[block] Replace gPXE block-device API with an iPXE asynchronous interface

The block device interface used in gPXE predates the invention of even
the old gPXE data-transfer interface, let alone the current iPXE
generic asynchronous interface mechanism.  Bring this old code up to
date, with the following benefits:

 o  Block device commands can be cancelled by the requestor.  The INT 13
    layer uses this to provide a global timeout on all INT 13 calls,
    with the result that an unexpected passive failure mode (such as
    an iSCSI target ACKing the request but never sending a response)
    will lead to a timeout that gets reported back to the INT 13 user,
    rather than simply freezing the system.

 o  INT 13,00 (reset drive) is now able to reset the underlying block
    device.  INT 13 users, such as DOS, that use INT 13,00 as a method
    for error recovery now have a chance of recovering.

 o  All block device commands are tagged, with a numerical tag that
    will show up in debugging output and in packet captures; this will
    allow easier interpretation of bug reports that include both
    sources of information.

 o  The extremely ugly hacks used to generate the boot firmware tables
    have been eradicated and replaced with a generic acpi_describe()
    method (exploiting the ability of iPXE interfaces to pass through
    methods to an underlying interface).  The ACPI tables are now
    built in a shared data block within .bss16, rather than each
    requiring dedicated space in .data16.

 o  The architecture-independent concept of a SAN device has been
    exposed to the iPXE core through the sanboot API, which provides
    calls to hook, unhook, boot, and describe SAN devices.  This
    allows for much more flexible usage patterns (such as hooking an
    empty SAN device and then running an OS installer via TFTP).

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
This commit is contained in:
Michael Brown
2010-09-03 16:11:51 +01:00
parent 46c7f99c66
commit 220495f8bf
47 changed files with 4904 additions and 3127 deletions

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@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ REQUIRE_OBJECT ( slam );
*
*/
#ifdef SANBOOT_PROTO_ISCSI
REQUIRE_OBJECT ( iscsiboot );
REQUIRE_OBJECT ( iscsi );
#endif
/*

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@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
* Drag in Ethernet-specific protocols
*/
#ifdef SANBOOT_PROTO_AOE
REQUIRE_OBJECT ( aoeboot );
REQUIRE_OBJECT ( aoe );
#endif

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@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
* Drag in Infiniband-specific protocols
*/
#ifdef SANBOOT_PROTO_IB_SRP
REQUIRE_OBJECT ( ib_srpboot );
REQUIRE_OBJECT ( ib_srp );
#endif

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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#define NAP_EFIX86
#define UMALLOC_EFI
#define SMBIOS_EFI
#define SANBOOT_NULL
#define IMAGE_EFI /* EFI image support */
#define IMAGE_SCRIPT /* iPXE script image support */

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@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#define UMALLOC_LINUX
#define NAP_LINUX
#define SMBIOS_LINUX
#define SANBOOT_NULL
#define DRIVERS_LINUX

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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
#define NAP_PCBIOS
#define UMALLOC_MEMTOP
#define SMBIOS_PCBIOS
#define SANBOOT_PCBIOS
#define IMAGE_ELF /* ELF image support */
#define IMAGE_MULTIBOOT /* MultiBoot image support */

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src/config/sanboot.h Normal file
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@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
#ifndef CONFIG_SANBOOT_H
#define CONFIG_SANBOOT_H
/** @file
*
* sanboot API configuration
*
*/
FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
#include <config/defaults.h>
#include <config/local/sanboot.h>
#endif /* CONFIG_SANBOOT_H */