updating TODO

TODO

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 -include WinMTR, build Mac OS X MTR for dist/tools on CD
 -include pre-compiled DoxBox for opening LUKS parts on Windows (https://github.com/t-d-k/doxbox)
+-include benchmarking
+-- http://sourceforge.net/projects/unixbench/
+-- https://code.google.com/p/byte-unixbench/
+-- https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench
+-- (http://blog.due.io/2014/linode-digitalocean-and-vultr-comparison/ etc.)
+-write doc on required chroot packages (e.g. pv, archiso*, etc.) so those wanting to remaster know which packages to leave in
 
 
 ## NETWORKING ##

extra/external/SMC_DumpKey/README

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+taken with graces to http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~somlo/OSXKVM/
+
+Needs to be compiled on linux with gcc, and only runs on genuine Apple hardware (as it polls the SMC chip for the given value)

extra/external/SMC_DumpKey/SmcDumpKey.c

@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/*
+ * prints out 4-character name of the SMC key at given index position;
+ *
+ * by Gabriel L. Somlo <somlo@cmu.edu>, Summer 2014
+ *
+ * Compile with: gcc -O2 -o SmcDumpKey SmcDumpKey.c -Wall
+ *
+ * You probably want to "modprobe -r applesmc" before running this...
+ *
+ * Code bits and pieces shamelessly ripped from the linux kernel driver
+ * (drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c by N. Boichat and H. Rydberg)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <sys/io.h>
+#include <linux/byteorder/little_endian.h>
+
+
+#define APPLESMC_START 0x300
+#define APPLESMC_RANGE 0x20
+
+#define APPLESMC_DATA_PORT	(APPLESMC_START + 0x00)
+#define APPLESMC_CMD_PORT	(APPLESMC_START + 0x04)
+
+#define APPLESMC_READ_CMD		0x10
+#define APPLESMC_GET_KEY_BY_INDEX_CMD	0x12
+#define APPLESMC_GET_KEY_TYPE_CMD	0x13
+
+
+/* wait up to 128 ms for a status change. */
+#define APPLESMC_MIN_WAIT	0x0010
+#define APPLESMC_RETRY_WAIT	0x0100
+#define APPLESMC_MAX_WAIT	0x20000
+
+
+#define APPLESMC_KEY_NAME_LEN	4
+#define APPLESMC_KEY_TYPE_LEN	4
+
+typedef struct key_type {
+  uint8_t data_len;
+  uint8_t data_type[APPLESMC_KEY_TYPE_LEN];
+  uint8_t flags;
+} __attribute__((packed)) key_type;
+ 
+
+/* wait_read - Wait for a byte to appear on SMC port. */
+static int
+wait_read(void)
+{
+  uint8_t status;
+  int us;
+
+  for (us = APPLESMC_MIN_WAIT; us < APPLESMC_MAX_WAIT; us <<= 1) {
+    usleep(us);
+    status = inb(APPLESMC_CMD_PORT);
+    /* read: wait for smc to settle */
+    if (status & 0x01)
+      return 0;
+  }
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "wait_read() fail: 0x%02x\n", status);
+  return -1;
+}
+
+/*send_byte - Write to SMC port, retrying when necessary. */
+static int
+send_byte(uint8_t cmd, unsigned short port)
+{
+  uint8_t status;
+  int us;
+
+  outb(cmd, port);
+  for (us = APPLESMC_MIN_WAIT; us < APPLESMC_MAX_WAIT; us <<= 1) {
+    usleep(us);
+    status = inb(APPLESMC_CMD_PORT);
+    /* write: wait for smc to settle */
+    if (status & 0x02)
+      continue;
+    /* ready: cmd accepted, return */
+    if (status & 0x04)
+      return 0;
+    /* timeout: give up */
+    if (us << 1 == APPLESMC_MAX_WAIT)
+      break;
+    /* busy: long wait and resend */
+    usleep(APPLESMC_RETRY_WAIT);
+    outb(cmd, port);
+  }
+
+  fprintf(stderr,
+          "send_byte(0x%02x, 0x%04x) fail: 0x%02x\n", cmd, port, status);
+  return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+send_argument(const uint8_t *key)
+{
+  int i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < APPLESMC_KEY_NAME_LEN; i++)
+    if (send_byte(key[i], APPLESMC_DATA_PORT))
+      return -1;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+read_smc(uint8_t cmd, const uint8_t *key, uint8_t *buf, uint8_t len)
+{
+  int i;
+
+  if (send_byte(cmd, APPLESMC_CMD_PORT) || send_argument(key)) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%.4s: read arg fail\n", key);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (send_byte(len, APPLESMC_DATA_PORT)) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%.4s: read len fail\n", key);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    if (wait_read()) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "%.4s: read data[%d] fail\n", key, i);
+      return -1;
+    }
+    buf[i] = inb(APPLESMC_DATA_PORT);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  key_type kt;
+  uint8_t data_buf[UCHAR_MAX];
+  uint8_t i;
+
+  if (argc != 2 || strlen(argv[1]) != APPLESMC_KEY_NAME_LEN) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "\nUsage: %s <4-char-key-name>\n\n", argv[0]);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (ioperm(APPLESMC_START, APPLESMC_RANGE, 1) != 0) {
+    perror("ioperm failed");
+    return -2;
+  }
+
+  if (read_smc(APPLESMC_GET_KEY_TYPE_CMD,
+               (uint8_t *)argv[1], (uint8_t *)&kt, sizeof(kt)) != 0) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "\nread_smc get_key_type error\n\n");
+    return -3;
+  }
+  printf("  type=\"");
+  for (i = 0; i < APPLESMC_KEY_TYPE_LEN; i++)
+    printf(isprint(kt.data_type[i]) ? "%c" : "\\x%02x",
+           (uint8_t)kt.data_type[i]);
+  printf("\" length=%d flags=%x\n", kt.data_len, kt.flags);
+
+  if (read_smc(APPLESMC_READ_CMD, 
+               (uint8_t *)argv[1], data_buf, kt.data_len) != 0) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "\nread_smc get_key_data error\n\n");
+    return -4;
+  }
+  printf("  data=\"");
+  for (i = 0; i < kt.data_len; i++)
+    printf(isprint(data_buf[i]) ? "%c" : "\\x%02x",
+           (uint8_t)data_buf[i]);
+  printf("\"\n");
+
+  return 0;
+}

