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Ben Gras
49d4116100 kernel: keep serial info in system env
. otherwise serial hardware gets reinitialized by tty
2012-07-18 15:16:57 +02:00
Ben Gras
cbcdb838f1 various coverity-inspired fixes
. some strncpy/strcpy to strlcpy conversions
	. new <minix/param.h> to avoid including other minix headers
	  that have colliding definitions with library and commands code,
	  causing parse warnings
	. removed some dead code / assignments
2012-07-16 14:00:56 +02:00
Ben Gras
1d48c0148e segmentless smp fixes
adjust the smp booting procedure for segmentless operation. changes are
mostly due to gdt/idt being dependent on paging, because of the high
location, and paging being on much sooner because of that too.

also smaller fixes: redefine DESC_SIZE, fix kernel makefile variable name
(crosscompiling), some null pointer checks that trap now because of a
sparser pagetable, acpi sanity checking
2012-07-15 22:47:20 +02:00
Ben Gras
50e2064049 No more intel/minix segments.
This commit removes all traces of Minix segments (the text/data/stack
memory map abstraction in the kernel) and significance of Intel segments
(hardware segments like CS, DS that add offsets to all addressing before
page table translation). This ultimately simplifies the memory layout
and addressing and makes the same layout possible on non-Intel
architectures.

There are only two types of addresses in the world now: virtual
and physical; even the kernel and processes have the same virtual
address space. Kernel and user processes can be distinguished at a
glance as processes won't use 0xF0000000 and above.

No static pre-allocated memory sizes exist any more.

Changes to booting:
        . The pre_init.c leaves the kernel and modules exactly as
          they were left by the bootloader in physical memory
        . The kernel starts running using physical addressing,
          loaded at a fixed location given in its linker script by the
          bootloader.  All code and data in this phase are linked to
          this fixed low location.
        . It makes a bootstrap pagetable to map itself to a
          fixed high location (also in linker script) and jumps to
          the high address. All code and data then use this high addressing.
        . All code/data symbols linked at the low addresses is prefixed by
          an objcopy step with __k_unpaged_*, so that that code cannot
          reference highly-linked symbols (which aren't valid yet) or vice
          versa (symbols that aren't valid any more).
        . The two addressing modes are separated in the linker script by
          collecting the unpaged_*.o objects and linking them with low
          addresses, and linking the rest high. Some objects are linked
          twice, once low and once high.
        . The bootstrap phase passes a lot of information (e.g. free memory
          list, physical location of the modules, etc.) using the kinfo
          struct.
        . After this bootstrap the low-linked part is freed.
        . The kernel maps in VM into the bootstrap page table so that VM can
          begin executing. Its first job is to make page tables for all other
          boot processes. So VM runs before RS, and RS gets a fully dynamic,
          VM-managed address space. VM gets its privilege info from RS as usual
          but that happens after RS starts running.
        . Both the kernel loading VM and VM organizing boot processes happen
	  using the libexec logic. This removes the last reason for VM to
	  still know much about exec() and vm/exec.c is gone.

Further Implementation:
        . All segments are based at 0 and have a 4 GB limit.
        . The kernel is mapped in at the top of the virtual address
          space so as not to constrain the user processes.
        . Processes do not use segments from the LDT at all; there are
          no segments in the LDT any more, so no LLDT is needed.
        . The Minix segments T/D/S are gone and so none of the
          user-space or in-kernel copy functions use them. The copy
          functions use a process endpoint of NONE to realize it's
          a physical address, virtual otherwise.
        . The umap call only makes sense to translate a virtual address
          to a physical address now.
        . Segments-related calls like newmap and alloc_segments are gone.
        . All segments-related translation in VM is gone (vir2map etc).
        . Initialization in VM is simpler as no moving around is necessary.
        . VM and all other boot processes can be linked wherever they wish
          and will be mapped in at the right location by the kernel and VM
          respectively.

Other changes:
        . The multiboot code is less special: it does not use mb_print
          for its diagnostics any more but uses printf() as normal, saving
          the output into the diagnostics buffer, only printing to the
          screen using the direct print functions if a panic() occurs.
        . The multiboot code uses the flexible 'free memory map list'
          style to receive the list of free memory if available.
        . The kernel determines the memory layout of the processes to
          a degree: it tells VM where the kernel starts and ends and
          where the kernel wants the top of the process to be. VM then
          uses this entire range, i.e. the stack is right at the top,
          and mmap()ped bits of memory are placed below that downwards,
          and the break grows upwards.

