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forth: move stable ABI stuff at the top of forth.asm

Now we're having a real nice and tidy forth.asm...
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Virgil Dupras 2020-03-30 21:02:19 -04:00
parent f366732424
commit 05045b2aa4
5 changed files with 169 additions and 227 deletions

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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ trouble of compiling defs to binary.
//#define DEBUG
// in sync with glue.asm
#define RAMSTART 0x890
#define RAMSTART 0x850
#define STDIO_PORT 0x00
// To know which part of RAM to dump, we listen to port 2, which at the end of
// its compilation process, spits its HERE addr to port 2 (MSB first)

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@ -1,34 +1,5 @@
; Collapse OS' Forth
;
; Unlike other assembler parts of Collapse OS, this unit is one huge file.
;
; I do this because as Forth takes a bigger place, assembler is bound to take
; less and less place. I am thus consolidating that assembler code in one
; place so that I have a better visibility of what to minimize.
;
; I also want to reduce the featureset of the assembler so that Collapse OS
; self-hosts in a more compact manner. File include is a big part of the
; complexity in zasm. If we can get rid of it, we'll be more compact.
; Collapse OS Forth's boot binary
; *** ABI STABILITY ***
;
; This unit needs to have some of its entry points stay at a stable offset.
; These have a comment over them indicating the expected offset. These should
; not move until the Grand Bootstrapping operation has been completed.
;
; When you see random ".fill" here and there, it's to ensure that stability.
; *** Defines ***
; GETC: address of a GetC routine
; PUTC: address of a PutC routine
;
; Those GetC/PutC routines are hooked through defines and have this API:
;
; GetC: Blocks until a character is read from the device and return that
; character in A.
;
; PutC: Write character specified in A onto the device.
;
; *** Const ***
; Base of the Return Stack
.equ RS_ADDR 0xf000
@ -72,39 +43,12 @@
; (HERE) will begin at a strategic place.
.equ HERE_INITIAL RAMEND
; EXECUTION MODEL
; After having read a line through readline, we want to interpret it. As
; a general rule, we go like this:
;
; 1. read single word from line
; 2. Can we find the word in dict?
; 3. If yes, execute that word, goto 1
; 4. Is it a number?
; 5. If yes, push that number to PS, goto 1
; 6. Error: undefined word.
;
; EXECUTING A WORD
;
; At it's core, executing a word is having the wordref in IY and call
; EXECUTE. Then, we let the word do its things. Some words are special,
; but most of them are of the compiledWord type, and that's their execution that
; we describe here.
;
; First of all, at all time during execution, the Interpreter Pointer (IP)
; points to the wordref we're executing next.
;
; When we execute a compiledWord, the first thing we do is push IP to the Return
; Stack (RS). Therefore, RS' top of stack will contain a wordref to execute
; next, after we EXIT.
;
; At the end of every compiledWord is an EXIT. This pops RS, sets IP to it, and
; continues.
; *** Stable ABI ***
; Those jumps below are supposed to stay at these offsets, always. If they
; change bootstrap binaries have to be adjusted because they rely on them.
; Those entries are referenced directly by their offset in Forth code with a
; comment indicating what that number refers to.
;
; We're at 0 here
jp forthMain
; 3
@ -138,7 +82,86 @@
jp parseDecimal
jp doesWord
; *** Code ***
; *** Boot dict ***
; There are only 5 words in the boot dict, but these words' offset need to be
; stable, so they're part of the "stable ABI"
; Pop previous IP from Return stack and execute it.
; ( R:I -- )
.db "EXIT"
.dw 0
.db 4
EXIT:
.dw nativeWord
call popRSIP
jp next
.db "(br)"
.dw $-EXIT
.db 4
BR:
.dw nativeWord
ld hl, (IP)
ld e, (hl)
inc hl
ld d, (hl)
dec hl
add hl, de
ld (IP), hl
jp next
.db "(?br)"
.dw $-BR
.db 5
CBR:
.dw nativeWord
pop hl
call chkPS
ld a, h
or l
jr z, BR+2 ; False, branch
; True, skip next 2 bytes and don't branch
ld hl, (IP)
inc hl
inc hl
ld (IP), hl
jp next
.db ","
.dw $-CBR
.db 1
WR:
.dw nativeWord
pop de
call chkPS
ld hl, (HERE)
ld (hl), e
inc hl
ld (hl), d
inc hl
ld (HERE), hl
jp next
; ( addr -- )
.db "EXECUTE"
.dw $-WR
.db 7
EXECUTE:
.dw nativeWord
pop iy ; is a wordref
call chkPS
ld l, (iy)
ld h, (iy+1)
; HL points to code pointer
inc iy
inc iy
; IY points to PFA
jp (hl) ; go!
; Offset: 00b8
.out $
; *** End of stable ABI ***
forthMain:
; STACK OVERFLOW PROTECTION:
; To avoid having to check for stack underflow after each pop operation
@ -167,11 +190,6 @@ forthMain:
.bootName:
.db "BOOT", 0
.fill 95
; STABLE ABI
; Offset: 00cd
.out $
