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Norman Feske 9cba459958 base: remove Child::heap This patch improves the accounting for the backing store of session-state meta data. Originally, the session state used to be allocated by a child-local heap partition fed from the child's RAM session. However, whereas this approach was somehow practical from a runtime's (parent's) point of view, the child component could not count on the quota in its own RAM session. I.e., if the Child::heap grew at the parent side, the child's RAM session would magically diminish. This caused two problems. First, it violates assumptions of components like init that carefully manage their RAM resources (and giving most of them away their children). Second, if a child transfers most of its RAM session quota to another RAM session (like init does), the child's RAM session may actually not allow the parent's heap to grow, which is a very difficult error condition to deal with. In the new version, there is no Child::heap anymore. Instead, session states are allocated from the runtime's RAM session. In order to let children pay for these costs, the parent withdraws the local session costs from the session quota donated from the child when the child initiates a new session. Hence, in principle, all components on the route of the session request take a small bite from the session quota to pay for their local book keeping Consequently, the session quota that ends up at the server may become depleted more or less, depending on the route. In the case where the remaining quota is insufficient for the server, the server responds with 'QUOTA_EXCEEDED'. Since this behavior must generally be expected, this patch equips the client-side 'Env::session' implementation with the ability to re-issue session requests with successively growing quota donations. For several of core's services (ROM, IO_MEM, IRQ), the default session quota has now increased by 2 KiB, which should suffice for session requests to up to 3 hops as is the common case for most run scripts. For longer routes, the retry mechanism as described above comes into effect. For the time being, we give a warning whenever the server-side quota check triggers the retry mechanism. The warning may eventually be removed at a later stage.		2017-02-28 12:59:23 +01:00
doc	doc: update of challenges.txt	2017-02-23 14:54:42 +01:00
repos	base: remove Child::heap	2017-02-28 12:59:23 +01:00
tool	os: input_filter implementation and test	2017-02-27 15:37:49 +01:00
.gitignore	clean up .gitignore	2016-11-08 15:26:33 +01:00
LICENSE	Imported Genode release 11.11	2011-12-22 16:19:25 +01:00
README	README update	2016-08-30 17:24:00 +02:00
VERSION	version: 16.11	2016-11-30 15:29:42 +01:00

README

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                      Genode Operating System Framework
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This is the source tree of the reference implementation of the Genode OS
architecture. For a general overview about the architecture, please refer to
the project's official website:

:Official project website for the Genode OS Framework:

  [https://genode.org/documentation/general-overview]

The current implementation can be compiled for 8 different kernels: Linux,
L4ka::Pistachio, L4/Fiasco, OKL4, NOVA, Fiasco.OC, seL4, and a custom
kernel for running Genode directly on ARM-based hardware. Whereas the Linux
version serves us as development vehicle and enables us to rapidly develop the
generic parts of the system, the actual target platforms of the framework are
microkernels. There is no "perfect" microkernel - and neither should there be
one. If a microkernel pretended to be fit for all use cases, it wouldn't be
"micro". Hence, all microkernels differ in terms of their respective features,
complexity, and supported hardware architectures.

Genode allows the use of each of the kernels listed above with a rich set of
device drivers, protocol stacks, libraries, and applications in a uniform way.
For developers, the framework provides an easy way to target multiple different
kernels instead of tying the development to a particular kernel technology. For
kernel developers, Genode contributes advanced workloads, stress-testing their
kernel, and enabling a variety of application use cases that would not be
possible otherwise. For users and system integrators, it enables the choice of
the kernel that fits best with the requirements at hand for the particular
usage scenario.


Documentation
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The primary documentation is the book "Genode Foundations", which is available
on the front page of Genode website:

:Download the book "Genode Foundations":

  [https://genode.org]

The book describes Genode in a holistic and comprehensive way. It equips you
with a thorough understanding of the architecture, assists developers with the
explanation of the development environment and system configuration, and
provides a look under the hood of the framework. Furthermore, it contains the
specification of the framework's programming interface.

The project has a quarterly release cycle. Each version is accompanied with
detailed release documentation, which is available at the documentation
section of the project website:

:Release documentation:

  [https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/]


Directory overview
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The source tree is composed of the following subdirectories:

:'doc':

  This directory contains general documentation. Please consider the following
  document for a quick guide to get started with the framework:

  ! doc/getting_started.txt

  If you are curious about the ready-to-use components that come with the
  framework, please review the components overview:

  ! doc/components.txt

:'repos':

  This directory contains the so-called source-code repositories of Genode.
  Please refer to the README file in the 'repos' directory to learn more
  about the roles of the individual repositories.

:'tool':

  Source-code management tools and scripts. Please refer to the README file
  contained in the directory.


Additional community-maintained components
##########################################

The components found within the main source tree are complemented by a growing
library of additional software, which can be seamlessly integrated into Genode
system scenarios.

:Genode-world repository:

  [https://github.com/genodelabs/genode-world]


Contact
#######

The best way to get in touch with Genode developers and users is the project's
mailing list. Please feel welcome to join in!

:Genode Mailing Lists:

  [https://genode.org/community/mailing-lists]


Commercial support
##################

The driving force behind the Genode OS Framework is the German company Genode
Labs. The company offers commercial licensing, trainings, support, and
contracted development work:

:Genode Labs website:

  [https://www.genode-labs.com]