[Info-vax] x86 Update 4/22/19
clair.grant@vmssoftware.com
clairgrant71 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 24 07:12:05 EDT 2019
On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 9:52:05 PM UTC-4, Jon Pinkley wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 5:55:24 AM UTC-4, clair... at vmssoftware.com wrote:
> > On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 9:30:33 PM UTC-4, terry-... at glaver.org wrote:
> > > On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 7:48:26 PM UTC-4, Jon Pinkley wrote:
> > > > Isn't there supposed to be a Login as well?
> > >
> > > Maybe this was done with the equivalent of "SET/STARTUP OPA0:"?
> >
> > There are number of ways to look at "login". Yes, we did force OPA0: to be our First Boot path.
>
> Anyone that understands software development understands the magnitude of the task being done by the small team at VSI, so don't take this as me throwing brickbats.
<<<CG: Brickbats readily accepted, some even deserved. Taking the heat comes with the territory.
>>>
>
> I think everyone is looking forward to the completed DIRECTORY command, but the path through login for an interactive process is quite a bit more complex than directory, since it involves SYSTEM context (terminal driver and mailbox driver), Job Controller Context and Newly created Process context. It tests a lot more of the system, and would indicate that much more of the VMS foundation is in place. LOGINOUT is a complex program; the OpenVMS Alpha Internals 7.0 Manual has almost 10 pages devoted just to the Interactive process case (439,440,443-450).
>
<<<CG: For First Boot we are loading LOGINOUT as an execlet rather than as a loadable image. That allows us to cut a few corners, but not that many.
>>>
> In my opinion, leaving this out is a significant "lowering of the bar" to what constitutes "first boot", assuming that first boot did include an interactive login from the console in previous ports.
>
<<<CG: Even though I defined the terms, I can't remember what we did for IA64 without going to look. I often describe First Boot as a photo op, sometimes a marketing message. It gives non-geeks something identifiable that they can somewhat relate to. We know there are a tons of things that have to be working to get to executing a DIRECTORY command but what is in that ton doesn't really matter much. So, if we lowered the bar for x86, so be it; it's trivia when looking at the big picture. BTW: The next step after First Boot is Real Boot, that is getting to the DIRECTORY command while booting the system in its normal flow.
>>>
> The vast majority of the people that follow comp.os.vms are "hard core VMS supporters", so we are interested in any technical details that can be provided.
>
> The recent milestones have no content other than "ACHIEVED" (milestones 16 and below had examples of console output, which at least I found interesting).
>
<<<CG: I'll take the blame for that.
>>>
> I understand that writing progress reports takes time away from the real work being done. But it shouldn't take an inordinate amount of time to copy/paste some console output into the updates page. You should be doing this for internal documentation anyway.
>
> For example, what does the output of show system look like at this point in time?
<<<CG: SHOW SYSTEM is not part of First Boot. The only DCL command being processed is DIRECTORY. After that we move on Real Boot.
>>>
Recent system boot, minus a whole bunch of developer debugging messages.
VSI VMS X86 XDELTA Debugger [SYSBOOT], XF3Q, Apr 24 2019 06:46:41
Brk 0 at 00000000.004AEE3D
00000000.004AEE3D!movq $00000042,%rax ;P
VSI VMS X86 XDELTA Debugger [SYSBOOT], XF2Q, Apr 5 2019 20:46:41
Brk 0 at 00000000.004AEE3D
00000000.004AEE3D!movq $00000042,%rax ;P
%EXECINIT-I-PERCPU, initializing per-CPU database
%EXECINIT-I-INITS, calling initialization routines
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$BASE_IMAGE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$PLATFORM_SUPPORT
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing ERRORLOG
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$ACPI
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSTEM_PRIMITIVES_0
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION_UNI
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSTEM_DEBUG
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$OPDRIVER
VMS Software, Inc. OpenVMS (TM) x86_64 Operating System, XF2Q-N4A
Copyright 2019 VMS Software, Inc.
