[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] vgabios: Support allocating an extra stack for vgabios calls and default on.

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Sun Dec 1 01:22:24 CET 2013


Add code to allocate an extra stack for the main vgabios int 0x10
entry point.  The allocation is done via the PMM spec and uses a PCI
v3 permanent low memory region request.  This request will work with
SeaBIOS - it is unknown how many other main BIOS implementations
support this PMM call.

The extra stack is useful for old DOS programs that call the VGABIOS
and expect it to work with very small amounts of stack space.

Signed-off-by: Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net>
---

This patch (along with the other VGA patches) is also available at:
https://github.com/KevinOConnor/seabios/tree/testing

---
 Makefile          |  2 +-
 vgasrc/Kconfig    | 14 ++++++++++++++
 vgasrc/vgabios.c  | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 vgasrc/vgaentry.S | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e39222b..59aae99 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ $(OUT)vgaccode16.o: $(OUT)vgaccode16.raw.s scripts/vgafixup.py
 	$(Q)$(PYTHON) ./scripts/vgafixup.py $< $(OUT)vgaccode16.s
 	$(Q)$(AS) --32 src/code16gcc.s $(OUT)vgaccode16.s -o $@
 
-$(OUT)vgaentry.o: vgasrc/vgaentry.S $(OUT)autoconf.h
+$(OUT)vgaentry.o: vgasrc/vgaentry.S $(OUT)autoconf.h $(OUT)asm-offsets.h
 	@echo "  Compiling (16bit) $@"
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS16VGA) -c -D__ASSEMBLY__ $< -o $@
 
diff --git a/vgasrc/Kconfig b/vgasrc/Kconfig
index 0901c04..b442b3e 100644
--- a/vgasrc/Kconfig
+++ b/vgasrc/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ menu "VGA ROM"
         bool
         default !NO_VGABIOS
 
+    config VGA_ALLOCATE_EXTRA_STACK
+        depends on BUILD_VGABIOS
+        bool "Allocate an internal stack for 16bit interrupt entry point"
+        default y
+        help
+            Attempt to allocate (via BIOS PMM call) an internal stack
+            for the legacy 16bit 0x10 interrupt entry point.  This
+            reduces the amount of space on the caller's stack that
+            SeaVGABIOS uses.
+
+    config VGA_EXTRA_STACK_SIZE
+        int
+        default 512
+
     config VGA_VBE
         depends on BUILD_VGABIOS
         bool "Video BIOS Extensions (VBE)"
diff --git a/vgasrc/vgabios.c b/vgasrc/vgabios.c
index 35d0362..d93b190 100644
--- a/vgasrc/vgabios.c
+++ b/vgasrc/vgabios.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "hw/pci_regs.h" // PCI_VENDOR_ID
 #include "output.h" // dprintf
 #include "std/optionrom.h" // struct pci_data
+#include "std/pmm.h" // struct pmmheader
 #include "std/vbe.h" // VBE_RETURN_STATUS_FAILED
 #include "stdvga.h" // stdvga_set_cursor_shape
 #include "string.h" // memset_far
@@ -1277,6 +1278,46 @@ init_bios_area(void)
     SET_BDA(video_msr, 0x09);
 }
 