Other Consequences:
        . Every process gets its own page table as address spaces
          can't be separated any more by segments.
        . As all segments are 0-based, there is no distinction between
          virtual and linear addresses, nor between userspace and
          kernel addresses.
        . Less work is done when context switching, leading to a net
          performance increase. (8% faster on my machine for 'make servers'.)
	. The layout and configuration of the GDT makes sysenter and syscall
	  possible.
2012-07-15 22:30:15 +02:00
Ben Gras
cfe1ed4df4 profiling related cleanup
. do not declare any data in <minix/profile.h>
	. addr check no longer necessary
2012-07-15 21:56:55 +02:00
Thomas Veerman
f09c2e014f Use MACHINE_ARCH instead of ARCH 2012-06-18 10:53:35 +00:00
Thomas Veerman
f93afa00e9 Remove MINIXSRCDIR and use NETBSDSRCDIR
NETBSDSRCDIR is used all over the place anyway, and this reduces
our diff with NetBSD a little.
2012-06-18 10:53:35 +00:00
Dirk Vogt
c735b0bb2c Makefile fixups for cross compilation 2012-06-18 10:53:24 +00:00
Dirk Vogt
207e4d2a71 Let the kernel load figure out where to put mods
This patch makes the mkimage tool obsolete
2012-06-18 10:53:22 +00:00
Ben Gras
0fb2f83da9 drop from segments physcopy/vircopy invocations
. sys_vircopy always uses D for both src and dst
	. sys_physcopy uses PHYS_SEG if and only if corresponding
	  endpoint is NONE, so we can derive the mode (PHYS_SEG or D)
	  from the endpoint arg in the kernel, dropping the seg args
	. fields in msg still filled in for backwards compatability,
	  using same NONE-logic in the library
2012-06-18 12:28:40 +00:00
Ben Gras
0e35eb0c6b drop segments from safemap/safeunmap invocations 2012-06-18 12:28:40 +00:00
Ben Gras
2bfeeed885 drop segment from safecopy invocations
. all invocations were S or D, so can safely be dropped
	  to prepare for the segmentless world
	. still assign D to the SCP_SEG field in the message
	  to make previous kernels usable
2012-06-16 16:22:51 +00:00
Ben Gras
769af57274 further libexec generalization
. new mode for sys_memset: include process so memset can be
	  done in physical or virtual address space.
	. add a mode to mmap() that lets a process allocate uninitialized
	  memory.
	. this allows an exec()er (RS, VFS, etc.) to request uninitialized
	  memory from VM and selectively clear the ranges that don't come
	  from a file, leaving no uninitialized memory left for the process
	  to see.
	. use callbacks for clearing the process, clearing memory in the
	  process, and copying into the process; so that the libexec code
	  can be used from rs, vfs, and in the future, kernel (to load vm)
	  and vm (to load boot-time processes)
2012-06-07 15:15:02 +02:00
Ben Gras
040362e379 exec() cleanup, generalization, improvement
. make exec() callers (i.e. vfs and rs) determine the
	  memory layout by explicitly reserving regions using
	  mmap() calls on behalf of the exec()ing process,
	  i.e. handling all of the exec logic, thereby eliminating
	  all special exec() knowledge from VM.
	. the new procedure is: clear the exec()ing process
	  first, then call third-party mmap()s to reserve memory, then
	  copy the executable file section contents in, all using callbacks
	  tailored to the caller's way of starting an executable
	. i.e. no more explicit EXEC_NEWMEM-style calls in PM or VM
	  as with rigid 2-section arguments
	. this naturally allows generalizing exec() by simply loading
	  all ELF sections
	. drop/merge of lots of duplicate exec() code into libexec
	. not copying the code sections to vfs and into the executable
	  again is a measurable performance improvement (about 3.3% faster
	  for 'make' in src/servers/)
2012-06-07 15:15:01 +02:00
Ben Gras
1daf36038c kernel: compact utility functions 2012-06-07 11:25:32 +02:00
Ben Gras
910a0e1093 kernel: make sure mpx.S is linked early
. for qemu multiboot detection
2012-06-01 16:58:00 +02:00
Ben Gras
ad0db93247 no USE_BOOTPARAM 2012-05-31 01:13:27 +02:00
Ben Gras
3803c55856 kernel: neater arch-dependent split in Makefiles
. files in kernel/ references in kernel/Makefile, but
	  in kernel/arch/i386/ in kernel/arch/i386/Makefile.inc
2012-05-31 01:06:19 +02:00
Ben Gras
cfb2d7bca5 retire BIOS_SEG and umap_bios
. readbios call is now a physical copy with range check in
	  the kernel call instead of BIOS_SEG+umap_bios
	. requires all access to physical memory in bios range to go
	  through sys_readbios
	. drivers/dpeth: wasn't using it
	. adjusted printer
2012-05-09 19:03:59 +02:00
Ben Gras
b41df2eb0d kernel: mon_return cleanup
cleanup of boot monitor related code.
2012-04-25 17:59:43 +02:00
Ben Gras
a149be43fc use linker to align fpu state save area 2012-04-19 15:06:47 +02:00
Ben Gras
53002f6f6c recognize and execute dynamically linked executables
. generalize libexec slightly to get some more necessary information
	  from ELF files, e.g. the interpreter
	. execute dynamically linked executables when exec()ed by VFS
	. switch to netbsd variant of elf32.h exclusively, solves some
	  conflicting headers
2012-04-16 00:41:42 +00:00
Ben Gras
927b9ef243 kernel: align gdt and idt base addresses
patch my fdmanana:
As recommended by the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Developer's
Manual Volume 3A, the GDT and IDT base addresses should be aligned on an
8 byte boundary to yield better processor performance.
2012-04-15 20:41:36 +02:00
Ben Gras
8c4cdbd3c5 import genassym and use it for sconst.h in kernel 2012-03-31 15:29:53 +02:00
David van Moolenbroek
fa805ebd1e Kernel/servers/drivers: resolve a few warnings
Flagged by clang 3.1.
2012-03-30 16:55:06 +02:00
Arun Thomas
b0666ba6b6 kernel: Remove unnecessary ACK conditionals 2012-03-29 13:29:09 +02:00
Tomas Hruby
5ab87a6c38 ioapic - missing volatiles
leads to a kernel panic when using clang and SMP