VSI VMS X86 XDELTA Debugger [SYSTEM_DEBUG], XF2Q, Apr 5 2019 20:46:41
Brk 0 at FFFF8300.10600790
FFFF8300.10600790!retq ;P
%EXECINIT-I-PFNDB, building PFN database
%EXECINIT-I-SWIS_PRIM, initializing SWIS on primary CPU
%EXECINIT-I-INITS, calling initialization routines
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSTEM_PRIMITIVES_0
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION_UNI
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSTEM_PRIMITIVES_0
%EXECINIT-I-EPB, defining erase pattern buffer
%EXECINIT-I-SHELLF, building SHELL filespec
%EXECINIT-I-BTINIT, initializing boot driver
%EXECINIT-I-RESMEMLIS, building reserved memory registry list
%EXECINIT-I-LDIMGS, loading exec images
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading EXCEPTION.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing EXCEPTION_MON
%EXECINIT-I-SYSTEM_CHECK, loaded _MON image
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading IO_ROUTINES.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing IO_ROUTINES_MON
%EXECINIT-I-SYSTEM_CHECK, loaded _MON image
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYSDEVICE.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSDEVICE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading PROCESS_MANAGEMENT.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing PROCESS_MANAGEMENT_MON
%EXECINIT-I-SYSTEM_CHECK, loaded _MON image
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading LOCKING.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing LOCKING
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SHELL8K.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SHELL8K
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading LOGICAL_NAMES.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing LOGICAL_NAMES
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading F11BXQP.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing F11BXQP
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading RMS.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing RMS
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading IMAGE_MANAGEMENT.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing IMAGE_MANAGEMENT
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SECURITY.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SECURITY_MON
%EXECINIT-I-SYSTEM_CHECK, loaded _MON image
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYSGETSYI.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSGETSYI
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$VM.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$VM
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading MESSAGE_ROUTINES.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing MESSAGE_ROUTINES
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYSLDR_DYN.EXE
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSLDR_DYN
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing <SYS$LDR>VMS_EXTENSION
%EXECINIT-I-IOCONFIG, configuring the I/O database
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$PCI_SUPPORT
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$ISA_SUPPORT
%EXECINIT-I-HWCLOCK, reading the HW clock
%INITIODB-I-BEGIN, Executing INIT_IO_DB.
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$TTDRIVER
%INITIODB-I-DRIVER_LOADED, SYS$TTDRIVER.EXE load successful.
%INITIODB-I-DMDRIVER, Loading SYS$DMDRIVER for memory disk access
%INITIODB-I-LRD_SYSDEV, SYS$LOAD_DRIVER will assign the System UCB to this device.
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$DMDRIVER
%INITIODB-I-GOPAC, Calling IOC$GOPAC.
%IOC$DISC_BOOT-I-ENTER_ROUTINE, Entered routine.
%IOC$DISC_BOOT-I-DISC_PBD, Disconnecting from primary boot device
%IOC$DISC_BOOT-I-EXIT_ROUTINE, Exiting routine.
%INITIODB-I-INIT_BRIDGE, Init any IO bridge.
%INITIODB-I-DEVICE_POWERUP, Drivers have been initialized.
%INITIODB-I-END, Returning to EXEC_INIT.
