I initially didn't want to integrate the Xen console driver, because it
did not receive any testing. Kip Macy suggested that I'd better check it
in right now, because this is the easiest way for him to test it while
he is working on the Xen import.
Requested by: kmacy
The last half year I've been working on a replacement TTY layer for the
FreeBSD kernel. The new TTY layer was designed to improve the following:
- Improved driver model:
The old TTY layer has a driver model that is not abstract enough to
make it friendly to use. A good example is the output path, where the
device drivers directly access the output buffers. This means that an
in-kernel PPP implementation must always convert network buffers into
TTY buffers.
If a PPP implementation would be built on top of the new TTY layer
(still needs a hooks layer, though), it would allow the PPP
implementation to directly hand the data to the TTY driver.
- Improved hotplugging:
With the old TTY layer, it isn't entirely safe to destroy TTY's from
the system. This implementation has a two-step destructing design,
where the driver first abandons the TTY. After all threads have left
the TTY, the TTY layer calls a routine in the driver, which can be
used to free resources (unit numbers, etc).
The pts(4) driver also implements this feature, which means
posix_openpt() will now return PTY's that are created on the fly.
- Improved performance:
One of the major improvements is the per-TTY mutex, which is expected
to improve scalability when compared to the old Giant locking.
Another change is the unbuffered copying to userspace, which is both
used on TTY device nodes and PTY masters.
Upgrading should be quite straightforward. Unlike previous versions,
existing kernel configuration files do not need to be changed, except
when they reference device drivers that are listed in UPDATING.
Obtained from: //depot/projects/mpsafetty/...
Approved by: philip (ex-mentor)
Discussed: on the lists, at BSDCan, at the DevSummit
Sponsored by: Snow B.V., the Netherlands
dcons(4) fixed by: kan
The PCM's sound.h file only seems to include <sys/tty.h>, because
channel_if seems to require selinfo. Just replace it with
<sys/selinfo.h>.
There's no real problem with including <sys/tty.h> here, even with
MPSAFE TTY, but <sys/tty.h> is something that should be used by the TTY
layer, its driver and code that integrated it with the process tree.
corresponding USAGE should be skipped as well.
For example, below is a report desc fragment of some mouse:
COLLECTION
...
USAGE TWHEEL
FEATURE ...
...
USAGE WHEEL
INPUT ...
...
END COLLECTION
"USAGE TWHEEL" should be consumed after the FEATURE item is skipped,
otherwise, the INPUT item will be assigned to "USAGE TWHEEL" later,
other than "USAGE WHEEL".
Tested by: Grzegorz Blach
PR: usb/125941
virtualization work done by Marko Zec (zec@).
This is the first in a series of commits over the course
of the next few weeks.
Mark all uses of global variables to be virtualized
with a V_ prefix.
Use macros to map them back to their global names for
now, so this is a NOP change only.
We hope to have caught at least 85-90% of what is needed
so we do not invalidate a lot of outstanding patches again.
Obtained from: //depot/projects/vimage-commit2/...
Reviewed by: brooks, des, ed, mav, julian,
jamie, kris, rwatson, zec, ...
(various people I forgot, different versions)
md5 (with a bit of help)
Sponsored by: NLnet Foundation, The FreeBSD Foundation
X-MFC after: never
V_Commit_Message_Reviewed_By: more people than the patch
domain, pribus (the primary bus, eg the bus that this chip is on),
secbus (the secondary bus, eg the bus immediately behind this chip)
and subbus (the number of the highest bus behind this chip).
Normally, this information is reported via bootverbose parameters, but
that's hard to use for debugging in some cases.
This adds reading of pribus to make this happen. In addition, change
the narrow types to u_int to allow for easier reporting via sysctl for
domain, secbus and subbus. This should have no effect, but if it
does, please let me know.
Now we have a single /dev/snp device node, which can be opened by
watch(8) multiple times. Even though snp(4) will be dead as of next
week, it's nice having this in SVN, because:
- We may want to MFC it to RELENG_7.
- By the time we fix snp(4) again, it's already there, existing watch(8)
binaries should already work.
Just like bpf(4), I'm adding a symlink from snp0 to snp to remain binary
compatible.
This can be used to disable the 80pin cable check on systems which forget to
set the bit -- such as certain laptops and Soekris boards.
PR: kern/114605 (somewhat reworked)
Submitted by: marck
MFC after: 1 week
priority of some of the drivers that manage the same state (e.g. ichss0
vs est0). Specifically, powernow, est, and p4tcc are added at order 10,
ichss at order 20, and smist at order 30. Previously, some laptops were
seeing both ichss0 and est0 attaching and stomping on each other.
XXX: This isn't quite ideal, but works with the existing hacks, I think
what we really want instead is a single "speedstep0" device for CPUs
that the ichss, est, and smist drivers probe (but with differing
priorities).
MFC after: 1 week
Compilation of the AVILA kernel failed because of two reasons:
- It needed curthread, which is defined through <sys/pcpu.h>.
- It still referred the softc's sc_mtx field, which has been replaced by
sc_lock three weeks ago.
To solve the first problem, I decided to include <sys/pcpu.h> in
<sys/sx.h>, which also seems to be done by <sys/mutex.h> and
<sys/rwlock.h>. Those header files also require curthread.
Approved by: jhb
Also report current link state while auto-negotiation is in
progress.
With this change link loss should be reported within a second
and drivers that rely on link state should work.
Reported by: Pete French < petefrench at ticketswitch dot com >
Tested by: Pete French < petefrench at ticketswitch dot com >
MFC after: 1 week
- Extend the DS1339 driver to recognize more chips in the family:
DS1337, DS1338, DS1339 are now supported
- Provide run-time chip detection
Reviewed, tested by: stas
Obtained from: Piotr Ziecik kosmo ! semihalf dot com
(glxsb_process()) we don't block others when looking for our session.
- Simplify the loop responsible for freeing sessions on detach.
- No need to drop a lock around malloc(M_NOWAIT).
- Treat ses_used as boolean.
- Avoid gotos where possible.
- Various style(9) fixes.
Reviewed by: philip, Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>
This driver supports GW3887 based chipsets and works on
x86/powerpc/sparc64. You need upgtfw kernel module before loading
upgt(4). Please see the manpage.
Obtained from: OpenBSD
on a variety of cards. Adjust the comments accordingly to match the
code. Even if the vendor chose 0xffff for the device ID, the vendor
ID can't be 0xffff, so the test is still valid from a standards
perspective.
