Annotation of coherent/b/kernel/i386/Log, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: Changes to kernel and related files for version #78:
        !             2: 
        !             3: NOTES:
        !             4: COH 386 apps using sys/timeb.h need to be recompiled.
        !             5: New libc.a needed for support of nap() and ftime() system calls.
        !             6: New kbmain.o is needed, (just recompile current kbmain.c) and new
        !             7:   /conf/kbd/us, etc as well, due to change in kb.h (or else you won't
        !             8:   be able to switch sessions with virtual consoles).
        !             9: New db needed from Steve since uproc.h changed.
        !            10: File name changes in kernel file set:
        !            11:   lp.c is replaced by lp386.c
        !            12:   fl.c is replaced by fdc.c, fl386.c, and <sys/fdc765.h>.
        !            13: 
        !            14: 06/14  msig.c: fix value passed to signal handler
        !            15: 06/11  sys/timeb.h, var.c: add ftime system call
        !            16: 06/11  sys5.c: uname returned 0, did not set u_error in several failure cases
        !            17: 06/10  fl386.c: some open failures left diskette drive locked
        !            18: 06/04  sys2.c, var.c: add nap() system call
        !            19: 06/03  exec.c: vlad's fix - kernel blew up in pexece() when out of memory
        !            20: 05/26  uproc.h: change u_error from char to int so errnos > 127 come out ok
        !            21: 05/24  xl.h,xlfdc.h,xlft.h,xlft.c,xl_dec.c,xla.s: Archive floppy tape driver
        !            22: 05/24  seg.h,shm0.c,shm1.c: vlad - allow deferred removal of live shm segments
        !            23: 05/24  as.s: increase i/o map upper limit (3ff->1fff) for newer vga cards
        !            24: 05/19  mmu.c: add getDmaMem for aligned contiguous memory allocation
        !            25: 05/18  sig.c: patchable variable CATCH_SEGV for nonportable software
        !            26: 05/18  sig.c: signal to traced process wrongly caused core dump
        !            27: 05/14  sys3.c: read on file set for APPEND should not be forced to end
        !            28: 05/14  mmu.c: growing segments beyond 4 megabytes caused a panic
        !            29: 05/14  kb.h: Add lots more function keys; change vt keydefs. (mlk)
        !            30: 05/11  sig.c, signal.h, msig.c: sigpause() and reliable signals
        !            31: 05/11  sys1.c: upause() should set EINTR.
        !            32: 05/11  sys1.c: part of waitpid(), done by Michael
        !            33: 05/07  lp386.c: fix interrupt mask and wakeup problems
        !            34: 05/07  tty.c: fix sign extension bug in vmin/vtime handling
        !            35: 05/07  fl386.c: delete scratch_buffer code - had ugly bug [mlk found this]
        !            36: 05/07  fl386.c,fdc.c,fdc765.h: split floppy driver for floppy tape
        !            37: 05/03  ndp.c: delete "Bad Em write..." printf, just do SIGSEGV
        !            38: 04/27  tty.c: change defer(wakeup,...) to wakeup(...) since all wakeups
        !            39:        are deferred.  This should cut down on defer overflows.
        !            40: 04/27  sig.c: set SRFDUMP flag for all dumped segments
        !            41: 04/27  move acct.h from /usr/include/ to /usr/include/sys
        !            42: 04/26  reg.h,md.c: setivec return status added, for floppy tape support.
        !            43: 04/20  fl.c: another FL_DSK_CH_PROB change from Michael
        !            44: 
        !            45: Changes to kernel and related files for version #77:
        !            46: 
        !            47: 04/19  proc.h,sem.h,proc.c,sem386.c: sem_undo and other semaphore final test
        !            48:        changes from Vlad.
        !            49: 04/20  fl.c: FL_AUTO_PARM added by Michael for PS/2-L40 compatibility.
