The DOSEMU Alterer Novices Guide
Alistair MacDonald, <alistair@slitesys.demon.co.uk>
version dosemu-1.4.0
This Document is the DOSEMU Alterer Novices Guide. It is known as the
DANG.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Main group of Modules
2.1. Functions in dos.c
2.1.1. dosemu
2.2. Functions in emu.c
2.2.1. jmp_emulate
2.2.2. emulate
2.3. Remarks in emu.c
2.4. Remarks in include/emu.h
3. The Init group of Modules
3.1. Functions in base/init/init.c
3.1.1. stdio_init
3.1.2. time_setting_init
3.1.3. timer_interrupt_init
3.1.4. map_video_bios
3.1.5. map_custom_bios
3.1.6. memory_init
3.1.7. device_init
3.1.8. low_mem_init
3.1.9. version_init
3.2. Functions in base/init/config.c
3.2.1. cpu_override
3.2.2. register_config_scrub
3.2.3. unregister_config_scrub
3.2.4. config_scrub
3.2.5. config_init
3.3. Remarks in base/init/config.c
4. The DPMI group of Modules
4.1. Functions in dosext/dpmi/dpmi.c
4.1.1. dpmi_control
4.1.2. run_pm_int
4.1.3. run_pm_dos_int
4.1.4. do_default_cpu_exception
4.1.5. do_cpu_exception
4.1.6. dpmi_fault
4.2. Remarks in dosext/dpmi/dpmi.c
4.3. Items for Fixing in dosext/dpmi/dpmi.c
5. The Video group of Modules
5.1. Functions in env/video/video.c
5.1.1. video_init
5.2. Remarks in env/video/video.c
5.3. Functions in plugin/X/X.c
5.3.1. X_init
5.3.2. X_close
5.3.3. X_shm_init
5.3.4. X_shm_init
5.3.5. X_set_mouse_cursor
5.3.6. X_handle_events
5.3.7. graphics_cmap_init
5.3.8. X_set_videomode
5.3.9. set_mouse_position
5.4. Remarks in plugin/X/X.c
5.5. Functions in env/video/vgaemu.c
5.5.1. VGA_emulate_outb
5.5.2. VGA_emulate_inb
5.5.3. vga_emu_fault
5.5.4. vga_emu_init
5.5.5. vga_emu_update
5.5.6. vgaemu_switch_plane
5.5.7. vga_emu_switch_bank
5.5.8. vga_emu_find_mode
5.5.9. vga_emu_setmode
5.5.10. vga_emu_set_textsize
5.5.11. dirty_all_video_pages
5.5.12. dirty_all_vga_colors
5.5.13. changed_vga_colors
5.5.14. vgaemu_adj_cfg
5.6. Functions in env/video/vesa.c
5.6.1. vbe_init
5.6.2. do_vesa_int
5.7. Functions in env/video/attremu.c
5.7.1. Attr_init
5.7.2. Attr_get_entry
5.7.3. Attr_set_entry
5.7.4. Attr_read_value
5.7.5. Attr_write_value
5.7.6. Attr_get_index
5.8. Functions in env/video/dacemu.c
5.8.1. DAC_init
5.8.2. DAC_set_width
5.8.3. DAC_get_entry
5.8.4. DAC_set_entry
5.8.5. DAC_rgb2gray
5.8.6. DAC_set_read_index
5.8.7. DAC_set_write_index
5.8.8. DAC_read_value
5.8.9. DAC_write_value
5.8.10. DAC_get_pel_mask
5.8.11. DAC_set_pel_mask
5.8.12. DAC_get_state
5.9. Functions in env/video/crtcemu.c
5.9.1. CRTC_init
5.10. Functions in env/video/dualmon.c
5.10.1. MDA_init
5.11. Remarks in env/video/dualmon.c
5.12. Functions in env/video/vgaemu.c
5.12.1. VGA_emulate_outb
5.12.2. VGA_emulate_inb
5.12.3. vga_emu_fault
5.12.4. vga_emu_init
5.12.5. vga_emu_update
5.12.6. vgaemu_switch_plane
5.12.7. vga_emu_switch_bank
5.12.8. vga_emu_find_mode
5.12.9. vga_emu_setmode
5.12.10. vga_emu_set_textsize
5.12.11. dirty_all_video_pages
5.12.12. dirty_all_vga_colors
5.12.13. changed_vga_colors
5.12.14. vgaemu_adj_cfg
5.13. Functions in env/video/instremu.c
5.13.1. instr_len
5.13.2. instr_sim
5.13.3. instr_emu
6. The New_Keyboard group of Modules
6.1. Functions in plugin/kbd_unicode/serv_xlat.c
6.1.1. compute_keynum
6.1.2. translate_key
6.1.3. put_rawkey
6.1.4. move_keynum
6.1.5. keysym_to_keynum
6.1.6. move_key
6.1.7. put_symbol
6.1.8. put_modified_symbol
6.1.9. get_shiftstate
6.1.10. set_shiftstate
6.2. Functions in plugin/kbd_unicode/keyb_clients.c
6.2.1. keyb_client_init
6.3. Functions in plugin/kbd_unicode/keyb_none.c
6.3.1. none_probe
6.4. Functions in plugin/kbd_unicode/keyb_raw.c
6.4.1. raw_keyboard_init
6.4.2. raw_keyboard_reset
6.5. Functions in plugin/term/keyb_slang.c
6.5.1. setup_pc_scancode_mode
6.5.2. exit_pc_scancode_mode
6.5.3. do_pc_scancode_getkeys
6.5.4. slang_keyb_init()
6.5.5. slang_keyb_probe()
7. The Misc group of Modules
7.1. Functions in base/async/int.c
7.1.1. int1a
7.1.2. ms_dos
7.1.3. run_caller_func(i, revect)
7.1.4. DO_INT
7.1.5. setup_interrupts
7.1.6. int_vector_setup
7.2. Remarks in base/async/int.c
7.3. Functions in arch/linux/async/sigsegv.c
7.3.1. dosemu_fault(int, struct sigcontext_struct);
7.3.2. print_exception_info
7.4. Functions in arch/linux/async/signal.c
7.4.1. NEWSETQSIG
7.4.2. SIG_init
7.4.3. signal_init
7.4.4. handle_signals
7.4.5. SIGNAL_save
7.4.6. SIGIO_call
7.5. Remarks in arch/linux/async/signal.c
7.6. Functions in base/misc/disks.c
7.6.1. disk_init
7.7. Functions in base/dev/misc/timers.c
7.7.1. initialize_timers
7.7.2. timer_tick
7.7.3. do_sound
7.7.4. timer_int_engine
7.8. Functions in base/misc/dos2linux.c
7.8.1. run_unix_command
7.9. Functions in base/misc/ioctl.c
7.9.1. io_select_init
7.9.2. add_to_io_select
7.9.3. remove_from_io_select
7.10. Functions in base/dev/misc/lpt.c
7.10.1. printer_init
7.11. Functions in base/dev/misc/pci.c
7.11.1. pci_read_header
7.11.2. pci_setup
7.12. Functions in base/dev/misc/joystick.c
7.12.1. joy_latency_over
7.12.2. joy_emu_button_set
7.12.3. joy_emu_axis_set
7.12.4. joy_emu_axis_conv
7.12.5. joy_linux_process_event
7.12.6. joy_linux_read_events
7.12.7. joy_linux_read_status
7.12.8. joy_linux_read_buttons_(family)
7.12.9. joy_linux_read_axis_(family)
7.12.10. joy_bios_read
7.12.11. joy_port_inb
7.13. Remarks in base/dev/misc/joystick.c
7.14. Items for Fixing in base/dev/misc/joystick.c
7.15. Remarks in include/doshelpers.h
8. The CPU_Intel group of Modules
8.1. Functions in emu-i386/cpu.c
8.1.1. cpu_trap_0f
8.1.2. cpu_setup
8.2. Functions in emu-i386/ports.c
8.2.1. port_inb(ioport_t port)
8.2.2. port_outb(ioport_t port, Bit8u byte)
8.2.3. port_inw(ioport_t port)
8.2.4. port_outw(ioport_t port, Bit16u word)
8.2.5. port_ind(ioport_t port)
8.2.6. special_port_inb,special_port_outb
8.2.7. port_init()
8.2.8. extra_port_init()
8.2.9. port_register_handler
8.2.10. set_ioperm
8.3. Remarks in emu-i386/ports.c
8.4. Items for Fixing in emu-i386/ports.c
8.5. Functions in emu-i386/do_vm86.c
8.5.1. vm86_GP_fault
8.5.2. run_vm86
8.5.3. loopstep_run_vm86
8.6. Remarks in emu-i386/do_vm86.c
8.7. Functions in emu-i386/cputime.c
8.7.1. GETcpuTIME
8.7.2. GETusTIME(sc)
8.7.3. GETtickTIME(sc)
8.7.4. GETusSYSTIME()
8.8. Remarks in emu-i386/cputime.c
8.9. Functions in emu-i386/simx86/sigsegv.c
8.9.1. dosemu_fault(int, struct sigcontext_struct);
9. The Serial group of Modules
9.1. Remarks in base/serial/ser_defs.h
9.2. Functions in base/serial/ser_init.c
9.2.1. serial_init
9.3. Items for Fixing in base/serial/ser_init.c
9.4. Functions in base/serial/ser_ports.c
9.4.1. do_serial_in
9.4.2. do_serial_out
9.5. Items for Fixing in base/serial/ser_ports.c
9.6. Functions in base/serial/ser_irq.c
9.6.1. serial_int_engine
9.6.2. pic_serial_run
9.6.3. serial_run
9.7. Remarks in base/serial/ser_irq.c
9.8. Items for Fixing in base/serial/ser_irq.c
9.9. Functions in base/serial/int14.c
9.9.1. int14
9.10. New Ideas for base/serial/int14.c
9.11. Items for Fixing in base/serial/fossil.c
9.12. Items for Fixing in include/serial.h
10. The Mouse group of Modules
10.1. Functions in base/mouse/mouse.c
10.1.1. mouse_init
10.2. Remarks in base/mouse/mouse.c
11. The Bios group of Modules
11.1. Functions in base/bios/hlt.c
11.1.1. hlt_init(void)
11.1.2. hlt_handle()
12. The PIC group of Modules
12.1. Functions in base/dev/pic/pic.c
12.1.1. pic_print
12.1.2. write_pic0,write_pic1
12.1.3. read_pic0,read_pic1
12.1.4. pic_seti
12.1.5. run_irqs
12.1.6. do_irq
12.1.7. pic_resched
12.1.8. pic_request
12.1.9. pic_iret
12.1.10. pic_watch
12.1.11. pic_pending
12.1.12. pic_activate
12.1.13. pic_sched
12.2. Remarks in base/dev/pic/pic.c
13. The Sound group of Modules
13.1. Functions in dosext/sound/sound.c
13.1.1. sb_io_read
13.1.2. adlib_io_read
13.1.3. mpu401_io_read
13.1.4. sb_io_write
13.1.5. sb_dsp_write
13.2. Remarks in dosext/sound/sound.c
13.3. Items for Fixing in dosext/sound/sound.c
13.4. Remarks in base/dev/dma/dma.c
13.5. Items for Fixing in base/dev/dma/dma.c
14. The FileAccess group of Modules
14.1. Remarks in dosext/mfs/mfs.c
14.2. Items for Fixing in dosext/mfs/mfs.c
15. And Finally ...
1. Introduction
This document is the preliminary draft of a manual to help people
understand the inner workings of dosemu. It is the goal of this
document to create new dosemu hackers. This concept was inspired by
the linux kernel hackers guide.
