GitLab

Detail:
  Briefly, this set of changes:
  * Adjusts PhysRamTable so that it retains the flags passed in by the HAL from OS_AddRAM (by storing them in the lower 12 bits of the size field)
  * Sorts the non-VRAM entries of PhysRamTable by speed and DMA capability, to ensure optimal memory allocation during OS startup.
  * Adjust the initial memory allocation logic to allow the cursor/sound chunk and HAL noncacheable workspace to come from DMA capable memory
  * Extends OS_Memory 12 to accept a 'must be DMA capable' flag in bit 8 of R0. This is the same as available in ROL's OS.
  * Extends OS_DynamicArea 0 to allow the creation of dynamic areas that automatically allocate from DMA capable memory. In ROL's OS this was done by setting bit 12 of R4, but we're using bits 12-14 for specifying the cache policy, so instead bit 15 is used.
  * Fixes OS_ReadSysInfo 6 to return the correct DevicesEnd value now that the IRQ/device limit is computed at runtime
  File changes:
  * hdr/OSEntries - Add definitions of the various flags passed to OS_AddRAM by the HAL. Add a new flag, NoDMA, for memory which can't be used for DMA.
  * hdr/KernelWS - Tidy PhysRamTable definition a bit by removing all the DRAM bank definitions except the first - this makes it easier to search for code which is interacting with the table. Remove VRAMFlags, it's redundant now that the flags are kept in the table. Add DMA allocation info to InitWs.
  * s/AMBControl/memmap - Updated to mask out the flags from PhysRamTable when reading RAM block sizes.
  * s/ARM600 - Strip out a lot of IOMD specific pre-HAL code.
  * s/ChangeDyn - Updated to cope with the flags stored in PhysRamTable. Implement support for DMA-capable dynamic areas. Rewrite InitDynamicAreas to insert pages into the free pool in the right order so that the fastest memory will be taken from it first.
  * s/GetAll, s/Middle - Fix OS_ReadSysInfo 6 to return the correct HAL-specific DevicesEnd value
  * s/HAL - Significant rework of initial RAM allocation code to allow the kernel workspace to come from the fastest DMA incapable RAM, while also allowing allocation of DMA capable memory for HAL NCNB workspace & kernel cursor/sound chunks. ClearPhysRAM rewritten as part of this.
  * s/MemInfo - Updated to cope with the flags stored in PhysRamTable. Add support for the new OS_Memory 12 flag. Update OS_Memory 7 to not assume PhysRamTable entries are sorted in address order, and rip out the old pre-HAL IOMD implementation.
  * s/NewReset - Remove GetPagesFromFreePool option, assume TRUE (as this has been the case for the past 10+ years). Revise a few comments and strip dead code. Update to cope with PhysRamTable flags.
  * s/VMSAv6 - Remove a couple of unused definitions
  * s/vdu/vdudriver - Update to cope with PhysRamTable flags
Admin:
  Tested in Kinetic RiscPC ROM softload, Iyonix softload, & OMAP3


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.186. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_186'

Variously the call to TranslateError was either followed (outside the switch) by an unnecessary SETV, or missing SETV for the non international case.
Added DMA controller HAL device for IOMD.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.174. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_174'

Detail:
  Revisions Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_153 and Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_161 merged with one
  trivial conflict.
Admin:
  Confirmed that this builds, but not tested on hardware.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.147.2.15. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_147_2_15'

No accepts  r0 = b31-24 set 0
                 b23-16 fully qualified IIC address
                 b15-0  starting offset
            r1 = buffer pointer
            r2 = number of bytes to tranfer
            r4 = b31-24 display number
                 b23-16 head
                 b15-0  reason code (=14)
Now returns r0 = result codes as per HAL_IICTransfer()
            r1 = buffer pointer incremented by number of bytes transferred
            r2 = number of bytes *not* transferred
            r4 = 0
Removed '_' after Video in entry numbers to be consistent with other HAL entry naming, and HAL_VideoFlybackDevice.
Added IICStatus return numbers to Hdr:HALEntries.
Stop calling HAL_MonitorLeadID as only IOMD implemented it - just guess VGA until the graphics driver says otherwise.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.159. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_159'

