Re: [RFC PATCH 00/34] The rest of the x86_64-gnu port

[Luca]

Il 21/03/23 15:38, Sergey Bugaev ha scritto:
> But how does a core know its CPU number?

Currently through the APIC_ID register, see the CPU_NUMBER macro in 
i386/i386/cpu_number.h.

> This would've been easier if we could pass the port name as an env
> variable, then we could pick some predefined name (e.g.
> DEVICE_MASTER_PORT) and have glibc pick it up early. But I don't think
> there is a way to set env in boot scripts, nor is it worth it, really.

Actually on the stack there are both args and envs, it's just that by 
default gnumach passes an empty env (unless in compatibility mode, but 
that doesn't seems used anymore). I guess the reason for the argument 
instead of env is that it can be enabled/disabled at will, but the port 
name could potentially be passed in both ways, when required.


Luca