This Guide was concieved and originally written by "Corey Sweeney"
<corey@interaccess.com>. It has been completely revised. It is now
generated automatically directly from the source code. Special thanks
to "James B. MacLean" <macleajb@ednet.ns.ca> for supplying the
original information. (It was mostly ripped out of a mail message.)
"Jochen Hein" has made many useful comments & suggestions.
At the end if this document is a section detailing how this guide is
put together. This may help you when trying to locate the relevant
pieces of code. If you add new code, it would be useful if the
relevant markers are added where appropriate.
This file is a collective effort. If you don't like one of the
explanations, or want to add anything, please send me something!
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2. The Main group of Modules
These files are used to start DOSEMU as well as hold globally called
functions and global vars.
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2.1. Functions in dos.c
These are the functions defined in dos.c.
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2.1.1. dosemu
Arguments are:
* argc - Count of argumnents.
* argc - Actual arguments.
Function created by entry point into libdosemu. Called to jump into
the emulate function of DOSEMU.
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2.2. Functions in emu.c
These are the functions defined in emu.c.
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2.2.1. jmp_emulate
call the emulate function by way of the dll headers. Always make sure
that this line is the first of emu.c and link emu.o as the first
object file to the lib
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2.2.2. emulate
Arguments are:
* argc - Argument count.
* argv - Arguments.
Emulate gets called from dos.c. It initializes DOSEMU to prepare it
for running in vm86 mode. This involves catching signals, preparing
memory, calling all the initialization functions for the I/O
subsystems (video/serial/etc...), getting the boot sector instructions
and calling vm86().
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2.3. Remarks in emu.c
DOSEMU must not work within the 1 meg DOS limit, so start of code is
loaded at a higher address, at some time this could conflict with
other shared libs. If DOSEMU is compiled statically (without shared
libs), and org instruction is used to provide the jump above 1 meg.
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2.4. Remarks in include/emu.h
The `vm86_struct` is used to pass all the necessary status/registers
to DOSEMU when running in vm86 mode.
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DOSEMU keeps system wide configuration status in a structure called
config.
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The var `fatalerr` can be given a true value at any time to have
DOSEMU exit on the next return from vm86 mode.
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The var 'running_DosC' is set by the DosC kernel and is used to handle
some things differently, e.g. the redirector. It interfaces via
INTe6,0xDC (DOS_HELPER_DOSC), but only if running_DosC is !=0. At the
very startup DosC issues a INTe6,0xdcDC to set running_DosC with the
contents of BX (which is the internal DosC version).
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3. The Init group of Modules
These files are used for initialization and runtime configuration of
DOSEMU
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3.1. Functions in base/init/init.c
These are the functions defined in base/init/init.c.
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3.1.1. stdio_init
Initialize stdio, open debugging output file if user specified one
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3.1.2. time_setting_init
Beats me
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3.1.3. timer_interrupt_init
Tells the OS to send us periodic timer messages
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3.1.4. map_video_bios
Map the video bios into main memory
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3.1.5. map_custom_bios
Setup the dosemu amazing custom BIOS, quietly overwriting anything was
copied there before. Do not overwrite graphic fonts!
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3.1.6. memory_init
Set up all memory areas as would be present on a typical i86 during
the boot phase.
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3.1.7. device_init
Calls all initialization routines for devices (keyboard, video,
serial, disks, etc.)
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3.1.8. low_mem_init
Initializes the lower 1Meg via mmap & sets up the HMA region
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3.1.9. version_init
Find version of OS running and set necessary global parms.
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3.2. Functions in base/init/config.c
These are the functions defined in base/init/config.c.
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3.2.1. cpu_override
Process user CPU override from the config file ('cpu xxx') or from the
command line. Returns the selected CPU identifier or -1 on error.
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3.2.2. register_config_scrub
register a function Enforce consistency upon the `config` structure
after all values have been set to remove silly option combinations
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3.2.3. unregister_config_scrub
Complement of register_config_scrub This removes a scrub function.
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3.2.4. config_scrub
Enforce consistency upon the `config` structure after all values have
been set to remove silly option combinations
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3.2.5. config_init
This is called to parse the command-line arguments and config files.
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3.3. Remarks in base/init/config.c
For simpler support of X, DOSEMU can be started by a symbolic link
called `xdos` which DOSEMU will use to switch into X-mode.
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4. The DPMI group of Modules
DPMI is Lutz's Baby. It's a really important part of the Emulator as
far as we are concerned, since it will allow us to run so many more
programs and, most importantly, bcc. This is the one thing that the
WINE developers want that we haven't been able to give them.
If you think you can help .... "Away you Go!" (Sorry to those non-UK
folks ... Thats a reference to a UK kids sports programme from my
youth ... anyway ... enough of this banter. You'll be wanting to know
that this is all about DPMI ...)
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4.1. Functions in dosext/dpmi/dpmi.c
These are the functions defined in dosext/dpmi/dpmi.c.
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4.1.1. dpmi_control
This function is similar to the vm86() syscall in the kernel and
switches to dpmi code.
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4.1.2. run_pm_int
This routine is used for running protected mode hardware interrupts.
run_pm_int() switches to the locked protected mode stack and calls the
handler. If no handler is installed the real mode interrupt routine is
called.
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4.1.3. run_pm_dos_int
This routine is used for reflecting the software interrupts 0x1c, 0x23
and 0x24 to protected mode.
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4.1.4. do_default_cpu_exception
This is the default CPU exception handler. Exceptions 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 7 are reflected to real mode. All other exceptions are terminating
the client (and may be dosemu too :-)).
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4.1.5. do_cpu_exception
This routine switches to the locked protected mode stack, disables
interrupts and calls the DPMI client exception handler. If no handler
is installed the default handler is called.
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4.1.6. dpmi_fault
This is the brain of DPMI. All CPU exceptions are first reflected
(from the signal handlers) to this code.
Exception from nonprivileged instructions INT XX, STI, CLI, HLT and
from WINDOWS 3.1 are handled here.
All here unhandled exceptions are reflected to do_cpu_exception()
Note for cpu-emu: exceptions generated from the emulator are handled
here. 'Real' system exceptions (e.g. from an emulator fault) are
redirected to emu_dpmi_fault() in fullemu mode
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4.2. Remarks in dosext/dpmi/dpmi.c
We are caching ldt here for speed reasons and for Windows 3.1. I would
love to have an readonly ldt-alias (located in the first 16MByte for
use with 16-Bit descriptors (WIN-LDT)). This is on my wish list for
the kernel hackers (Linus mainly) :-))))))).
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DPMI is designed such that the stack change needs a task switch. We
are doing it via an SIGSEGV - instead of one task switch we have now
four :-(. Arrgh this is the point where I should start to include DPMI
stuff in the kernel, but then we could include the rest of dosemu too.
Would Linus love this? I don't :-((((. Anyway I would love to see
first a working DPMI port, maybe we will later (with version 0.9 or
similar :-)) start with it to get a really fast dos
emulator...............
NOTE: Using DIRECT_DPMI_CONTEXT_SWITCH we avoid these 4 taskswitches
actually doing 0. We don't need a 'physical' taskswitch (not having
different TSS for us and DPMI), we only need a complete register
(context) replacement. For back-switching, however, we need the
sigcontext technique, so we build a proper sigcontext structure even
for 'hand made taskswitch'. (Hans Lermen, June 1996)
-- the whole emu_stack_frame could be eliminated except for eip/rip
and esp/rsp. For the most part GCC can worry about clobbered registers
(Bart Oldeman, October 2006)
dpmi_control is called only from dpmi_run when in_dpmi_dos_int==0
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Hopefully the below LAR can serve as a replacement for the KERNEL_LDT,
which we are abandoning now. Especially the 'accessed-bit' will get
updated in the ldt-cache with the code below. Most DPMI-clients
fortunately _are_ using LAR also to get this info, however, some do
not. Some of those which do _not_, at least use the DPMI-GetDescriptor
function, so this may solve the problem. (Hans Lermen, July 1996)
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Here we handle all prefixes prior switching to the appropriate
routines The exception CS:EIP will point to the first prefix that
effects the the faulting instruction, hence, 0x65 0x66 is same as 0x66
0x65. So we collect all prefixes and remember them. - Hans Lermen
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4.3. Items for Fixing in dosext/dpmi/dpmi.c
We shouldn't return to dosemu code if IF=0, but it helps - WHY? */
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5. The Video group of Modules
All of the Video handling code is in the "video" subdirectory.
There is one file for each video card or chipset and the master file.
To Add a new card, it needs a set of save & restore routines putting
in a file here.
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5.1. Functions in env/video/video.c
These are the functions defined in env/video/video.c.
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5.1.1. video_init
Set pointer to correct structure of functions to initialize, close,
etc... video routines.
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5.2. Remarks in env/video/video.c
Here the sleeping lion will be awoken and eat much of CPU time !!!
The result of setting VM86_SCREEN_BITMAP (at state of Linux 1.1.56):
Each vm86 call will set 32 pages of video mem RD-only (there may be
1000000 per second) Write access to RD-only page results in page-fault
(mm/memory.c), which will set a bit in current->screen_bitmap and
calls do_wp_page() which does __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL) but frees it
immediatly, because copy-on-write is not neccessary and sets RD/WR for
the page. (this could happen 32000000 per second, if the CPU were fast
enough) It would be better to get the DIRTY-bit directly from the page
table, isn't it? A special syscall in emumodule could do this.
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reserve_video_memory()
This procedure is trying to eke out all the UMB blocks possible to
maximize your memory under DOSEMU. If you know about dual monitor
setups, you can contribute by putting in the correct graphics page
address values.
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5.3. Functions in plugin/X/X.c
These are the functions defined in plugin/X/X.c.
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5.3.1. X_init
Initialize everything X-related.
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5.3.2. X_close
Destroy the window, unload font, pixmap and colormap.
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5.3.3. X_shm_init
Check availability of the MIT-SHM shared memory extension.
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5.3.4. X_shm_init
Turn off usage of the MIT-SHM shared memory extension.
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5.3.5. X_set_mouse_cursor
called by mouse.c to hide/display the mouse and set it's position.
This is currently the only callback from mouse.c to X.
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5.3.6. X_handle_events
Handle pending X events (called from SIGALRM handler).
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5.3.7. graphics_cmap_init
Allocate a colormap for graphics modes and initialize it. Do mostly
nothing on true color displays. Otherwise, do: - if colormaps have
less than 256 entries (notably 16 or 2 colors), don't use a private
colormap - if a shared map is requested and there are less than 36
colors (3/4/3) available, use a private colormap
Note: Text modes always use the screen's default colormap.
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5.3.8. X_set_videomode
This is the interface function called by the video subsystem to set a
video mode.
NOTE: The actual mode is taken from the global variable "video_mode".
Set the video mode. If mode_class is -1, this will only reinitialize
the current mode. The other arguments are ignored in this case.
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5.3.9. set_mouse_position
Place the mouse on the right position.
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5.4. Remarks in plugin/X/X.c
DO NOT REMOVE THIS TEST!!! It is magic, without it EMS fails on my
machine under X. Perhaps someday when we don't use a buggy
/proc/self/mem.. -- EB 18 May 1998 A slightly further look says it's
not the test so much as suppressing noop resize events... -- EB 1 June
1998
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5.5. Functions in env/video/vgaemu.c
These are the functions defined in env/video/vgaemu.c.
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5.5.1. VGA_emulate_outb
Emulates writes to VGA ports. This is a hardware emulation function.
Arguments are:
* port - The port being written to.
* value - The value written,
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5.5.2. VGA_emulate_inb
Emulates reads from VGA ports. This is a hardware emulation function.
