genode-ehmry

History

Norman Feske fd401bdf53 Thread API cleanup This patch cleans up the thread API and comes with the following noteworthy changes: - Introduced Cpu_session::Weight type that replaces a formerly used plain integer value to prevent the accidental mix-up of arguments. - The enum definition of Cpu_session::DEFAULT_WEIGHT moved to Cpu_session::Weight::DEFAULT_WEIGHT - New Thread constructor that takes a 'Env &' as first argument. The original constructors are now marked as deprecated. For the common use case where the default 'Weight' and 'Affinity' are used, a shortcut is provided. In the long term, those two constructors should be the only ones to remain. - The former 'Thread<>' class template has been renamed to 'Thread_deprecated'. - The former 'Thread_base' class is now called 'Thread'. - The new 'name()' accessor returns the thread's name as 'Name' object as centrally defined via 'Cpu_session::Name'. It is meant to replace the old-fashioned 'name' method that takes a buffer and size as arguments. - Adaptation of the thread test to the new API Issue #1954		2016-05-23 15:49:55 +02:00
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include	Thread API cleanup	2016-05-23 15:49:55 +02:00
lib	dde_rump: propagate CC_OLEVEL to buildrump.sh	2015-11-18 12:22:05 +01:00
patches
ports
run	Omit superfluous use of "CAP"/"SIGNAL" services	2016-05-09 13:24:51 +02:00
src	Thread API cleanup	2016-05-23 15:49:55 +02:00
README	tool: remove deprecated 'make prepare' mechanism	2016-03-17 17:02:04 +01:00

README

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                             Genode's Rump Kernel kernel port
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This repository contains the Genode version of the [http://wiki.netbsd.org/rumpkernel/ - rump kernel].
The kernel is currently used to gain file-system access from within Genode. In
order to achieve that, a Genode file-system server is located at
_src/server/rump_fs_. For accessing the server through the libc, the _libc_fs_
plugin can be facilitated, which is available in the _libports_ repository.

Building instructions
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In order to build the file-system server, issue

! ./tool/ports/prepare_port dde_rump

from Genode's toplevel directory.


Add

! REPOSITORIES += $(GENODE_DIR)/repos/dde_rump

to your _etc/build.conf_ file of you build directory.

Finally,

! make server/rumps_fs

called from your build directory will build the server. You may also specify

! make run/rump_ext2

to run a simple test scenario.


Configuration
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Here is an example snippet that configures the server:

!<start name="rump_fs">
!  <resource name="RAM" quantum="8M" />
!  <provides><service name="File_system"/></provides>
!  <config fs="ext2fs"><policy label="" root="/" writeable="yes"/></config>
!</start>

The server is looking for a service that provides a Genode block session. If
there is more than one block session in the system, the block session must be
routed to the right block-session server. The value of the _fs_ attribute of
the _config_ node can be one of the following: _ext2fs_ for EXT2, _cd9660_ for
ISO-9660, or _msdos_ for FAT file-system support. _root_ defines the directory
of the file system as seen as root directory by the client. The server hands
most of its RAM quota to the rump kernel. This means the larger the quota is,
the larger the internal block caches of the rump kernel will be.