We now tsleep() in kthread_init() between start_init()
and prepare_usermode() while waiting for ALL the idle_loop()
processes to come online.
Debugged & tested by: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
Reviewed by: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
as chargeable CPU usage. This should mitigate the problem of processes
doing disk I/O hogging the CPU. Various users have reported the
problem, and test code shows that the problem should now be gone.
Work done by BSDI, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>,
Mike Smith <msmith@gsoft.com.au>, Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com>,
and probably alot of others.
Submitted by: Jnathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
This code was eliminated when the PEND_INTS algorithm was added. But it was
discovered that PEND_INTS only worsen latency for FAST_INTR() routines,
which can't be marked pending.
Noticed & debugged by: dave adkins <adkin003@gold.tc.umn.edu>
Initially functionality is confined to 32-bit BIOS functions, however
it is envisioned that BIOS support may be enlisted for other
activities in the future.
Mask the read value from the count register in order to return zero correctly
after TC, as per intel datasheet : "If it is not autoinitialised, this
register will have a count of FFFFH after TC"
comments. Remove reduntant extra addition that was unncessary, and
unneeded mask (asuming inb works correctly).
Submitted by: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au>
handlers don't skew the results of isa_dmastatus. The function can be
safely called with interrupts disabled.
Submitted by: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au>
- removed TEST_ALTTIMER.
- removed APIC_PIN0_TIMER.
- removed TIMER_ALL.
mplock.s:
- minor update of try_mplock for new algorithm where a CPU uses try_mplock
instead of get_mplock in the ISRs.
- removed TEST_ALTTIMER.
- removed APIC_PIN0_TIMER.
- removed TIMER_ALL.
apic_vector.s:
- new algorithm where a CPU uses try_mplock instead of get_mplock:
if successful continue as before.
if fail set ipending bit, mask INT (to avoid recursion), cleanup & iret.
This allows the CPU to return to successful work, while the ISR will be run
by the CPU holding the lock as part of the doreti dance.
Macros to convert the Lite2 lock manager primitives to the names used
in the kernel proper. This allows us to hide them from the lock
manager till they can be turned on.
smp.h:
declarations for the new simplelock functions.
- s_lock_init()
- s_lock()
- s_lock_try()
- s_unlock()
Created lock for IO APIC and apic_imen (SMP version of imen)
- imen_lock
Code to use imen_lock for access from apic_ipl.s and apic_vector.s.
Moved this code *outside* of mp_lock.
It seems to work!!!
and he says he's happy to see forward movement in aligning our defaults
with a 16 bit world, the 8 bit folk already being veterans by this
point who know how to use userconfig.
In any case, perhaps Warner will soon come to save us all with his Dynamic
Probing(tm) feature and this will all become totally moot in any case,
so it's probably not worth arguing about either way.