> Cause all flags passed by boot2 to set the respective loader(8)
> boot_* variable. The end effect is that all flags from boot2
> are now passed to the kernel.
the serial console speed (i386 and amd64 only). If the previous
stage boot loader requested a serial console (RB_SERIAL or RB_MULTIPLE)
then the default speed is determined from the current serial port
speed. Otherwise it is set to 9600 or the value of BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED
at compile time.
This makes it possible to set the serial port speed once in
/boot.config and the setting will propagate to boot2, loader and
the kernel serial console.
/boot.config or on the "boot:" prompt line via a "-S<speed>" flag,
e.g. "-h -S19200". This adds about 50 bytes to the size of boot2
and required a few other small changes to limit the size impact.
This changes only affects boot2; there are further loader changes
to follow.
which serial device to use in that case respectively to not rely on
the OFW names of the input/output and stdin/stdout devices. Instead
check whether input and output refers to the same device and is of
type serial (uart(4) was already doing this) and for the fallback
to a serial console in case a keyboard is the selected input device
but unplugged do the same for stdin and stdout in case the input
device is nonexistent (PS/2 and USB keyboards) or has a 'keyboard'
property (RS232 keyboards). Additionally also check whether the OFW
did a fallback to a serial console in the same way in case the
output device is nonexistent. While at it save on some variables
and for sys/boot/sparc64/loader/metadata.c move the code in question
to a new function md_bootserial() so it can be kept in sync with
uart_cpu_getdev_console() more easily.
This fixes selecting a serial console and the appropriate device
when using a device path for the 'input-device' and 'output-device'
OFW environment variables instead of an alias for the serial device
to use or when using a screen alias that additionally denotes a
video mode (like e.g. 'screen:r1024x768x60') but no keyboard is
plugged in (amongst others). It also makes the code select a serial
console in case the OFW did the same due to a misconfiguration like
both 'input-device' and 'output-device' set to 'keyboard' or to a
nonexisting device (whether the OFW does a fallback to a serial
console in case of a misconfiguration or one ends up with just no
console at all highly depends on the OBP version however).
- Reduce the size of buffers that only ever need to hold the string
'serial' accordingly. Double the size of buffers that may need to
hold a device path as e.g. '/pci@8,700000/ebus@5/serial@1,400000:a'
exceeds 32 chars.
- Remove the package handle of the '/options' node from the argument
list of uart_cpu_getdev_dbgport() as it's unused there and future
use is also unlikely.
MFC after: 1 week
from OpenFirmware be 16 pages to avoid fragmentation in the list
of mappings returned when the kernel requests it in pmap_bootstrap.
This allows a static buffer to be used when obtaining the existing
mappings - very useful on the G5 when random physical pages can't
be grabbed because they can't be BAT-mapped.
MFC after: 3 days
variables to loader:
hint.smbios.0.enabled "YES" when SMBIOS is detected
hint.smbios.0.bios.vendor BIOS vendor
hint.smbios.0.bios.version BIOS version
hint.smbios.0.bios.reldate BIOS release date
hint.smbios.0.system.maker System manufacturer
hint.smbios.0.system.product System product name
hint.smbios.0.system.version System version number
hint.smbios.0.planar.maker Base board manufacturer
hint.smbios.0.planar.product Base board product name
hint.smbios.0.planar.version Base board version number
hint.smbios.0.chassis.maker Enclosure manufacturer
hint.smbios.0.chassis.version Enclosure version
These strings can be used to detect hardware quirks and to set appropriate
flags. For example, Compaq R3000 series and some HP laptops require
hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x9"
to boot. See amd64/67745 for more detail.
Note: Please do not abuse this feature to resolve general problem when it
can be fixed programmatically. This must be used as a last resort.
PR: kern/81449
Approved by: anholt (mentor)
and visible effect of the bug what that autoboot would boot a kernel
after only a couple of seconds had passed instead of waiting the
full 10 seconds it's supposed to wait by default.
Add my copyright notice, since one was missing and I reimplemented
the one and only function in this file.
MFC after: 1 week
- Teach the i386 and pc98 loaders to honor multiple console requests from
their respective boot2 binaries so that the same console(s) are used in
both boot2 and the loader.
- Since the kernel doesn't support multiple consoles, whichever console is
listed first is treated as the "primary" console and is passed to the
kernel in the boot_howto flags.
PR: kern/66425
Submitted by: Gavin Atkinson gavin at ury dot york dot ac dot uk
MFC after: 1 week
be assumed that modules are contiguous in memory (they're not)
so don't blindly __syncicache start/end. In fact, don't bother
syncing the icache for modules since the kernel will do it after
fixing up relocations.
This fixes the trap when loading modules at boot time.
Reported by: orlando at break dot net
user to interrupt autoboot process at all. Currently, even when
`autoboot_delay' is set to 0, loader(8) still allows autoboot process to be
interrupted by pressing any key on the console when the loader reads kernel
and modules from the disk. In some cases (i.e. untrusted environment) such
behaviour is highly indesirable and user should not be allowed to interfere
with the autoboot process at all.
Sponsored by: PBXpress Inc.
MFC after: 3 days
copying, rather than a page at a time. This was creating far
too many single-page mappings, and eventually OFW overflowed
some internal data structure and refused to map any more.
The new algorithm creates far less mappings and fixed a bug
where multiple mappings for the same page would be created.
'Twas known this was a problem, but only became urgent when the
install CD's mfs_root grew large enough to cause the overflow.
- Move MD files into <arch>/<arch>.
- Move bus dependent files into <arch>/<bus>.
Rename some files to more suitable names.
Repo-copied by: peter
Discussed with: imp
I think all we really need is -fno-sse2.
I really don't like cluttering up the compiler invocation,
but this bigger hammer will fix reported problems for now.