reported by trd <trdempsey.201201@gmail.com>
2012-03-29 00:53:38 -07:00
Ben Gras
1e399dd8bd various kernel printing fixes
. remove some call cycles by low-level functions invoking printf(); e.g.
	  send_sig() gets a return value that the caller should check
	. reason: very-early-phase printf() would trigger a printf() causing
	  infinite recursion -> GPF
	. move serial initialization a little earlier so DEBUG_EXTRA works for
	  serial earlier (e.g. its first instance, for "cstart")
	. closes tracker item 583:
	  System Fails to Complete Startup with Verbose 2 and 3 Boot Parameters,
	  reported by Stephen Hatton / pikpik.
2012-03-28 18:23:12 +02:00
Ben Gras
a5190194a0 build: don't -L/usr/pkg/lib
You might have to update the compiler-rt package! See UPDATING.

	. the purpose of this -L was solely to find compiler-rt, which contains
	  runtime support code for clang-compiled binaries
	. this also makes all other packaged libraries visible, however
	. it is cleaner to isolate the base system from packages, and so
	  compiler-rt puts itself in /usr/pkg/compiler-rt/lib/ too, which the
	  base system henceforth uses exclusively
	. e.g. this solves a link failure when libfetch is installed as a
	  package
	. the new compiler-rt package also puts itself in /usr/pkg/lib for 'old'
	  systems; that is harmless. The benefit of 'new' systems is that the other
	  packages are hidden.
2012-03-27 12:31:30 +02:00
David van Moolenbroek
9cca9d7566 Kernel: arch-related cleanup
- move umap_bios() into arch-specific code
- move proc.p_fpu_state access into arch-specific blocks
2012-03-26 14:19:33 +02:00
Ben Gras
204ae72525 retire _ANSI and <minix/ansi.h> 2012-03-25 21:58:27 +02:00
Ben Gras
7336a67dfe retire PUBLIC, PRIVATE and FORWARD 2012-03-25 21:58:14 +02:00
Ben Gras
6a73e85ad1 retire _PROTOTYPE
. only good for obsolete K&R support
	. also remove a stray ansi.h and the proto cmd
2012-03-25 16:17:10 +02:00
David van Moolenbroek
70abb127cc Add sys_vumap() kernel call
This new call is a vectored version of sys_umap(). It supports batch
lookups, non-contiguous memory, faulting in memory, and basic access
checks.
2012-03-24 19:51:13 +01:00
David van Moolenbroek
2a395dd8b4 Kernel: introduce vm_check_range 2012-03-24 19:51:13 +01:00
David van Moolenbroek
08af3f672b Kernel: replace vm_contiguous with vm_lookup_range 2012-03-24 19:51:12 +01:00
Ben Gras
6af9856d4a libcompat_minix-centric cleanup
remove some old minix-userland-specific stuff