The only fake result now is the hard ROM amount, which is hardwired to 4MB and might not be correct.
Unrelated changes
 hdr.HALDevice: Assign a device for VIDC20.
 hdr.KernelWS: Reorder into ascending order, remove legacy addresses.
 s.ARM600: Move PhysSpaceSize inside :LNOT:HAL switch.
 s.Kernel: Move PhysSpaceSize inside :LNOT:HAL switch.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.153. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_153'

While the HAL and kernel were being split some temporary macros were used for the bits being worked on, after 12 years of use they're probably safe to adopt.
mjsCallHAL -> CallHAL; mjsAddressHAL -> AddressHAL; mjsHAL -> HAL.
OS_VIDCDividerSWI code now always does NoSuchSWI (had been switched out previously).
File vduhint.s no longer assembled (was empty).


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.150. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_150'

Detail:
  s/ChangeDyn:
    - Apply various optimisations to OS_ChangeDynamicArea to reduce the execution time when performing large grows/shrinks.
    - Optimisations can be toggled on/off with FastCDA_* flags for debugging.
    - On a 1GHz 512MB BB-xM, the initial *FreePool call now takes 0.15s instead of 13.46s. On a 512MB Iyonix the time has dropped from 1.18s to 0.23s.
    - Growing screen memory (on BB-xM) has also seen significant gains - between 2x and 4x speedup, depending on what state the source pages are in.
    - Added/updated documentation for a few functions and made more use of ROUTs for safety
  s/ARM600, s/VMSAv6:
    - Update BangCamUpdate, etc. to add support for the PageFlags_Unsafe flag that OS_ChangeDynamicArea uses to bypass cache/TLB maintenance in some situations
    - Avoid BangCamUpdate calling BangL2PT to map out the page if the page isn't mapped in (avoids unnecessary cache/TLB flush)
  s/ArthurSWIs:
    - Add extra ASSERT for saf...

Expand tabs.
Swap DCI for instructions now Objasm 4 is out.
Symbols for FSControl_CAT/RUN/OPT changed to non Arthur definitions.
Still boots on IOMD class, no other testing.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.124. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_124'

Detail:
  A whole mass of changes to add high processor vectors + zero page relocation support to the Cortex branch of the kernel
  At the moment the code can only cope with two ZeroPage locations, &0 and &FFFF0000. But with a bit more tweaking those restrictions can probably be lifted, allowing ZeroPage to be hidden at almost any address (assuming it's fixed at compile time). If I've done my job right, these restrictions should all be enforced by asserts.
  There's a new option, HiProcVecs, in hdr/Options to control whether high processor vectors are used. When enabling it and building a ROM, remember:
  * FPEmulator needs to be built with the FPEAnchor=High option specified in the components file (not FPEAnchorType=High as my FPEmulator commit comments suggested)
  * ShareFS needs unplugging/removing since it can't cope with it yet
  * Iyonix users will need to use the latest ROOL boot sequence, to ensure the softloaded modules are compatible (OMAP, etc. don't really softload much so they're OK with older sequences)
  * However VProtect also needs patching to fix a nasty bug there - http://www.riscosopen.org/tracker/tickets/294
  The only other notable thing I can think of is that the ProcessTransfer code in s/ARM600 & s/VMSAv6 is disabled if high processor vectors are in use (it's fairly safe to say that code is obsolete in HAL builds anyway?)
  Fun challenge for my successor: Try setting ZeroPage to &FFFF00FF (or similar) so its value can be loaded with MVN instead of LDR. Then use positive/negative address offsets to access the contents.
  File changes:
  - hdr/ARMops - Modified ARMop macro to take the ZeroPage pointer as a parameter instead of 'zero'
  - hdr/Copro15ops - Corrected $quick handling in myISB macro
  - hdr/Options - Added ideal setting for us to use for HiProcVecs
  - s/AMBControl/allocate, s/AMBControl/growp, s/AMBControl/mapslot, s/AMBControl/memmap, s/AMBControl/service, s/AMBControl/shrinkp, s/Arthur2, s/Arthur3, s/ArthurSWIs, s/ChangeDyn, s/ExtraSWIs, s/HAL, s/HeapMan, s/Kernel, s/MemInfo, s/Middle, s/ModHand, s/MoreSWIs, s/MsgCode, s/NewIRQs, s/NewReset, s/Oscli, s/PMF/buffer, s/PMF/IIC, s/PMF/i2cutils, s/PMF/key, s/PMF/mouse, s/PMF/osbyte, s/PMF/oseven, s/PMF/osinit, s/PMF/osword, s/PMF/oswrch, s/SWINaming, s/Super1, s/SysComms, s/TickEvents, s/Utility, s/vdu/vdu23, s/vdu/vdudriver, s/vdu/vdugrafl, s/vdu/vdugrafv, s/vdu/vdupalxx, s/vdu/vdupointer, s/vdu/vduswis, s/vdu/vduwrch - Lots of updates to deal with zero page relocation
  - s/ARM600 - UseProcessTransfer option. Zero page relocation support. Deleted pre-HAL ClearPhysRAM code to tidy the file up a bit.
  - s/ARMops - Zero page relocation support. Set CPUFlag_HiProcVecs when high vectors are in use.
  - s/KbdResPC - Disable compilation of dead code
  - s/VMSAv6 - UseProcessTransfer option. Zero page relocation support.
Admin:
  Tested with OMAP & Iyonix ROM softloads, both with high & low zero page.
  High zero page hasn't had extensive testing, but boot sequence + ROM apps seem to work.


