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The registry is a file that contains registered images. These images include main images (images that you can run directly), shared libraries, and device drivers that are identified by name, the image identification string, and the link time of the image. The registered images bypass normal system version checking in the INSTALL, system image loader, and image activator phases. With the Image Registry facility, images for different versions of applications can be registered independently.
Images linked as part of installation need not be registered because
they match the version of the running system. However, linking during
installation cannot ensure the absence of system version dependencies.
2.5.1 Version Identification (ID) Number Change to Three Subsystems
The OpenVMS executive defines 18 logical subsystems. Each of these subsystems contains its own version identification (ID) number. This modularization makes it possible for OpenVMS releases to include changes to a portion of the executive, impacting only those privileged programs which use that portion of the executive.
For OpenVMS ALpha Version 7.0, the following 3 subsystems have changed, and their version IDs have been incremented:
I/O
Memory Management
Process Scheduling
Developers should check privileged code (that is, any image linked against the system symbol table SYS$BASE_IMAGE.EXE) to determine whether the image is affected by the changes to the subsystems. If the code is affected, the developer should make any necessary changes.
This chapter describes the closest equivalent mechanism to a number of internal routines, data structure cells, and system data cells that have been removed in OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.0.
Each table lists the previous name, any replacements, and a brief explanation.
The internal data structure fields, routines, macros, and data cells described in this chapter should not be interpreted as being part of the documented interfaces that drivers or other privileged software should routinely depend on. If you were using the removed mechanism correctly, this chapter will assist you in using the closest equivalent in OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.0. However, you should not use this as an opportunity to start using these mechanisms. Doing so is likely to increase the work required to maintain compatibility of your privileged software with future releases of OpenVMS. |
3.1 Removed Date Structure Fields
Table 3-1 lists the data structure fields that have been removed as
of OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.0.
| Removed Field | Replacement | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| BOD$L_BASEPVA | BOD$PQ_BASEPVA | 64-bit process virtual address of buffer mapped by the buffer object. See Appendix A. |
| CDRP$L_AST | cdrp$pq_acb64_ast | Increased to a quadword and renamed. |
| CDRP$L_ASTPRM | CDRP$Q_A | See Appendix A. |
| CDRP$L_IOSB | CDRP$PQ_IOSB | See Appendix A. |
| CPT$L_IOVA | CPT$PQ_IOVA | Increased to a quadword and renamed. |
| DMP$M_BITS_12_15 | Still have this field. | Same value. |
| DMP$S_BITS_12_15 | Still have this field. | Same value. |
| DMP$V_BITS_12_15 | Still have this field. | Same value. |
| DYN$C_F64_F64DATA | TBS---Dollar | |
| DYN$C_NET_TIM_TEB | DYN$C_NET_TIM_NTEB | Renamed because the DECnet structure it indicates (network timer element block) was renamed from TEB to NTEB. |
| FDT_CONTEXT$L_QIO_R1_VALUE | FDT_CONTEXT$Q_QIO_R1_VALUE | See Appendix A. |
| IRP$L_AST | IRP$PQ_ACB64_AST | Removed to ensure that any reference to the $QIO astadr via a 32-bit address and astprm as a 32-bit value are detected at compile-time or link-time. |
| IRP$L_ASTPRM | IRP$Q_ACB64_ASTPRM | Removed to ensure that any reference to the $QIO astadr via a 32-bit address and astprm as a 32-bit value are detected at compile-time or link-time. |
| IRP$L_IOSB | IRP$PQ_IOSB | Removed to ensure that any reference to the $QIO iosb via a 32-bit address is detected at compile-time or link-time. |
