78 Commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Philipp Oppermann	9019309d40	Many wording improvements	2015-12-09 15:46:14 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	9f509aec80	Improve post and rewrite recursive mapping section	2015-12-09 15:46:14 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	fd42d634ad	Change title and add some incomplete introduction variants	2015-12-09 15:44:17 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	2b8838459c	Add image sources	2015-12-09 15:42:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	bf6bcdcc82	Add paging introduction	2015-12-09 15:42:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	fac58a003a	Describe unwrap function	2015-12-09 15:42:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	57fbd2efc5	Specify some imports	2015-12-09 15:42:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	bd00921dac	Use expect instead of unwrap	2015-12-09 15:42:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	67b30314c4	Use relative links for images	2015-12-09 15:42:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	e331a6610b	Describe p*_index functions	2015-12-09 15:42:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	15427b363a	Take page by value in mapping functions ... (there is no reason to borrow it at the moment)	2015-12-09 15:42:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	b314d4827f	Move Frame::start_address to memory/mod.rs and use it in identity_map()	2015-12-09 15:42:44 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	6ed376112d	PAGE_SIZE is already defined in memory/mod.rs	2015-12-09 15:42:44 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	a279609c26	Add images, TODOs, RecursivePageTable::new, and many improvements	2015-12-09 15:42:44 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	5113fce8f7	Big update and many new sections...	2015-12-09 15:42:44 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	4aeda180a1	Remove old content and add skeletons for new sections	2015-12-09 15:42:36 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	c52f58cc4c	Rename and use is_unused()	2015-12-09 15:38:46 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	bd05aa7715	Add section about type system magic	2015-12-09 15:38:46 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	7005cd7819	Start rewriting post for new design	2015-12-09 15:38:46 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	2d9b619587	Begin updating post	2015-12-09 15:38:46 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	204a9d9c9d	Add some sections (now outdated)	2015-12-09 15:38:46 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	907f51bb5b	Add section about modifying table entries	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	882af6f14e	Make p{1,2,3}_table functions unsafe	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	cf5e2715ae	Add section about translating virtual addresses	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	08a9743caa	Describle implementation of recursive mapping	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	90dba32898	Add “Mapping Page Tables” section and extract page table entry flags	2015-12-09 15:38:45 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	6462a3263c	Add basic module and corresponding documentation	2015-12-09 15:38:33 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	6b72dd8223	Remove Lock structure again as we changed design	2015-12-08 22:20:19 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	f917bd67a1	Begin paging module	2015-12-08 22:20:19 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	0e574426c5	Add recursive mapping and start describing it	2015-12-08 22:20:19 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	38849516a1	Add preliminary outline for next post	2015-12-08 22:20:19 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	f1f1e66dce	Improve wording (frame instead of page)	2015-12-03 18:41:51 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	2d069d636f	Add a note about Mac OS and virtual machines	2015-11-28 18:04:37 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	0a6a174e54	Fix broken markdown link	2015-11-24 00:18:32 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	e52d8bcfd2	Specify raw ISO format explicitely to avoid QEMU warning	2015-11-24 00:08:34 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	43924afbbf	Make internal links relative	2015-11-23 23:42:35 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	84813d9b08	Recommend multirust override nighly ... Resolves #53	2015-11-22 23:04:32 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	a8600a00b6	Don't derive Copy/Clone for Frame so we can be sure that it's free ... If a Frame would be clonable or even Copy, the frame could be freed (e.g. passed to deallocate_frame) and used thereafter. Or it could be freed multiple times.	2015-11-19 19:56:22 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	88eb0636f3	Don't set write protect bit as we don't need it now	2015-11-19 15:26:58 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	0e31d4a221	Fix #48	2015-11-19 15:23:25 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	25122bc05c	Correct the reason for using clone	2015-11-16 15:01:39 +01:00
Amit Levy	fc55d6dc06	Small grammar nit in "Entering Longmode" post ... 'a' vs 'an'	2015-11-15 14:17:27 -05:00
Amit Levy	a1d744cf5a	Fix typo in "Entering long mode" ... I think there is a typo in the section describing how the P2 mapping is set up. The corresponding code sets _P2_'s third entry.	2015-11-15 13:55:58 -05:00
Philipp Oppermann	ced6edbdd1	Discuss alternative frame stack designs	2015-11-15 17:13:20 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	f997f1f0f0	Small wording improvement	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	96cee9ab2b	Link github repository	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	5de4255fca	Add a conclusion to the allocating frames post	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	78c2fd6acc	Many small improvements	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	28c56f2c06	Publish Allocating Frames post	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00
Philipp Oppermann	18d397b48d	Some improvements to the allocating frames post	2015-11-15 12:00:03 +01:00