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Ben Gras bdab3c4cfb Library call for cpu features; make kernel and vm use this to query cpu
features (specifically: 4MB pages and TLB global bit).  Only enable
these features in CR4 if available. 4MB pages to be used in the near
future.
2009-05-15 17:07:36 +00:00
Ben Gras e3ca89c0be more sanity checking. sanity checking disabled by default.
give every process a full pagetable by default now.

first step to disabling kernel page table code (processes
might not have page tables -> no address translation).
2009-05-12 11:35:01 +00:00
Ben Gras bb23344283 spurious debug 2009-04-27 16:11:38 +00:00
Ben Gras ef8a741301 set global flag for kernel pages, so tlb entries for kernel aren't thrown
away on cr3 reload. minor optimization.
2009-04-23 15:11:16 +00:00
Ben Gras f0000078c3 make kernel leave a page-sized gap in its code and data to not be
mapped in if so configured.
2008-12-18 14:30:55 +00:00
Ben Gras c078ec0331 Basic VM and other minor improvements.
Not complete, probably not fully debugged or optimized.
2008-11-19 12:26:10 +00:00
Ben Gras 6f77685609 Split of architecture-dependent and -independent functions for i386,
mainly in the kernel and headers. This split based on work by
Ingmar Alting <iaalting@cs.vu.nl> done for his Minix PowerPC architecture
port.

 . kernel does not program the interrupt controller directly, do any
   other architecture-dependent operations, or contain assembly any more,
   but uses architecture-dependent functions in arch/$(ARCH)/.
 . architecture-dependent constants and types defined in arch/$(ARCH)/include.
 . <ibm/portio.h> moved to <minix/portio.h>, as they have become, for now,
   architecture-independent functions.
 . int86, sdevio, readbios, and iopenable are now i386-specific kernel calls
   and live in arch/i386/do_* now.
 . i386 arch now supports even less 86 code; e.g. mpx86.s and klib86.s have
   gone, and 'machine.protected' is gone (and always taken to be 1 in i386).
   If 86 support is to return, it should be a new architecture.
 . prototypes for the architecture-dependent functions defined in
   kernel/arch/$(ARCH)/*.c but used in kernel/ are in kernel/proto.h
 . /etc/make.conf included in makefiles and shell scripts that need to
   know the building architecture; it defines ARCH=<arch>, currently only
   i386.
 . some basic per-architecture build support outside of the kernel (lib)
 . in clock.c, only dequeue a process if it was ready
 . fixes for new include files

files deleted:
 . mpx/klib.s - only for choosing between mpx/klib86 and -386
 . klib86.s - only for 86

i386-specific files files moved (or arch-dependent stuff moved) to arch/i386/:
 . mpx386.s (entry point)
 . klib386.s
 . sconst.h
 . exception.c
 . protect.c
 . protect.h
 . i8269.c
2006-12-22 15:22:27 +00:00