Various small cleanups and comments added.

kernel/system/do_copy.c

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
  *    m5_l2:	CP_DST_ADDR	
  *    m5_i2:	CP_DST_PROC_NR	
  *    m5_l3:	CP_NR_BYTES
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Jan 20, 2005	updated to use new virtual_copy()  (Jorrit N. Herder)
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_devio.c

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
  *   m2_i1:	DIO_TYPE	(flag indicating byte, word, or long)
  *   m2_l1:	DIO_PORT	(port to read/ write)	
  *   m2_l2:	DIO_VALUE	(value to write/ return value read)	
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Feb 02, 2004   created to support user-space drivers  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_exit.c

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * The parameters for this system call are:
  *    m1_i1:	PR_PROC_NR		(slot number of exiting process)
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Sep 09, 2004   updated to allow services to exit  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_getinfo.c

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  *    m1_i1:	I_VAL_LEN 	(maximum length expected, optional)	
  *    m1_p2:	I_VAL_PTR2	(second, optional pointer)	
  *    m1_i2:	I_VAL_LEN2	(second length or process nr)	
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   May 24, 2004   Created.  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_getksig.c

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  *     m2_i1:	SIG_PROC  	# process with pending signals
  *     m2_l1:	SIG_MAP		# bit map with pending signals
  *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Oct 24, 2004   Created.  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_int86.c

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * The parameters for this system call are:
  *    m1_p1:	INT86_REG86     
+ * 
+ * Changes:
+ *   Jul 30, 2005   created to support BIOS driver  (Philip Homburg) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_irqctl.c

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  *    m5_i1:	IRQ_POLICY	(irq policy allows reenabling interrupts)
  *    m5_l3:	IRQ_HOOK_ID	(provides index to be returned on interrupt)
  *      ,,          ,,          (returns index of irq hook assigned at kernel)
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Feb 24, 2004   Created to support user-space drivers  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_kill.c

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
  * The parameters for this system call are:
  *     m2_i1:	SIG_PROC  	# process to signal/ pending		
  *     m2_i2:	SIG_NUMBER	# signal number to send to process
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Jul 09, 2005   updated to signal system processes  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_memset.c

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
  *    m2_p1:	MEM_PTR		(virtual address)	
  *    m2_l1:	MEM_COUNT	(returns physical address)	
  *    m2_l2:	MEM_PATTERN	(size of datastructure) 	
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Jun 21, 2005   created to speed up exec(2)  (Ben J. Gras)
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_nice.c

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
  * The parameters for this system call are:
  *    m1_i1:	PR_PROC_NR	process number to change priority
  *    m1_i2:	PR_PRIORITY	the new priority
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Jun 21, 2005   created for nice(2) system call  (Ben J. Gras)
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_privctl.c

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * The parameters for this system call are:
  *    m1_i1:	PR_PROC_NR 	(process number of caller)	
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Jul 13, 2005   created to dynamically start services  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_sdevio.c

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
  *    m2_p1:	DIO_VEC_ADDR	(virtual address of buffer)	
  *    m2_l2:	DIO_VEC_SIZE	(number of elements)	
  *    m2_i2:	DIO_VEC_PROC	(process where buffer is)	
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   May 24, 2004   Created to support user-space drivers  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_segctl.c

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  *    m4_l1:	SEG_SELECT	(return segment selector here)
  *    m4_l2:	SEG_OFFSET	(return offset within segment here)
  *    m4_l5:	SEG_INDEX	(return index into remote memory map here)
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Jul 13, 2004   created to support user-space drivers  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 #include "../system.h"
 #include "../protect.h"

kernel/system/do_unused.c

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-
+/* This file provides a catch-all handler for unused system calls. A system 
+ * call may be unused when it is not defined or when it is disabled in the
+ * kernel's configuration.
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Oct 10, 2004   created  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
+ */
 #include "../system.h"
 
 /*===========================================================================*
@@ -7,8 +13,7 @@
 PUBLIC int do_unused(m)
 message *m;				/* pointer to request message */
 {
-  kprintf("SYSTEM got unused request %d", m->m_type);
-  kprintf("from %d.\n", m->m_source);
+  kprintf("SYSTEM: got unused request %d from %d", m->m_type, m->m_source);
   return(EBADREQUEST);		/* illegal message type */
 }
 

kernel/system/do_vcopy.c

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
  *    m1_i3:	VCP_VEC_SIZE		size of copy request vector 
  *    m1_p1:	VCP_VEC_ADDR		address of vector at caller 
  *    m1_i2:	VCP_NR_OK		number of successfull copies	
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Apr 12, 2005	updated to use new virtual_copy()  (Jorrit N. Herder)
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"

kernel/system/do_vdevio.c

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
  *    m2_i1:	DIO_TYPE	(flag indicating byte, word, or long)
  *    m2_p1:	DIO_VEC_ADDR	(pointer to port/ value pairs)	
  *    m2_i2:	DIO_VEC_SIZE	(number of ports to read or write) 
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ *   Apr 18, 2004   created to support user-space drivers  (Jorrit N. Herder) 
  */
 
 #include "../system.h"