at least pass muster with the loader on 3.0.3
Note that this doesn't actually make it work as Xen 3.0.3
appears to disallow recursive mappings on the page directory
tables, then attempt to build a simple list containing just the high and
low frequencies based on the current CPU frequency calculated during boot
and the contents of the MSR.
MFC after: 1 month
timer. Previously, the various divisors were fixed which meant that while
it gave somewhat reasonable stathz, etc. at hz=1000, it went off the rails
with any other hz value. With these changes, we now pick a lapic timer hz
based on the value of hz. If hz is >= 1500, then the lapic timer runs at
hz. If 1500 hz >= 750, we run the lapic timer at hz * 2. If hz < 750, we
run at hz * 4. We compute a divider at runtime to make stathz run as close
to 128 as we can since stathz really wants to be run at something close to
that frequency. Profiling just runs on every clock tick. So some examples:
With hz = 100, the lapic timer now runs at 400 instead of 2000. stathz
will be 133, and profhz = 400. With hz = 1000 (default), the lapic timer
is still at 2000 (as it is now), stathz is at 133 (as it is now), and
profhz will be 2000 (previously 666).
MFC after: 2 weeks
- Rename pciereg_cfgopen() to pcie_cfgregopen() and expose it to the
rest of the kernel. It now also accepts parameters via function
arguments rather than global variables.
- Add a notion of minimum and maximum bus numbers and reject requests for
an out of range bus.
- Add more range checks on slot/func/reg/bytes parameters to the cfg reg
read/write routines. Don't panic on any invalid parameters, just fail
the request (writes do nothing, reads return -1). This matches the
behavior of the other cfg mechanisms.
- Port the memory mapped configuration space access to amd64. On amd64
we simply use the direct map (via pmap_mapdev()) for the memory mapped
window.
- During acpi_attach() just after loading the ACPI tables, check for a
MCFG table. If it exists, call pciereg_cfgopen() on each subtable
(memory mapped window). For now we only support windows for domain 0
that start with bus 0. This removes the need for more chipset-specific
quirks in the MD code.
- Remove the chipset-specific quirks for the Intel 5000P/V/Z chipsets
since these machines should all have MCFG tables via ACPI.
- Updated pci_cfgregopen() to DTRT if ACPI had invoked pcie_cfgregopen()
earlier.
MFC after: 2 weeks
and 5000P/V/Z chipsets.
- If the base address of the config space BAR is above 4GB for some reason
and this isn't a PAE kernel, then warn about this (under bootverbose)
and don't use the BAR.
PR: kern/126525
Submitted by: Arthur Hartwig @ Nokia
MFC after: 2 weeks
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
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
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