Arguments are:
* port - The port being read from.
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5.5.3. vga_emu_fault
vga_emu_fault() is used to catch video access, and handle it. This
function is called from arch/linux/async/sigsegv.c::dosemu_fault1().
The sigcontext_struct is defined in include/cpu.h. Now it catches only
changes in a 4K page, but maybe it is useful to catch each video
access. The problem when you do that is, you have to simulate each
instruction which could write to the video memory. It is easy to get
the place where the exception happens (scp->cr2), but what are those
changes? An other problem is, it could eat a lot of time, but it does
now also.
MODIFICATION: VGA mode 12h under X is supported in exactly the way
that was suggested above. Not every instruction needs to be simulated
in order to make this feature useful, just the ones used to access
video RAM by key applications (Borland BGI, Protel, etc.).
MODIFICATION: all VGA modes now work and almost all instructions are
simulated.
Arguments are:
* scp - A pointer to a struct sigcontext_struct holding some
relevant data.
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5.5.4. vga_emu_init
vga_emu_init() must be called before using the VGAEmu functions. It is
only called from env/video/X.c::X_init() at the moment. This function
basically initializes the global variable `vga' and allocates the VGA
memory.
It does in particular *not* map any memory into the range 0xa0000 -
0xc0000, this is done as part of a VGA mode switch.
There should be an accompanying vga_emu_done().
Arguments are:
* vedt - Pointer to struct describing the type of display we are
actually
* attached to.
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5.5.5. vga_emu_update
vga_emu_update() scans the VGA memory for dirty (= written to since
last update) pages and returns the changed area in *veut. See the
definition of vga_emu_update_type in env/video/vgaemu_inside.h for
details.
You will need to call this function repeatedly until it returns 0 to
grab all changes. You can specify an upper limit for the size of the
area that will be returned using `veut->max_max_len' and
`veut->max_len'. See the example in env/video/X.c how this works.
If the return value of vga_emu_update() is >= 0, it is the number of
changed pages, -1 means there are still changed pages but the maximum
update chunk size (`veut->max_max_len') was exceeded.
This function does in its current form not work for Hercules modes; it
does, however work for text modes, although this feature is currently
not used.
Arguments are:
* veut - A pointer to a vga_emu_update_type object holding all
relevant info.
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5.5.6. vgaemu_switch_plane
vgaemu_switch_plane() maps the specified plane.
This function returns True on success and False on error, usually
indicating an invalid bank number.
Arguments are:
* plane (0..3) - The plane to map.
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5.5.7. vga_emu_switch_bank
vga_emu_switch_bank() is used to emulate video-bankswitching.
This function returns True on success and False on error, usually
indicating an invalid bank number.
Arguments are:
* bank - The bank to switch to.
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5.5.8. vga_emu_find_mode
Searches a video mode with the requested mode number.
The search starts with the mode *after* the mode `vmi' points to. If
`vmi' == NULL, starts at the beginning of the internal mode table.
`mode' may be a standard VGA mode number (0 ... 0x7f) or a VESA mode
number (>= 0x100). The mode number may have its don't-clear-bit (bit 7
or bit 15) or its use-lfb-bit (bit 14) set. The special mode number -1
will match any mode and may be used to scan through the whole table.
Returns NULL if no mode was found and a pointer into the mode table
otherwise. The returned pointer is a suitable argument for subsequent
calls to this function.
You should (and can) access the mode table only through this function.
Arguments are:
* mode - video mode.
* vmi - pointer into internal mode list
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5.5.9. vga_emu_setmode
Set a video mode.
Switches to `mode' with text sizes `width' and `height' or (if no such
mode was found) at least `width' and `height'.
Arguments are:
* mode - The new video mode.
* width - Number of text columns.
* height - Number of text rows.
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5.5.10. vga_emu_set_textsize
Sets the text mode resolution. Typically called after a font change.
Arguments are:
* width - Number of text columns.
* height - Number of text rows.
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5.5.11. dirty_all_video_pages
Marks the whole VGA memory as modified.
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5.5.12. dirty_all_vga_colors
Marks all colors as changed.
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5.5.13. changed_vga_colors
Checks DAC and Attribute Controller to find all colors with changed
RGB-values. Returns number of changed colors. Note: the list _must_ be
large enough, that is, have at least min(256, (1 << vga.pixel_size))
entries!
Arguments are:
* de - list of DAC entries to store changed colors in
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5.5.14. vgaemu_adj_cfg
Adjust VGAEmu according to VGA register changes.
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5.6. Functions in env/video/vesa.c
These are the functions defined in env/video/vesa.c.
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5.6.1. vbe_init
Initializes the VGA/VBE BIOS and the VBE support.
Arguments are:
* vedt - Pointer to struct describing the type of display we are
actually
* attached to.
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5.6.2. do_vesa_int
This is the VESA interrupt handler.
It is called from base/bios/int10.c::int10(). The VESA interrupt is
called with 0x4f in AH and the function number (0x00 ... 0x10) in AL.
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5.7. Functions in env/video/attremu.c
These are the functions defined in env/video/attremu.c.
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5.7.1. Attr_init
Initializes the attribute controller. This is an interface function.
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5.7.2. Attr_get_entry
Directly reads the Attribute Controller's registers. This is an
interface function.
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5.7.3. Attr_set_entry
Directly sets the Attribute Controller's registers. This is an
interface function.
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5.7.4. Attr_read_value
Emulates reads from the attribute controller. This is a hardware
emulation function.
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5.7.5. Attr_write_value
Emulates writes to attribute controller combined index and data
register. Read VGADOC for details. This is a hardware emulation
function.
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5.7.6. Attr_get_index
Returns the current index of the attribute controller. This is a
hardware emulation function, though in fact this function is undefined
in a real attribute controller. Well, it is exactly what my VGA board
(S3) does. -- sw This is a hardware emulation function.
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5.8. Functions in env/video/dacemu.c
These are the functions defined in env/video/dacemu.c.
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5.8.1. DAC_init
Initializes the DAC. It depends on a correct value in vga.pixel_size.
This function should be called during VGA mode initialization. This is
an interface function.
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5.8.2. DAC_set_width
Sets the DAC width. Typical values are 6 or 8 bits. In theory, we
support other values as well (untested). This is an interface
function.
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5.8.3. DAC_get_entry
Returns a complete DAC entry (r, g, b). Don't forget to set
DAC_entry.index first! This is an interface function.
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5.8.4. DAC_set_entry
Sets a complete DAC entry (r,g,b). This is an interface function.
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5.8.5. DAC_rgb2gray
Converts a DAC register's RGB values to gray scale. This is an
interface function.
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5.8.6. DAC_set_read_index
Specifies which palette entry is read. This is a hardware emulation
function.
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5.8.7. DAC_set_write_index
Specifies which palette entry is written. This is a hardware emulation
function.
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5.8.8. DAC_read_value
Read a value from the DAC. Each read will cycle through the registers
for red, green and blue. After a ``blue read'' the read index will be
incremented. Read VGADOC4 if you want to know more about the DAC. This
is a hardware emulation function.
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5.8.9. DAC_write_value
Write a value to the DAC. Each write will cycle through the registers
for red, green and blue. After a ``blue write'' the write index will
be incremented. This is a hardware emulation function.
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5.8.10. DAC_get_pel_mask
Returns the current PEL mask. Note that changed_vga_colors() already
applies the PEL mask; so applications should not worry too much about
it. This is a hardware emulation function.
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5.8.11. DAC_set_pel_mask
Sets the PEL mask and marks all DAC entries as dirty. This is a
hardware emulation function.
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5.8.12. DAC_get_state
Returns the current state of the DAC. This is a hardware emulation
function.
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5.9. Functions in env/video/crtcemu.c
These are the functions defined in env/video/crtcemu.c.
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5.9.1. CRTC_init
Initializes the CRT Controller. This is an interface function.
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5.10. Functions in env/video/dualmon.c
These are the functions defined in env/video/dualmon.c.
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5.10.1. MDA_init
Initializes the monochrome card. First detects which monochrome card
is used, because the Hercules RamFont and the Hercules InColor need
one more register to be initialized. If there is no monochrome card at
all, we just think there is one and poke an peek in the void. After
the detection the card is initialized.
returns: nothing
Arguments are:
* none
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5.11. Remarks in env/video/dualmon.c
After MDA_init() the VGA is configured, something in video.c or
console.c "reprograms" the monochrome card again in such a way that I
always have to run hgc.com before I can use any program that uses the
monochrome card. I've spent a day trying to find it, but I can't
figure out. Something is writing to one of the following ports: 0x3b4,
0x3b5, 0x3b8, 0x3b9, 0x3ba, 0x3bb, 0x3bf. The problem occurs at (at
least) the following 2 systems:
- AMD 386DX40, Trident 9000/512Kb ISA, Hercules Graphics Card Plus -
Intel 486DX2/66, Cirrus Logic 5426/1Mb VLB, Hercules clone
The problem doesn't occur when I start dosemu from a telnet connection
or from a VT100 terminal. (Erik Mouw, jakmouw@et.tudelft.nl)
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5.12. Functions in env/video/vgaemu.c
These are the functions defined in env/video/vgaemu.c.
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5.12.1. VGA_emulate_outb
Emulates writes to VGA ports. This is a hardware emulation function.
Arguments are:
* port - The port being written to.
* value - The value written,
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5.12.2. VGA_emulate_inb
Emulates reads from VGA ports. This is a hardware emulation function.
Arguments are:
* port - The port being read from.
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5.12.3. vga_emu_fault
vga_emu_fault() is used to catch video access, and handle it. This
function is called from arch/linux/async/sigsegv.c::dosemu_fault1().
The sigcontext_struct is defined in include/cpu.h. Now it catches only
changes in a 4K page, but maybe it is useful to catch each video
access. The problem when you do that is, you have to simulate each
instruction which could write to the video memory. It is easy to get
the place where the exception happens (scp->cr2), but what are those
changes? An other problem is, it could eat a lot of time, but it does
now also.
MODIFICATION: VGA mode 12h under X is supported in exactly the way
that was suggested above. Not every instruction needs to be simulated
in order to make this feature useful, just the ones used to access
video RAM by key applications (Borland BGI, Protel, etc.).
MODIFICATION: all VGA modes now work and almost all instructions are
simulated.
Arguments are:
* scp - A pointer to a struct sigcontext_struct holding some
relevant data.
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5.12.4. vga_emu_init
vga_emu_init() must be called before using the VGAEmu functions. It is
only called from env/video/X.c::X_init() at the moment. This function
basically initializes the global variable `vga' and allocates the VGA
memory.
It does in particular *not* map any memory into the range 0xa0000 -
0xc0000, this is done as part of a VGA mode switch.
There should be an accompanying vga_emu_done().
Arguments are:
* vedt - Pointer to struct describing the type of display we are
actually
* attached to.
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5.12.5. vga_emu_update
vga_emu_update() scans the VGA memory for dirty (= written to since
last update) pages and returns the changed area in *veut. See the
definition of vga_emu_update_type in env/video/vgaemu_inside.h for
details.
You will need to call this function repeatedly until it returns 0 to
grab all changes. You can specify an upper limit for the size of the
area that will be returned using `veut->max_max_len' and
`veut->max_len'. See the example in env/video/X.c how this works.
If the return value of vga_emu_update() is >= 0, it is the number of
changed pages, -1 means there are still changed pages but the maximum
update chunk size (`veut->max_max_len') was exceeded.
This function does in its current form not work for Hercules modes; it
does, however work for text modes, although this feature is currently
not used.