; copy (HL) into DE, then exchange the two, utilising the optimised HL instructions.
; ld must be done little endian, so least significant byte first.
intoHL:
@ -183,32 +201,6 @@ intoHL:
pop de
ret
; add the value of A into HL
; affects carry flag according to the 16-bit addition, Z, S and P untouched.
addHL:
push de
ld d, 0
ld e, a
add hl, de
pop de
ret
; Copy string from (HL) in (DE), that is, copy bytes until a null char is
; encountered. The null char is also copied.
; HL and DE point to the char right after the null char.
; B indicates the length of the copied string, including null-termination.
strcpy:
ld b, 0
.loop:
ld a, (hl)
ld (de), a
inc hl
inc de
inc b
or a
jr nz, .loop
ret
; Compares strings pointed to by HL and DE until one of them hits its null char.
; If equal, Z is set. If not equal, Z is reset. C is set if HL > DE
strcmp:
@ -327,7 +319,6 @@ parseDecimal:
xor a ; set Z
ret
; *** Support routines ***
; Find the entry corresponding to word where (HL) points to and sets DE to
; point to that entry.
; Z if found, NZ if not.
@ -420,26 +411,6 @@ flagsToBC:
dec bc
ret
; Write DE in (HL), advancing HL by 2.
DEinHL:
ld (hl), e
inc hl
ld (hl), d
inc hl
ret
; *** Stack management ***
; The Parameter stack (PS) is maintained by SP and the Return stack (RS) is
; maintained by IX. This allows us to generally use push and pop freely because
; PS is the most frequently used. However, this causes a problem with routine
; calls: because in Forth, the stack isn't balanced within each call, our return
; offset, when placed by a CALL, messes everything up. This is one of the
; reasons why we need stack management routines below. IX always points to RS'
; Top Of Stack (TOS)
;
; This return stack contain "Interpreter pointers", that is a pointer to the
; address of a word, as seen in a compiled list of words.
; Push value HL to RS
pushRS:
inc ix
@ -485,30 +456,13 @@ chkPS:
ret nc ; (INITIAL_SP) >= SP? good
jp abortUnderflow
; *** Dictionary ***
; It's important that this part is at the end of the resulting binary.
; A dictionary entry has this structure:
; - Xb name. Arbitrary long number of character (but can't be bigger than
; input buffer, of course). not null-terminated
; - 2b prev offset
; - 1b size + IMMEDIATE flag
; - 2b code pointer
; - Parameter field (PF)
;
; The prev offset is the number of bytes between the prev field and the
; previous word's code pointer.
;
; The size + flag indicate the size of the name field, with the 7th bit
; being the IMMEDIATE flag.
;
; The code pointer point to "word routines". These routines expect to be called
; with IY pointing to the PF. They themselves are expected to end by jumping
; to the address at (IP). They will usually do so with "jp next".
;
; That's for "regular" words (words that are part of the dict chain). There are
; also "special words", for example NUMBER, LIT, FBR, that have a slightly
; different structure. They're also a pointer to an executable, but as for the
; other fields, the only one they have is the "flags" field.
abortUnderflow:
ld hl, .name
call find
push de
jp EXECUTE+2
.name:
.db "(uflw)", 0
; This routine is jumped to at the end of every word. In it, we jump to current
; IP, but we also take care of increasing it my 2 before jumping
@ -529,6 +483,8 @@ next:
jp EXECUTE+2
; *** Word routines ***
; Execute a word containing native code at its PF address (PFA)
nativeWord:
jp (iy)
@ -599,99 +555,16 @@ litWord:
ld (IP), hl
jp next
; Pop previous IP from Return stack and execute it.
; ( R:I -- )
.db "EXIT"
.dw 0
.db 4
EXIT:
.dw nativeWord
call popRSIP
jp next
.fill 30
abortUnderflow:
ld hl, .name
call find
push de
jp EXECUTE+2
.name:
.db "(uflw)", 0
.db "(br)"
.dw $-EXIT
.db 4
BR:
.dw nativeWord
ld hl, (IP)
ld e, (hl)
inc hl
ld d, (hl)
dec hl
add hl, de
ld (IP), hl
jp next
.fill 72
.db "(?br)"
.dw $-BR
.db 5
CBR:
.dw nativeWord
pop hl
call chkPS
ld a, h
or l
jp z, BR+2 ; False, branch
; True, skip next 2 bytes and don't branch
ld hl, (IP)
inc hl
inc hl
ld (IP), hl
jp next
.fill 15
.db ","
.dw $-CBR
.db 1
WR:
.dw nativeWord
pop de
call chkPS
ld hl, (HERE)
call DEinHL
ld (HERE), hl
jp next
.fill 100
; ( addr -- )
.db "EXECUTE"
.dw $-WR
.db 7
; STABLE ABI
; Offset: 0388
.out $
EXECUTE:
.dw nativeWord
pop iy ; is a wordref
call chkPS
ld l, (iy)
ld h, (iy+1)
; HL points to code pointer
inc iy
inc iy
; IY points to PFA
jp (hl) ; go!
.fill 677
; *** Dict hook ***
; This dummy dictionary entry serves two purposes:
; 1. Allow binary grafting. Because each binary dict always end with a dummy
; entry, we always have a predictable prev offset for the grafter's first
; entry.
; 2. Tell icore's "_c" routine where the boot binary ends. See comment there.
.db "_bend"
.dw $-EXECUTE
.db 5
; Offset: 0647
; Offset: 0253
.out $