extra/packages.both

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ iotop
 iozone
 ipcalc
 iperf
+iperf3
 iproute2
 ipsec-tools
 iptraf-ng

extra/pre-build.d/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/archiso-custom

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ _mnt_sfs() {
 
     if [[ "${copytoram}" == "y" ]]; then
         msg -n ":: Copying squashfs image to RAM..."
-        if ! cp "${img}" "/run/archiso/copytoram/${img_fullname}" ; then
+        #if ! cp "${img}" "/run/archiso/copytoram/${img_fullname}" ; then
+        if ! pv -pterabT "${img}" > "/run/archiso/copytoram/${img_fullname}" ; then
             echo "ERROR: while copy '${img}' to '/run/archiso/copytoram/${img_fullname}'"
             launch_interactive_shell
         fi

extra/pre-build.d/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archiso-custom

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ build() {
     add_binary losetup
     add_binary mountpoint
     add_binary truncate
+    add_binary pv
 
     add_file /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules
     add_file /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-dm.rules

lib/08-stuffy.func.sh

@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@ function stuffy {
   # now for setting up loader config/entries. maybe add memtest or something in the future? i dunno.
   cat > ${TEMPDIR}/loader/loader.conf << EOF
 timeout 3
-default ${UXNAME}_ram
+default ${UXNAME}
 EOF
   cat > ${TEMPDIR}/loader/entries/${UXNAME}_ram.conf << EOF
-title   ${PNAME}
+title   ${PNAME} (RAM)
 linux   /boot/${UXNAME}.kern
 initrd  /boot/${UXNAME}.img
 options copytoram archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
 EOF
   cat > ${TEMPDIR}/loader/entries/${UXNAME}.conf << EOF
-title   ${PNAME} (Run from media)
+title   ${PNAME} (Media)
 linux   /boot/${UXNAME}.kern
 initrd  /boot/${UXNAME}.img
 options archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
@@ -73,16 +73,16 @@ EOF
   # GETTING DEJA VU HERE.
   cat > ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/loader/loader.conf << EOF
 timeout 3
-default ${UXNAME}_ram
+default ${UXNAME}
 EOF
   cat > ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/loader/entries/${UXNAME}_ram.conf << EOF
-title   ${PNAME}
+title   ${PNAME} (RAM)
 linux   /EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.efi
 initrd  /EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.img
 options copytoram archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
 EOF
   cat > ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/loader/entries/${UXNAME}.conf << EOF
-title   ${PNAME} (Run from media)
+title   ${PNAME} (Media)
 linux   /EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.efi
 initrd  /EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.img
 options archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}