| IRPE$L_BCNT1 | IRPE$L_BCNT | See Appendix A. |
| IRPE$L_BCNT2 | None. | Removed. |
| IRPE$L_BOFF1 | IRPE$L_BOFF | See Appendix A. |
| IRPE$L_BOFF2 | None. | Removed. |
| IRPE$L_SVAPTE1 | IRPE$L_SVAPTE | |
| IRPE$L_SVAPTE2 | None. | Removed. |
| LCKCTX$L_CPLADR | LCKCTX$PQ_CPLADR | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_CPLPRM | LCKCTX$Q_CPLPRM | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_CR3 | LCKCTX$Q_CR3 | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_CR4 | LCKCTX$Q_CR4 | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_CR5 | LCKCTX$Q_CR5 | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_CRETADR | LCKCTX$PQ_CREADR | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_CTX_PRM1 | LCKCTX$Q_CTX_PRM1 | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_CTX_PRM2 | LCKCTX$Q_CTX_PRM2 | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_CTX_PRM3 | LCKCTX$Q_CTX_PRM3 | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_RET1 | LCKCTX$PQ_RET1 | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LCKCTX$L_TMP1 | LCKCTX$Q_TMP1 | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LKB$C_ACBLEN | Removed. | |
| LKB$K_ACBLEN | Removed. | |
| LKB$L_AST | LKB$PQ_AST | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LKB$L_ASTPRM | LKB$Q_ASTPRM | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LKB$L_BLKASTADR | LKB$PQ_CPLASTADR | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LKB$L_CPLASTADR | LKB$PQ_CPLASTADR | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LKB$L_LKSB | LKB$PQ_LKSB | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LKB$L_OLDASTPRM | LKB$Q_OLDASTPRM | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LKB$L_OLDBLKAST | LKB$PQ_OLDBLKAST | Increased in length to quadword. |
| LMB$C_GBL | No name change. | Value changed from 2 to 3. |
| LMB$C_PROCESS | No name change. | Value changed from 3 to 4. |
| LMB$C_S0 | LMB$C_S0S1 | Value = 1 |
| LMB$C_SPT | LMB$C_SPTW | Not guaranteed to be in a dump. |
| LMB$L_BAD_MEM_END | LMB$PQ_BAD_MEM_END | Supports a 64-bit address. |
| LMB$L_BAD_MEM_START | LMB$PQ_BAD_MEM_START | Supports a 64-bit address. |
| LMB$L_HOLE_START_VA | LMB$PQ_BAD_MEM_START | Supports a 64-bit address. |
| LMB$L_HOLE_TOTAL_PAGES | LMB$Q_HOLE_TOTAL_PAGES | Supports a 64-bit address. |
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MMG$C_PTSPACE_OFFSET
MMG$K_PTSPACE_OFFSET |
MMG$GL_L1_INDEX | Compile-time constant that defined a fixed base address for page table address space. This has been replaced by a run-time mechanism which chooses a base address for page table address space during bootstrap, with the index of level 1 page table entry used to map the page tables stored in the new data cell. |
| PCB$L_ADB_LINK | None | Supported a feature that was never implemented. |
| PCB$L_PSX_ACTPRM | PCB$Q_PSX_ACTPRM | Increased in length to quadword. |
| PCB$L_TOTAL_EVTAST | None | Supported a feature that was never implemented. |
| PFN$C_ENTRY_SHIFT_SIZE | None | The size of a single PFN database entry was formerly a power of two. As of Version 7.0, that is no longer true and the symbol was deleted. |
| PFN$L_PTE |
This offset in the PFN database was replaced with a new PTE backpointer
mechanism that is capable of supporting page table entries that reside
in 64-bit virtual address space. Any code that formerly touched
PFN$L_PTE must be recoded to use one of the following macros supplied
in LIB.MLB:
ACCESS_BACKPOINTER |
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| ACCESS_BACKPOINTER | Accepts a PFN database entry address and returns a virtual address at which you may access the PTE that maps that PFN. This replaces a fetch of a SVAPTE from PFN$L_PTE, which would subsequently be used as an operand for a memory read or write instruction. | |
| ESTABLISH_BACKPOINTER | Replaces a write of a SVAPTE to PFN$L_PTE. | |
| TEST_BACKPOINTER | Replaces a test for zero in PFN$L_PTE. | |
| PFN$L_REFCNT |
INCREF