        !            50: 
        !            51: Changes to kernel and related files for version #76:
        !            52: 
        !            53: NOTES:
        !            54: "dcore" utility groks r75 and later core files
        !            55: "dlout" utility is like "cdmp" for l.out's
        !            56: --
        !            57: 04/15  fakedma.c: dmaout() sometimes wrote garbage over the start of a click
        !            58: 04/14  sig.c: DUMP_TEXT if patched causes text segment to appear in core files
        !            59: 
        !            60: Changes to kernel and related files for version #75:
        !            61: 
        !            62: NOTES:
        !            63: New "file" command groks fixed core file format.
        !            64: New kbmain.o needed for Greek keyboards.
        !            65: New db needed from steve (later than 93/04/08) for revised core file format.
        !            66: --
        !            67: 04/08  sem386.c,Makefiles,bld: vlad's new, improved semaphores
        !            68: 04/08  sig.c: put magic number back at start of core file
        !            69: 04/08  vtnkb.c,kbmain.c,kb.h: Greek keyboard, with patchable variable VTGREEK
        !            70: 04/07  various headers: the definitive (!) paddr_t cleanup
        !            71: 04/07  ndpas.s: change fdiv to fdivr to reflect change in assembler
        !            72: 04/07  sys/kb.h: added function key definitions from mlk
        !            73: 04/07  fl.c: further PS/1 fixes from mlk
        !            74: 03/22  exec.c: exsread(): do only one iread() per section
        !            75: 03/20  a.out.h,exec.c: allow more than 1 text section for coff executables
        !            76: 03/18  var.c: change argument count for uwait() from 0 to 3 for waitpid()
        !            77: 03/18  exec.c: delete redundant kkcopy()
        !            78: 03/18  aha.c: nigel's fix to prevent defer overflows
        !            79: 03/18  sys/__paddr.h added to header suite
        !            80: 
        !            81: Changes to kernel and related files for version #74:
        !            82: 
        !            83: NOTES:
        !            84: --
        !            85: 03/10  fl.c: workaround for incorrect detection of nspt on some 3-1/2" drives
        !            86: 03/05  aha.c: nigel's interrupt fix
        !            87: 03/05  fs1.c: verbose panic output in case idetach panic
        !            88: 03/05  fs2.c: once again, restore verbose inode busy diagnostic
        !            89: 03/04  alloc.c: verbose panic output in case of bad free
        !            90: 
        !            91: 
        !            92: Changes to kernel and related files for version #73:
        !            93: 
        !            94: NOTES:
        !            95: 
        !            96: 1.  You will need a new libc.a to use waitpid() and chsize().
        !            97: 2.  There is a new fsck from epstein.
        !            98: 3.  "putq()" and "getq()" from prior kernels are now "cltputq()" and "cltgetq()"
        !            99: 4.  sleep() and v_sleep() have been superseded by x_sleep() - see the comments
        !           100:     in proc.c for argument list and return values.
        !           101: 5.  new ps needed
        !           102: 
        !           103: 03/01  sys1.c,proc.c,sig.c: numerous fixes to sleep/wakeup/wait().
        !           104:        waitpid() is still a stub.
        !           105: 02/23  fs1.c,sys2.c,sys5.c,timeout.c,var.c,fs2.c,pipe.c,sys3.c,atcon.c,
        !           106:        trap.c,usswan.c,vtnkb.c: epstein's file system changes - pipe fix,
        !           107:        chsize(), enforce ulimit on file size...,allow Swan kb support
        !           108:        by patching VTSWAN=1.
        !           109: 02/18  types.h et al - Nigel replaced vaddr_t with caddr_t and made other
        !           110:        header changes in preparation for STREAMS.
        !           111: 02/17  fd.c: Nigel's fix - open was creating files even when it failed
        !           112: 02/12  tty.c: make sure VEOF is initialized properly on first opens.
        !           113: 02/10  sys2.c: allow upoll() to succeed when number of fd's is 0
        !           114: 02/09  seg.h,mmu.c,shm0.c: allow individual shm seg references to be RW/RO
        !           115: 02/04  reg.h,con.h,bio.c,fs2.c,fs3.c,sys3.c,sys5.c,md.c,as.s,clock.c: Nigel's
        !           116:        fixes (1) call STREAMS at key places via macros;  (2) add extra
        !           117:        parameters to dopen()/dclose()/dioctl();  (3) support mask register
        !           118:        for interrupts.