Arguments are:
* veut - A pointer to a vga_emu_update_type object holding all
relevant info.
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5.12.6. vgaemu_switch_plane
vgaemu_switch_plane() maps the specified plane.
This function returns True on success and False on error, usually
indicating an invalid bank number.
Arguments are:
* plane (0..3) - The plane to map.
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5.12.7. vga_emu_switch_bank
vga_emu_switch_bank() is used to emulate video-bankswitching.
This function returns True on success and False on error, usually
indicating an invalid bank number.
Arguments are:
* bank - The bank to switch to.
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5.12.8. vga_emu_find_mode
Searches a video mode with the requested mode number.
The search starts with the mode *after* the mode `vmi' points to. If
`vmi' == NULL, starts at the beginning of the internal mode table.
`mode' may be a standard VGA mode number (0 ... 0x7f) or a VESA mode
number (>= 0x100). The mode number may have its don't-clear-bit (bit 7
or bit 15) or its use-lfb-bit (bit 14) set. The special mode number -1
will match any mode and may be used to scan through the whole table.
Returns NULL if no mode was found and a pointer into the mode table
otherwise. The returned pointer is a suitable argument for subsequent
calls to this function.
You should (and can) access the mode table only through this function.
Arguments are:
* mode - video mode.
* vmi - pointer into internal mode list
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5.12.9. vga_emu_setmode
Set a video mode.
Switches to `mode' with text sizes `width' and `height' or (if no such
mode was found) at least `width' and `height'.
Arguments are:
* mode - The new video mode.
* width - Number of text columns.
* height - Number of text rows.
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5.12.10. vga_emu_set_textsize
Sets the text mode resolution. Typically called after a font change.
Arguments are:
* width - Number of text columns.
* height - Number of text rows.
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5.12.11. dirty_all_video_pages
Marks the whole VGA memory as modified.
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5.12.12. dirty_all_vga_colors
Marks all colors as changed.
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5.12.13. changed_vga_colors
Checks DAC and Attribute Controller to find all colors with changed
RGB-values. Returns number of changed colors. Note: the list _must_ be
large enough, that is, have at least min(256, (1 << vga.pixel_size))
entries!
Arguments are:
* de - list of DAC entries to store changed colors in
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5.12.14. vgaemu_adj_cfg
Adjust VGAEmu according to VGA register changes.
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5.13. Functions in env/video/instremu.c
These are the functions defined in env/video/instremu.c.
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5.13.1. instr_len
Returns the length of an instruction; 0 if it could not be determined.
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5.13.2. instr_sim
instr_sim is used to simulate instructions that access the VGA video
memory in planar modes when using X as the video output device.
It is necessary to do this in order to simulate the effects of the
hardware VGA controller in X mode.
If the return value is 0, it means the instruction was not one that
for which a simulation is provided. The return value is 1 for success,
but the function exits because we need to go back to the DOSEMU's main
loop or count runs out.
Arguments are:
* x86: the structure holding everything about the cpu-state we need.
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5.13.3. instr_emu
instr_emu is the main interface to instr_sim. It puts the processor
state in the x86 structure.
Arguments are:
* scp - A pointer to a struct sigcontext_struct holding some
relevant data.
* pmode - flags protected mode
* cnt - number of instructions to be simulated
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6. The New_Keyboard group of Modules
Most of the New Keyboard handling code is in the "plugin/kbd_unicode"
subdirectory.
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6.1. Functions in plugin/kbd_unicode/serv_xlat.c
These are the functions defined in plugin/kbd_unicode/serv_xlat.c.
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6.1.1. compute_keynum
The task of compute_keynum() is to 'collect' keyboard bytes (e.g. 0xe0
prefixes) until it thinks it has assembled an entire keyboard event.
The entire keyboard event is then returned, otherwise NUM_VOID is
returned.
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6.1.2. translate_key
translate_key takes a keysym event and calculates the appropriate bios
translation.
As a side effect translate_key updates the apropriate pieces of state
to reflect the current keyboard state.
Calling translate_key twice on the same data is likely to be
hazardous.
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6.1.3. put_rawkey
This function sends a raw keycode byte, e.g. read directly from the
hardware, to DOS. It is both queued for the port60h emulation and
processed for the BIOS keyboard buffer, using the national translation
tables etc.
For DOS applications using int16h we will therefore not have to load
KEYB.EXE, others (e.g. games) need their own drivers anyway.
This function is used if we are at the console and
config.rawkeyboard=on.
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6.1.4. move_keynum
This does all the work of sending a key event to DOS. Either pressing
a key releasing one. The key to move is the key specified by keynum.
keynum - the keynum from keynum.h indicating a physical key make -
TRUE for key press, FALSE for release
Applications using int16h will always see the appropriate ASCII code
for the given keyboard key and the current keyboard state. All the
chracter translation is done for you to keep from reporting
inconsistent key events.
An emulated hardware scancode is also sent to port60h.
Note that you have to send both MAKE (press) and BREAK (release)
events. If no BREAK codes are available (e.g. terminal mode), send
them immediately after the MAKE codes.
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6.1.5. keysym_to_keynum
Allows peeking into the keytables. This returns the keynum a given
keysym sits on.
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6.1.6. move_key
This does all the work of sending a key event to DOS. Either pressing
a key releasing one. The key to move is the key that is labeled with
the specified keysym.
key - the keysym, one of the KEY_ constants from new-kbd.h make - TRUE
for key press, FALSE for release
Applications using int16h will always see the appropriate ASCII code
for the given keyboard key and the current keyboard state. All the
chracter translation is done for you to keep from reporting
inconsistent key events.
An emulated hardware scancode is also sent to port60h.
Note that you have to send both MAKE (press) and BREAK (release)
events. If no BREAK codes are available (e.g. terminal mode), send
them immediately after the MAKE codes.
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6.1.7. put_symbol
This does all the work of sending a key event to DOS. sym -- The
unicode value of the symbol you want to send
Applications using int16h will always see the symbol passed here, if
it is representable in the current dos character set. The appropriate
scancodes are generated automatically to keep the keyboard code
consistent.
An emulated hardware scancode is also sent to port60h.
Note that you have to send both MAKE (press) and BREAK (release)
events. If no BREAK codes are available (e.g. terminal mode), send
them immediately after the MAKE codes.
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6.1.8. put_modified_symbol
This does all the work of sending a key event to DOS. sym -- The
unicode value of the symbol you want to send modifiers -- modifiers
like alt etc you what to change your symbol with.
This function is a concession to the reality, in which key events are
a composed of active modifiers, and a key label.
This function behaves as put_symbol does, except before pressing the
key it adds the specified modifiers to the modifiers it would normally
use.
For cases where the symbol can only be created by an alt# combination
or by pressing a dead key (Basically any case where more than one key
is requried, after setting the shiftstate) it gives up and just sends
the symbol.
Note that you have to send both MAKE (press) and BREAK (release)
events. If no BREAK codes are available (e.g. terminal mode), send
them immediately after the MAKE codes.
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6.1.9. get_shiftstate
This simply reads the keyboard server's shift state.
This is intended to be used in conjunction with set_shiftstate to sync
up a shiftstate with a source of key events.
With the addition of this function the keyboard inteface is clean
enough so if needed a completly different translation engine can be
dropped in to support a totally different environment (windows or
whatever).
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6.1.10. set_shiftstate
This simply sets the keyboard server's shift state.
If there are shiftstate bits you want to keep fixed simply grab them
with get_shiftstate, before calling this function.
This changes the keyboard flags by generating the appropriate shift
key make/break codes that normally come along with such changes. So
this function should be safe in any context.
Note also that you can't simply write to the shiftstate variable
instead of using this function.
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6.2. Functions in plugin/kbd_unicode/keyb_clients.c
These are the functions defined in plugin/kbd_unicode/keyb_clients.c.
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6.2.1. keyb_client_init
Figures out which keyboard client to use and initialises it.
First it calls the probe method to see if it should use the client,
Then it call init to set that client up.
If probe or init fails it trys another client.
Eventually falling back to Keyboard_none a dummy client, which does
nothing.
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6.3. Functions in plugin/kbd_unicode/keyb_none.c
These are the functions defined in plugin/kbd_unicode/keyb_none.c.
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6.3.1. none_probe
Succeed if we can run the dummy keyboard client, (we always can). but
first try the other fall-back (slang keyboard)
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6.4. Functions in plugin/kbd_unicode/keyb_raw.c
These are the functions defined in plugin/kbd_unicode/keyb_raw.c.
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6.4.1. raw_keyboard_init
Initialize the keyboard for RAW mode.
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6.4.2. raw_keyboard_reset
Reset the keyboard shiftstate to match the keyboard LED's
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6.5. Functions in plugin/term/keyb_slang.c
These are the functions defined in plugin/term/keyb_slang.c.
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6.5.1. setup_pc_scancode_mode
Initialize the keyboard in pc scancode mode. This functionality is
ideal but rarely supported on a terminal.
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6.5.2. exit_pc_scancode_mode
Set the terminal back to a keyboard mode other programs can
understand.
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6.5.3. do_pc_scancode_getkeys
Set the terminal back to a keyboard mode other programs can
understand.
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6.5.4. slang_keyb_init()
Code is called at start up to set up the terminal line for non-raw
mode.
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6.5.5. slang_keyb_probe()
Code is called at start up to see if we can use the slang keyboard.
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7. The Misc group of Modules
These are the remaining important files, that do not really fit into
another group. These should not be dismissed as unimportant - rather,
they are often amongst the most important.
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7.1. Functions in base/async/int.c
These are the functions defined in base/async/int.c.
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7.1.1. int1a
int 0x1A call
This has (among other things) the calls that DOS makes to get/set its
sense of time. On booting, DOS gets the RTC time and date with AH=2
and AH=4, after that it should use AH=0 calls to read the 'tick'
counter from BIOS memory. Each time this crosses midnight, a flag is
set that DOS uses to increment its date.
Here we can now change the 'view' of time so the calls either return
BIOS tick (most DOS like), read the PIT counter (avoids INT-8 changes)
or gets LINUX time (most accurate for long term NTP-adjusted time
keeping).
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7.1.2. ms_dos
int0x21 call
we trap this for two functions: simulating the EMMXXXX0 device and
fudging the CONFIG.XXX and AUTOEXEC.XXX bootup files.
note that the emulation herein may cause problems with programs that
like to take control of certain int 21h functions, or that change
functions that the true int 21h functions use. An example of the
latter is ANSI.SYS, which changes int 10h, and int 21h uses int 10h.
for the moment, ANSI.SYS won't work anyway, so it's no problem.
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7.1.3. run_caller_func(i, revect)
This function runs the specified caller function in response to an int
instruction. Where i is the interrupt function to execute.
revect specifies whether we call a non-revectored leaf interrupt
function or a "watcher" that sits in between: the leaf interrupt
function is called if cs:ip is at f000:i*10 or if (the int vector
points there and the int is labelled non-revectored) otherwise the
non-leaf interrupt function is called, which may chain through to the
real interrupt function (if it returns 0)
This function runs the instruction with the following model _CS:_IP is
the address to start executing at after the caller function
terminates, and _EFLAGS are the flags to use after termination. For
the simple case of an int instruction this is easy. _CS:_IP =
retCS:retIP and _FLAGS = retFLAGS as well equally the current values
(retIP = curIP +2 technically).
However if the function is called (from dos) by simulating an int
instruction (something that is common with chained interrupt vectors)
_CS:_IP = BIOS_SEG:HLT_OFF(i) and _FLAGS = curFLAGS while retCS,
retIP, and retFlags are on the stack. These I pop and place in the
appropriate registers.
