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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
Thomas Veerman
9d04c193d2 Import NetBSD xinstall
Also, fix mk files for cross compilation.
2012-06-18 10:54:50 +00:00
Thomas Veerman
0b2db08aec Import NetBSD mktemp 2012-06-18 10:54:48 +00:00
Thomas Veerman
2e2caf5919 Import NetBSD make 2012-06-18 10:54:48 +00:00
Ben Gras
4b999f1962 build shared versions of libraries
building defaults to off until clang is updated.

current clang does not handle -shared, necessary to change the ld
invocation to build shared libraries properly. a new clang should be
installed and MKPIC defaults to no unless the newer clang is detected.

changes:

	. mainly small imports of a Makefile or two and small fixes
	  (turning things back on that were turned off in Makefiles)
	. e.g.: dynamic librefuse now depends on dynamic
	  libpuffs, so libpuffs has to be built dynamically too
	  and a make dependency barrier is needed in lib/Makefile
	. all library objects now have a PIC (for .so) and non-PIC
	  version, so everything is built twice.
	. generate PIC versions of the compat (un-RENAMEd) jump files,
	  include function type annotation in generated assembly
	. build progs with -static by default for now
	. also build ld.elf_so
	. also import NetBSD ldd
2012-04-16 05:21:20 +02:00
Ben Gras
a2d1372680 Import NetBSD usr.bin/login 2012-04-11 20:02:15 +02:00
Ben Gras
8c4cdbd3c5 import genassym and use it for sconst.h in kernel 2012-03-31 15:29:53 +02:00
Antoine Leca
1972ccefae Actually consider the new su(1) 2012-03-30 02:34:45 +02:00
Ben Gras
d65f6f7009 imported code harmonisation
. common/include/arch/i386 is not actually an imported
	  sys/arch/i386/include but leftover Minix files;
	  remove and move to include/
	. move include/ufs to sys/ufs, where it came from, now that
	  we have a sys/ hierarchy
	. move mdocml/ to external/bsd/, now we have that
	. single sys/arch/i386/stand/ import for boot stuff
2012-03-14 16:02:59 +01:00
David van Moolenbroek
4aaa5377b3 Import NetBSD du(1) 2012-03-05 22:32:33 +01:00
Ben Gras
5a645f22a8 gzip boot modules.
. import gzip
2012-02-17 12:32:35 +00:00
Vivek Prakash
79bfef9aab import NetBSD bzip2 and libbz2 2011-11-18 11:11:04 +01:00
Ben Gras
5c00743626 Switch to NetBSD passwd format
Based on work by Vivek Prakash and Gianluca Guida.

See UPDATING about caveats on currently existing accounts.

	. restores netbsd libc pwcache functions
2011-11-14 14:47:42 +00:00
Ben Gras
0c3983b25a update/fix manpage support
. add bsd-style MLINKS to minix man set, restoring aliases
	  (e.g. man add64 -> int64)
	. update daily cron script to run makewhatis and restore makewhatis
	  in man Makefile (makedb), restores functionality of man -k
	. netbsd imports of man, mdocml, makewhatis, libutil, apropos
	. update man.conf with manpage locations, restoring man [-s] <section>
	. throws out some obsolete manpages
2011-09-28 15:24:15 +00:00
Ben Gras
bc0a39238e worldstone benchmark script
. also imports seq(1) to help it
	. add -C option to time(1) to print tsc difference
	. increase col width for ministat for tsc numbers
2011-09-24 14:49:55 +00:00
Arun Thomas
3a69da5f86 usr.bin/Makefile: cosmetic change
-Move mkimage to list of MINIX commands
2011-07-25 11:50:46 +02:00
Ben Gras
51ffecc181 import elf-only -lcurses
. abandons mixer, gomoku, talk, talkd, top from base system
	. compile top with clang so no ack-compiled program
	  needs -lcurses any more
2011-07-25 11:08:17 +02:00
Vivek Prakash
1ea07af9da Replace uniq with NetBSD version 2011-07-24 21:40:02 +02:00
Arun Thomas
06617e7fdf Import NetBSD mkdep 2011-07-22 17:28:27 +02:00
Ben Gras
f789fee254 import netbsd sed
. speeds up mkdep (i.e. world builds) significantly
	. have to keep minix /bin/sed for a while because previous
	  usr/etc/rc depends on it
	. force mkdep to use /usr/bin/sed for speedup
2011-07-20 15:14:48 +02:00
Vivek Prakash
51e66a47d8 import libterminfo, terminfo.db and stat command 2011-07-18 16:17:14 +02:00
Vivek Prakash
49cab1c73c import NetBSD stat 2011-07-18 16:16:57 +02:00
Ben Gras
d83af38877 import ministat utility from freebsd 2011-07-16 17:21:11 +02:00
Vivek Prakash
97c7d358ea Replace indent with NetBSD version
- minix-port.patch is empty as it compiles unchanged
2011-07-05 12:37:57 +02:00
Arun Thomas
ecb1c96fc5 Build libelf and mkimage in world 2011-06-29 09:33:40 +02:00
Arun Thomas
2e8d1eda1b Replace m4 with NetBSD version
-Create usr.bin hierarchy
-Update minix-port.patch to include m4
2011-06-29 09:33:30 +02:00