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new experimental stripped-down version of plex86, which is now a user-code-only VM. I ripped out all the fancy stuff in plex86, such that under that right conditions, user-code (protection level 3) can run at near native speeds inside the plex86 VM. The general idea is that bochs emulates all the initial real-mode code, and guest kernel code (protection level 0). When it senses the right conditions (like the context switches to user-code), a shim is called to execute the guest inside the plex86 VM. All guest-generated faults/exceptions are then forwarded back to bochs to be handled in the emulator. Actually, I'm not yet adding the mods to the bochs code (other than the shim code which is in a separate file), until I hear that we're back in a more development mode with bochs after the 2.0 release. The plex86 subdirectory is really a separate project. It's just more convenient to co-develop it with bochs for now. Both projects are currently LGPL, but each should be taken to be a separate project, and have their own license file. Plex86 (it's only a kernel driver now) could ultimately be used with other projects, as it's modular. I talked with Bryce, and we both agreed it's OK to keep plex86 as a subdir in bochs for now.
56 lines
1.3 KiB
Bash
Executable File
56 lines
1.3 KiB
Bash
Executable File
#! /bin/bash
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#
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# A simple script to load up the kernel module and create the device nodes
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# for it.
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#
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# Note:
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# this must be run as root
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#
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# Work out where the module is
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kmodule="`dirname $0`/../kernel/plex86.o"
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# Check that root is executing us
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if [ "$EUID" != "0" ]; then
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echo "Sorry, you need to be root for this script to work."
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echo "use 'su -c $0' and enter the root password when prompted"
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exit -1
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fi
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# Check if the module exists
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if [ ! -f "$kmodule" ]; then
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echo "The kernel module ($kmodule) does not exist!"
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exit -1
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fi
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# Check if the module is already loaded
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if [ "x`grep plex86 /proc/devices`" != "x" ]; then
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echo "The kernel module is already loaded!"
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exit -1
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fi
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# Remove any stale device nodes
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# (extend for any minor devices created in the future)
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rm -f /dev/plex86
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# Load up the module with insmod
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/sbin/insmod $kmodule
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# Check if the module loaded
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major=`grep plex86 /proc/devices | awk '/plex86/ {print $1;}'`
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if [ "x$major" = "x" ]; then
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echo "The kernel module failed to load!"
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exit -1
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fi
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# Create the device node and set its permissions
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# (extend for any minor devices created in the future)
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if [ ! -c /dev/plex86 ]; then
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/bin/mknod /dev/plex86 c $major 0
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fi
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chmod a+rw /dev/plex86
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# Job done - Give a little positive feedback
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echo "The kernel module is sucessfully installed."
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exit 0
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