On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 11:34:13AM -0500, JP Urban wrote:
> All these compile errors tend to beg at the question though, Why hasn't
> anyone posted binaries yet? Is there something particularly important
> about how it accesses the kernel that it NEEDS to be compiled for each
> particular computer's kernel?
Yes, every kernel has (or potentially has) a different interface between
modules and the main kernel.
>
> I've been fighting with compiling for nearly two weeks now and I just
> cannot figure it out. I'm not a particularly experienced coder, so I
> really can't go in to fix most of this stuff on my own. I'm eager to see
> someone post the patch that was mentioned about the timer problem. I've
> been hit with that one a couple of times.
>
Index: kernel/system-mon.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot-plex86/plex86/kernel/system-mon.c,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 system-mon.c
--- kernel/system-mon.c 2001/06/10 03:41:28 1.6
+++ kernel/system-mon.c 2001/08/04 15:54:54
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
{
Bit64u t0, t1, cyclesInPeriod;
unsigned id;
- timer_t *timer = vm->system.timer;
+ plex86_timer_t *timer = vm->system.timer;
t0 = 0; /* Beginning of time window. */
Index: kernel/include/monitor.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot-plex86/plex86/kernel/include/monitor.h,v
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -r1.38 monitor.h
--- kernel/include/monitor.h 2001/06/11 04:24:08 1.38
+++ kernel/include/monitor.h 2001/08/04 15:54:54
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
void (*callback)(void *, unsigned);
void *thisPtr;
unsigned space;
- } timer_t;
+ } plex86_timer_t;
/*
* Complete state of the VM (Virtual Machine)
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
struct {
unsigned intr; /* INTR bus line */
unsigned hrq; /* Hold ReQuest bus line for DMA */
- timer_t timer[MAX_TIMERS];
+ plex86_timer_t timer[MAX_TIMERS];
unsigned num_timers;
Bit64u cyclesInPeriod;
Bit64u cyclesRemaining;
