[Info-vax] x86 Update 01/20/19

[Carl Friedberg]

Hi Jon,

Thanks for this update, and great to see you around. Carl

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 3:50 PM Jon Pinkley via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com>
wrote:

> On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 4:16:20 PM UTC-5, clair... at vmssoftware.com
> wrote:
> > http://www.vmssoftware.com/updates_port.html
> >
> > The above is now two weeks old and we are further along in creating and
> starting the SYSINIT process.
> >
> > We had been skipping around creating the complete I/O database, based on
> walking the ACPI tables, but that is now complete. We now go end-to-end
> through INIT.MAR with no side steps.
> >
> > We are about to make it through a variety of page faults, creating the
> process page tables, and changing to exec mode. There was a lot of new code
> written many months ago that we are finally getting to step our way through.
> >
> > We can boot the dump kernel.
> >
> > We get as far on a DL380 as we do on VBox.
>
> Sometime within the last week the update page has new items lists.  It
> previously was "stuck" at Load I/O Database.  There are new items, with
> many being updated.  Here is the list as of 2019-03-12
>
> Proof Point Snapshot
>
>
> •  Proof Point 1 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Stop at end-of-SYSBOOT breakpoint & issue “;L” to XDELTA
>
>
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 2 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Transition to the Runtime Environment
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 3 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Execute first system service call
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 4 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Display early loaded image list
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 5 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Display VSI welcome banner
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 6 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Create PFN database and allocate pool
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 7 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Transfer to runtime interrupt dispatching
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 8 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            System Service transfer vectors in place
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 9 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Initialization for primary CPU
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 10 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Load remaining execlets
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 11 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Reach End of INIT breakpoint
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 12 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Display complete loaded image list
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 13 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Lower IPL
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 14 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Schedule SWAPPER process
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 15 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Enter SWAPPER main loop
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 16 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            $CREPRC; process appears on COMO queue
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 17 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Create I/O database
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 18 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Set system time
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 19 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Establish interval timer
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 20 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Load SYS$TTDRIVER
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 21 - ACHIEVED
>
>
>            Load SYS$DMDRIVER
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 22 - PENDING
>
>
>            Initialize file system
>
>
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 23 - PENDING
>
>
>            Mount system disk
>
>
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 24 - PENDING
>
>
>            Create logical names
>
>
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 25 - PENDING
>
>
>            Reach the end of SYSINIT
>
>
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 26 - PENDING
>
>
>            Start DCL
>
>
>
>
>         •  Proof Point 27 - PENDING
>
>            Execute DIRECTORY command
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