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contiguous memory blocks and zero copy
by teclis High Elf 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

How does L4Re handle contiguous memory blocks? What are the system calls used to allocate and manage contiguous memory? Is it possible to do zero copy data transfer between drivers and if so how is it done in Fiasco (so in linux world you would say no copy_to_user() and copy_from_user() ) thanks,

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l4linux shutdown cleanup
by Masti Ramya Jayaram 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Dear all, I would like to perform some cleanup operations after l4linux shuts down..such as zero out all the memory it used and re-encrypt the original vmlinux image. I would like to know how I could do this from sigma0 preferably or even in the fiasco kernel. Could anyone point me to where the clean up procedure (release of resources) occurs once l4linux shuts down? Thanks, Ramya

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JDB and thread ids
by teclis High Elf 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

What command in JDB gives me a list of thread IDs I can use with the other thread commands. I tried the list tasks and didn't see anything that looked like a thread id.

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Re: Graphical desktop, l4con, mag
by 000SKY 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

>>>> > > > fbdrv | To force a specific setting use a '-m <mode>' option. >>>> > > > fbdrv | L4Re[rm]: mapping for page fault failed with -34 @1a0000 >>>> > > > pc=1006452 >>>> > > > fbdrv | L4Re: unhandled exception: pc=0x1006452 There is a way to fix it. You can modify x86-legacy.devs,as follows: VGA = Hw.Device { hid = "PNP0900"; Res.io(0x3b0, 0x3bf); -- MDA Res.io(0x3c0, 0x3df); -- EGA/VGA Res.io(0x1ce, 0x1d0); -- Vbox Res.io(0x402, 0x402); -- QEMU Debug Port Res.mmio(0xa0000, 0xbffff); --Here lost a parameters. Changed to Res.mmio(0xa0000, 0xbffff,0xc000); },

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Ned,moe, l4linux interaction
by Masti Ramya Jayaram 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Dear all, I see that in the default l4linux configuration, it uses ned, moe to start up. However, I am not sure about the run-time interaction between them. More specifically, a. Does l4linux need them during its run-time? For example, does l4linux go directly to sigma0 for memory or does it go through ned? b. Do ned and moe get killed once they start l4linux or not? Thanks, ramya

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Difference between capability and memory mapping
by Yuxin Ren 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Hi All, I found in the kernel, the capability mapping and memory mapping have very similar code path. But I found their performance difference is around 1000 cycles. Is this true? If it is true, why do they have such large difference? If this gap does not make sense, it should be a bug in my test. Thank you very much. Best, Yuxin

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Repository Update
by Adam Lackorzynski 28 Sep '14

28 Sep '14

Hi, the repository and snapshots have been updated and I'm happy to announce a couple of new features: - L4Re supports ARM virtualization (HYP mode) now. There's a 'vmm' package that allows to run unmodified Linux, however, it might still have some rough edges. - With that ARM exception error codes have been changed to use HYP's HSR style, also for non-HYP kernels! - gcc-4.9 support, including libstdc++, and preparations for gcc-5 - EFI is available as a boot method now, both in 32 and 64 bit modes - x86 power management has been improved - Stackprotector support is available in L4Re now - The console server 'cons' has been added - Fiasco runs on more ARM targets, including Xilinx Zynq (Zedboard, Parallela), OMAP5, Allwinner (Cubieboard, Cubietruck) - More examples have been added - 3rd-party packages have been updated - L4Linux has been upgraded to version 3.16. Adam -- Adam adam(a)os.inf.tu-dresden.de Lackorzynski http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/~adam/

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Question about the doc of L4Re
by lwf408498027 28 Sep '14

28 Sep '14

Hi hackers, I am learning the fiasco's source code recently, and I saw the doc in http://l4re.org/doc/ does not match with the code in l4re-snapshot-2014053111 such as: in class scheduler, there has some function: L4_msg_tag sys_run(L4_fpage::Rights, Syscall_frame *f, Utcb const *utcb); L4_msg_tag sys_idle_time(L4_fpage::Rights, Syscall_frame *f, Utcb *utcb); L4_msg_tag sys_info(L4_fpage::Rights, Syscall_frame *f, Utcb const *iutcb, Utcb *outcb); but in the document, the function are not the same: l4_msgtag_t info (l4_umword_t *cpu_max, l4_sched_cpu_set_t *cpus, l4_utcb_t *utcb=l4_utcb()) const throw () l4_msgtag_t run_thread (Cap< Thread > const &thread, l4_sched_param_t const &sp, l4_utcb_t *utcb=l4_utcb()) const throw () l4_msgtag_t idle_time (l4_sched_cpu_set_t const &cpus, l4_utcb_t *utcb=l4_utcb()) const throw () So, Is this doc out of date? and if the answer is yes, where can i find some fresh doc? if no, How to use the doc correctly? Thanks, Kevin

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L4_SYSCALL_INVOKE is a negative PC value？
by Zachary 28 Sep '14

28 Sep '14

hello everyone, In cache.h file(..\l4\pkg\l4sys\include\ARCH-arm\cache.h), a piece of code is as follows： l4_cache_op_arm_call(unsigned long op, unsigned long start, unsigned long end) { ... __asm__ __volatile__ ("@ l4_cache_op_arm_call(start) \n\t" "mov lr, pc \n\t" "mov pc, %[sc] \n\t" "@ l4_cache_op_arm_call(end) \n\t" : "=r" (_op), "=r" (_start), "=r" (_end) : [sc] "i" (L4_SYSCALL_MEM_OP), "0" (_op), "1" (_start), "2" (_end) : "cc", "memory", "lr" ); } My question is whether the code means that PC jumps to the address of L4_SYSCALL_MEM_OP(actual value is -0x00000010)? If it is true, then it means the address is 0xFFFFFFF0 ? My second question is whether the address 0xFFFFFFF0 corresponds to the sys_arm_mem_op in the following definition? (..\kernel\fiasco\src\kern\arm\asm_entry.h) /*********************************************************************/ /* The syscall table stuff */ /*********************************************************************/ .macro GEN_SYSCALL_TABLE .align 4 .global sys_call_table sys_call_table: .word sys_kdb_ke .word sys_kdb_ke .word sys_ipc_wrapper .word sys_arm_mem_op .word sys_invoke_debug_wrapper .word sys_kdb_ke .word sys_kdb_ke .word sys_kdb_ke .word sys_kdb_ke .word sys_kdb_ke .word sys_kdb_ke .endm Thank you so much. Best, Zachary

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What does idle thread do
by Yuxin Ren 27 Sep '14

27 Sep '14

Hi All, I want to know what kernel idle thread does. Does it just execute "halt" instruction or anything else? Where is code for the idle thread? Thank you so much. Best, Yuxin

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