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Collapse OS' Forth implementation notes
*** EXECUTION MODEL
After having read a line through readln, we want to interpret it. As a general
rule, we go like this:
1. read single word from line
2. Can we find the word in dict?
3. If yes, execute that word, goto 1
4. Is it a number?
5. If yes, push that number to PS, goto 1
6. Error: undefined word.
*** EXECUTING A WORD
At it's core, executing a word is pushing the wordref on PS and calling EXECUTE.
Then, we let the word do its things. Some words are special, but most of them
are of the compiledWord type, and that's their execution that we describe here.
First of all, at all time during execution, the Interpreter Pointer (IP) points
to the wordref we're executing next.
When we execute a compiledWord, the first thing we do is push IP to the Return
Stack (RS). Therefore, RS' top of stack will contain a wordref to execute next,
after we EXIT.
At the end of every compiledWord is an EXIT. This pops RS, sets IP to it, and
continues.
*** Stack management
The Parameter stack (PS) is maintained by SP and the Return stack (RS) is
maintained by IX. This allows us to generally use push and pop freely because PS
is the most frequently used. However, this causes a problem with routine calls:
because in Forth, the stack isn't balanced within each call, our return offset,
when placed by a CALL, messes everything up. This is one of the reasons why we
need stack management routines below. IX always points to RS' Top Of Stack (TOS)
This return stack contain "Interpreter pointers", that is a pointer to the
address of a word, as seen in a compiled list of words.
*** Dictionary
A dictionary entry has this structure:
- Xb name. Arbitrary long number of character (but can't be bigger than
input buffer, of course). not null-terminated
- 2b prev offset
- 1b size + IMMEDIATE flag
- 2b code pointer
- Parameter field (PF)
The prev offset is the number of bytes between the prev field and the previous
word's code pointer.
The size + flag indicate the size of the name field, with the 7th bit being the
IMMEDIATE flag.
The code pointer point to "word routines". These routines expect to be called
with IY pointing to the PF. They themselves are expected to end by jumping to
the address at (IP). They will usually do so with "jp next".
That's for "regular" words (words that are part of the dict chain). There are
also "special words", for example NUMBER, LIT, FBR, that have a slightly
different structure. They're also a pointer to an executable, but as for the
other fields, the only one they have is the "flags" field.

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: OP1 CREATE C, DOES> C@ A, ;
0xeb OP1 EXDEHL,
0x76 OP1 HALT,
0xe9 OP1 JP(HL),
0x12 OP1 LD(DE)A,
0x1a OP1 LDA(DE),
0xc9 OP1 RET,