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Subreason 7 returns a string naming the HAL platform. Use HAL entry 97 to get this, and obsolete 97/98/99 in favour of using a HAL device. Line up the HAL video entries to match the others.
Subreason 6 is just back filling one ROL added, testing this on RISC OS Select just returned the OS name so we do the same now (same as subreason 0, not sure what ROL's distinction was for).
Allocate a HAL device for PATA IDE controllers, and the 2 known ones to date - Tungsten and IOMD systems.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.301. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_301'

Detail:
  hdr/HALDevice - Allocate device IDs for iMX6 HDMI audio controller, and a generic software mixer
Admin:
  Tested in iMX6 ROM build


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.300. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_300'

Fix overriding of default CMOS settings. Reserve HAL device ID for the official Raspberry Pi touchscreen/display.

Detail:
  s/PMF/i2cutils - Move $CMOS_Override to the start of DefaultCMOSTable, so that it can be used to override values which are already in the table (since NVMemory_ResetValue stops its search on the first address match)
  hdr/HALDevice - Add new Touchscreen device type and reserve an ID for the official Pi touchscreen controller
Admin:
  Tested on Raspberry Pi
  Fixes filesystem incorrectly defaulting to ADFS


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.299. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_299'

Detail:
  Rather than fill the Kernel sources with an ever-increasing number of
  platform-specific switches to control the default CMOS settings, this
  change introduces a variable which passes the requirements direct from
  the Components file to the Kernel. Since it uses a comma-separated list
  of address/value pairs, it is inherently extensible. All the symbolic
  names of addresses from Hdr:CMOS are available, and any valid objasm
  expression can be used for the value.
Admin:
  This removes the need for the EnforceSCSI4 switch, and leaves almost
  no uses of the Machine variable in the Kernel either.


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.298. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_298'

Detail:
  Raise the maximum number of interrupts and IIC buses acceptable, to account for the OMAP5 port.
  Add TLV320/TLV320/SDMA/SDMA/AM572x/GC320/CPSW/SynopsisDWC for Titanium.
  Add OMAP5/OMAP5/OMAP5/TWL6037/OMAP5/OMAP5/SynopsisDWC for OMAP5.
Admin:
  There's likely some rationalisation to be had here, these controllers especially across the OMAP3/4/5 are probably the same thing really and don't merit individual allocations.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.297. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_297'

The kernel has no place holding this header export, since it doesn't use it nor implement any of its interfaces.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.296. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_296'

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.295. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_295'

Detail:
  Default to SCSI::4 for boot driver is custom switch at buildtime
  (EnforceSCSI4) is defined. 2 fontcache items also defaulted with this switch
Admin:
  tested on iMx6


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.290. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_290'

Detail:
  s/MemInfo - Remove OS_Memory 10 (free pool locking). Locking the free pool has never been a very nice thing to do, so now that there's no logical mapping of the free pool it seems like it's a good time to outlaw the behaviour altogether.
  s/ChangeDyn - No free pool locking means one less thing to check when claiming the OS_ChangeDynamicArea mutex.
  hdr/KernelWS - VRAMRescue_control workspace variable is no longer needed
Admin:
  Tested on Pandaboard


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.285. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_285'

