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diff --git a/Documentation/parisc/00-INDEX b/Documentation/parisc/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cbd060961 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/parisc/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +00-INDEX + - this file. +debugging + - some debugging hints for real-mode code +registers + - current/planned usage of registers diff --git a/Documentation/parisc/debugging b/Documentation/parisc/debugging new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7d75223fa --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/parisc/debugging @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +okay, here are some hints for debugging the lower-level parts of +linux/parisc. + + +1. Absolute addresses + +A lot of the assembly code currently runs in real mode, which means +absolute addresses are used instead of virtual addresses as in the +rest of the kernel. To translate an absolute address to a virtual +address you can lookup in System.map, add __PAGE_OFFSET (0x10000000 +currently). + + +2. HPMCs + +When real-mode code tries to access non-existent memory, you'll get +an HPMC instead of a kernel oops. To debug an HPMC, try to find +the System Responder/Requestor addresses. The System Requestor +address should match (one of the) processor HPAs (high addresses in +the I/O range); the System Responder address is the address real-mode +code tried to access. + +Typical values for the System Responder address are addresses larger +than __PAGE_OFFSET (0x10000000) which mean a virtual address didn't +get translated to a physical address before real-mode code tried to +access it. + + +3. Q bit fun + +Certain, very critical code has to clear the Q bit in the PSW. What +happens when the Q bit is cleared is the CPU does not update the +registers interruption handlers read to find out where the machine +was interrupted - so if you get an interruption between the instruction +that clears the Q bit and the RFI that sets it again you don't know +where exactly it happened. If you're lucky the IAOQ will point to the +instruction that cleared the Q bit, if you're not it points anywhere +at all. Usually Q bit problems will show themselves in unexplainable +system hangs or running off the end of physical memory. diff --git a/Documentation/parisc/registers b/Documentation/parisc/registers new file mode 100644 index 000000000..10c7d1730 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/parisc/registers @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +Register Usage for Linux/PA-RISC + +[ an asterisk is used for planned usage which is currently unimplemented ] + + General Registers as specified by ABI + + Control Registers + +CR 0 (Recovery Counter) used for ptrace +CR 1-CR 7(undefined) unused +CR 8 (Protection ID) per-process value* +CR 9, 12, 13 (PIDS) unused +CR10 (CCR) lazy FPU saving* +CR11 as specified by ABI (SAR) +CR14 (interruption vector) initialized to fault_vector +CR15 (EIEM) initialized to all ones* +CR16 (Interval Timer) read for cycle count/write starts Interval Tmr +CR17-CR22 interruption parameters +CR19 Interrupt Instruction Register +CR20 Interrupt Space Register +CR21 Interrupt Offset Register +CR22 Interrupt PSW +CR23 (EIRR) read for pending interrupts/write clears bits +CR24 (TR 0) Kernel Space Page Directory Pointer +CR25 (TR 1) User Space Page Directory Pointer +CR26 (TR 2) not used +CR27 (TR 3) Thread descriptor pointer +CR28 (TR 4) not used +CR29 (TR 5) not used +CR30 (TR 6) current / 0 +CR31 (TR 7) Temporary register, used in various places + + Space Registers (kernel mode) + +SR0 temporary space register +SR4-SR7 set to 0 +SR1 temporary space register +SR2 kernel should not clobber this +SR3 used for userspace accesses (current process) + + Space Registers (user mode) + +SR0 temporary space register +SR1 temporary space register +SR2 holds space of linux gateway page +SR3 holds user address space value while in kernel +SR4-SR7 Defines short address space for user/kernel + + + Processor Status Word + +W (64-bit addresses) 0 +E (Little-endian) 0 +S (Secure Interval Timer) 0 +T (Taken Branch Trap) 0 +H (Higher-privilege trap) 0 +L (Lower-privilege trap) 0 +N (Nullify next instruction) used by C code +X (Data memory break disable) 0 +B (Taken Branch) used by C code +C (code address translation) 1, 0 while executing real-mode code +V (divide step correction) used by C code +M (HPMC mask) 0, 1 while executing HPMC handler* +C/B (carry/borrow bits) used by C code +O (ordered references) 1* +F (performance monitor) 0 +R (Recovery Counter trap) 0 +Q (collect interruption state) 1 (0 in code directly preceding an rfi) +P (Protection Identifiers) 1* +D (Data address translation) 1, 0 while executing real-mode code +I (external interrupt mask) used by cli()/sti() macros + + "Invisible" Registers + +PSW default W value 0 +PSW default E value 0 +Shadow Registers used by interruption handler code +TOC enable bit 1 + +========================================================================= + +The PA-RISC architecture defines 7 registers as "shadow registers". +Those are used in RETURN FROM INTERRUPTION AND RESTORE instruction to reduce +the state save and restore time by eliminating the need for general register +(GR) saves and restores in interruption handlers. +Shadow registers are the GRs 1, 8, 9, 16, 17, 24, and 25. + +========================================================================= +Register usage notes, originally from John Marvin, with some additional +notes from Randolph Chung. + +For the general registers: + +r1,r2,r19-r26,r28,r29 & r31 can be used without saving them first. And of +course, you need to save them if you care about them, before calling +another procedure. Some of the above registers do have special meanings +that you should be aware of: + + r1: The addil instruction is hardwired to place its result in r1, + so if you use that instruction be aware of that. + + r2: This is the return pointer. In general you don't want to + use this, since you need the pointer to get back to your + caller. However, it is grouped with this set of registers + since the caller can't rely on the value being the same + when you return, i.e. you can copy r2 to another register + and return through that register after trashing r2, and + that should not cause a problem for the calling routine. + + r19-r22: these are generally regarded as temporary registers. + Note that in 64 bit they are arg7-arg4. + + r23-r26: these are arg3-arg0, i.e. you can use them if you + don't care about the values that were passed in anymore. + + r28,r29: are ret0 and ret1. They are what you pass return values + in. r28 is the primary return. When returning small structures + r29 may also be used to pass data back to the caller. + + r30: stack pointer + + r31: the ble instruction puts the return pointer in here. + + +r3-r18,r27,r30 need to be saved and restored. r3-r18 are just + general purpose registers. r27 is the data pointer, and is + used to make references to global variables easier. r30 is + the stack pointer. + |