A pointer to the client context is placed in the mt_client_context_ptr area.
It is used to pass the current client context to the lowlevel mode-switching
assembly code.
IA-32e paging translates 48-bit linear addresses to 52-bit physical
addresses. Translation structures are hierarchical and four levels deep.
The current implementation supports regular 4KB and 1 GB and 2 MB large
page mappings.
Memory typing is not yet implemented since the encoded type bits depend
on the active page attribute table (PAT)*.
For detailed information refer to Intel SDM Vol. 3A, section 4.5.
* The default PAT after power up does not allow the encoding of the
write-combining memory type, see Intel SDM Vol. 3A, section 11.12.4.
* Add common IA-32e paging descriptor type:
The type represents a table entry and encompasses all fields shared by
paging structure entries of all four levels (PML4, PDPT, PD and PT).
* Simplify PT entry type by using common descriptor:
Differing fields are the physical address, the global flag and the memory
type flags.
* Simplify directory entry type by using common descriptor:
Page directory entries (PDPT and PD) have an additional 'page size' field
that specifies if the entry references a next level paging structure or
represents a large page mapping.
* Simplify PML4 entry type by using common descriptor
Top-level paging structure entries (PML4) do not have a 'pat' flag and the
memory type is specified by the 'pwt' and 'pcd' fields only.
* Implement access right merging for directory paging entries
The access rights for translations are determined by the U/S, R/W and XD
flags. Paging structure entries that reference other tables must provide
the superset of rights required for all entries of the referenced table.
Thus merge access rights of new mappings into existing directory entries to
grant additional rights if needed.
* Add cr3 register definition:
The control register 3 is used to set the current page-directory base
register.
* Add cr3 variable to x86_64 Cpu Context
The variable designates the address of the top-level paging structure.
* Return current cr3 value as translation table base
* Set context cr3 value on translation table assignment
* Implement switch to virtual mode in kernel
Activate translation table in init_virt_kernel function by updating the
cr3 register.
* Ignore accessed and dirty flags when comparing existing table entries
These flags can be set by the MMU and must be disregarded.
* Add isr.s assembler file:
The file declares an array of Interrupt Service Routines (ISR) to handle
the exception vectors from 0 to 19, see Intel SDM Vol. 3A, section
6.3.1.
* Add Idt class:
* The class Genode::Idt represents an Interrupt Descriptor Table as
specified by Intel SDM Vol. 3A, section 6.10.
* The setup function initializes the IDT with 20 entries using the ISR
array defined in the isr.s assembly file.
* Setup and load IDT in Genode::Cpu ctor:
The Idt::setup function is only executed once on the BSP.
* Declare ISRs for interrupts 20-255
* Set IDT size to 256
The boot modules assembled by the generated boot_modules.s file is
accessed from core using struct Bm_header. Unfortunately the assembler
.long directive is synonym to .int [1] and thus has the same size as the
C++ int type and *not* long. Use the matching assembly type .quad in
boot_modules.s when generating the file for 64-bit platforms such as
x86_64.
[1] - https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/as/Long.html
This patch contains the initial code needed to build and bootstrap the
base-hw kernel on x86 64-bit platforms. It gets stuck earlier
because the binary contains 64-bit instructions, but it is started in
32-bit mode. The initial setup of page tables and switch to long mode is
still missing from the crt0 code.
On each execution the output buffer is overriden when run_genode_until
is executed multiple times. Run scripts, that depend on extracting
information after several execution steps, e.g. noux_net_netcat, will
fail to do so. Therefore, we append the newly captured log output to
the old output buffer.
Issue #1327.
A Nic::Session client can install a signal handler that is used to
propagate changes of the link-state by calling 'link_state_sigh()'.
The actual link state is queried via 'link_state()'.
The nic-driver interface now provides a Driver_notification callback,
which is used to forward link-state changes from the driver to the
Nic::Session_component.
The following drivers now provide real link state: dde_ipxe, nic_bridge,
and usb_drv. Currently, OpenVPN, Linux nic_drv, and lan9118 do not
support link state and always report link up.
Fixes#1327
If a client acknowledges the same packet more than once, the packet also
gets freed more than once. At the second attempt the underlaying
Bit_array will throw an 'Invalid_clear' exception, which results in an
uncaught exception that leads to an abort() call in the freeing
component.
Fixes#1462.
To ease debugging without the need to tweak the kernel every time, and to
support userland developers with useful information this commit extends several
warnings and errors printed by the kernel/core by which thread/application
caused the problem, and what exactly failed.
Fix#1382Fix#1406
The driver for the Freescale eSDHCv2 doesn't support the highest
available bus frequency by now and also the bus width may be set to a
higher value but that needs further checks on the capabilities of the
inserted card.
The commits provide a benchmark as it exists for the OMAP4 SDHC driver.
Fix#1458
The 'continue_hw_accelerated' assertion at the end of the recall handler
can fail in situations which are not problematic, for example if the
'Timer' thread has set the 'VMCPU_FF_TIMER' flag in the meantime and
requested a recall afterwards. Since we don't know for sure if a recall is
requested for the other flags as well, the assertion gets replaced by a
debug message, which gets printed if any of the 'not yet verified as safe'
flags is set.
Fixes#1426
The GUID partition table (GPT) is primarily used by systems using
(U)EFI and is a replacement for the legacy MBR. For now, the current
implementation is able to address up to 128 GUID partition entries
(GPE).
To enable the GPT support in 'part_blk' it has to be configured
accrodingly:
! <start name="part_blk">
! [...]
! <config use_gpt="yes">
! [...]
! </start>
If 'part_blk' is not able to find a valid GPT header it falls back
to using the MBR.
Current limitations:
Since no endian conversion takes place it only works on LE platforms
and of all characters in the UTF-16 encoded name field of an entry
only the ones included in the ASCII encoding are printed. It also
ignores all GPE attributes.
Issue #1429.
The hover reports provides information about the session currently
pointed-to, i.e., hovered session. It can be enabled by the 'hover'
attribute of nitpicker's 'report' configuration element
<report hover="yes" />
Fixes#1442
The bindings for 32bit did not consider that in the syscall_3 function
edx changes due to the assembly instructions and that in the syscall_4
function edx and ecx change. So, the compiler wrongly assumed that the
content of these registers stayed unchanged.
Fixes#1447