        !           119: 02/04  shm1.c: don't allow attempts to create shm segments of size 0
        !           120: 02/02  fs2.c: restore verbose inode busy diagnostic
        !           121: 02/02  as.inc,as.s,clist.c,tty.c: replace getq() and putq() with cltgetq()
        !           122:        and cltputq() since the old names conflict with standard STREAMS
        !           123:        externals.
        !           124: 02/02  coherent.h,proc.c,rlock.c,alx.c,asy.c,dmareq.c,hs.c,lf.c,msg386.c,sem.c:
        !           125:        stop passing 2nd and 3rd magic arguments to sleep as they were always
        !           126:        ignored.  sleep() vanishes;  v_sleep() becomes a macro calling
        !           127:        w_sleep(char * event, int cl, char * msg)
        !           128: 01/22  sys1.c: utimes() - check for null or otherwise invalid user pointer
        !           129: 01/22  fs1.c: imode() - access() as superuser returns exec perm set only
        !           130:        if the file is executable.
        !           131: 01/22  fs3.c: iopen() - a non-superuser trying to write to a directory
        !           132:        gets EISDIR, not EPERM.
        !           133: 01/22  tty.c: sgtty-type TIOCSETx ioctl's no longer set ISTRIP.
        !           134: 01/22  sys1.c: add interface for waitpid(); fix uwait return value for
        !           135:        stopped processes (i.e., processes that hit a breakpoint)
        !           136: 
        !           137: Changes to kernel and related files for version #72:
        !           138: 
        !           139: NOTES:
        !           140: 
        !           141: 1.  You will need an upgraded libc.a or at least shmemul.o to use S5
        !           142:     shared memory.
        !           143: 2.  You will need tboot 1.2.6 or later if you are using FP emulation.
        !           144: 3.  Epstein has given us another fsck.
        !           145: 
        !           146: 01/17  sys5.c: sysi86(SI86FPHW, &data) supported to get ndp type
        !           147: 01/17  sig.c: ptrace can examine modify fp state in emulator
        !           148: 01/14  fs2.c,fs3.c,sys2.c,pipe.c,sys/inode.h: epstein's pollable pipes
        !           149: 01/14  main.c,at.c,fl.c: michael's PS1 mods
        !           150: 01/11  ndp.c,mmu.c,bld: hooks for linking Linux/cef floating point emulator
        !           151: 12/29  new shm1.c from vlad, after testing preliminary ipcs
        !           152: 12/29  mmu.c: fix bug allocating ram disk slots in page directory
        !           153: 12/29  mmu.c,ndp.c,uproc.h: fp emulator state save/restore
        !           154: 12/23  typed.h and .c files containing it: remove use of T_NULL which
        !           155:        conflicts with use of that identifier in coff.h
        !           156: 12/23  rm.c,mmu.c: move start of RAM disk to virtual 0x8800_0000 for
        !           157:        compatibility with shm as assigned on other systems.
        !           158: 12/23  shm1.c,sys5.c,shm.h,Makefiles,bld: S5 shared memory
        !           159: 12/23  mmu.c: leave room for ndp state in user stack, per cef's request
        !           160: 12/21  fs1.c,fs2.c: epstein's fix to inode busy bug
        !           161: 
        !           162: Changes to kernel and related files for version #71:
        !           163: 
        !           164: 12/18  fd.c, fs1.c, fs3.c, pipe.c, sys2.c, sys3.c: merge epstein's pipe
        !           165:        fixes.