This functions actions certainly correct for functions executing an
int/iret discipline. And almost certianly correct for functions
executing an int/retf#2 discipline (with flag changes), as an iret is
always possilbe. However functions like dos int 0x25 and 0x26
executing with a int/retf will not be handled correctlty by this
function and if you need to handle them inside dosemu use a halt
handler instead.
Finally there is a possible trouble spot lurking in this code.
Interrupts are only implicitly disabled when it calls the caller
function, so if for some reason the main loop would be entered before
the caller function returns wrong code may execute if the retFLAGS
have interrupts enabled!
This is only a real handicap for sequences of dosemu code execute for
long periods of time as we try to improve timer response and prevent
signal queue overflows! -- EB 10 March 1997
Grumble do to code that executes before interrupts, and the semantics
of default_interupt, I can't implement this function as I would like.
In the tricky case of being called from dos by simulating an int
instruction, I must leave retCS, retIP, on the stack. But I can safely
read retFlags so I do. I pop retCS, and retIP just before returning to
dos, as well as dropping the stack slot that held retFlags.
This improves consistency of interrupt handling, but not quite as much
as if I could handle it the way I would like. -- EB 30 Nov 1997
Trying to get it right now -- BO 25 Jan 2003
This function returns 1 if it's completely finished (no need to run
real_run_int()), otherwise 0.
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7.1.4. DO_INT
DO_INT is used to deal with interrupts returned to DOSEMU by the
kernel.
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7.1.5. setup_interrupts
SETUP_INTERRUPTS is used to initialize the interrupt_function array
which directs handling of interrupts in protected mode and also
initializes the base vector for interrupts in real mode.
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7.1.6. int_vector_setup
Setup initial interrupts which can be revectored so that the kernel
does not need to return to DOSEMU if such an interrupt occurs.
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7.2. Remarks in base/async/int.c
Many video BIOSes use hi interrupt vector locations as scratchpad area
- this is because they come before DOS and feel safe to do it. But we
are initializing vectors before video, so this only causes trouble. I
assume no video BIOS will ever: - change vectors < 0xe0 (0:380-0:3ff
area) - change anything in the vector area _after_ installation - AV
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7.3. Functions in arch/linux/async/sigsegv.c
These are the functions defined in arch/linux/async/sigsegv.c.
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7.3.1. dosemu_fault(int, struct sigcontext_struct);
All CPU exceptions (except 13=general_protection from V86 mode, which
is directly scanned by the kernel) are handled here.
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7.3.2. print_exception_info
Prints information about an exception: exception number, error code,
address, reason, etc.
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7.4. Functions in arch/linux/async/signal.c
These are the functions defined in arch/linux/async/signal.c.
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7.4.1. NEWSETQSIG
Arguments are:
* sig - the signal to have a handler installed to.
* fun - the signal handler function to install
All signals that wish to be handled properly in context with the
execution of vm86() mode, and signals that wish to use non-reentrant
functions should add themselves to the ADDSET_SIGNALS_THAT_QUEUE
define and use SETQSIG(). To that end they will also need to be set up
in an order such as SIGIO.
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7.4.2. SIG_init
The IRQ numbers to monitor are taken from config.sillyint, each bit
corresponding to one IRQ. The higher 16 bit are defining the use of
SIGIO
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7.4.3. signal_init
Initialize the signals to have NONE being blocked. Currently this is
NOT of much use to DOSEMU.
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7.4.4. handle_signals
Due to signals happening at any time, the actual work to be done
because a signal occurs is done here in a serial fashion.
The concept, should this eventualy work, is that a signal should only
flag that it has occurred and let DOSEMU deal with it in an orderly
fashion as it executes the rest of it's code.
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7.4.5. SIGNAL_save
Arguments are:
* context - signal context to save.
* signal_call - signal handling routine to be called.
Save into an array structure queue the signal context of the current
signal as well as the function to call for dealing with this signal.
This is a queue because any signal may occur multiple times before
DOSEMU deals with it down the road.
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7.4.6. SIGIO_call
Whenever I/O occurs on devices allowing SIGIO to occur, DOSEMU will be
flagged to run this call which inturn checks which fd(s) was set and
execute the proper routine to get the I/O from that device.
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7.5. Remarks in arch/linux/async/signal.c
We assume system call restarting... under linux 0.99pl8 and earlier,
this was the default. SA_RESTART was defined in 0.99pl8 to explicitly
request restarting (and thus does nothing). However, if this ever
changes, I want to be safe
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Check for keyboard coming from client For now, first byte is interrupt
requests from Client
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7.6. Functions in base/misc/disks.c
These are the functions defined in base/misc/disks.c.
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7.6.1. disk_init
Test by opening all floppies/hardrives configured.
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7.7. Functions in base/dev/misc/timers.c
These are the functions defined in base/dev/misc/timers.c.
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7.7.1. initialize_timers
ensure the 0x40 port timer is initially set correctly
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7.7.2. timer_tick
Every time we get a TIMER signal from Linux, this procedure is called.
It checks to see if we should queue a timer interrupt based on the
current values.
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7.7.3. do_sound
do_sound handles the _emulated_ mode pc-speaker emulation.
As far as I can determine all cases of the pc-speaker are now
emulated. But I am not sure where Rainer Zimmerman got his
(pit[2].mode == 2) || (pit[2].mode == 3) test in the original
implementation, it doesn't seem to cause problems though.
The implementation of speaker_on & speaker_off can be found in
src/base/speaker.c
Major Changes from version written by Rainter Zimmerman.
o Added support for programs that control the directly through bit 1
of port61.
o Added a generic interface to allow multiple speaker backends.
o Implemented X speaker code so the emulated speaker now works in X.
--EB 21 September 1997
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7.7.4. timer_int_engine
This is experimental TIMER-IRQ CHAIN code! This is a function to
determine whether it is time to invoke a new timer irq 0 event.
Normally it is 18 times a second, but many video games set it to 100
times per second or more. Since the kernel cannot keep an accurate
timer interrupt, the job of this routine is to perform a chained timer
irq 0 right after the previous timer irq 0. This routine should,
ideally, be called right after the end of a timer irq, if possible.
This would speed up high frequency timer interrupts if this code can
be converted into an assembly macro equivalent!
PLEASE NOTE
This code has been replaced by interrupt scheduling code in pic. The
result is that we simply call pic_sched and run the dos interrupt. If
the new code causes no problems, I'll revise this section permanently.
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7.8. Functions in base/misc/dos2linux.c
These are the functions defined in base/misc/dos2linux.c.
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7.8.1. run_unix_command
Runs a command and prints the (stdout and stderr) output on the dosemu
screen.
Return values mean:
Arguments are:
* buffer - string with command to execute
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7.9. Functions in base/misc/ioctl.c
These are the functions defined in base/misc/ioctl.c.
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7.9.1. io_select_init
Initialize fd_sets to NULL for both SIGIO and NON-SIGIO.
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7.9.2. add_to_io_select
Arguments are:
* fd - File handle to add to select statment
* want_sigio - want SIGIO (1) if it's available, or not (0).
Add file handle to one of 2 select FDS_SET's depending on whether the
kernel can handle SIGIO.
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7.9.3. remove_from_io_select
Arguments are:
* fd - File handle to remove from select statment.
* used_sigio - used SIGIO (1) if it's available, or not (0).
Remove a file handle from one of 2 select FDS_SET's depending on
whether the kernel can handle SIGIO.
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7.10. Functions in base/dev/misc/lpt.c
These are the functions defined in base/dev/misc/lpt.c.
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7.10.1. printer_init
Initialize printer control structures
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7.11. Functions in base/dev/misc/pci.c
These are the functions defined in base/dev/misc/pci.c.
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7.11.1. pci_read_header
Use standard 32-bit (type 1) access method to read PCI configuration
space data
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7.11.2. pci_setup
Register standard PCI ports 0xcf8-0xcff
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7.12. Functions in base/dev/misc/joystick.c
These are the functions defined in base/dev/misc/joystick.c.
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7.12.1. joy_latency_over
Tells DOSEMU whether or not it is time to update its internal status
of the joystick (for nonblocking reads only).
DOS programs read/poll from the joystick port hundreds of thousands of
times per second so the idea is that we really don't need to read from
Linux for every such query (increasing performance by about 40%)
because:
1. humans are incapable of changing the status of the joystick
(moving, pressing buttons) more than about 10 times per second
2. no one will not notice a delay in DOS registering the joystick
status (if it is in the order of a few milliseconds)
Of course, this means that you should not set joy_latency in
dosemu.conf to more than 1000/(#times I can press a button/move joy
per second * 2), unless you want DOSEMU to miss quick axis/button
changes and want to wait a ridiculous amount of time before DOSEMU
registers any changes at all.
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7.12.2. joy_emu_button_set
Update the button status for each joystick.
We must perform "button mapping" if only the first joystick is enabled
i.e. we are required to map the "excessive" buttons (>2) from the
first joystick onto the second:
a) 3rd button of 1st joy --> 1st button of 2nd joy
b) 4th button of 1st joy --> 2nd button of 2nd joy
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7.12.3. joy_emu_axis_set
Update the axis status for each joystick.
We must perform "axis mapping" if only the first joystick is enabled
i.e. we are required to map the "excessive" axes (>2) from the first
joystick onto the second:
a) 3rd axis of 1st joy --> 2st axis of 2nd joy
b) 4th axis of 1st joy --> 1st axis of 2nd joy (yes, these are
reversed deliberately because it's what happens in DOS)
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7.12.4. joy_emu_axis_conv
Convert a Linux joystick axis reading to a DOS one by making use of
the differences in the allowable range of axis values.
NOTE: I don't know whether or not Linux returns exponential values for
the joystick but (apparently) DOS programs expect the values to be
exponential and so if this is to be fixed, it should probably be done
in this function.
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7.12.5. joy_linux_process_event
Update global joystick status variables given a Linux joystick event.
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7.12.6. joy_linux_read_events
Process the event queue for _both_ linux joysticks using nonblocking
reads with the new joystick API (joy_driver_new).
This should be done before (well, actually, not before _every_ single
read -- see joy_latency_over()) the joystick status is returned to DOS
as all Linux joystick events are queued until they are processed and
we want to return a reasonably current state of the joystick -- not
what it was a long time ago. _Both_ joysticks are processed here
because of axis/button mapping affecting the status of both emulated
joysticks (what DOS sees).
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7.12.7. joy_linux_read_status
Read both the current position and current button status of the
joystick from Linux (joy_driver_old).
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7.12.8. joy_linux_read_buttons_(family)
Eventually called from DOS to get the button status of the joysticks.
The threaded version will simply get the status from global variables.
The unthreaded versions will perform non-blocking reads.
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7.12.9. joy_linux_read_axis_(family)
Eventually called from DOS to get the axis status of the joysticks.
The threaded version will simply get the values from global variables.
The unthreaded versions will perform non-blocking reads.
Arguments are:
* invalid_val - value to return to signify a non-existent axis
* update - whether DOSEMU should update its internal axis values
from Linux
* (for each read of the joystick position, set this flag _only_
* on the first of the 4 calls to this function unless you want
* the axis positions to be from different points in time :)
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7.12.10. joy_bios_read
This is the int15 function 0x84 handler (i.e. BIOS joystick
emulation), called from src/base/async/int.c.
The real BIOS actually reads its values straight from the joystick
port (0x201) but we don't bother because we can do it faster :)
Because of this, it returns the joystick axis values with the same
range as port 0x201 BUT the range for a real BIOS varies between
computers as it is dependant on how it reads from the port (hopefully
this won't cause any problems).
