RE: L4 Pistachio Build Environment

Jan Stoess <[email protected]> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:48:07 +0000
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Hello Ashford,

No,  there is no recommendend build environment, most gcc/binutils combinat=
ions should just do. We do build tests with various toolchains, have a look=
 at http://www.l4ka.org/98.php. FWIW, we found recently out that with the m=
ost recent gcc toolchain (4.6), there are seem to be problems for which we =
don't have a fix yet. However, the older ones should actually do.

Regarding the IRQ re-enablement problem: have you sent an acknowledgement I=
PC? If so, I'd look into L4 trace points and the associated tracebuffer (kd=
b menu entries 'r' and 'y') to find out what's going wrong. It might indeed=
 be a kernel bug, but I'd always be suspicious with the user-level code as =
well.

-Jan

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Dr. Jan Stoess, KIT System Architecture Group

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]=
uhe.de] On Behalf Of Ashford Nichols
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 5:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: L4 Pistachio Build Environment

Is there a recommended build environment to build the L4 pistachio Microker=
nel? I have tried building it on my system and most times it builds properl=
y and runs well on QEMU, but when I try to boot it on my system, (using the=
 floppy drive) it doesn't work quite like it should. One such case was with=
 the IRQ. I tried capturing and handling keyboard interrupts, but for some =
reason the interrupt is never re-enabled. The system I am using is below:

CPU - Intel Pentium 4 1.80GHz
RAM - 768MB
OS - Opensuse 11.4
GCC Version - 4.12
L4 Pistachio Version: l4ka-pistachio-dd624dd

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Ashford

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Hello Ashford,<o:p></o:p>=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">No,&nbsp; there is no rec=
ommendend build environment, most gcc/binutils combinations should just do.=
 We do build tests with various toolchains, have a look
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quo=
t;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">at
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quo=
t;sans-serif&quot;"><a href=3D"http://www.l4ka.org/98.php">http://www.l4ka.=
org/98.php</a>.<span style=3D"color:#1F497D"> FWIW, we
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quo=
t;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">found recently out that with the m=
ost recent gcc toolchain (4.6), there are seem to be problems for which we =
don&#8217;t have a fix yet. However, the older ones should actually
 do.</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></=
span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Regarding the IRQ re-enab=
lement problem: have you sent an acknowledgement IPC? If so, I&#8217;d look=
 into L4 trace points and the associated tracebuffer (kdb menu
 entries &#8216;r&#8217; and &#8216;y&#8217;) to find out what&#8217;s goin=
g wrong. It might indeed be a kernel bug, but I&#8217;d always be suspiciou=
s with the user-level code as well.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">-Jan
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libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Dr. Jan Stoess, KIT System =
Architecture Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot=
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[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ashford Nichols<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 28, 2012 5:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> [email protected]<br>
<b>Subject:</b> L4 Pistachio Build Environment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Is there a recommended build environment to build th=
e L4 pistachio Microkernel? I have tried building it on my system and most =
times it builds properly and runs well on QEMU, but when I try to boot it o=
n my system, (using the floppy drive)
 it doesn't work quite like it should. One such case was with the IRQ. I tr=
ied capturing and handling keyboard interrupts, but for some reason the int=
errupt is never re-enabled. The system I am using is below:<br>
<br>
CPU - Intel Pentium 4 1.80GHz<br clear=3D"all">
RAM - 768MB<br>
OS - Opensuse 11.4<br>
GCC Version - 4.12<br>
L4 Pistachio Version: l4ka-pistachio-dd624dd<br>
<br>
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Ashford<o:p></o:p></p>
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