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getsysinfo(2) System Calls Manual getsysinfo(2) NAME getsysinfo - Gets system information SYNOPSIS #include <sys/sysinfo.h> #include <machine/hal_sysinfo.h> getsysinfo(op, buffer, nbytes, start, arg, flag) unsigned long op; caddr_t buffer; unsigned long nbytes; int *start; void *arg; unsigned long *flag; PARAMETERS Specifies the operation to be performed. Values for op are defined in the <sys/sysinfo.h> and <machine/hal_sysinfo.h> header files. See the DESCRIPTION for the operations you can specify. Specifies the location where the system information is returned. Its data type depends upon the operation you specify. Defines the size of buffer. Specifies the current logical location within the internal system table referenced by the op value. You initially set the start parameter to 0 (zero) or to -1. Then, the getsysinfo() routine updates this value as it retrieves information so that it sets the start parameter to the current logical location within the system table. You can use successive executions of getsysinfo() (without modifying the start parameter) to retrieve in- formation about all the system structures specified by op. See the in- dividual op descriptions to determine how to initialize the start para- meter. The getsysinfo() call sets the start parameter to 0 (zero) when all the system information you requested has been retrieved. The optional arg and flag values can be used by some op values to specify additional information. The data type of these op- tional parameters depends upon which operation is specified. If an operation does not require these parameters, omit them or set them to NULL. DESCRIPTION The getsysinfo system call retrieves information from the system. When information about multiple system structures is returned, it is stored in consecutive buffer locations. The information for each system structure depends on the op value. This section lists the various operations that you can specify with the op parameter. It also specifies the data type for the buffer, nbytes, start, and arg parameters where necessary. Returns the BOOTDEV string, which is used for the installation. (This operator does not require any parameter modifications.) Returns the name of the file from which the currently running kernel was booted. This file might be a stati- cally linked executable, such as vmunix, or a bootstrap linker direc- tive file, such as /etc/sysconfigtab. (See also the description of the GSI_MODULE_LIST operation.) char buf[SIZE] Must be greater than or equal to 80. Returns the name of the network interface over which the kernel was booted. This value is only valid when the kernel is booted from the network. Examples are ln0 (DEC 3000) and te0 (DEC 4000). char buf[SIZE] Must be greater than or equal to 10. Returns the name of a start-selected bus. char buf[SIZE] Specifies the size of the user buffer. If you set start to -1, the name of the nexus iobus is re- turned in buffer. Otherwise, start points to the bus address and re- turns the nexus iobus name in buffer. Returns the port name of a start-selected bus. char buf[SIZE] Specifies the size of the user buffer. If you set start to -1, the port name of the nexus iobus is returned in buffer. Otherwise, start points to the bus address and re- turns the port name of the nexus iobus in buffer. Returns a start-se- lected bus structure, which is defined in <io/common/devdriver.h>. struct bus (/usr/include/io/common/devdriver.h) Specifies the size of the user buffer. If you set start to -1, the structure of the nexus iobus is returned in buffer. Otherwise, start points to the bus struc- ture and returns the structure of the nexus iobus in buffer. Returns a non-zero value if the system supports accessing IO space with byte/word load and store instructions. If zero is returned or the call fails, then byte/word IO accesses should not be attempted. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the system clock's ticks-per-second value in the form of an int. (This operator does not require any para- meter modifications.) Returns the address of the start-selected binary compatibility module's configure function in the form of a pointer. struct compat_mod which is defined in <sys/systm.h> Specifies size of compat_mod structure Points to the compat_mod structure and returns the address of the binary compatibility module's configure function in buffer. Returns the CPU type (from the kernel cpu global variable) in the form of an int. int Must be no less than the size of an int. Re- turns the following CPU information: The number of the CPU on which the calling thread was running at the time of the getsysinfo() call. The number of CPUs capable of running at the time of the getsysinfo( call. The type of machine, as defined by the /usr/include/machine/hal/cpu- conf.h header file. The highest available CPU number. For example, if your system contains three CPUs numbered 0, 2, and 4, the highest available CPU number is 5. Bit mask indicating which CPU numbers are currently mapped to physical CPUs. For example, a value of 0x15 indi- cates that the system contains CPUs numbered 0, 2, and 4. Bit mask in- dicating which CPUs are capable of performing work at the time of the getsysinfo() call. Bit mask indicating which CPUs are bound to spe- cific processes. Bit mask indicating which CPUs are part of a proces- sor set that is marked for exclusive use by a task. The CPUs might be idle at the time of the getsysinfo() call. Speed of the CPU in mega- hertz. struct cpu_info (/usr/include/machine/hal_sysinfo.h) Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the actual number of CPUs present in the current machine in the form of an int. