* Get rid of PTmap, PTD, PTDpde, APTmap, APTD, and APTDpde from locore.S.
* Rename PTDpaddr to PDPpaddr, ptdpaddr in struct cpu_kcore_hdr to pdppaddr for consistency.
width implementation was a rather poor choice. Per discussion with
Charles Hannum.
Note: While this is technically an ABI change I believe it is a
change that we can afford at this time (and to be pulled up to
2.0). The types are not widely used yet, and a survey of pkgsrc
has not shown uses that would be adversely affected by it.
Michael Eriksson posted to port-i386 on 20031102, with various
modifications by me to work in the new sysctl(9) framework.
The code is enabled with 'options ENHANCED_SPEEDSTEP', and if
the CPU supports EST the following sysctl(8) nodes appear
(with the values that a Dell Inspiron 8600 + WUXGA with a
1.4GHz Pentium M CPU supports):
machdep.est.cpu_brand = Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
machdep.est.frequency.target = 1400
machdep.est.frequency.current = 1400
machdep.est.frequency.available = 1400 1200 1000 800 600
If EST support isn't available, the "machdep.est" sysctl sub-MIB
is not created.
Once we have a more general "CPU frequency" control API we can
migrate this code to using that.
Thanks to Michael Erikkson for providing this code!
is empty besides calling switch_exit(). So, rename switch_exit() to
cpu_exit() and modify the routine to call lwp_exit2() direct.
This saves couple cycles on the exit path.
virtual memory reservation and a private pool of memory pages -- by a scheme
based on memory pools.
This allows better utilization of memory because buffers can now be allocated
with a granularity finer than the system's native page size (useful for
filesystems with e.g. 1k or 2k fragment sizes). It also avoids fragmentation
of virtual to physical memory mappings (due to the former fixed virtual
address reservation) resulting in better utilization of MMU resources on some
platforms. Finally, the scheme is more flexible by allowing run-time decisions
on the amount of memory to be used for buffers.
On the other hand, the effectiveness of the LRU queue for buffer recycling
may be somewhat reduced compared to the traditional method since, due to the
nature of the pool based memory allocation, the actual least recently used
buffer may release its memory to a pool different from the one needed by a
newly allocated buffer. However, this effect will kick in only if the
system is under memory pressure.
containing signal posting, kernel-exit handling and sa_upcall processing.
XXX the pc532, sparc, sparc64 and vax ports should have their
XXX userret() code rearranged to use this.
* _UC_MACHINE_PC() - access the program counter
* _UC_MACHINE_INTRV() - access the integer return value register
* _UC_MACHINE_SET_PC() - set the program counter (this requires
special handling on some platforms).
<sys/bootblock.h>:
* Added definitions for the Master Boot Record (MBR) used by
a variety of systems (primarily i386), including the format
of the BIOS Parameter Block (BPB).
This information was cribbed from a variety of sources
including <sys/disklabel_mbr.h> which this is a superset of.
As part of this, some data structure elements and #defines
were renamed to be more "namespace friendly" and consistent
with other bootblocks and MBR documentation.
Update all uses of the old names to the new names.
<sys/disklabel_mbr.h>:
* Deprecated in favor of <sys/bootblock.h> (the latter is more
"host tool" friendly).
amd64 & i386:
* Renamed /usr/mdec/bootxx_dosfs to /usr/mdec/bootxx_msdos, to
be consistent with the naming convention of the msdosfs tools.
* Removed /usr/mdec/bootxx_ufs, as it's equivalent to bootxx_ffsv1
and it's confusing to have two functionally equivalent bootblocks,
especially given that "ufs" has multiple meanings (it could be
a synonym for "ffs", or the group of ffs/lfs/ext2fs file systems).
* Rework pbr.S (the first sector of bootxx_*):
+ Ensure that BPB (bytes 11..89) and the partition table
(bytes 446..509) do not contain code.
+ Add support for booting from FAT partitions if BOOT_FROM_FAT
is defined. (Only set for bootxx_msdos).
+ Remove "dummy" partition 3; if people want to installboot(8)
these to the start of the disk they can use fdisk(8) to
create a real MBR partition table...
+ Compile with TERSE_ERROR so it fits because of the above.
Whilst this is less user friendly, I feel it's important
to have a valid partition table and BPB in the MBR/PBR.
* Renamed /usr/mdec/biosboot to /usr/mdec/boot, to be consistent
with other platforms.
* Enable SUPPORT_DOSFS in /usr/mdec/boot (stage2), so that
we can boot off FAT partitions.
* Crank version of /usr/mdec/boot to 3.1, and fix some of the other
entries in the version file.
installboot(8) (i386):
* Read the existing MBR of the filesystem and retain the BIOS
Parameter Block (BPB) in bytes 11..89 and the MBR partition
table in bytes 446..509. (Previously installboot(8) would
trash those two sections of the MBR.)
mbrlabel(8):
* Use sys/lib/libkern/xlat_mbr_fstype.c instead of homegrown code
to map the MBR partition type to the NetBSD disklabel type.
Test built "make release" for i386, and new bootblocks verified to work
(even off FAT!).
