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<title>Homework: xv6 and Interrupts and Exceptions</title>
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<h1>Homework: xv6 and Interrupts and Exceptions</h1>
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<b>Read</b>: xv6's trapasm.S, trap.c, syscall.c, vectors.S, and usys.S. Skim
lapic.c, ioapic.c, and picirq.c
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<b>Hand-In Procedure</b>
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You are to turn in this homework during lecture. Please
write up your answers to the exercises below and hand them in to a
6.828 staff member at the beginning of the lecture.
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<b>Introduction</b>
<p>Try to understand
xv6's trapasm.S, trap.c, syscall.c, vectors.S, and usys.S. Skim
You will need to consult:
<p>Chapter 5 of <a href="../readings/ia32/IA32-3.pdf">IA-32 Intel
Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3: System programming
guide</a>; you can skip sections 5.7.1, 5.8.2, and 5.12.2. Be aware
that terms such as exceptions, traps, interrupts, faults and aborts
have no standard meaning.
<p>Chapter 9 of the 1987 <a href="../readings/i386/toc.htm">i386
Programmer's Reference Manual</a> also covers exception and interrupt
handling in IA32 processors.
<p><b>Assignment</b>:
In xv6, set a breakpoint at the beginning of <code>syscall()</code> to
catch the very first system call. What values are on the stack at
this point? Turn in the output of <code>print-stack 35</code> at that
breakpoint with each value labeled as to what it is (e.g.,
saved <code>%ebp</code> for <code>trap</code>,
<code>trapframe.eip</code>, etc.).
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<b>This completes the homework.</b>
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