%EXECINIT-I-INITSMP, initializing SMP environment
%EXECINIT-I-PBM, building process bitmap
%EXECINIT-I-PSTATE, setting process states
%EXECINIT-I-PHV, filling process header vector
%EXECINIT-I-PAGSWPVEC, filling page/swap file vector
%EXECINIT-I-INITS, calling initialization routines
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYSTEM_PRIMITIVES_0
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing EXCEPTION_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing IO_ROUTINES_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing PROCESS_MANAGEMENT_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing LOCKING
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing LOGICAL_NAMES
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SECURITY_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$VM
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing MESSAGE_ROUTINES
%EXECINIT-I-TMVPTES, setting TMV up with its PTEs
%EXECINIT-I-SVAPTE, setting up EXE$GL_SVAPTE
%EXECINIT-I-BLD_LOCKID, building the lock id table
%EXECINIT-I-BLD_RESHASH, building the resource hash table
%EXECINIT-I-RESMEMALC, performing reserved memory allocation
%EXECINIT-I-CLRWARM, clearing warm-start flag
%EXECINIT-I-CLRCOLD, clearing cold-start flag
BRK - END OF INIT BREAKPOINT
VSI VMS X86 XDELTA Debugger [SYSTEM_DEBUG], XF2Q, Apr 5 2019 20:46:41
Brk 0 at FFFF8300.10600790
FFFF8300.10600790!retq ;P
%EXECINIT-I-ACTIVESET, joining ACTIVE set
%EXECINIT-S-CIAO, transferring to the scheduler
%SWAPPER-I-SHUFFLE, executing SWAPPER initialization code
%SWAPPER-I-POOL, initializing paged pool
%SWAPPER-I-INIT, calling initialization routines
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing EXCEPTION_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing IO_ROUTINES_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing PROCESS_MANAGEMENT_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing LOCKING
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing LOGICAL_NAMES
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SECURITY_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing SYS$VM
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing MESSAGE_ROUTINES
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing <SYS$LDR>SYS$LOGINOUT
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing <SYS$LDR>SYSINITX
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing IO_ROUTINES_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing PROCESS_MANAGEMENT_MON
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing LOCKING
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing LOGICAL_NAMES
%LOADER-I-INIT, initializing IO_ROUTINES_MON
%SWAPPER-I-RSDM, joining system resource domain
%SWAPPER-I-P1, initializing SWAPPER P1 cells
%SWAPPER-I-PAGED, paged system initialization
%SWAPPER-I-HASH, creating the logical name hash tables
%SWAPPER-I-DEFINE, defining the system logical names
%SWAPPER-I-CREPRC, creating the SYSINIT process
%SWAPPER-I-MAINLOOP, entering SWAPPER main loop
%SWAPPER-I-INSWAP, inswapped process EPID: 00000022 PID: 00010002 PCB: FFFFFFFF81678340
%PROCSTRT-I-SYSINITX, Calling loaded SYSINITX execlet
%SYSINIT-I-START, SYSINIT process execution begins
%SYSINIT-I-AUDIT, initializing security auditing
Loaded Image List:
Seq Image Name Base End Link Base GP
40 SYS$DMDRIVER FFFF8300.1120AB00 FFFF8300.1120CA10 00000000.80002000
