file to a stream socket. sendfile(2) is similar to implementations in
HP-UX, Linux, and other systems, but the API is more extensive and
addresses many of the complaints that the Apache Group and others have
had with those other implementations. Thanks to Marc Slemko of the
Apache Group for helping me work out the best API for this.
Anyway, this has the "net" result of speeding up sends of files over
TCP/IP sockets by about 10X (that is to say, uses 1/10th of the CPU
cycles) when compared to a traditional read/write loop.
o Add fexists word to check for the presence of a file
o make fexists and fload immediate words which DTRT both interpreted
and compiled (doh!)
o add an init word which gets run at bootstrapping time to do extra
post-coldload initialization (in the default implementation, we
look for /boot/boot.4th and load it if found).
Also fix data types and printf formats while I'm here.
PR: misc/8494
Panic instead of looping forever in sbflush(). If sb_mbcnt counts
more mbufs than sb_cc counts bytes, the original code can turn into an
infinite loop of removing 0 bytes from the socket buffer until it's empty.
drives. It seems that quite a few (possibly all?) of their drives respond
to inquiries on multiple luns. Hopefully we can detect problems like this
in the probe phase at some point. For now, this is a pretty functional
solution.
to the Forth interpreter. Instantiate all of our inbuilt commands
as Forth words, and handle them being called from there.
Add my copyright to the bcache module (oops).
for in a loaded module of type "userconfig_script". The RB_CONFIG
flag will always result in the user being left inside userconfig at
the end of the script's execution, regardless of 'quit' commands in
the script. If the RB_CONFIG flag is not specified, the user will
never be left inside userconfig, even if the script does not have an
explicit exit command.
Add the INTRO_USERCONFIG option. This option forces the userconfig 'intro'
screen (after a script has optionally been executed). There is no longer
a need to queue an 'intro' command.
base register that controls Ultra-DMA, so we need to examine all possible
base registers instead of just giving up at the first empty one.
Also, looking at the source code to the BIOS, I see that they are also
checking for 0xffffffff as an invalid value so do the same. Stefan may like
to clean this up, but at least now I can find my PCI IDE registers.
this will allow us to manage bloat in the loader by using a bytecoded HLL
rather than lots of C code. It also offers an opportunity for vendors
or others with special applications to significantly customise the boot
process without having to commit to a divergent code branch.
This early commit is to allow others to experiment with the most effective
mechanisms for integrating FICL with the loader as it currently stands.
Ficl is distributed with the following license conditions:
"Ficl is freeware. Use it in any way that you like, with the understanding
that the code is not supported."
All source files contain authorship attributions.
Obtained from: John Sadler (john_sadler@alum.mit.edu)