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.98.2.48. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_98_2_48'

Fix bug when creating code variables via OS_SetVarVal, remove errant line from s.ARM600, automatically enable alignment exceptions if NoUnaligned is TRUE (Cortex branch)

Detail:
  s/ARM600 - Removed an errant line that could have caused problems if the ARM600 MMU model was used with the WB_CR7_Lx cache type
  s/Arthur2 - OS_SetVarVal was failing to call XOS_SynchroniseCodeAreas after copying the code variables code block into the system heap. This has now been fixed.
  s/HAL - Alignment exceptions are now automatically enabled when the kernel is built with the NoUnaligned option turned on.
Admin:
  Tested on rev C2 beagleboard. OS_SetVarVal fix means the Debugger module now shows the right register names instead of ofla!


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.98.2.15. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_98_2_15'

Detail:
  s/ARM600 - fix to SyncCodeAreasRange to correctly read cache line length for WB_CR7_Lx caches
  s/ARMops - Cortex cache handling fixes. Enable L2 cache for Cortex.
  s/ChangeDyn - VMSAv6 support in AllocateBackingLevel2
  s/HAL - Improve RISCOS_InitARM to set/clear correct CP15 flags for ARMv6/v7. VMSAv6 support in code to generate initial page tables.
  s/NewReset - Extra DebugTX calls during OS startup. Disable pre-HAL Processor_Type for HAL builds.
  s/VMSAv6 - Main VMSAv6 MMU code - stripped down version of s/ARM600 with support for basic VMSAv6 features.
  hdr/Options - Use VMSAv6 MMU code, not ARM600. Disable ARM6support since current VMSAv6 code will conflict with it.
Admin:
  Tested basic OS functionality under qemu-omap3 and revision B6 beagleboard.


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.98.2.3. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_98_2_3'

  [Not fully implemented - for now leaves at least 16MB free if only
  one RAM area; was 1MB].
* Added HAL_USBControllerInfo, HAL_MonitorLeadID and HAL_Video_Render.
* Added HAL->OS call OS_IICOpV.
* OS_MMUControl now allows independent control of I and C bits.
* Added facility to deactivate keyboard debounce (magic word "NoKd" in
  R2 in KeyV 0).
* Fixed problem with RAM amounts not a multiple of 4MB.
* Supremacy bit (in VDU 19) now sets all 8 bits of supremacy.
* Added PaletteV 14 (reads gamma tables).
* Added Supremacy transfer functions (like gamma correction, but for
  supremacy). Allows easy global supremacy effects in a mode-independent
  fashion. Controlled with PaletteV 15,16.
* Added modes 50-53 (320x240, 1,2,4,8bpp). Intended for small LCD.
* Added 13.5kHz versions of TV modes (selected by Hdr:Machine).
* Upped desktop version to 5.06.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.66. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_66'

