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Table of Contents
- Operation
- Boot Image
- BUILDPME
- EXIT
- FINDSYM
- HELP
- LOADCME
- LOADMILLI
- LOADSXRT
- LOADSYSLIB
- MAP
- Error Messages
The Standalone Initialization Utility (SAINT) is an interactive
utility program that analyzes system libraries (which contain system object
modules, or SOMs) to produce executable images known as
boot images. A bootable image is a file that can be copied
directly to memory and executed without modification. The SAINT
utility's primary function is to produce a boot image for the operating
system.
The input file upon which the SAINT utility is primarily dependent is
the system library file. The format of the library file is defined in the SOM
Architecture Control Document.
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WARNING! Do not use this utility without service center support.
Unauthorized use will void your warranty and may cause data loss.
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The following terms are used in this chapter:
- CME
Compatibility mode environment. This file contains the environment
required to run a compatibility mode program file created by the MPE
segmenter. - IODC
I/O-dependent code. This I/O-device-specific code tests and accesses
I/O devices, particularly the boot device device (system disk). - IPL
Initial program load. This is the first code to be executed from
outside the SPU. It is usually code residing on the system disk (the boot
device) and is brought into the system by the PDC and IODC code. It
provides a user interface to boot image or SOM files into the system to
be executed. - LIF
Logical interchange format. This is a common format used to identify
the contents of diverse media. - LST
Library symbol table. This symbol table is contained in SOM library
files and defines the meaning and location of symbols contained in the
SOMs that are part of the system library file. The library file is
defined in the SOM Architecture Control Document. - PIT
Page information table. This table contains entries identical to the
page table entries required by the system architecture. These entries
describe the physical page layout of the bootable image contained in the
boot image file. - PDC
Processor-dependent code. This code is contained in ROM and invokes
processor self-tests, locates the boot channel, and checks the condition
of the boot device path (including the CPU, main memory, and access to
the boot device). - PME
Primary macro environment. The historical name for MPE boot images.
This document uses only the term boot image. - RFI
Return from interrupt. This system instruction restores the processor
state by resetting the values of the PSW, PC space, and PC offset
registers to the values contained in the IPSW and PC space and offset
queues. This instruction can be used to switch instruction execution from
real addressing mode to virtual addressing mode. - SOM
System object module. The SOM is the file used as the output of system
compilers, the input and output of the system linker and MPE/iX loader.
Its format is defined in the SOM Architecture Control
Document. - XRT
Cross reference table. This is a process-local table built by the
MPE/iX loader, which contains information required to make intermodule
procedure calls. There is also a system XRT (SXRT) residing in system
space that is used to make system calls. - file offset
A byte offset relative to the beginning of the file. - virtual offset
A byte offset relative to the beginning of the space. - space offset
The same as virtual offset.
Preparation for use
To bring up the operating system, the START boot image contains
the code that builds the required software structures and initializes
the various components of MPE/iX, such as the virtual space manager,
memory manager, IPC, compatibility mode emulator, and so forth.
The first code to be executed is in real addressing mode and
builds the page table and hash table required to use virtual addressing
mode. It then transfers to virtual addressing mode during the call
to the virtual entry point.
When the operating system is running, some parts of it are
required to be in main memory at all times. This code is part of
the system library, and is identified by the memory-resident bit
in the library's initialization pointers and subspace dictionary
entries. All code that is defined as being memory-resident is contained
in the start boot image.
The operating system code, which must reside in memory while
the system is being initialized, must also be contained in the boot
image. This code is identified by the initially frozen bit contained
in the initialization pointers and subspace dictionary entries.
All code read is defined as being initially resident and is also contained
in the start boot image. During system initialization, the initially
frozen code is locked in memory until the system library is fully
mapped into virtual space. At that point, the code resets to allow
the memory manager to swap it out, if necessary.
Input files
The input files accepted by the SAINT utility consist of system
library files, CME files, SXRT declaration files, and millicode files. The
MPE/iX system library contains MPE/iX system code and data structures. The
system millicode is also contained in a SOM, and the compatibility mode
definition is contained in a CME file.
The input files required to build the boot image are all identified by one of
the load commands (LOADCME, LOADMILLI, LOADSXRT, or
LOADSYSLIB).
SOMs and system libraries
The system library is the primary input file used by the SAINT utility
to produce boot images. Libraries contain SOM files, which are the primary
output files of system compilers and assemblers, as well as the system linker.
Libraries are built by the link editor, which invokes the linker.
In addition to executable code, SOMs contain an initialization
pointer area, which is used to define the page allocation and access
rights of both code and data. An initialization pointer record defines
either the location of code or data within the SOM, or the value
and length of a data area required by the SOM. These records are
used to allocate pages within the boot image file and to build the
page information table, or PIT, for the boot image.
The library symbol table, or LST, contains records defining
the location of procedures within the SOMs contained in the library,
and these records are copied directly over to the boot image for
use by a symbolic debugger when the system is being booted up.
The system object module ACD defines the format of the SOM and the system
library.
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