        !           166: 12/17  shm0.c: minor cleanup, add shmAtt() for vlad
        !           167: 12/10  sys[235].c,tty.c: enhanced useracc(), ttioctl no longer allowed to
        !           168:        overwrite kernel text
        !           169: 12/10  ndp.c: fix interrupt 13 attachment in case of 287
        !           170: 12/10  shm0.c: add shmDetachP() in support of ipcrm et al
        !           171: 12/10  syscoh.c(): add cohcall(COH_WTEXT,dest,src,numBytes) so a process can
        !           172:        write into its text segment.  This is mainly for cef's NDP emulator
        !           173:        thunks.
        !           174: 12/10  sys5.c,atcon.c,main.c,uproc.h: add code for ulimit();  add kernel
        !           175:        patchable variable BPFMAX = max # of 512 byte blocks when writing
        !           176:        a file.  Warning: ulimit(2,..) is not yet enforced!  ulimit(3) returns
        !           177:        the maximum possible break value (with 64 kbytes of cushion).
        !           178: 12/09  sys1632.c: make 286 stime() work as before
        !           179: 12/09  sys5.c: fix return values from ustatfs(),ufstatfs()
        !           180: 12/08  null.c,as.s,work.c,fakedma.c,ndp.c,shm0.c,as.inc,mmu.h: replace
        !           181:        use of WORK0 and WORK1 with calls to workAlloc() and workFree().
        !           182: 12/07  sig.c,ndp.c: allow ptrace() to transfer NDP state
        !           183: 12/04  sys1.c: stime() gets value, not pointer (undocumented part of BCS
        !           184:        compatibility)
        !           185: 12/02  shm0.c,bio.c,sys3.c,proc.c,syscoh.c,mmu.c,exec.c: kernel support
        !           186:        for shared memory
        !           187: 
        !           188: Changes to kernel and related files for version #70:
        !           189: 
        !           190: 11/30  sys2.c,pty.c: fix typo in POLLOUT polling
        !           191: 11/25  ktty.h,tty.c: XTABS under sgtty becomes TABDLY=TAB3 under termio
        !           192: 11/25  sys1.c: ulseek() once again rejects absolute offsets outside
        !           193:        the range 0..0x7ffff_ffff.
        !           194: 11/25  null.c: /dev/kmemhi
        !           195: 11/25  null.c: can now read/write /dev/mem more than 4096 bytes
        !           196: 11/25  tty.h,ktty.h,asy.c,*kb*.c: support IXANY
        !           197: 11/24  tty.c: block before first character if -icanon, vmin > 0.
        !           198: 
        !           199: New /bin/stty, accepts decimal min/time values, ^? for DEL, ^- for <undef>.
        !           200: New /conf/patch needed since we can no longer seek past 0x7ffff_ffff!
        !           201: 
        !           202: Changes to kernel and related files for version #69:
        !           203: 
        !           204: Warning: old COHERENT 286-style (was never part of S5) TIOC[C]BREAD is
        !           205: no longer supported.  It conflicts with termio-style VMIN/VTIME.  Norm
        !           206: said it was ok to drop this.
        !           207: 
        !           208: 11/20  fl.c: fix at least one endless retry condition
        !           209: 11/20  asy.c: setting BAUD 0 now hangs up the line
        !           210: 11/19  asy.c: TCSBRK now sends 0.25 second break
        !           211: 11/19  tty.c,asy: TCSETAF,TCSBRK weren't draining output
        !           212: 11/19  tty.c: TCFLSH was ignoring third argument
        !           213: 11/18  sys1.c: fix improper u_error setting in setuid()/setgid()
        !           214: 11/17  mmu.c: fix startup arithmetic bug
        !           215: 11/17  misc.c: use strchirp() in panic() if paging not enabled
        !           216: 11/17  as.s: fix comparison in paging()
        !           217: 11/12  mmu.c: add DV() macro for debugging
        !           218: 11/12  asy.c: drain port fully on TCSETAW/TIOCSETP
        !           219: 11/12  tty.c: add support for OCRNL, VMIN, VTIME
        !           220: 
        !           221: Changes to kernel and related files for version #68:
        !           222: 
        !           223: New /bin/ps needed!
        !           224: setfpe no longer supported.
