Fwd: Problems using qemu devices from l4re

[Maria Soler]

Hello again,

I have (tried to) apply those changes and the result is as follows:

Execution:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MOE: cmdline: moe rom/app.cfg
MOE: Starting: rom/ned rom/app.cfg
MOE: loading 'rom/ned'
Ned says: Hi World!
Ned: loading file: 'rom/app.cfg'
io      | Dev_factory: register factory for N2Hw6DeviceE
io      | GTF: register factory for 7Pci_dev
io      | GTF: register factory for N2Hw12Msi_resourceE
io      | Dev_factory: register factory for N2Hw11Gpio_deviceE
io      | Io service
io      | Ready. Waiting for request.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
and it stops.

In the application I am using the l4io_request_iomem call (I have also
tried with l4sigma0_map_iomem and the result is the exact same as it
was before the changes).

The configuration file is now:
-- Include L4 functionality
require("L4");

local l     = L4.default_loader;

vbus_prodb = l:new_channel();

-- Start io

l:start(
  {
    caps = {
      icu     = L4.Env.icu;
      input   = vbus_prodb:svr();
    },
  }, "rom/io rom/app.io");

l:start(
   {
     caps = {
                log = L4.Env.log:m("rws"),
                prodb =  vbus_prodb:svr();
                vbus = vbus_prodb;
        },
     log  = { "app", "green" },
   },
   "rom/app" , { FSTAB_FILE = "rom/fstab" }

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Matthias Lange
<matthias.lange at kernkonzept.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 04:38:07PM +0200, Maria Soler wrote:
>> 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:
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> 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
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>> 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:
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> -- 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"));
>>         }
>> }
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>> and added to my .cfg file:
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> 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" }
>> );
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>> 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:
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> 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.
>
> As far as I can see from your configs you missed to connect the vbus to the
> applications vbus capability. In io you need to create the server side of the
> prodb vbus like
>
>   prodb = vbus_prodb:svr()
>
> The application needs a line like
>
>   vbus = vbus_prodb
>
> in its configuration. Then the application can query its vbus for connected
> devices.
>
> Matthias.
>
>
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