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the name of a start-selected controller. char buf[SIZE] Specifies the size of the user buffer. Points to the controller structure and returns the name of that structure in buffer. Returns the port name of a start-selected controller. char buf[SIZE] Specifies the size of the user buffer. Points to the controller struc- ture and returns the port name of that structure in buffer. Returns a start-selected controller structure, which is defined in <io/common/de- vdriver.h>. struct controller Specifies the size of the user buffer. Points to the controller structure and returns that structure in buffer. Returns the number of the CPU on which the thread is currently running in the form of a long. long Returns a start-selected dev_mod_t structure, which is defined in <sys/sysconfig.h>. (This operator does require any parameter modifications.) Returns the name of a start-se- lected device. char buf[SIZE] Specifies the size of the user buffer. Points to the device structure and returns the name of the device structure in buffer. Returns the port name of a start-selected device. char buf[SIZE] Specifies the size of the user buffer. Points to the device structure and returns the port name of the device structure in buffer. Returns a start-selected device structure which is defined in <io/common/devdriver.h>. struct device (/usr/include/io/common/dev- driver.h) Specifies the size of the user buffer. Points to the device structure and returns that structure in buffer. Returns the dump de- vice descriptor in the form of a dev_t. dev_t Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the contents of the kernel's dumpinfo struc- ture (defined in <sys/sysinfo.h>) to allow the savecore utility to re- trieve namelist information for the currently running kernel. struct dumpinfo Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns information about the number of open files allowed for a process. The process's utask structure is checked. If the process has enabled support for up to 64K file descriptors, a 1 is returned. If the process has not en- abled support for up to 64K file descriptors, a 0 is returned. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns information concerning the graphics screens present in the system. This information consists of the width and height, in pixels, for a graphics device, for example, 1280 x 1024 for the DEC 3000 Model 500 default graphics. The start pa- rameter allows you to step through all of the screens configured in the system (as for GSI_GRAPHICTYPE). The following is an example of a buffer data structure format that can be used: buffer struct { int width; int height; } resolution_buffer = {0, 0}; sizeof(resolution_buffer) Should be set to zero for the first call. On return, will con- tain the screen number for which data was returned, or zero (0) after the data for the last screen present in the system was re- turned on the previous call. Returns information concerning the graphics screens present in the system. This information con- sists of the ROM identifier string associated with a graphics device, for example, "PMAGB-BA" for the DEC 3000 Model 500 de- fault graphics. The start parameter allows you to step through all the screens configured in the system (as for GSI_GRAPHIC_RES). char buf[SIZE] sizeof(buff) must be at least 8 bytes. The returned value will be exactly 8 bytes and will not be zero terminated. Should be set to zero for the first call. On return, will contain the screen number for which data was returned, or zero (0) after the data for the last screen present in the system was returned on the previous call. If no graphic screens are configured in the system, a value of zero will be returned from the first call. An error of EINVAL will be returned if start is negative or equal to or greater than the number of screens actually configured. Returns the mask of the currently enabled FP exceptions, defined in <machine/fpu.h> (as "read/write flags"), in the form of a long. long Note: it is recommended that the C library (libc) routine ieee_fp_control() be used instead of getsysinfo(). See the ieee(3) reference page for information on this libc routine. Returns the values set by the user through the SSI_IEEE_STATE_AT_SIGNAL setsysinfo(2) routine. See the IEEE specification for details. long Note: it is recommended that the libc routine ieee_get_state_at_signal() be used instead of getsysinfo(). See the ieee(3) reference page for information on this libc routine. Returns the settings of the global kernel variables ipforwarding (in bit 1) and ipgateway (in bit 0) for use by the iprsetup utility. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns LMF (License Management Facility) kernel information. LMF defi- nitions are in the <sys/lmf.h> and <sys/lmfklic.h> header files. You must specify an arg parameter. The other parameter values vary depending on what you specify for arg. See the LMF header files to determine which input parameters are required. Returns the maximum number of CPUs possible based on current machine in the form of an int. It is based on the highest numbered CPU found in the machine's current hardware configuration regardless of whether the lower numbered slots contain CPU's or are empty. For example a system containing CPU's in slots 0-3 would have a GSI_MAX_CPU value of 4. A system containing only two cpus in slots 0 and 3 (with the other slots being empty) would also have a GSI_MAX_CPU value of 4. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the maximum number of processes allowed for each user id. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Re- turns the minimum alignment required for an address specified with the MAP_FIXED option in the mmap(2) system call. Returns the entire NETBLK structure, which is used for the network in- stallation. struct netblk Specifies the size of buffer. Re- turns the following two lists for kernels that are bootstrap linked: A space-separated list of the exact module names and linker flags used to build the currently running kernel. A space-separated list of the foreign kit names and devices that were added to the kernel from the bootstrap command line. If the currently running kernel is a statically linked kernel, getsysinfo() returns an empty string. char buf[SIZE] At least one page (8192 bytes). In some cases one page is too small to hold the data to be returned. In this case, getsysinfo returns the EFAULT error code. Retry the operation with two or more pages. Returns the amount of physical memory, in kilobytes, in the form of an int. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the name of the hardware platform. Example platform names are AlphaServer 1000 4/200 and DEC3000-M500. char buf[SIZE] Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the size of nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) present on systems with PRESTO installed, in the form of a int. (This operator does require any parameter modifications.) Returns the processor type, which is defined in <machine/cpuconf.h>. The processor type is re- turned in the lower 32 bits of the buffer. The higher 32 bits are processor dependent (not always zero) and should be masked off. long Specifies the size of the user buffer. Reserved for future use. Returns the value of a named console environment variable. If the variable is disabled due to a known firmware problem, then errno will contain EACCES. Specifies the location where the value is returned. A string containing the name of the console environment variable. If the flag contains PROM_CONVERT_TYPE (defined in prom.h), then the kernel does value conversion. Device values are converted from their native bootstring format to a Digital UNIX device name. For example, a GSI_PROM_ENV of a device variable like booted_dev will return a string similar to rz1 instead of SCSI 0 11 0 5 2 0 0. Integer values are returned in a hexadecimal string format, like 0x3F. Returns the root device descriptor in the form of a dev_t. long Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the first SCS CI port number for SCS_SYSID in the form of a u_short. u_short Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the SIA process authority value in the form of a long. long Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns an Assign_entry structure, which is defined in the <sys/conf.h> header file. struct aentry Speci- fies the size of the user buffer. Returns the major and minor numbers of the controlling terminal. dev_t Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the parent UAC setting in buffer. This setting is determined by the setsysinfo(2) SSIN_UACPARNT operation, which allows users to specify their own unaligned ac- cess control (UAC) mechanism. By default, when the operating system accesses unaligned data, it fixes the unaligned accesses and displays a warning message so that the programmer can make the necessary alternations in the code. Meanwhile, however, the program behaves correctly because the operating system has made the necessary temporary adjustments. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the process UAC setting in buffer. This setting is determined by the setsysinfo(2) SSIN_UACPROC op- eration, which allows users to specify their own unaligned ac- cess control (UAC) mechanism. By default, when the operating system accesses unaligned data, it fixes the unaligned accesses and displays a warning message so that the programmer can make the necessary alternations in the code. Meanwhile, however, the program behaves correctly because the operating system has made the necessary temporary adjustments. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the system UAC setting in buffer. This setting is determined by the set- sysinfo(2) SSIN_UACSYS operation, which allows the superuser to specify his or her own unaligned access control (UAC) mechanism. By default, when the operating system accesses unaligned data, it fixes the unaligned accesses and displays a warning message so that the programmer can make the necessary alternations in the code. Meanwhile, however, the program behaves correctly be- cause the operating system has made the necessary temporary ad- justments. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the parent IEC setting in buffer. This setting is determined by the setsysinfo(2) SSIN_IECPARNT operation, which allows users to specify their own instruction emulation control (IEC) mechanism. By default, the operating system emulates instructions not sup- ported by the host processor and displays an informational mes- sage (for the first occurrence only). This allows programs exe- cuting such instructions to run to completion and produce cor- rect results. However, increased system overhead may degrade the program's performance. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the process IEC setting in buffer. This set- ting is determined by the setsysinfo(2) SSIN_IECPROC operation, which allows users to specify their own instruction emulation control (IEC) mechanism. By default, the operating system emu- lates instructions not supported by the host processor and dis- plays an informational message (for the first occurrence only). This allows programs executing such instructions to run to com- pletion and produce correct results. However, increased system overhead may degrade the program's performance. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the system IEC setting in buffer. This setting is determined by the setsysinfo(2) SSIN_IECSYS operation, which allows the superuser to specify his or her own instruction emulation control (IEC) mechanism. By default, the operating system emulates instructions not sup- ported by the host processor and displays an informational mes- sage (for the first occurrence only). This allows programs exe- cuting such instructions to run to completion and produce cor- rect results. However, increased system overhead may degrade the program's performance. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the current console device, graphics (0) or al- ternate (1), in the form of an int. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the Workstation Display Type informa- tion in the form of an int. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Returns the Workstation Display Units information in the form of an int. This value is bit-significant; each "on" bit indicates the presence of a graphics head. int Specifies the size of the user buffer. Specifies the name of the console prom environment value. EXAMPLES In the following example, the getsysinfo operation, GSI_UACPARNT, re- turns the parent UAC setting in the buffer. #include <sys/sysinfo.h> #include <machine/hal_sysinfo.h> . . . long buf1; . . . error = getsysinfo(GSI_UACPARNT, &buf1, 4, 0, 0); The getsysinfo operation GSI_PROM_ENV returns the value of the named console environment variable. PROM_CONVERT_TYPE indicates that the ker- nel should do value conversion and MAX_ENVIRON_LENGTH specifies the name of the console prom environment value. #include <machine/prom.h> char evname[]="booted_dev"; char evval[MAX_ENVIRON_LENGTH]; int start=0,status; status = getsysinfo (GSI_PROM_ENV, evval, MAX_ENVIRON_LENGTH , &start, evname, PROM_CONVERT_TYPE); In the following example, you can print the names of all the configured busses in the system. You call getsysinfo in a loop to obtain all the internal bus structures. The first call to getsysinfo passes a -1 as the value of the start parameter: #include <sys/sysconfig.h> #include <sys/systeminfo.h> #include <io/common/devdriver.h> #include <machine/hal_sysinfo.h> main() { printf("Exercising getsysinfo\n\n"); print_bus(-1); } print_bus(caddr_t busaddr) { struct bus bus; char bus_name[20]; int status; do { if (getsysinfo(GSI_BUS_STRUCT, &bus, sizeof(struct bus), busaddr, 0) == -1) { break; } /*** note busaddr is now a valid bus address ***/ if (bus.alive & ALV_ALIVE) { bzero(bus_name, sizeof(bus_name)); if ( getsysinfo(GSI_BUS_NAME, bus_name, sizeof(bus_name), busaddr, 0) != -1) { printf("bus_name = %s", bus_name); printf("bus_num = %d\n", bus.bus_num); } /*** print all buses connected to this bus ***/ if (bus.bus_list) { print_bus( (caddr_t)bus.bus_list); } } /*** next bus in topology ***/ } while(busaddr = (caddr_t)bus.nxt_bus); } RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, the getsysinfo system call returns a value indicating the number of requested items stored in buffer. If the in- formation requested by op is not available, getsysinfo returns a (0) zero. Otherwise, -1 is returned, and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS Either buffer, start, or arg causes an illegal address to be refer- enced. The op parameter is invalid. Permission is denied for the op- eration requested. RELATED INFORMATION setsysinfo(2) delim off getsysinfo(2)