        !           225: 
        !           226: 11/10  mmu.c,md.c,syscoh.c,as.s: add window server support (iomapOr(),
        !           227:        iomapAnd, kiopriv(), mapPhysUser()).
        !           228: 11/10  msg386.c: vlad's permission 0 fix.
        !           229: ... ker 67 was in here somewhere but had fatal character processing bug...
        !           230: 11/06  null.c: improved ps command, uses new /dev/ps
        !           231: 11/04  sys/ktty.h,tty.c: fix ONLCR/ICRNL check in tty module
        !           232: 11/04  at.c,misc.c,as.s: atbsyw() and atdrqw() no longer depend on CPU speed
        !           233: 11/04  sys/ktty.h,*kb*.c: fix ctrl-s/ctrl-q test to check IXON flag
        !           234: 10/29  sys1.c: fix utimes() return value.
        !           235: 10/28  287 support (untested)
        !           236: 10/25  Fix floating point exception handling for 387.  Add NDP sensing.
        !           237: 
        !           238: Changes to kernel and related files for version #66:
        !           239: 
        !           240: New /bin/ps needed!
        !           241: 
        !           242: NOTICE: /usr/include/sys/dirent.h and /usr/include/sys/dir.h are
        !           243: obsolete and should be removed from the /usr/include/sys directory!
        !           244: All references to them should include /usr/include/dirent.h instead.
        !           245: 
        !           246: 10/19  trap.c - stub for floating point exceptions
        !           247: 10/20  as.s,mmu.h,uproc.h - reserve space just below u area for NDP state
        !           248: 10/20  trap.c - device not available trap rewritten for NDP
        !           249: 10/22  floating point context switching, exceptions, and signal handlers
        !           250: 
        !           251: Changes to kernel and related files for version #65:
        !           252: 10/08  fl.c - fix open/close count imbalance
        !           253: 10/11  as.s,trap.c - fix runaway resulting from bad user pointer in system call
        !           254: 
        !           255: Changes to kernel and related files for version #64:
        !           256: New /etc/reboot (source in ker386/tools).
        !           257: 09/24  sig.c: ptrace fix, going from single step to full speed
        !           258: 10/01  trap.c: revise retry policy for iret bug
        !           259: 10/01  syscoh.c,param.h: superuser-callable reboot function
        !           260: 10/02  as.s: revise IODELAY to solve install problems on some systems
        !           261: 10/02  syscoh.c: update breakpoint code for new trap handler
        !           262: 10/02  msg386.c,sys2.c: vlad's new msg handler (no longer a device driver)
        !           263: 10/02  die.c: shorter code for print8/16/32, without need for data seg.
        !           264: 10/05  mmu.c: add PHYS_MEM and getPhysMem() for NCM and others (allocate
        !           265:        blocks of contiguous physical memory).
        !           266: 10/06  fl.c: flopen() would occasionally hang the system
        !           267: 10/06  as.s,as.inc,xdt.s: mmu update call gate to speed interrupt response
        !           268: 
        !           269: Changes to kernel and related files for version #63:
        !           270: 
        !           271: 09/08  sys5.c: fix permission problem in mkdir()
        !           272: 09/08  fl.c: fix end-of-volume problem
        !           273: 09/08  uproc.h, sys1.c, exec.c: S5-compatible setuid()/setgid()
        !           274: 09/09  coherent.h,misc.c: replace kkcopy(), kclear() with macro calls to
        !           275:        memcpy and memset.
        !           276: 09/09  tty.c: TCSETAW was losing buffer contents;  add ttrtp() call.
        !           277: 09/10  seg.c: vlad's fix for recursive exec's
        !           278: 09/16  bio.c,tioc.c,al.c,hs.c,asy.c,pty.c,*kb*.c: get rid of tioc286()
        !           279:        kluge in device drivers;  move tioc() call into dioctl()
        !           280: 09/17  null.c: /dev/proc for leaner ps, courtesy of La Monte.