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7.12.11. joy_port_inb
This function emulates reads from the joystick port (0x201) -- this is
the most common way of detecting and reading the joystick.
The real implementation of this port sets a bit for each axis for a
certain period of time, corresponding to analog measurements of the
position of each axis (so "if you count the analog values in software,
a faster machine yields different values from a slow machine [unless
you use a timer]" - DOS 6: A Developer's Guide).
In contrast, this implementation sets the bits high for a certain
number of port reads, corresponding to the position of each axis
(independent of time). This means that, for most programs, the axis
range will be that specified in dosemu.conf (which is rather
convenient) and avoids the issue of super-fast computers causing DOS
program axis counters to overflow (e.g. in a real system, if the
program used an 8-bit variable for storing the position of an axis and
the system was fast enough to read from the port more than 127 or 255
times, there would be trouble).
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7.13. Remarks in base/dev/misc/joystick.c
We make a runtime decision based on the detected joystick API version
and #ifdef USE_PTHREADS, on the way in which we obtain the joystick
status from Linux (a "driver"):
1. joy_driver_nojoy: simply tells DOS programs that you have no
joystick(s)
2. joy_driver_old: uses old, non-blocking joystick API (<1.0.0);
limited to 2 axes; supported because DOSEMU supports old kernels
3. joy_driver_new: uses new, non-blocking joystick API (>=1.0.0); a
(little) slower than joy_driver_new_threaded
4. joy_driver_new_threaded: uses new, BLOCKING joystick API (>=1.0.0);
efficient but requires pthreads (which is known to make DOSEMU
unstable!)
The same driver is used for both joysticks.
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if the 2nd joystick is enabled, we ignore any button >= 2 regardless
of which joystick it is (if it's the 1st, the 2nd joystick would
overwrite its buttons; if it's the 2nd, it would be out of range)
-----
if the 2nd joystick is enabled, we ignore any axis >= 2 regardless of
which joystick it is (if it's the 1st, the 2nd joystick would
overwrite its axes; if it's the 2nd, it would be out of range)
-----
Apparently, the Carry Flag is cleared if int15 function 0x84 exists
and it is set if it doesn't exist.
But what does this mean? Does the existence of such a BIOS function
depend on the existence of a Game Card/SoundBlaster, or does it just
mean that there is such an implemented BIOS function, regardless of
whether or not you have a joystick?
I have never seen a real BIOS set the Carry Flag on this call, even on
a computer without a joystick -- so to mimick what happens in the real
world, I just clear the Carry Flag regardless of whether the user has
a joystick or not. This could be incorrect behaviour so it may have to
be changed in the future.
-----
Here we set bits based on joystick axis counters. The code here is
particularly tricky and if you try to change it, you will probably
break it :)
-----
Here we read the button status from Linux (programs can read the
button status from the port, _without_ making a dummy write to the
port first so the Linux read must be done _here_) and return it.
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7.14. Items for Fixing in base/dev/misc/joystick.c
does this code work for ports other than 0x201?
-----
joy_reset() is called immediately after joy_init(), which is rather
inconvenient (anyone heard of a port_unregister_handler()?) so we
don't bother resetting at all but in the future this could cause
problems
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perhaps we should not have been called to start with?
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7.15. Remarks in include/doshelpers.h
The Helper Interrupt uses the following groups:
0x00 - Check for DOSEMU 0x01-0x11 - Initialisation functions &
Debugging 0x12 - Set hogthreshold (aka garrot?) 0x20 - MFS functions
0x21-0x22 - EMS functions 0x28 - Garrot Functions for use with the
mouse 0x29 - Serial functions 0x30 - Whether to use the BOOTDISK
predicate 0x33 - Mouse Functions 0x40 - CD-ROM functions 0x50-0x5f -
DOSEMU/Linux communications 50 -- run unix command in ES:DX 51,52? 53
-- do system(ES:DX) 54 -- get CPU speed 55 -- get terminal type
0x60-0x6f - reserved for plug-ins 0x7a - IPX functions 0x8x -- utility
functions 0x80 -- getcwd(ES:DX, size AX) 0x81 -- chdir(ES:DX) 0xdc -
helper for DosC kernel 0xfe - called from our MBR, emulate MBR-code.
0xff - Terminate DOSEMU
There are (as yet) no guidelines on choosing areas for new functions.
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8. The CPU_Intel group of Modules
These files all relate to Intel-x86 specific code.
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8.1. Functions in emu-i386/cpu.c
These are the functions defined in emu-i386/cpu.c.
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8.1.1. cpu_trap_0f
process opcodes 0F xx xx trapped by GP_fault returns 1 if handled, 0
otherwise Main difference with previous version: bits in our
pseudo-control regs can now be written. This should make CPU detection
pgms happy.
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8.1.2. cpu_setup
Setup initial interrupts which can be revectored so that the kernel
does not need to return to DOSEMU if such an interrupt occurs.
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8.2. Functions in emu-i386/ports.c
These are the functions defined in emu-i386/ports.c.
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8.2.1. port_inb(ioport_t port)
Handles/simulates an inb() port IO read
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8.2.2. port_outb(ioport_t port, Bit8u byte)
Handles/simulates an outb() port IO write
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8.2.3. port_inw(ioport_t port)
Handles/simulates an inw() port IO read. Usually this invokes
port_inb() twice, but it may be necessary to do full word i/o for some
video boards.
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8.2.4. port_outw(ioport_t port, Bit16u word)
Handles/simulates an outw() port IO write
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8.2.5. port_ind(ioport_t port)
Handles/simulates an ind()/outd() port IO read/write.
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8.2.6. special_port_inb,special_port_outb
I don't know what to do of this stuff... it was added incrementally to
port.c and has mainly to do with video code. This is not the right
place for it... Anyway, this implements some HGC stuff for X and the
emuretrace port access for 0x3c0/0x3da
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8.2.7. port_init()
Resets all the port port_handler information. This must be called
before parsing the config file - This must NOT be called again when
warm booting! Can't use debug logging, it is called too early.
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8.2.8. extra_port_init()
Catch all the special cases previously defined in ports.c mainly video
stuff that should be moved away from here This must be called at the
end of initialization phase
NOTE: the order in which these inits are done could be significant! I
tried to keep it the same it was in ports.c but this code surely can
still have bugs
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8.2.9. port_register_handler
Assigns a handle in the port table to a range of ports with or without
a device, and registers the ports
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8.2.10. set_ioperm
wrapper for the ioperm() syscall, returns -1 if not successful.
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8.3. Remarks in emu-i386/ports.c
The following port_{in|out}{bwd} functions are the main entry points
to the port code. They look into the port_handle_table and call the
appropriate code, usually the std_port_ functions, but each device is
free to register its own functions which in turn will call std_port or
directly access I/O (like video code does), or emulate it - AV
-----
optimized versions for rep - basically we avoid changing privileges
and iopl on and off lots of times. We are safe letting iopl=3 here
since we don't exit from this code until finished. This code is shared
between VM86 and DPMI.
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This is the core of the new emuretrace algorithm: If a read of port
0x3da is performed we just set it as pending and set ioperm OFF for
port 0x3c0 When a write to port 0x3c0 is then trapped, we perform any
pending read to 0x3da and reset the ioperm for 0x3c0 in the default ON
state. This way we avoid extra port accesses when the program is only
looking for the sync bits, and we don't miss the case where the read
to 0x3da is used to reset the index/data flipflop for port 0x3c0.
Futher accesses to port 0x3c0 are handled at full speed.
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find out whether the port address request is available; this way, try
to deny uncoordinated access
If it is not listed in /proc/ioports, register them (we need some
syscall to do so bo 960609)... (we have a module to do so AV 970813)
if it is registered, we need the name of a device to open if we can't
open it, we disallow access to that port
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We need to check if our required port range is in use by some device.
So we look into proc/ioports to check the addresses. Fine, but at this
point we must supply a device name ourselves, and we can't check from
here if it's the right one. The device is then open and left open
until dosemu ends; for the rest, in the original code the device
wasn't used, just locked, and only then port access was granted.
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8.4. Items for Fixing in emu-i386/ports.c
This stuff should be moved to video code!!
-----
we should free the name but we are going to exit anyway
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8.5. Functions in emu-i386/do_vm86.c
These are the functions defined in emu-i386/do_vm86.c.
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8.5.1. vm86_GP_fault
All from the kernel unhandled general protection faults from V86 mode
are handled here. This are mainly port IO and the HLT instruction.
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8.5.2. run_vm86
Here is where DOSEMU runs VM86 mode with the vm86() call which also
has the registers that it will be called with. It will stop vm86 mode
for many reasons, like trying to execute an interrupt, doing port I/O
to ports not opened for I/O, etc ...
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8.5.3. loopstep_run_vm86
Here we collect all stuff, that has to be executed within _one_ pass
(step) of a loop containing run_vm86().
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8.6. Remarks in emu-i386/do_vm86.c
Here we handle all prefixes prior switching to the appropriate
routines The exception CS:EIP will point to the first prefix that
effects the faulting instruction, hence, 0x65 0x66 is same as 0x66
0x65. So we collect all prefixes and remember them. - Hans Lermen
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8.7. Functions in emu-i386/cputime.c
These are the functions defined in emu-i386/cputime.c.
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8.7.1. GETcpuTIME
GETcpuTIME is a pointer to a function which returns the relative CPU
time. Different methods of getting the time can then be implemented,
currently there are two using gettimeofday() for 486 and TSC for
pentium
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8.7.2. GETusTIME(sc)
GETusTIME returns the DOS time with 1-usec resolution using GETcpuTIME
to get the implementation-dependent CPU time. The 'sc' parameter is
unused.
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8.7.3. GETtickTIME(sc)
GETtickTIME returns the DOS time with 838ns resolution using
GETcpuTIME to get the implementation-dependent CPU time. The 'sc'
parameter is unused.
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8.7.4. GETusSYSTIME()
GETusSYSTIME returns the real CPU time with 1-usec resolution
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8.8. Remarks in emu-i386/cputime.c
At the heart of the timing system in dosemu >= 0.67.11 is the
availability of the system time as a 64-bit [type hitimer_t] monoton
value. (a 64-bit timer on a 200MHz CPU increments by 2^48 a day).
Dosemu needs this time under two resolutions:
- a MICROSECOND resolution for general timing purposes
- a TICK(838ns) resolution for PIT
On non-pentium machines, only the first one is available via the
kernel call gettimeofday(). On the pentium and up, the situation is
better since we have a cheap hi-res timer on-chip, and worse since
this timer runs at a speed depending from the CPU clock (which we need
to know/measure, and could be not 100% accurate esp. if the speed is a
non-integer multiple of 33.3333).
dosemu >= 0.67.11 can use both timing methods (call them 486 and
pentium), and switch between them in a dynamic way when configuring.
At the first level (local to the file cputime.c) there are the RAW
timer functions, addressed by RAWcpuTIME(). These get the actual
absolute CPU time in usecs.
At the second level, GETcpuTIME() returns the relative, zero-based
system time. This is where the 486/pentium switch happens.
The third level is the actual timer interface for dosemu and is made
of two functions:
- GETusTIME(s) gives the time in usecs
- GETtickTIME(s) gives the time in ticks
The 's' parameter can be used to control secondary time functions like
'time stretching' (see the READMEs). The function GETusSYSTIME() never
activates this stretching, and is used only by the realtime
thread-based 1-sec timer in rtc.c.
All timing are RELATIVE to a base. The use of a based time allows us
to play more freely with time, e.g. stop and restart it during
debugging, stretch it, make it go at different speeds between
real-time and CPU emulation, etc. The base has been chosen to be zero,
because it will avoid overflows in calculations, produce more readable
and more easily comparable debug log files, and also because only
int0x1a and BIOS timer require knowledge of the actual time, PIT and
PIC are not sensitive.