Detail:
  This set of changes adds support for "physical memory pools" (aka PMPs), a new type of dynamic area which allow physical pages to be claimed/allocated without mapping them in to the logical address space. PMPs have full control over which physical pages they use (similar to DAs which request specific physical pages), and also have full control over the logical mapping of their pages (which pages go where, and per-page access/cacheability control).
  Currently the OS makes use of two PMPs: one for the free pool (which now has a logical size of zero - freeing up gigabytes of logical space), and one for the RAM disc (logical size of 1MB, allowing for a physical size limited only by the amount of free memory)
  Implementing these changes has required a number of other changes to be made:
  * The CAM has been expanded from 8 bytes per entry to 16 bytes per entry, in order to allow each RAM page to store information about its PMP association
  * The system heap has been expanded to 32MB in size (from just under 4MB), in order to allow it to be used to store PMP page lists (1 word needed per page, but PMP pages may not always have physical pages assigned to them - so to allow multiple large PMPs to exist we need more than just 1 word per RAM page)
  * The &FA000000-&FBFFFFFF area of fixed kernel workspace has been shuffled around to accomodate the larger CAM, and the system heap is now located just above the RMA.
  * SoftResets code stripped out (unlikely we'll ever want to fix and re-enable it)
  * A couple of FastCDA options are now permanently on
  * Internal page flags shuffled around a bit. PageFlags_Unavailable now publicly exposed so that PMP clients can lock/unlock pages at will.
  * When OS_ChangeDynamicArea is asked to grow or shrink the free pool, it now implicitly converts it into a shrink or grow of application space (which is what would happen anyway). This simplifies the implementation; during a grow, pages (or replacement pages) are always sourced from the free pool, and during a shrink pages are always sent to the free pool.
  File changes:
  - hdr/KernelWS - Extend DANode structure. Describe CAM format. Adjust kernel workspace.
  - hdr/OSRSI6, s/Middle - Add new item to expose the CAM format
  - hdr/Options - Remove SoftResets switch. Add some PMP switches.
  - s/ARM600, s/VMSAv6 - Updated for new CAM format. Note that although the CAM stores PMP information, BangCamUpdate currently doesn't deal with updating that data - it's the caller's responsibility to do so where appropriate.
  - s/ChangeDyn - Lots of changes to implement PMP support, and to cope with the new CAM format.
  - s/HAL - Updated to cope with new CAM format, and lack of logical mapping of free pool.
  - s/MemInfo - Updated to cope with new CAM format. OS_Memory 0 updated to cope with converting PPN to PA for pages which are mapped out. OS_Memory 24 updated to decode the access permissions on a per-page basis for PMPs, and fixed its HWM usage for sparse DAs.
  - s/NewReset - Soft reset code and unused AddCamEntries function removed. Updated to cope with new CAM format, PMP free pool, PMP RAMFS
  - s/AMBControl/allocate - Update comment (RMA hasn't been used for AMBControl nodes for a long time)
  - s/AMBControl/growp, s/AMBControl/memmap, s/AMBControl/shrinkp - Update for new CAM format + PMP free pool
  - s/vdu/vdudriver - Strip out soft reset code.
Admin:
  Tested on Pandaboard
  This is just a first iteration of the PMP feature, with any luck future changes will improve functionality. This means APIs are subject to change as well.


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.284. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_284'

  Removed errant tab characters from EtherDevice header
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Version 5.35, 4.79.2.283. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_283'

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Version 5.35, 4.79.2.282. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_282'

Detail:
  - Docs/HAL/ARMop_API - Updated with documentation for the new ARMops.
  - s/ARMops - Set up pointers for the new memory barrier ARMops. Add full implementations for ARMv6 & ARMv7; older architectures should be able to get by with a mix of null ops & write buffer drain ops. Update ARMopPtrTable to validate structure against the list in hdr/OSMisc
  - hdr/KernelWS - Reserve workspace for new ARMops. Free up a bit of space by limiting ourselves to 2 cache levels with ARMv7. Remove some unused definitions.
  - hdr/OSMisc - New header defining OS_PlatformFeatures & OS_MMUControl reason codes, OS_PlatformFeatures 0 flags, and OS_MMUControl 2 ARMop indices
  - Makefile - Add export rules for OSMisc header
  - hdr/ARMops, s/ARM600, s/VMSAv6 - Remove CPUFlag_* and MMUCReason_* definitions. Update OS_MMUControl write buffer drain to use DSB_ReadWrite ARMop (which is what most existing write buffer drain implementations have been renamed to).
  - s/GetAll - Get Hdr:OSMisc
  - s/Kernel - Use OS_PlatformFeatures reason code symbols
  - s/vdu/vdudecl - Remove unused definition
Admin:
  Tested on ARM11, Cortex-A8, Cortex-A9


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.279. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_279'

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Version 5.35, 4.79.2.277. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_277'

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Version 5.35, 4.79.2.276. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_276'

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Version 5.35, 4.79.2.275. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_275'

Improve support for VMSAv6 cache policies & memory types. Expose raw ARMops via OS_MMUControl & cache information via OS_PlatformFeatures.

Detail:
  Docs/HAL/ARMop_API - Document two new ARMops: Cache_Examine and IMB_List
  hdr/KernelWS - Shuffle workspace round a bit to allow space for the two new ARMops. IOSystemType now deleted (has been deprecated and fixed at 0 for some time)
  s/ARM600 - Cosmetic changes to BangCam to make it clearer what's going on. Add OS_MMUControl 2 (get ARMop) implementation.
  s/ARMops - Switch out different ARMop implementations and XCB tables depending on MMU model - helps reduce assembler warnings and make it clearer what code paths are and aren't possible. Add implementations of the two new ARMops. Simplify ARM_Analyse_Fancy by removing some tests which we know will have certain results. Use CCSIDR constants in ARMv7 ARMops instead of magic numbers. Update XCB table comments, and add a new table for VMSAv6
  s/ChangeDyn - Define constant for the new NCB 'idempotent' cache ...

Detail:
  hdr/HALDevice - Add a new device type for SPI controllers, and allocate two device numbers for use on the Pi (to differentiate between the main and aux controllers)
Admin:
  Tested on Raspberry Pi B & 2 B


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.272. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_272'

Expose more areas via OS_ReadSysInfo 6 & OS_Memory 16. Expose processor vectors base + size via OS_PlatformFeatures.