Detail:
  Lots of changes since last version, at least the following:
  * Updated OS timestamp, removed alpha status
  * Negative INKEY OS version changed to &AA
  * GraphicsV is now alocated vector number &2A
  * ROM moved up to &FC000000
  * Max application slot increased to 512 Mbytes (for now)
  * Max size of RMA increased to 256 Mbytes
  * RMA is now first-created dynamic area (so it gets lowest address after
    top of application slot)
  * OS_Memory 10 reimplemeted
  * New OS_ReadSysInfo 6 values 18-22 added
  * OS_ReadSysInfo 8 gains flag bit to indicate soft power-off
  * Misc internal top-bit-set-address fixes
  * *ChangeDynamicArea can take sizes in megabytes or gigabytes
  * Magic word "&off" in R0 passed to OS_Reset powers down if possible
  * Added acceleration: block copy; CLS; text window scroll up; rectangle
    fill
  * Disabled LED flashing in page mode (liable to crash)
  * Masked sprite plot and VDU 5 text avoids reading the screen if possible
  * Framestore made USR mode accessible
  * Fix for VDU 5,127 bug - now relies on font definitions being in extreme
    quarters of memory, rather than bottom half
  * Allocated 64-bit OS_Convert... SWIs
  * IIC errors use allocated error numbers
  * Looks for Dallas RTC before Philips RTC because we're using a Philips
    NVRAM device with the same ID
  * Fix to bug that meant the oscillator in the Dallas RTC wasn't enabled
  * Default mouse type (USB) changed to allocated number
  * Ram disc max size increased to 128 Mbytes (Ursula merge) and made
    cacheable for StrongARMs (not XScale)
  * Branch through zero handler now works in USR mode, by use of a
    trampoline in the system stack to allow PC-relative register storage
  * Address exception handler changed to not use 0 as workspace
  * OS_Memory 13 extended to allow specification of cacheability and access
    privileges
  * Added OS_Memory 16 to return important memory addresses
  * RISCOS_MapInIO() takes cacheable flag in bit 3, access permissions in
    bits 10 and 11, doubly-mapped flag in bit 20, and access permissions
    specified flag in bit 21
  * Bug fix in last version for application abort handlers didn't quite
    work; register shuffle required
  * "Module is not 32-bit compatible" error now reports the module name
  * Default configured language changed from 10 to 11 (now Desktop again)

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.51. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_51'

In the No26bitCode case (ie when abort handlers are entered in ABT32 mode), if lazy task swapping was enabled and a data abort occurred that was not a page translation fault, then the code in AMB_LazyFixUp to map in the whole application slot was being circumvented, leading to problems for abort handlers in application space because r14_abt was corrupted by any abort due to accessing the abort handler itself. The test of the FSR (to compensate for the FAR being unusable for external aborts) which prompted the circumvention has therefore been moved inside AMB_LazyFixup.

Also now preserves the FSR and FAR across AMB_LazyFixUp, so they are now
visible from application abort handlers if desired.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.50. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_50'

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.48. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_48'

* Allows HAL-driven software resets.
* Sound buffers corrected to be uncacheable.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.33. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_33'

Reimplement Lazy task swapping, an amusing idea from Ursula, would have done it sooner but couldn't be bothered (humour).

Currently activates for all ARMs flagged as base-restored
abort model. No handling of eg. StrongARM pre-revT bug, but
then the kernel no longer runs on StrongARM (progress).
Still some details to fix: all aborts in current app space
assumed to be missing pages, but this must be fixed to
handle abort code in app space, things like debuggers
marking code read only.

Plus, small fixes:
  OS_Memory 8 returns vaguely useful info for RAM,VRAM
  in HAL build (temporary partial implementation)
  Broken handling of old BBC commands with (fx,tv etc)
  with no spaces fixed (fudgeulike code from Ursula,
  now 32-bit).

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.31. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_31'

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.17. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_17'

Detail:
  ARM600.s
Admin:
  (highlight level of testing that has taken place)
  (bugfix number if appropriate)

kernel now attempts to substitute video mode numbers in face of h/w with limited bits-per-pixel support (not tested yet)

HAL_API document added - early draft only, of interest to those
writing or modifying HALs for new h/w
ARMop_API document added - early draft only, of interest only
to those modifying kernel to support new ARM cores
*** polite comments on HAL_API welcome ***

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.15. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_15'

First attempt at ARM9 support, and general clean-up of old ARM-specific code, now using vectored ARMops.