3E SYS$TTDRIVER FFFF8300.111DFA00 FFFF8300.11206978 00000000.80002000
3C SYS$ISA_SUPPORT FFFF8300.111D9800 FFFF8300.111DC0E8 00000000.80002000
3A SYS$PCI_SUPPORT FFFF8300.111C4B00 FFFF8300.111D5648 00000000.80002000
38 <SYS$LDR>VMS_EXTENSION FFFF8300.111C0A00 FFFF8300.111C4070 00000000.80002000
36 <SYS$LDR>SYSINITX FFFF8300.11162400 FFFF8300.111B4F28 00000000.80006000
34 <SYS$LDR>SYS$LOGINOUT FFFF8300.11098000 FFFF8300.1114C8F1 00000000.80006000
32 <SYS$LDR>SYS$DIRECTORY FFFF8300.10F8EC00 FFFF8300.110003F1 00000000.80002000
30 SYSLDR_DYN FFFF8300.10F6BF00 FFFF8300.10F893B8 00000000.80004000
2E MESSAGE_ROUTINES FFFF8300.10F41200 FFFF8300.10F66708 00000000.80002000
2C SYS$VM FFFF8300.10E31D00 FFFF8300.10F2BF61 00000000.8000E000
2A SYSGETSYI FFFF8300.10E0CE00 FFFF8300.10E219F8 00000000.80002000
28 SECURITY_MON FFFF8300.10DAE000 FFFF8300.10E02088 00000000.80004000
26 IMAGE_MANAGEMENT FFFF8300.10D72000 FFFF8300.10DA4FD0 00000000.80004000
24 RMS FFFF8300.10BE0600 FFFF8300.10D3EDF0 00000000.80002000
22 F11BXQP FFFF8300.10B28E00 FFFF8300.10BC97F8 00000000.80006000
20 LOGICAL_NAMES FFFF8300.10B06600 FFFF8300.10B215F8 00000000.80002000
1E SHELL8K FFFF8300.10AFD200 FFFF8300.10B03640 00000000.80002000
1C LOCKING FFFF8300.10AC0000 FFFF8300.10AF6F38 00000000.80004000
1A PROCESS_MANAGEMENT_MON FFFF8300.109EB200 FFFF8300.10AAA631 00000000.8000A000
18 SYSDEVICE FFFF8300.109D3900 FFFF8300.109DF410 00000000.80002000
16 IO_ROUTINES_MON FFFF8300.10914D00 FFFF8300.109C0628 00000000.8000E000
14 EXCEPTION_MON FFFF8300.108F1800 FFFF8300.10904341 00000000.80002000
12 EXEC_INIT FFFF8300.10892100 FFFF8300.108E5468 00000000.80006000
10 SYS$OPDRIVER FFFF8300.10883700 FFFF8300.1088B500 00000000.80002000
0E SYSTEM_DEBUG FFFF8300.10809A00 FFFF8300.108752C1 00000000.80004000
0C SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION_UNI FFFF8300.107D9500 FFFF8300.10800028 00000000.80004000
0A SYSTEM_PRIMITIVES_0 FFFF8300.1071D800 FFFF8300.107C55A1 00000000.8000E000
08 SYS$ACPI FFFF8300.10673A00 FFFF8300.106F6120 00000000.8000E000
06 ERRORLOG FFFF8300.1065E100 FFFF8300.10663820 00000000.80002000
04 SYS$PLATFORM_SUPPORT FFFF8300.10611B00 FFFF8300.10654358 00000000.80008000
02 SYS$BASE_IMAGE FFFF8300.10600200 FFFF8300.1060B100 00000000.80000000
00 SYS$PUBLIC_VECTORS FFFF8300.10600000 FFFF8300.10600048 00000000.80000000
%SYSINIT-I-TIME, setting the system time
%SYSINIT-I-INIT, initializing the XQP
%SYSINIT-I-CLUSTER, cluster/lock manager initialization
%SYSINIT-I-SHADOW, shadow driver initialization
%SYSINIT-I-DEFINE, defining system logical names
%SYSINIT-I-MOUNT, mounting the system disk
%SYSINIT-I-TIME, setting the system time
%SYSINIT-I-FILCACHE, deallocating the primitive file cache
%SYSINIT-I-DEFINE, defining SYS$TOPSYS
%SYSINIT Entering CREPRC_STARTUP
%SYSINIT-I-CREPRC, creating the STARTUP process
%PROCSTRT-I-SYS$LOGINOUT, Calling loaded SYS$LOGINOUT execlet
SYS$LOGINOUT::
Transfering Control to DCL$STARTUP
VSI VMS X86 XDELTA Debugger [SYSTEM_DEBUG], XF2Q, Apr 5 2019 20:46:41
Brk 0 at FFFF8300.10600790
FFFF8300.10600790!retq ;P
%SYSINIT-I-FINISH, SYSINIT process execution completed
%PROCSTRT-I-SYSINITX_DONE, SYSINITX has completed, $HIBERnating the process
%DCL Calling into SYS$DIRECTORY at NET$VEC_RESERVE30
SYS$DIRECTORY::
VSI VMS X86 XDELTA Debugger [SYSTEM_DEBUG], XF3Q, Apr 22 2019 17:56:26
Brk 0 at FFFF8300.10600790
FFFF8300.10600790!retq
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