[9fans] linking a program to run at a high address

2014-05-15 Thread ron minnich
I've done this, and I've forgotten how. I need to tell 6l to link a program to run at 0x7f00 I've tried various combos of -T, -R, and -D and am failing to get the right result ... any hints to revive my poor memory would be welcome. ron

Re: [9fans] linking a program to run at a high address

2014-05-15 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu May 15 15:03:10 EDT 2014, rminn...@gmail.com wrote: I've done this, and I've forgotten how. I need to tell 6l to link a program to run at 0x7f00 I've tried various combos of -T, -R, and -D and am failing to get the right result ... any hints to revive my poor memory

Re: [9fans] linking a program to run at a high address

2014-05-15 Thread cinap_lenrek
that wont work for a.out userspace binary. the kernel loads the text segment on fixed base address UTZERO. in the a.out header are just longs with the sizes of the segments. theres an entry field but it doesnt change where the kernel puts the text segment. but you probably do not try to produce

Re: [9fans] linking a program to run at a high address

2014-05-15 Thread cinap_lenrek
sorry, wrong terminology. the kernel *maps* text at UTZERO. -- cinap

Re: [9fans] linking a program to run at a high address

2014-05-15 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu May 15 15:19:39 EDT 2014, cinap_len...@felloff.net wrote: that wont work for a.out userspace binary. the kernel loads the text segment on fixed base address UTZERO. in the a.out header are just longs with the sizes of the segments. theres an entry field but it doesnt change where the

Re: [9fans] linking a program to run at a high address

2014-05-15 Thread cinap_lenrek
because the immidiate to CALL instruction is 32bit which get sign extended to 64bit. but the PC *is* 64bit. its just not that easy to call directly. #include u.h #include libc.h void jump(void *p) { ((void**)p)[-1] = p; } void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char code[8];

Re: [9fans] linking a program to run at a high address

2014-05-15 Thread cinap_lenrek
because the immidiate to CALL instruction is 32bit which get sign extended to 64bit. sorry, this isnt true. we do near call (0xe8), which is pc relative but uses signed 32bit offset. sorry for the noise. -- cinap

Re: [9fans] linking a program to run at a high address

2014-05-15 Thread ron minnich
you need to give more credit to the compiler :-) the address I'm using is in the low half of the address space. But I'll wait for Charles to weigh in and tell us what's what. ron

[9fans] RaspberryPi, monitor energy saving

2014-05-15 Thread Steve Simon
Its just wonderful to have a raspberry pi as a plan9 terminal, but the energy saving of the pi is outweighed by the monitor I use. The Pi's display code blanks the screen after a while but this does not shutdown the monitor. I dug a little and it seems I need to send CEC (Consumer Electronics

Re: [9fans] RaspberryPi, monitor energy saving

2014-05-15 Thread Bakul Shah
On Thu, 15 May 2014 22:04:34 BST Steve Simon st...@quintile.net wrote: Its just wonderful to have a raspberry pi as a plan9 terminal, but the energy saving of the pi is outweighed by the monitor I use. The Pi's display code blanks the screen after a while but this does not shutdown the

Re: [9fans] RaspberryPi, monitor energy saving

2014-05-15 Thread Shane Morris
This might be wildly off the mark, but is there something VESA related to do this, VGA monitors, et al? I prepare to stand flamed. ^.^ On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Bakul Shah ba...@bitblocks.com wrote: On Thu, 15 May 2014 22:04:34 BST Steve Simon st...@quintile.net wrote: Its just