Detail:
  hdr/KernelWS - Define processor vectors address. Currently same as ZeroPage, but in the future will differ for some machines.
  hdr/OSRSI6, s/Middle - Expose VecPtrTab & NVECTORS via OS_ReadSysInfo items 85 & 86
  s/Kernel - Add OS_PlatformFeatures 32, for returning the base + size of the processor vectors
  s/MemInfo - Add areas 12 thru 15 to OS_Memory 16, for reporting ZeroPage, ProcVecs, DebuggerSpace and ScratchSpace. The task manager can now use these for calculating memory usage instead of assuming 32K workspace from &0-&8000.
Admin:
  Tested on Raspberry Pi


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.271. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_271'

Detail:
  This set of changes adds support for rendering software mouse pointers directly in the kernel, rather than requiring graphics drivers to render them themselves as was the case previously.
  If a driver returns from GraphicsV_Features with the 'hardware pointer' bit clear, and a call to GraphicsV_UpdatePointer is returned unclaimed, then the kernel will step in and render a software pointer. This allows selective control over which areas of the screen the software pointer is used (e.g. if hardware only supports its use in some areas)
  hdr/KernelWS - Shrink PointerXEigFactor to 1 byte to free up some space for tracking the display log2bpp. Use 8 words of space for tracking software pointer state.
  s/vdu/vducursoft - Adjust existing the existing calls to the software pointer RemovePointer/RestorePointer functions so that they're called with IRQs enabled
  s/vdu/vdudriver - Keep track of display log2bpp. Claim/release memory needed for restoring pixels under software pointer.
  s/vdu/vdugrafhal - Update HAL_VideoUpdatePointer handling so that 0 can be returned in a1 to indicate the GraphicsV call should be left unclaimed.
  s/vdu/vdupalxx - Trigger updates of the cached software pointer palette whenever it's likely to become invalidated.
  s/vdu/vdupointer - Add software pointer implementation. Relying on a SpriteExtend OS_SpriteOp would be nice, but we're in the background so have to do plotting & unplotting manually. ColourTrans is used to cache the pointer palette colours for the current mode, although we're limited to calling it from a callback.
Admin:
  Tested on Raspberry Pi & BB-xM
  Pointer is very flickery under some circumstances (e.g. running !CloseUp) due to needing to plot/unplot around any VDU driver screen access (as per text cursor). So code may need revising in future once we can trap reads/writes from specific screen memory pages.


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.269. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_269'

Detail:
  Makefile, hdr/Options - By default enable high processor vectors/zero page relocation for compatible machines, but also allow the components file to override the setting if required
  s/ChangeDyn - Fix OS_DynamicArea 20 to check the correct range for doubly mapped areas, and to correctly localise its error message
Admin:
  Tested on Iyonix


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.268. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_268'

Detail:
  s/ARMops - Added extra LTORG to fix HiProcVecs build error for some platforms
  hdr/PublicWS - Remove the old (non-Legacy_) workspace exports, and add a comment explaining how the newer Legacy_ exports should be used.
Admin:
  HiProcVecs ROMs for various platforms now appear to build OK
  Untested at runtime


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.266. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_266'

Detail:
  hdr/GPIODevice - Added the TouchBook as an OMAP3 machine type. We don't actually create a GPIO HAL device for it, but having it defined here is useful for SDIO support in the HAL.
Admin:
  Tested on TouchBook


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.258. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_258'

Retagged as Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_257.

Detail:
  Unlike on the Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A15, the L2 cache that's used with the Cortex-A9 isn't hooked up to the standard ARMv7 CP15 cache maintenance ops. Instead, memory-mapped registers must be used to program and maintain the cache.
  Since the PL310 can't be detected automatically, this change adds support for a 'cache controller' HAL device which the HAL can use to advertise the presence of any external caches. If a cache device is registered during HAL_InitDevices the kernel will then check it against a list of known cache types and replace the appropriate ARMop routines with the alternatives for that controller.
  File changes:
  - hdr/PL310 - New header containing PL310 register listing
  - Makefile - Add export for PL310 header. Reorder exports to be alphabetical
  - hdr/HALDevice - Add cache controller device type, PL310 device
  - hdr/KernelWS - Allocate some workspace for storing a pointer to the current cache HAL device
  - s/ARMops - Add code for searching for known cache types, and implementation of PL310-specific ARMops
  - s/GetAll - Get Hdr:PL310
  - s/NewReset - Look for a cache controller after calling HAL_InitDevices
Admin:
  Tested on Pandaboard
  Fixes various assorted instability issues


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.252. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_252'