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8.9. Functions in emu-i386/simx86/sigsegv.c
These are the functions defined in emu-i386/simx86/sigsegv.c.
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8.9.1. dosemu_fault(int, struct sigcontext_struct);
All CPU exceptions (except 13=general_protection from V86 mode, which
is directly scanned by the kernel) are handled here.
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9. The Serial group of Modules
This is the code that works our serial emulation. This needs to be
very fast if we are to convince DOS that we have a very fast serial
port.
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9.1. Remarks in base/serial/ser_defs.h
Extensions to serial debugging.
SER_DEBUG_MAIN (0 or 1) - extra debug output on the most critical
information.
SER_DEBUG_HEAVY (0 or 1) - super-heavy extra debug output, including
all ports reads and writes, and every character received and
transmitted!
SER_DEBUG_INTERRUPT (0 or 1) - additional debug output related to
serial interrupt code, including flagging serial interrupts, or
PIC-driven code.
SER_DEBUG_FOSSIL_RW (0 or 1) - heavy FOSSIL debug output, including
all reads and writes.
SER_DEBUG_FOSSIL_STATUS (0 or 1) - super-heavy FOSSIL debug output,
including all status checks.
You must recompile dosemu everytime one of these constants are
modified. Just type 'make' in the dosemu dir and it will recompile the
changes only.
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IMPORTANT INFO about com[] variable array structure used in serial.c
Most of the serial variables are stored in the com[] array. The com[]
array is a structure in itself. Take a look at the 'serial_t' struct
declaration in the serial.h module for more info about this. Only the
most commonly referenced global variables are listed here:
config.num_ser Number of serial ports active. com[x].base_port The
base port address of emulated serial port. com[x].real_comport The COM
port number. com[x].interrupt The PIC interrupt level (based on IRQ
number) com[x].mouse Flag mouse (to enable extended features)
com[x].fd File descriptor for port device com[x].dev[] Filename of
port port device com[x].dev_locked Flag whether device has been locked
The arbritary example variable 'x' in com[x] can have a minimum value
of 0 and a maximum value of (config.numser - 1). There can be no gaps
for the value 'x', even though gaps between actual COM ports are
permitted. It is strongly noted that the 'x' does not equal the COM
port number. This example code illustrates the fact, and how the com[]
array works:
for (i = 0; i < config.numser; i++) s_printf("COM port number %d has a
base address of %x", com[i].real_comport, com[i].base_port);
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9.2. Functions in base/serial/ser_init.c
These are the functions defined in base/serial/ser_init.c.
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9.2.1. serial_init
This is the master serial initialization function that is called upon
startup of DOSEMU to initialize ALL the emulated UARTs for all
configured serial ports. The UART is initialized via the
initialize_uart function, which opens the serial ports and defines
variables for the specific UART.
If the port is a mouse, the port is only initialized when i
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9.3. Items for Fixing in base/serial/ser_init.c
This needs more work before it is implemented into /etc/dosemu.conf as
an 'rtscts' option.
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9.4. Functions in base/serial/ser_ports.c
These are the functions defined in base/serial/ser_ports.c.
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9.4.1. do_serial_in
The following function returns a value from an I/O port. The port is
an I/O address such as 0x3F8 (the base port address of COM1). There
are 8 I/O addresses for each serial port which ranges from the base
port (ie 0x3F8) to the base port plus seven (ie 0x3FF). [num =
abritary port number for serial line, address = I/O port address]
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9.4.2. do_serial_out
The following function writes a value to an I/O port. The port is an
I/O address such as 0x3F8 (the base port address of COM1). [num =
abritary port number for serial line, address = I/O port address, val
= value to write to I/O port address]
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9.5. Items for Fixing in base/serial/ser_ports.c
Should clearing UART cause THRE int if it's enabled? */
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Fix the calculation assumption
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Is this safe to put this here? */
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Is this safe to put this here? */
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9.6. Functions in base/serial/ser_irq.c
These are the functions defined in base/serial/ser_irq.c.
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9.6.1. serial_int_engine
This function is the serial interrupts scheduler. Its purpose is to
update interrupt status and/or invoke a requested serial interrupt. If
interrupts are not enabled, the Interrupt Identification Register is
still updated and the function returns. See pic_serial_run() below it
is executed right at the instant the interrupt is actually invoked.
Since it is not possible to run the interrupt on the spot, it triggers
the interrupt via the pic_request() function (which is in pic.c) and
sets a flag that an interrupt is going to be occur soon.
Please read pic_serial_run() for more information about interrupts.
[num = port, int_requested = the requested serial interrupt]
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9.6.2. pic_serial_run
This function is called by the priority iunterrupt controller when a
serial interrupt occurs. It executes the highest priority serial
interrupt for that port. (Priority order is: RLSI, RDI, THRI, MSI)
Because it is theoretically possible for things to change between the
interrupt trigger and the actual interrupt, some checks must be
repeated.
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9.6.3. serial_run
This is the main housekeeping function, which should be called about
20 to 100 times per second. The more frequent, the better, up to a
certain point. However, it should be self-compensating if it executes
10 times or even 1000 times per second. Serial performance increases
with frequency of execution of serial_run.
Serial mouse performance becomes more smooth if the time between calls
to serial_run are smaller.
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9.7. Remarks in base/serial/ser_irq.c
Linux code hackers: How do I detect a break signal without having to
rely on Linux signals? Can I peek a 'break state bit'? Also, how do I
'turn on' and 'turn off' the break state, via an ioctl() or
tcsetattr(), rather than using POSIX tcsendbrk()?
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9.8. Items for Fixing in base/serial/ser_irq.c
how do we cancel a PIC interrupt, when we have come this far?
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9.9. Functions in base/serial/int14.c
These are the functions defined in base/serial/int14.c.
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9.9.1. int14
The following function executes a BIOS interrupt 0x14 function. This
code by Mark Rejhon replaced some very buggy, old int14 interface a
while back. These routines are not flawless since it does not wait for
a character during receive, and this may confuse some programs.
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9.10. New Ideas for base/serial/int14.c
If any of you coders are ambitious, try thinking of the following: -
Converting this into inline assembler and use direct port access
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9.11. Items for Fixing in base/serial/fossil.c
This really should be write-with-wait. */
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9.12. Items for Fixing in include/serial.h
Why does a RX_BUFFER_SIZE of 256 cause slower performance than a size
of 128?
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10. The Mouse group of Modules
All of the Mouse handling code is in the "mouse" subdirectory.
There are only 2 main files, mouse.c and mouseint.c.
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10.1. Functions in base/mouse/mouse.c
These are the functions defined in base/mouse/mouse.c.
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10.1.1. mouse_init
Initialize internal mouse.
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10.2. Remarks in base/mouse/mouse.c
I have not properly tested this INT74 - JES 96/10/20 I have removed
it. INT74 is irq 12. Which I suppose is the proper irq for a ps2
mouse. It appears initial support was planned to support irq 12 and at
Mouse_ROUTINE_OFF is a routine that acknowledges an irq. That routine
is probably what should be acknowledging irq12, and what int 0x74
should point to. I have disabled int0x74 support for now. --EB 29 Oct
1997 Got it working --BO 4 Nov 2004
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Whoever wrote the dos mouse driver spec was brain dead... For some
video modes the mouse driver appears to randomly pick a shift factor,
possibly to keep at least a 640x200 resolution.
The general programming documentation doesn't make this clear. And
says that in text modes it is safe to divide the resolution by 8 to
get the coordinates in characters.
The only safe way to handle the mouse driver is to call function 0x26
Get max x & max y coordinates and scale whatever the driver returns
yourself.
To handle programs written by programmers who weren't so cautious a
doctrine of least suprise has been implemented.
As much as possible do the same as a standard dos mouse driver in the
original vga modes 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,13,14,15,16,17,18,19.
For other text modes allow the divide by 8 technique to work. For
other graphics modes return x & y in screen coordinates. Except when
those modes are either 40x?? or 320x??? and then handle the x
resolution as in 40x25 and 320x200 modes.
320x200 modes are slightly controversial as I have indications that
not all mouse drivers do the same thing. So I have taken the simplest,
and most common route, which is also long standing dosemu practice of
always shifting the xaxis by 1. When I researched this I could find no
examples that did otherwise.
-- Eric Biederman 19 August 1998
This code has now been updated so it defaults as above but allows work
arounds if necessary. Because tweaking dosemu is easier than fixing
applications without source.
-- Eric Biederman 29 May 2000
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11. The Bios group of Modules
All of the Bios code is in the "bios" subdirectory.
DOSEMU requires certain code to be coded in assembler and also code to
be located in the F000 segment. This is where all such code should be
put.
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11.1. Functions in base/bios/hlt.c
These are the functions defined in base/bios/hlt.c.
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11.1.1. hlt_init(void)
Resets all the HLT handlers
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11.1.2. hlt_handle()
Handles a HLT instruction reached inside the dos emulator.
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12. The PIC group of Modules
All of the PIC handling code is in the "PIC" subdirectory.
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12.1. Functions in base/dev/pic/pic.c
These are the functions defined in base/dev/pic/pic.c.
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12.1.1. pic_print
This is the pic debug message printer. It writes out some basic
information, followed by an informative message. The basic information
consists of: interrupt nesting counter change flag (+, -, or blank)
interrupt nesting count (pic_icount) interrupt level change flag (+,
-, or blank) current interrupt level interrupt in-service register
interrupt mask register interrupt request register message part one
decimal data value message part two
If the message part 2 pointer is a null pointer, then only message
part one (without the data value) is printed.
The change flags are there to facilitate grepping for changes in
pic_ilevel and pic_icount
To avoid line wrap, the first seven values are printed without labels.
Instead, a header line is printed every 15 messages.
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12.1.2. write_pic0,write_pic1
write_pic_0() and write_pic1() implement dos writes to the pic ports.
They are called by the code that emulates inb and outb instructions.
Each function implements both ports for the pic: pic0 is on ports 0x20
and 0x21; pic1 is on ports 0xa0 and 0xa1. These functions take
Arguments are:
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12.1.3. read_pic0,read_pic1
read_pic0 and read_pic1 return the values for the interrupt mask
register (port 1), or either the in service register or interrupt
request register, as determined by the last OCW3 command (port 0).
These functions take a single parameter, which is a port number (0 or
1). They are called by code that emulates the inb instruction.
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12.1.4. pic_seti
pic_seti is used to initialize an interrupt for dosemu. It requires
four parameters. The first parameter is the interrupt level, which may
select the NMI, any of the IRQs, or any of the 16 extra levels (16 -
31). The second parameter is the dosemu function to be called when the
interrupt is activated. This function should call do_irq() if the DOS
interrupt is really to be activated. If there is no special dosemu
code to call, the second parameter can specify do_irq(), but see that
description for some special considerations. The third parameter is a
number of an interrupt to activate if there is no default interrupt
for this ilevel. The fourth parameter is the dosemu function to be
called from do_irq(). Required by some internal dosemu drivers that
needs some additional code before calling an actual handler. This
function MUST provide a EOI at the end of a callback.
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12.1.5. run_irqs
run_irqs, which is initiated via the macro pic_run, is the "brains" of
the pic. It is called from the vm86() loop, checks for the highest
priority interrupt requested, and executes it. This function is
written in assembly language in order to take advantage of atomic
(indivisible) instructions, so that it should be safe for a two
process model, even in a multiple CPU machine. A c language version
was started, but it became impossible, even with in-line assembly
macros, because such macros can only return a single result. If I find
a way to do it in c, I will, but don't hold your breath.