        !           281: 09/17  uproc.h,md.c,sig.c,sys1.c,trap.c: fixes for db support
        !           282: 09/22  ptrace.h: add constants for ptrace() commands (no BCS standard for these)
        !           283: 09/22  fs2.c: Steve's conjectured fix for inode busy
        !           284: 09/22  as.s,xdt.s,as.inc: further changes for db support
        !           285: 09/24  fdioctl.h,sdioctl.h,mtioctl.h,buf.h,fl.c: clean up ioctl name space junk
        !           286: 
        !           287: Related to kernel changes above:
        !           288:        new bin/ps must be used due to yet another change in u area
        !           289:        watch for new cron from vlad that doesn't spawn lots more crons
        !           290:        new db has at least some working features
        !           291: 
        !           292: still to do: ptrace(), floating point
        !           293: clean up __cinit()/__putchar() stuff
        !           294: 
        !           295: Changes to kernel and related files for version #62:
        !           296: 
        !           297: 08/28  memset.s:  yet another segment botch fixed (sorry!)
        !           298: 08/31  fl.c:  Jack's improved floppy driver;  much quicker on dd; warns on
        !           299:        attempting to mount write-protected floppy for read/write.
        !           300: 09/01  stdio.h,sys/param.h,sys/uproc.h,sys/select.h,libc.a,misc.tar.Z
        !           301:        (bedaemon.c, select.c),bin/ps,exec.c,fd.c,sys2.c,sys1632.c:  up
        !           302:        to 60 open files per process.  If you are building kernels from
        !           303:        #62 sources, best rm ALL older .o files and start over due to
        !           304:        change in value of NOFILE in sys/param.h.
        !           305: 09/01  conf/kgen - allows you to link a new kernel with same configuration
        !           306:        as your original 4.0.0/4.0.1 installation.  This script is NFG on
        !           307:        systems not built by doing a full COH install of 4.0.0/4.0.1.  Its
        !           308:        main purpose is to allow developers & customers to replace one or
        !           309:        more kernel binary files, then make a new kernel with all the right
        !           310:        drivers and patches for their systems.
        !           311: 
        !           312: Changes to kernel for version #61:
        !           313: 
        !           314: 08/18  new memset.s,memcpy.s
        !           315: 08/21  vtkb.c - vlad
        !           316: 08/21  null.c - fix bug with /dev/null input
        !           317: 08/24  vtkb_d.c,vtkb_f.c - vlad
        !           318: 08/25  trap.c,as.s: fix IRET GP fault bug
        !           319: 08/25  trap.c: separate GP fault handler
        !           320: 08/25  trap.c,as.s,syscoh.c,param.h: kernel breakpoints
        !           321: 
        !           322: Changes to kernel for version #60:
        !           323: 
        !           324: 08/05  as.s:  set IOPL to 1, not 3.  Requires new /etc/ATclock.
        !           325: 08/05  xdt.s:  source cleanup
        !           326: 08/05  mmu.h,as.inc:  add SEG_RNG0_STK, SEG_RNG0_TXT, SEG_RNG1_STK
        !           327: 08/14  null.c:  set seek limit of 256 on /dev/cmos.  Add /dev/clock.
        !           328: 08/18  as.s,as.inc,xdt.s,mmu.h,mmu.c,vtnkb.c,mmas.s: Ring 1 kernel (use new ps)
        !           329: 08/18  mmu.c:  replace zero_fill() with memset()
        !           330: 
        !           331: Changes to kernel for version #59:
        !           332: 
        !           333: 07/24  mmu.c:  zero_fill now uses register variables and long* for speed
        !           334: 07/20  kb_d.c, kb_f.c:  fix Alt-Gr bug.
        !           335: ?????  limit.h, coff.h cleaned up by steve
        !           336: 07/24  typed.h,mmu.h fixed
        !           337: 07/24  mmu.c: vaddr() checks MAX_VADDR; round CMOS RAM amt down to click bdry
        !           338: 07/24  die.c: hex output
        !           339: 07/24  main.c: t_piggy stuff

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