+u16 ExtraStackSeg VAR16 VISIBLE16;
+
+static void
+allocate_extra_stack(void)
+{
+    if (!CONFIG_VGA_ALLOCATE_EXTRA_STACK)
+        return;
+    void *pmmscan = (void*)BUILD_BIOS_ADDR;
+    for (; pmmscan < (void*)BUILD_BIOS_ADDR+BUILD_BIOS_SIZE; pmmscan+=16) {
+        struct pmmheader *pmm = pmmscan;
+        if (pmm->signature != PMM_SIGNATURE)
+            continue;
+        if (checksum_far(0, pmm, pmm->length))
+            continue;
+        struct segoff_s entry = pmm->entry;
+        dprintf(1, "Attempting to allocate VGA stack via pmm call to %04x:%04x\n"
+                , entry.seg, entry.offset);
+        u16 res1, res2;
+        asm volatile(
+            "pushl %0\n"
+            "pushw $(8|1)\n"            // Permanent low memory request
+            "pushl $0xffffffff\n"       // Anonymous handle
+            "pushl $" __stringify(CONFIG_VGA_EXTRA_STACK_SIZE) "\n"
+            "pushw $0x00\n"             // PMM allocation request
+            "lcallw *12(%%esp)\n"
+            "addl $16, %%esp\n"
+            "cli\n"
+            "cld\n"
+            : "+r" (entry.segoff), "=a" (res1), "=d" (res2) : : "cc", "memory");
+        u32 res = res1 | (res2 << 16);
+        if (!res || res == PMM_FUNCTION_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+            return;
+        dprintf(1, "VGA stack allocated at %x\n", res);
+        SET_VGA(ExtraStackSeg, res >> 4);
+        extern void entry_10_extrastack(void);
+        SET_IVT(0x10, SEGOFF(get_global_seg(), (u32)entry_10_extrastack));
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
 int VgaBDF VAR16 = -1;
 int HaveRunInit VAR16;
 
@@ -1314,6 +1355,8 @@ vga_post(struct bregs *regs)
     extern void entry_10(void);
     SET_IVT(0x10, SEGOFF(get_global_seg(), (u32)entry_10));
 
+    allocate_extra_stack();
+
     SET_VGA(HaveRunInit, 1);
 
     // Fixup checksum
diff --git a/vgasrc/vgaentry.S b/vgasrc/vgaentry.S
index a65136d..1d2fe92 100644
--- a/vgasrc/vgaentry.S
+++ b/vgasrc/vgaentry.S
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // This file may be distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPLv3 license.
 
 
+#include "asm-offsets.h" // BREGS_*
 #include "config.h" // CONFIG_*
 #include "entryfuncs.S" // ENTRY_*
 
@@ -75,3 +76,55 @@ _optionrom_entry:
 entry_10:
         ENTRY_ARG_VGA handle_10
         iretw
+
+        // Entry point using extra stack
+        DECLFUNC entry_10_extrastack
+entry_10_extrastack:
+        cli
+        cld
+        pushw %ds               // Set %ds:%eax to space on ExtraStack
+        pushl %eax
+        movzwl %cs:ExtraStackSeg, %eax
+        movl %eax, %ds
+        movl $(CONFIG_VGA_EXTRA_STACK_SIZE-BREGS_size-8), %eax
+        popl BREGS_eax(%eax)    // Backup registers
+        popw BREGS_ds(%eax)
+        movl %edi, BREGS_edi(%eax)
+        movl %esi, BREGS_esi(%eax)
+        movl %ebp, BREGS_ebp(%eax)
+        movl %ebx, BREGS_ebx(%eax)
+        movl %edx, BREGS_edx(%eax)
+        movl %ecx, BREGS_ecx(%eax)
+        movw %es, BREGS_es(%eax)
+        movl %esp, BREGS_size+0(%eax)
+        movzwl %sp, %esp
+        movw %ss, BREGS_size+4(%eax)
+        movl (%esp), %edx
+        movl %edx, BREGS_code(%eax)
+        movw 4(%esp), %dx
+        movw %dx, BREGS_flags(%eax)
+
+        movw %ds, %dx           // Setup %ss/%esp and call function
+        movw %dx, %ss
+        movl %eax, %esp
+        pushw %ax ; callw handle_10
+
+        movl %esp, %eax         // Restore registers and return
+        movw BREGS_size+4(%eax), %ss
+        movl BREGS_size+0(%eax), %esp
+        popl %edx
+        popw %dx
+        pushw BREGS_flags(%eax)
+        pushl BREGS_code(%eax)
+        movl BREGS_edi(%eax), %edi
+        movl BREGS_esi(%eax), %esi
+        movl BREGS_ebp(%eax), %ebp
+        movl BREGS_ebx(%eax), %ebx
+        movl BREGS_edx(%eax), %edx
+        movl BREGS_ecx(%eax), %ecx
+        movw BREGS_es(%eax), %es
+        pushw BREGS_ds(%eax)
+        pushl BREGS_eax(%eax)
+        popl %eax
+        popw %ds
+        iretw
-- 
1.8.3.1




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