The new amd64efi BSP supports:
- multiboot2 boot format. Runs well with GRUB.
- console based on either EFI simple text output or GOP-based framebuffer
- clock based on EFI event/timer API
- early console using either hard-wired PC-AT serial or just memory buffer
- with EFI support disabled the BSP is more or less equivalent to amd64 BSP
with multiboot2 support
The ABI flags for the amd64 BSP contain the -Werror=return-type flag. There is no reason for this to be there so it has been removed. The same option has also been removed amd64.cfg file.
Sort the .noinit* input sections by name first, then by alignment if two
sections have the same name. This allows the placement of begin/end symbols to
initialize some areas with a special value.
Update #4678.
Do not return a status code in bsp_interrupt_facility_initialize() since this
leads to unreachable code in bsp_interrupt_initialize(). Use RTEMS_DEBUG
assertions in bsp_interrupt_facility_initialize() if necessary.
Add rtems_interrupt_raise_on() and rtems_interrupt_clear().
Add a default implementation which just returns RTEMS_UNSATISFIED for
valid parameters.
Update #3269.
Assert BSP_INTERRUPT_VECTOR_MAX + 1 == BSP_INTERRUPT_VECTOR_COUNT.
After building all BSPs with this patch, BSP_INTERRUPT_VECTOR_MAX can be
removed and replaced by BSP_INTERRUPT_VECTOR_COUNT. The
BSP_INTERRUPT_VECTOR_COUNT allows a default implementation which supports no
interrupt vector at all. Using COUNT instead of MAX may avoid some
interpretation issues, for example is the maximum value a valid vector number
or not.
Update #3269.
Remove BSP_INTERRUPT_VECTOR_MIN and unconditionally let interrupt vector
numbers start with zero.
The BSP_INTERRUPT_VECTOR_MIN == 0 invariant was tested by the previous commit
and building all BSPs.
Update #3269.
- Use CamelCase as it is not used in our C code. Enables simple search and
replace.
- Prefix with "RTEMS" to aid deployment and integration. It aids
searching and sorting.
Update #3706.
The APIC timer is calibrated by running the i8254 PIT for a fraction of a
second (determined by PIT_CALIBRATE_DIVIDER) and counting how many times the
APIC counter has ticked. The calibration can be run multiple times (determined
by APIC_TIMER_NUM_CALIBRATIONS) and averaged out.
Updates #2898.
Current state:
- Basic context initialization and switching code.
- Stubbed console (empty functions).
- Mostly functional linker script (may need tweaks if we ever want to move
away from the large code model (see: CPU_CFLAGS).
- Fully functional boot, by using FreeBSD's bootloader to load RTEMS's ELF for
UEFI-awareness.
In short, the current state with this commit lets us boot, go through the system
initialization functions, and then call user application's Init task too.
Updates #2898.