	. /etc/ttytab as a file, and minix-compat function (fftyslot()),
	  replaced by /etc/ttys and new libc functions
	. also remove minix-specific nlist(), cuserid(), fttyslot(), v8 regex
	  functions and <compat/regex.h>
	. and remaining minix-only utilities that use them
	. also unused <compat/pwd.h> and <compat/syslog.h> and
	  redundant <sys/sigcontext.h>
2012-03-16 17:06:24 +01:00
David van Moolenbroek
1512dc5c23 Kernel: do not retry message delivery upon failure 2012-03-05 22:38:04 +01:00
David van Moolenbroek
c8c9565a03 Kernel: only reset/reload FPU state when necessary 2012-03-05 22:32:14 +01:00
David van Moolenbroek
a615a7d4d2 Kernel: retain FPU state upon save
On the x86, saving FPU state has the side effect of resetting this
state. In some cases (fork, getcontext), this would cause the state
to be lost. This patch restores the FPU state right after saving it,
except when different state is loaded immediately after.
2012-03-05 22:32:14 +01:00
David van Moolenbroek
0a8a2ecfb5 Kernel: pass FPU restore exception to user process
Previously, user processes could cause a kernel panic upon FPU state
restore, by passing bogus FPU state to the kernel (through e.g.
sigreturn). With this patch, the process is now sent a SIGFPE signal
instead.
2012-03-05 22:32:14 +01:00
David van Moolenbroek
4b6a98de5f Kernel: adjust FPU state upon process slot swap
This fixes seemingly random FPU exceptions and kernel panics occurring
after a system server restart.
2012-03-05 22:32:14 +01:00
Tomas Hruby
036ce9d4db Revert "SMP - no_apic=0 and acpi=1 set when CONFIG_SMP=y"
This reverts commit c468f4efa5.

Since we use the new boot loader, this hack is no longer necessary.
2012-02-24 10:16:55 +01:00
Arun Thomas
1f0bfa8519 kernel: Update copyright date 2012-02-22 16:36:26 +01:00
Ben Gras
ca47635d0a try multiple reset methods
. fixes reboot-hang under vbox
	. makes experience nicer under vmware
	. taken from netbsd reset code
2012-02-20 23:46:38 +01:00
Arun Thomas
96940bcd57 kernel/utility.c: fix implicit decl warnings 2012-02-17 15:30:03 +01:00
Arun Thomas
ff56906879 Remove obsolete INSTALLFLAGS from makefiles 2012-02-16 23:26:38 +01:00
Antoine Leca
3fb8cb760c More cleaning up 2012-02-15 19:04:58 +00:00
Antoine Leca
f4ffbc6072 Make ELF kernel boot faster 2012-02-14 14:52:15 +01:00
Ben Gras
2fe8fb192f Full switch to clang/ELF. Drop ack. Simplify.
There is important information about booting non-ack images in
docs/UPDATING. ack/aout-format images can't be built any more, and
booting clang/ELF-format ones is a little different. Updating to the
new boot monitor is recommended.

Changes in this commit:

	. drop boot monitor -> allowing dropping ack support
	. facility to copy ELF boot files to /boot so that old boot monitor
	  can still boot fairly easily, see UPDATING
	. no more ack-format libraries -> single-case libraries
	. some cleanup of OBJECT_FMT, COMPILER_TYPE, etc cases
	. drop several ack toolchain commands, but not all support
	  commands (e.g. aal is gone but acksize is not yet).
	. a few libc files moved to netbsd libc dir
	. new /bin/date as minix date used code in libc/
	. test compile fix
	. harmonize includes
	. /usr/lib is no longer special: without ack, /usr/lib plays no
	  kind of special bootstrapping role any more and bootstrapping
	  is done exclusively through packages, so releases depend even
	  less on the state of the machine making them now.
	. rename nbsd_lib* to lib*
	. reduce mtree
2012-02-14 14:52:02 +01:00