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to make management/maintenance easier.
Defined the structures super_block and m_inode in kernel/fs.h for super
blocks and inodes respectively.
Added the new header file sys/stat.h which contains basic definitions
for inode types and permissions. These definitions will be required by
any functions handling m_inode structures.
Moved the sys_read and sys_write system calls to the filesystem's main
source file at kernel/fs/fs.c.
Added the file kernel/fs/mount.c which will contain the super-blocks
table as well as the function mount_root() which will attempt to mount
the root filesystem during boot. Eventually, this file will be expanded
to include a general-purpose mount function to mount any filesystem as
well as the system call handler for sys_mount.
Seperated block I/O functions into their own subsystem under
kernel/fs/block.c which currently supports two functions; block_read()
and block_write() to read and write blocks from block devices.
Currently, no device can be specified since the primary ATA master drive
is the only possible target. This will change in the future however.
Modified the hard disk driver's read and write functions to use
filesystem blocks rather than sectors as the units of transfer. This is
intended to keep the block I/O subsystem simple by ensuring a uniform
transfer unit is used across all block devices and drivers.
The hard disk driver is no longer initialized during the main boot
procedure. Instead, a call is made to the new function fs_init() which
will setup filesystem tables and structures, call hd_init() to
initialize the disk and finally, attempt to load the super-block for the
root filesystem.
The hard disk driver now stores the disk's size and sanity checks
addresses and sizes in read and write calls against this value.
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rather than in kmain() as some subsystems may now require early console
I/O.
Added 16-bit read/write I/O functions to asm/io.h. These functions are
inw() and outw() respectively.
Added the file kernel/fs.h which will contain definitions relating to
filesystem functions.
Defined the type off_t as a signed 32-bit value in sys/types.h. This
type will be required for filesystem functionality.
Added the directory 'kernel/fs' to the project's source tree. The
kernel's makefile has been updated accordingly. This directory will
contain any source files relating to filesystem functionality (both
assembly and C files).
Added the file 'fs/hd.c' to the kernel's source tree. This file
currently contains three main functions (which are defined in
kernel/hd.h). These functions are as follows; hd_init() to enumerate and
initialize the hard disks, hd_read() to read sectors from the disk and
hd_write() to write sectors to the disk. Currently, all transfers are
done in ATA PIO mode using polling, however this will change in future.
The function hd_init() is called during the kernel's boot sequence in
kboot().
Added the file hd.img to the project's root directory. This is a 20MB
raw image file that will be used by Qemu as a 20MB hard disk. The main
makefile has been updated to tell Qemu to use this file on launch.
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time_t.
Moved the kernel's loading point down to address 0 in
conventional memory and updated linker scripts accordingly.
Began to experiment with loading a binary blob into extended memory
(0x100000), switching to userspace mode, and executing it.
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