lib/09-yo_dj.func.sh

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ MENU BACKGROUND /${UXNAME}.png
 LABEL check
   MENU LABEL Your best supported kernel should be detected automatically.
   COM32 ifcpu64.c32
-  APPEND ${UXNAME}_ram_64 -- ${UXNAME}_ram_32
+  APPEND ${UXNAME}_64 -- ${UXNAME}_32
   MENU DEFAULT
 
 
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ MENU SEPARATOR
 ## 64 BIT
 MENU BEGIN 64BIT
 MENU LABEL ^1) 64-Bit ...
-ONTIMEOUT ${UXNAME}_ram_64
+ONTIMEOUT ${UXNAME}_64
   
 LABEL ${UXNAME}_ram_64
-  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME} (run from RAM) (Default)
+  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME} (run from RAM)
   LINUX /boot/${UXNAME}.64.kern
   INITRD /boot/${UXNAME}.64.img
   APPEND copytoram archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ LABEL ${UXNAME}_ram_64
   MENU DEFAULT
 
 LABEL ${UXNAME}_64 
-  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME}
+  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME} (Default)
   LINUX /boot/${UXNAME}.64.kern
   INITRD /boot/${UXNAME}.64.img
   APPEND archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ MENU END
 
 MENU BEGIN 32BIT
 MENU LABEL ^2) 32-Bit ...
-ONTIMEOUT ${UXNAME}_ram_32
+ONTIMEOUT ${UXNAME}_32
 
 ## 32 BIT
 LABEL ${UXNAME}_ram_32
-  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME} (run from RAM) (Default)
+  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME} (run from RAM)
   LINUX /boot/${UXNAME}.32.kern
   INITRD /boot/${UXNAME}.32.img
   APPEND copytoram archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ LABEL ${UXNAME}_ram_32
   MENU DEFAULT
 
 LABEL ${UXNAME}_32 
-  MENU LABEL ^2) ${PNAME}
+  MENU LABEL ^2) ${PNAME} (Default)
   LINUX /boot/${UXNAME}.32.kern
   INITRD /boot/${UXNAME}.32.img
   APPEND archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ MENU SEPARATOR
 
 MENU BEGIN ${ARCH}BIT
 MENU LABEL ^1) ${ARCH}-Bit ...
-ONTIMEOUT ${UXNAME}_ram_${ARCH}
+ONTIMEOUT ${UXNAME}_${ARCH}
   
 LABEL ${UXNAME}_ram_${ARCH}
-  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME} (run from RAM) (Default)
+  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME} (run from RAM)
   LINUX /boot/${UXNAME}.${ARCH}.kern
   INITRD /boot/${UXNAME}.${ARCH}.img
   APPEND copytoram archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ LABEL ${UXNAME}_ram_${ARCH}
   MENU DEFAULT
 
 LABEL ${UXNAME}_${ARCH} 
-  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME}
+  MENU LABEL ^1) ${PNAME} (Default)
   LINUX /boot/${UXNAME}.${ARCH}.kern
   INITRD /boot/${UXNAME}.${ARCH}.img
   APPEND archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}

overlay/etc/systemd/scripts/livecd.fix.sh

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ do
   sed -i -re "s/^([[:space:]]*ESSID[[:space:]]*=).*/\1${ESSID}/g" /etc/netctl/${i}
   ifconfig ${i} down
  fi
- netctl start ${i} > /dev/null 2>&1
+ netctl restart ${i} > /dev/null 2>&1
 done
 }