Not tested.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.14. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_14'

Check-in of the few last-minute changes for the Customer L demo. Nothing exciting, apart from an extended touchscreen API.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.13. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_13'

more use of ARMops in page manipulation, change register usage of ARmops tested by kernel boot to star prompt only

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.11. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_11'

More stuff. Up to the desktop now; cache on, working keyboard. Some source restructuring to start to make splitting it up into several object files more feasible.

It says "Abort on data transfer".

mjs macros switch on HAL for calling video code in HAL/pseudo HAL cases vduhint code even more almost ready to move to HAL

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.6. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_6'

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.5. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_5'

further kernel/HAL split work in video area almost-HAL code for VIDC20/IOMD in vdu.vduhint, now almost divorced from kernel workspace tested briefly in Ursula desktop environment

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.4. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_4'

partial video changes for kernel/HAL split near-HAL code for VIDC/IOMD in vdu.vduhint briefly tested in Ursula desktop build still some kernel workspace dependency in near-HAL code

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.3. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_3'

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.2. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_2'

* Added ARM_IMB and ARM_IMBRange SWIs as recommended by ARMv5.
* Some early prototype HAL bits popped in - a lot of source restructuring still
  to come.
* New debug target creates an AIF image with debug information, and translates
  this into an ASCII object file for the 16702B logic analyser.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.1. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_1'

  RPCEm update.
* Register allocation in default ErrorV handler fixed - problems occured when
  callbacks were triggered on way out.
* OS_Byte 19 didn't manipulate interrupt disable flag correctly in 26-bit
  builds.
* Stray bit of debugging left in sprite code many years ago removed.

Version 5.23. Not tagged

Details:
  The Kernel will now compile to produce a pure 32-bit system if No26bitCode is
  set to TRUE.
  If No26bitCode is FALSE, then the Kernel will be a standard 26-bit Kernel,
  although some internal changes have taken place to minimise compile
  switches between the two cases. See Docs.32bit for more technical info.

  The hardest part was the flood-fill...

Other changes:
  Pointer shape changes now take place on the next VSync, rather than actually
  WAITING for the VSync. Turning the Hourglass on shouldn't slow your machine
  down by 5% now :)

  Lots of really crusty pre-IOMD code removed.

Admin:
  Tested in 32 and 26-bit forms in a limited desktop build. Basically, this
  will need to see a lot of use to iron out difficulties. I'd like anyone who
  has a non-frozen project to at least attempt using this Kernel.

Version 5.23. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_23'

  Ensured that M_Phoebe builds set UtilityModule version to 4.00
Detail:
  The softload utility relies on the existence of the extra reason codes
    to OS_ReadSysInfo introduced in Ursula.  The main kernel now supports
    these too (they are simply interfaces to read kernel capabilities and
    configuration - eg. addresses and sizes of UND and SVC mode stacks)
  Avoid OS_ReadSysInfo 9 - ROL have used it for reading the ROM personality
    information (and it's not in our kernel)
  Added some of the new macros into Copro15ops required by the ABT dump
    area code (returned by OS_ReadSysInfo 7) and added the code into ARM600
    to store abort information there.
Admin:
  Required by softload utility for Ursula builds.
  Tested on Risc PC.

Version 5.15. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_15'

* Wasn't allowing writes to most of EEPROM.
* Old prototype OS_SetTime SWI code removed.
* MPEGPoduleNTSCNotPALMask option support removed to simplify things a bit.
* Now can cope with a system with a PAL/NTSC link, but no monitor detect line.
* Default PAL & NTSC modes now always 12 & 46 respectively.
* Kernel now knows about monitor type 8 (NTSC) - modes 44-46 (640x200) are
  available.
* STB/NC CMOS test removed from POST pending further investigation.

Version 4.90. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_90'

Added support for ATMEL 4K and 8K EEPROM parts, including write protection of top quarter. Untested.

Added support for ARM7500FE IO clock divide by 2.

Version 4.89. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_89'

* Integrated Ursula fast service call dispatch code.
* Added Interruptible32bitModes from Ursula.
* Stopped allowing ROM modules (other than the Kernel/UtilityModule) to write
  to the hardware vectors in 26-bit mode.

Version 4.81. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_81'

Video memory now limited to 8M (instead of 16M) to make room.
OS_Memory 7 now reports ROM correctly when the image is >4M.

Version 4.76. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_76'