Fwd: Problems using qemu devices from l4re

[Maria Soler]

Hello,

I am running l4re on qemu (qemu-system-arm) and I have been trying to
use a qemu device from l4re, but I have been unsuccessful so far. This
device creates a file in the host and that is how I have been testing
if I was actually writing/reading on the device: I was trying to write
from the guest and read from the host (didn't work) and trying to
write from the host and read from the guest, but didn't work either.

What I have tried so far:
- I have tried to use sigma0_map_iomem like this:
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string = malloc(SIZE);
l4sigma0_map_iomem(L4_BASE_PAGER_CAP, 0xXXXXXXXX, string, SIZE, 1);
//I have tried both cached and uncached.
printf("Received: %s\n",string); //prints nothing, regardless of the
content of the file in the host
memset(p,'a',SIZE); //the file in the host remains unchanged
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The qemu device is mapped in address 0xXXXXXXXX and its size is bigger
than SIZE. SIZE is a multiple of 4KB and so is 0xXXXXXXXX.

I have tried to use this option by itself and combined with an io
server (I actually tried this first, but now that I have seen that
there is no difference in the behavior if I add it or remove it, I
think they are maybe unrelated or most probably I am not using them
the right way). To create the io server I have included an app.io file
as follows:
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-- Example configuration for io

local hw = Io.system_bus()

-- Configure two platform devices to be known to io
Io.hw_add_devices
{
  comm = Io.Hw.Device
  {
    hid = "COMM";
    Io.Res.irq(63);
    Io.Res.mmio(BASE_ADDR, TOP_COMM);
  },
  data = Io.Hw.Device
  {
    hid = "DATA";
    Io.Res.irq(63);
    Io.Res.mmio(TOP_COMM+0x1000, TOP_DATA);
  }

}

Io.add_vbusses
{
-- Create a virtual bus for a client and give access to the device
  prodb = Io.Vi.System_bus
        {
          comm_bus = wrap(hw:match("comm"));
          data_bus = wrap(hw:match("data"));
        }
}
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and added to my .cfg file:
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vbus = l:new_channel();

-- Start io

l:start(
   {
     caps = {
     sigma0  = L4.cast(L4.Proto.Factory, L4.Env.sigma0):create(L4.Proto.Sigma0);
       icu     = L4.Env.icu;
       input   = vbus_prodb:svr();
     },
  }, "rom/io rom/app.io");

l:start(
   {
     prodb =  vbus:svr();
     log  = { "app", "green" }
   },
   "rom/app" , { FSTAB_FILE = "rom/fstab" }
);
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Both with and without the io server, the application compiles and
runs, but there is no communication with the file in the host, so I
guess I am not mapping the device in the right way.

I have also tried to use libio instead of sigma0 as follows:
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string = malloc(SIZE);
l4io_request_iomem(0xXXXXXXXX, SIZE, 1, string); //I have tried both
cached and uncached.
printf("Received: %s\n",string); //prints nothing, regardless of the
content of the file in the host
memset(p,'a',SIZE); //the file in the host remains unchanged
---------------------------------------------

And this warning appears: app  | libio: Warning: Query of 'vbus' failed!
but it runs, so I don't really know what I am doing wrong. There is no
complete example that I have found with either libio or sigma0, so I
need some hints on this, please.

Thank you!
María.