Historically the kernel looked after all aspects of cache control since they were common across all ARMs. However, not all cache controllers are created equal, and sometimes more complex initialisation steps are needed than fit the generic coprocessor ops - for example the PL310 attached to a Cortex-A9 has memory mapped control registers.
Rather than clutter the kernel with one shot init code for every cache controller invented, we delegate that step to the HAL in HAL_Init. This is only a few hundred instructions later than where it was already being set. The kernel remains responsible for subsequent maintenance, this is just init which is being handed off.
A quick survey of the Cortex-A TRMs shows:
A5 - optional, for example ARM's PL310, ref TRM section 8.1.7.
A7 - optional, C bit of SCTLR, ref TRM section 1.1.
A8 - L2EN bit of ACTLR, note this bit has been recycled for other uses on other cores, ref TRM section 8.3.
A9 - not integrated, ARM's PL310 uses bit 0 of control register 1, ref PL310 TRM section 3.1.1.
A12 - see A17
A15 - integrated, C bit of SCTLR, ref TRM section 7.2.3.
A17 - integrated, bit 18 of L2CTLR & C bit of SCTLR, ref TRM section 7.2.
and while we've got the TRMs open, back fill the CPU id register table.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.250. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_250'

Docs/HAL/NewAPI:
 More clearly describe the intent of the different bus types.
hdr/HALDevice
 Reclassify the OMAP interconnect as either a system bus or peripheral bus, noting their names from the datasheet.
 Reclassify the GPMC as an expansion bus.
 Add AMBA 3's AXI bus, which (along with the existing AHB/APB) is what iMx6 uses. Delete redundant iMx6 interconnect type.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.249. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_249'

With ProtectStationID turned on there are no routes to writing the Econet station (or bottom octect of the IP address), a function previously fulfilled by the SetStation utility which pokes the hardware directly and doesn't fit into a HAL model.
Add a new subreason to OS_NVMemory to perform this role. This SWI appeared for RISC OS 5.00, and errors unsupported subreasons, so there's a means of run tim selecting its use by checking the platform class and trying the SWI. All RISC OS 5 based platforms can always be upgraded to this version, since they're all still being maintained.

hdr/Options: move the switch with the other options from osinit.s
i2cutils.c: new subreason

Ditch the 'ObsoleteNC1CMOS' switch, if it was obsolete for NC1, it's certainly obsolete now.
Ditch unmaintained messages files for Morris4/Omega/Ursula projects.
Tested on a Risc PC.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.247. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_247'

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Version 5.35, 4.79.2.246. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_246'

Add an extra entry for a revised power control/overcurrent monitoring API, more closely following the model that HAL_TimerIRQStatus and HAL_TimerIRQClear uses.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.243. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_243'

Detail:
  hdr/HALDevice - Added some extra HAL device IDs
Admin:
  Tested by building BCM2835 ROM


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.241. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_241'

OSEntries.h: added a C structure for RISCOS_IICOpV.
GPIODevice.hdr: allocate Pandora and Pi Compute module sub device nos.
HALDevice.hdr/Options.hdr: tabs expanded, capitalised abbreviations.
Not tagged.

Detail:
  hdr/KernelWS - Enlarge the SkippedTables area to encompass IICBus_Base
  s/PMF/IIC - Manually set IICBus_Status of each bus to 0 within IICInit
Admin:
  Bug was introduced in Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_168 when IIC initialisation was moved to earlier in the ROM init sequence, but has gone unnoticed due to it only really affecting the high-level API (and none of the relevant HALs were relying on the kernel for the RAM clear)
  Tested on BB-xM with kernel RAM clear


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.236. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_236'

Add more HAL USB definitions to hdr/HALEntries. Add debug option for calling HangWatch_Dump on serious errors.

Detail:
  hdr/HALEntries - Added definition of the struct returned by HAL_USBControllerInfo
  hdr/Options, s/Middle - Added the option to call HangWatch_Dump on serious errors
Admin:
  Tested on BB-xM


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.235. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_235'

Detail:
  s.NewReset line 1304 amended to use this variable. It was
  hard codede to 128MB as a compromise between address space reservation and size.
Admin:
  Tested OK to expand to 511MB in task manager. At 512MB the taskmanager window fails.
JB

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.234. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_234'

  Admin:
JB

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.233. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_233'

JB

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.232. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_232'

Detail:
  hdr/VIDCList - ControlList_Interlaced is no longer deprecated, instead the sync/pol flags are.
  See discussion on forums for context:
  https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/3/topics/309?page=9#posts-34152
Admin:
  Tested on BB-xM


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.230. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_230'

Detail:
  Also added model A for completeness.
Admin:
  Required by new version of BCM2835 HAL.


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.229. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_229'

Detail:
  hdr/HALEntries - Added definitions for the different USB controller types reported by HAL_USBControllerInfo
Admin:
  Tested on Raspberry Pi


Version 5.35, 4.79.2.227. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_227'