DECREF |
This offset in the PFN database was replaced with a differently sized offset that is packed together with other fields in the PFN database. The supplied macro INCREF should be used to replace any existing increment of the value in PFN$L_REFCNT, while DECREF should be used to replace any existing decrement. |
| PFN$L_WSLX | PFN$L_WSLX_QW | This offset was renamed to reflect a fundamental change in working set list indexes. Prior to Version 7.0, the working set list index (WSLX) was a longword index. The WSLX has become a quadword index as of Version 7.0, therefore the name of the offset was changed to focus attention on existing code that must be changed to view the value stored at this offset as a quadword index rather than as a longword index. |
| PHD$C_PHDPAGCTX | None | Supported a feature that was never implemented. |
| PHD$L_BAK | PHD$L_BAK_ARRAY | PHD$L_BAK contained an offset to an internally maintained array which was used to support swapping of the balance slot contents. As of Version 7.0, the implementation of this array changed to better accommodate the balance slot contents. PHD$L_BAK was replaced by PHD$L_BAK_ARRRAY which is the symbolic offset from the start of the process header to where this array begins. |
| PHD$L_L2PT_VA | L2PTE_VA | This process header offset formerly contained the system space address of the process's level 2 page table page that was used to map P0 and P1 spaces. As of Version 7.0, the page tables no longer reside in the balance slot, and a process is no longer limited to having only one level 2 page table page. This offset was used to derive addresses of level 2 page table entries. Use the L2PTE_VA macro to derive from a given VA the address of the level 2 PTE that maps that VA. |
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PHD$L_L3PT_VA
PHD$L_L3PT_VA_P1 |
PTE_VA | These process header offsets formerly contained the system space addresses of the bases of the P0 and P1 page tables that resided in the process's balance slot. As of Version 7.0, the page tables no longer reside in the balance slot, and the conceptual overlap of the P0 and P1 page tables in virtual memory no longer exists. Use the PTE_VA macro to derive from a given VA the address of the level 3 PTE that maps that VA. |
| PHD$L_P0LENGTH | None | Different page table layout. |
| PHD$L_P1LENGTH | None | Different page table layout. |
| PHD$L_PSTBASMAX | PHD$L_PST_BASE_MAX | Contains new-style section index. |
| PHD$L_PSTBASOFF | PHD$L_PST_BASE_OFFSET | Name changed. |
| PHD$L_PSTFREE | PHD$L_PST_FREE | Contains new-style section index. |
| PHD$L_PSTLAST | PHD$L_PST_LAST | Contains new-style section index. |
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PHD$L_PTWSLELCK
PHD$L_PTWSLEVAL |
PFN database | These process header offsets formerly contained internal bookkeeping information for managing page table pages for a process. These have been replaced by a bookkeeping mechanism that resides in the PFN database entries for page table pages. It is highly unlikely that anyone is affected by this change. |
| PHD$L_QUANT | KTB$L_QUANT | |
| PHD$L_WSL | CTL$GQ_WSL | You can no longer count on WSL (data cell) following PHD, use pointer to WSL in CTL$GQ_WSL instead. |
| PHD$L_WSLX | None | WSLX array is no longer in PHD as a result of the new swapper design. |
| PTE$L_COUNT | PTE$L_FREE_COUNT | Offset to the number of free PTEs in a free PTE structure. |
| PTE$L_LINK | PTE$Q_INDEX | Contains an index to the next free element in the free PTE list. The contents of the field is a quadword index off the base of page table space. Free system PTEs and free global PTEs are linked together in this manner. |
| PTE$M_SINGLE_SPTE | PTE$M_SINGLE_PTE | A mask or flag denoting whether a free element describes a single PTE or multiple PTEs. |
| PTE$V_SINGLE_SPTE | None | The contents of a free PTE element are AND'ed with PTE$M_SINGLE_PTE to determine whether the element describes a single PTE. |
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