I found a way to write it in C --EB 15 Jan 97
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12.1.6. do_irq
do_irq() calls the correct do_int(). It then executes a vm86 loop
until an outb( end-of-interrupt) is found. For priority levels 0 and
>15 (not real IRQs), vm86 executes once, then returns, since no outb20
will come. Returns: 0 = complete, 1 = interrupt not run because it
directly calls our "bios" See run_timer_tick() in timer.c for an
example To assure notification when the irq completes, we push flags,
ip, and cs here and fake cs:ip to PIC_[SEG,OFF], where there is a hlt.
This makes the irq generate a sigsegv, which calls pic_iret when it
completes. pic_iret then pops the real cs:ip from the stack. This
routine is RE-ENTRANT - it calls run_irqs, which may call an interrupt
routine, which may call do_irq(). Be Careful! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No
single interrupt is ever re-entered.
Callers: base/misc/ioctl.c base/keyboard/serv_8042.c
base/keyboard/keyboard-server.c base/serial/ser_irq.c
dosext/sound/sound.c dosext/net/net/pktnew.c
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12.1.7. pic_resched
pic_resched decrements a count of interrupts on the stack (set by
do_irq()). If the count is then less or equal to some pre-defined
value (normally 1, pic_icount_od), pic_resched moves all queued
interrupts to the interrupt request register.
Normally it is called from pic_iret(), but it can also be called
directly if dosemu was fooled by the program and failed to catch iret.
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12.1.8. pic_request
pic_request triggers an interrupt. There is presently no way to
"un-trigger" an interrupt. The interrupt will be initiated the next
time pic_run is called, unless masked or superceded by a higher
priority interrupt. pic_request takes one argument, an interrupt
level, which specifies the interrupt to be triggered. If that
interrupt is already active, the request will be queued until all
active interrupts have been completed. The queue is only one request
deep for each interrupt, so it is the responsibility of the interrupt
code to retrigger itself if more interrupts are needed.
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12.1.9. pic_iret
pic_iret is used to sense that all active interrupts are really
complete, so that interrupts queued by pic_request can be triggered.
Interrupts end when they issue an outb 0x20 to the pic, however it is
not yet safe at that time to retrigger interrupts, since the stack has
not been restored to its initial state by an iret. pic_iret is called
whenever interrupts have been enabled by a popf, sti, or iret. It
determines if an iret was the cause by comparing stack contents with
cs and ip. If so, it calls pic_resched() and does the actual iret by
pop'ing ip and cs from stack. It is possible for pic_iret to be fooled
by dos code; for this reason active interrupts are checked, any queued
interrupts that are also active will remain queued. Also, some
programs fake an iret, so that it is possible for pic_iret to fail.
See pic_watch for the watchdog timer that catches and fixes this
event.
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12.1.10. pic_watch
pic_watch is a watchdog timer for pending interrupts. If pic_iret
somehow fails to activate a pending interrupt request for 2
consecutive timer ticks, pic_watch will activate them anyway.
pic_watch is called ONLY by timer_tick, the interval timer signal
handler, so the two functions will probably be merged.
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12.1.11. pic_pending
This function returns a non-zero value if the designated interrupt has
been requested and is not masked. In these circumstances, it is
important for a hardware emulation to return a status which does *not*
reflect the event(s) which caused the request, until the interrupt
actually gets processed. This, in turn, hides the interrupt latency of
pic from the dos software.
The single parameter ilevel is the interrupt level (see pic.h) of the
interrupt of interest.
If the requested interrupt level is currently active, the returned
status will depend upon whether the interrupt code has re-requested
itself. If no re-request has occurred, a value of false (zero) will be
returned.
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12.1.12. pic_activate
pic_activate requests any interrupts whose scheduled time has arrived.
anything after pic_dos_time and before pic_sys_time is activated.
pic_dos_time is advanced to the earliest time scheduled.
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12.1.13. pic_sched
pic_sched schedules an interrupt for activation after a designated
time interval. The time measurement is in unis of 1193047/second, the
same rate as the pit counters. This is convenient for timer emulation,
but can also be used for pacing other functions, such as serial
emulation, incoming keystrokes, or video updates. Some sample
intervals:
rate/sec: 5 7.5 11 13.45 15 30 60 interval: 238608 159072 108459 88702
79536 39768 19884
rate/sec: 120 180 200 240 360 480 720 interval: 9942 6628 5965 4971
3314 2485 1657
rate/sec: 960 1440 1920 2880 3840 5760 11520 interval: 1243 829 621
414 311 207 103
pic_sched expects two parameters: an interrupt level and an interval.
To assure proper repeat scheduling, pic_sched should be called from
within the interrupt handler for the same interrupt. The maximum
interval is 15 minutes (0x3fffffff).
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12.2. Remarks in base/dev/pic/pic.c
pic_push,pic_pop
Pic maintains two stacks of the current interrupt level. an internal
one is maintained by run_irqs, and is valid whenever the emulator code
for an interrupt is active. These functions maintain an external
stack, which is valid from the time the dos interrupt code is called
until the code has issued all necessary EOIs. Because pic will not
necessarily get control immediately after an EOI, another EOI (for
another interrupt) could occur. This external stack is kept strictly
synchronized with the actions of the dos code to avoid any problems.
pic_push and pic_pop maintain the external stack.
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13. The Sound group of Modules
The sound code provides emulation of the SB. The actual emulation
provided depends upon the support available from the kernel sound
driver. Because this is very OS dependant the driver code itself is
kept in architecture specifc files under
src/arch/osname/dosext/sound/. Communication is via a set of interface
functions and the device independant structures.
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13.1. Functions in dosext/sound/sound.c
These are the functions defined in dosext/sound/sound.c.
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13.1.1. sb_io_read
Arguments are:
* port - The I/O port being read from.
This handles all of the reads for the SB emulation. The value read is
returned. The value of 0xFF indicates an invalid read. (assumes the
ports float high when not pulled low by the hardware.)
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13.1.2. adlib_io_read
Arguments are:
* port - The I/O port being read from.
This handles all of the reads for the adlib (FM) emulation. The value
read is returned. The value of 0xFF indicates an invalid read.
(assumes the ports float high when not pulled low by the hardware.)
The FM emulation is not written yet. The current plan is to use the
midi emulation where available as this is the most common use for the
FM sound.
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13.1.3. mpu401_io_read
Arguments are:
* port - The I/O port being read from.
The MPU-401 functionality is primarily provided by 'midid' - a
standalone program. This makes most of the MPU-401 code simply a
pass-through driver.
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13.1.4. sb_io_write
Arguments are:
* port - The I/O port being written to.
* value - The value being output.
This handles the writes for the SB emulation. Very little of the
processing is performed in this function as it basically consists of a
very large switch() statement. The processing here is limited to
trivial (1 line) items and distinguishing between the different
actions and responses that the different revisions of the SB series
give.
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13.1.5. sb_dsp_write
Arguments are:
* value - The value being written to the DSP.
The SB DSP is a complete I/O system in itself controlled via a number
of data bytes. The number of bytes depends upon the function. The
function to be executed is determined by the first byte. If there is
no existing command then the command is stored. This then used in the
switch to identify the action to be taken. When the command has
supplied all of its arguments, or failed, then the command storage is
cleared. Each DSP function is responsible for clearing this itself.
Again, this function relies on other functions to do the real work,
and apart from storing details of the command and parameters is
basically a large switch statement.
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13.2. Remarks in dosext/sound/sound.c
Write silence could probably be implemented by setting up a "DMA"
transfer from /dev/null - AM
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13.3. Items for Fixing in dosext/sound/sound.c
The file header needs tidying up a _LOT_ ! */
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Adlib status reads are unimplemented */
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Advanced adlib reads are unimplemented */
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CMS Writes are unimplemented.
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DSP Status is unimplemented
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Adlib Waveform tests are unimplemented */
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Advanced Adlib register writes are unimplemented */
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Advanced Adlib data writes are unimplemented */
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SB Midi is Unimplemented
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Sine Generation is unimplemented
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AUX Status is Unimplemented
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13.4. Remarks in base/dev/dma/dma.c
**** WARNING **** This Code _HAS_ changed.
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The Emulated DMA channels are provided by using files and writes. This
means that they are easy to track. It might cause problems when
attempting to interface to the REAL DMA controller. (Necessary to talk
to hardware which uses DMA.)
Note that DMA controller 2 uses word granular addressing and
controller 1 uses byte granular address ... this simplifies the code !
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13.5. Items for Fixing in base/dev/dma/dma.c
: Cascade Mode Reads are not supported
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: The Verify Mode is not supported
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: The Invalid Mode is not supported (!)
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14. The FileAccess group of Modules
This hold all kind of accessing files on a Unix filesysten from DOS.
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14.1. Remarks in dosext/mfs/mfs.c
The msdos_dir_ent structure has much more than 28 bytes. Is this
significant?
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Added compares to device so that newer versions of Foxpro which test
directories using xx\yy\device perform closer to whats DOS does.
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14.2. Items for Fixing in dosext/mfs/mfs.c
We probably should use llseek here for file > 2 GBytes
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returned size of struct dir_ent seems wrong at 28 bytes. */
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15. And Finally ...
The Following items are used to delimit the text used to create this
file. Whilst it is not necessary to know this, they are included
because they may be useful for searching, as they are (at least at the
moment) reasonably unique.
DANG_BEGIN_MODULE / DANG_END_MODULE This will bracket a description of
the file (normally at the start). Within this you may have the keyword
'Maintainer:' followed by a list (one line each) of maintainers for
this packet. These will be turned into URLs.
DANG_BEGIN_FUNCTION / DANG_END_FUNCTION This brackets a description of
functions (good this, isn't it!) Not every function needs to be
described in this way - just the major ones. Within this you may have
the keywords: `arguments:', `return:' and `description:', which will
sort out the information following it to build proper lists.
DANG_BEGIN_STRUCT / DANG_END_STRUCT This brackets a description of
structures and data definitions Not every structure needs to be
described in this way - just the major ones. Within this you may have
the keywords: `elements:', and `description:', which will sort out the
information following it to build proper lists. Also, you may bracket
the structur definition of real C-code, given you have one element per
line. In this case comments (/*...*/) behind the element will be
inserted properly into the formatted list while the C-code itself is
still compilable.
DANG_BEGIN_REMARK / DANG_END_REMARK This brackets descriptions of
obscure items, like data structures and architecture.
DANG_FIXTHIS This is a one line item, indicating a an area requiring a
fix, or redesign.
DANG_BEGIN_NEWIDEA / DANG_END_NEWIDEA New Ideas Start Here! As Ideas
are proposed, that get added with their description, so that future
generations can laugh at or code the ideas ..... These bracket the
idea description.
DANG_BEGIN_CHANGELOG / DANG_END_CHANGELOG Changelogs - very useful for
bug fixing, and avvailable for use with DPR (or that's the theory)
In addition there are some keywords, that are recognized within a
bracket.
VERB ... /VERB This formats the enclosed text verbatim. This is valid
within *_MODULE, *_REMARK, *_STRUCT, *_FUNCTION
REMARK ... /REMARK This is only valid within *_MODULE and also can
contain VERB brackets. Its useful to when you want to have a global
modul description
PROTO ... /PROTO This is only valid within *_FUNCTION and takes a
C-function prototype as `verbatim' until either a `{' or a /PROTO is
seen. After this all input is `skipped' until the next PROTO or a
/SKIP.
SKIP ... /SKIP This is only valid within *_FUNCTION and skips
formatting until either PROTO or /SKIP is seen.
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