if((newmem_cl = ALLOC_MEM(clicks, af)) == NO_MEM) {
 		SLABFREE(newpb);
 		return ENOMEM;
 	}

servers/vm/region.h

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct vir_region {
 /* Mapping flags: */
 #define VR_WRITABLE	0x01	/* Process may write here. */
 #define VR_NOPF		0x02	/* May not generate page faults. */
+#define VR_PHYS64K	0x04	/* Physical memory must be 64k aligned. */
 
 /* Mapping type: */
 #define VR_ANON		0x10	/* Memory to be cleared and allocated */

servers/vm/vm.h

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /* Memory flags to pt_allocmap() and alloc_mem(). */
 #define PAF_CLEAR	0x01	/* Clear physical memory. */
 #define PAF_CONTIG	0x02	/* Physically contiguous. */
+#define PAF_ALIGN64K	0x04	/* Aligned to 64k boundary. */
 
 /* special value for v in pt_allocmap */
 #define AM_AUTO         ((u32_t) -1)