// This file is part Floppy I/O, a Virtual Machine - Hypervisor intercommunication system. // Copyright (C) 2011 Ioannis Charalampidis // // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with this program. If not, see . // File: FloppyIO.h // Author: Ioannis Charalampidis // License: GNU Lesser General Public License - Version 3.0 // // Hypervisor-Virtual machine bi-directional communication // through floppy disk. // // This class provides the hypervisor-side of the script. // For the guest-side, check the perl scripts that // were available with this code. // // Here is the layout of the floppy disk image (Example of 28k): // // +-----------------+------------------------------------------------+ // | 0x0000 - 0x37FF | Hypervisor -> Guest Buffer | // | 0x3800 - 0x6FFE | Guest -> Hypervisor Buffer | // | 0x6FFF | "Data available for guest" flag byte | // | 0x7000 | "Data available for hypervisor" flag byte | // +-----------------+------------------------------------------------+ // // Updated at January 5, 2012, 13:06 PM // #ifndef FLOPPYIO_H #define FLOPPYIO_H // Do not initialize (reset) floppy disk image at open. // (Flag used by the FloppyIO constructor) #define F_NOINIT 1 // Do not create the filename (assume it exists) // (Flag used by the FloppyIO constructor) #define F_NOCREATE 2 // Synchronize I/O. // This flag will block the script until the guest has read/written the data. // (Flag used by the FloppyIO constructor) #define F_SYNCHRONIZED 4 // Use exceptions instead of error codes // (Flag used by the FloppyIO constructor) #define F_EXCEPTIONS 8 // Initialize FloppyIO in client mode. // This flag will swap the input/output buffers, making the script usable from // within the virtual machine. // (Flag used by the FloppyIO constructor) #define F_CLIENT 16 // // Error code constants // #define FPIO_NOERR 0 // No error occured #define FPIO_ERR_IO -1 // There was an I/O error on the strea, #define FPIO_ERR_TIMEOUT -2 // The operation timed out #define FPIO_ERR_CREATE -3 // Unable to freate the floppy file #define FPIO_ERR_NOTREADY -4 // The I/O object is not ready // // Structure of the synchronization control byte. // // This byte usually resides at the beginning of the // floppy file for the receive buffer and at the end // of the file for the sending buffer. // // It's purpose is to force the entire floppy image // to be re-written/re-read by the hypervisor/guest OS and // to synchronize the I/O in case of large ammount of // data being exchanged. // typedef struct fpio_ctlbyte { unsigned short bDataPresent : 1; unsigned short bReserved : 7; } fpio_ctlbytex; // Default floppy disk size (In bytes) // // VirtualBox complains if bigger than 28K // It's supposed to go till 1474560 however (1.44 Mb) #define DEFAULT_FIO_FLOPPY_SIZE 28672 // Default synchronization timeout (seconds). // This constant defines how long we should wait for synchronization // feedback from the guest before aborting. #define DEFAULT_FIO_SYNC_TIMEOUT 5 // // Floppy I/O Communication class // class FloppyIO { public: // Construcors FloppyIO(const char * filename, int flags = 0); virtual ~FloppyIO(); // Functions void reset(); int send(std::string strData); std::string receive(); int receive(std::string* strBuffer); // Topology info int ofsInput; // Input buffer offset & size int szInput; int ofsOutput; // Output buffer offset & size int szOutput; int ofsCtrlByteIn; // Control byte offset for input int ofsCtrlByteOut; // Control byte offset for output // Synchronization stuff bool synchronized; // The read/writes are synchronized int syncTimeout; // For how long should we wait // Error reporting and checking int error; std::string errorStr; bool useExceptions; // If TRUE errors will raise exceptions void clear(); // Clear errors bool ready(); // Returns TRUE if there are no errors private: // Floppy Info std::fstream* fIO; int szFloppy; // Functions int waitForSync(int controlByteOffset, char state, int timeout); int setError(int code, std::string message); }; // // Floppy I/O Exceptions // class FloppyIOException: public std::exception { public: int code; std::string message; // Default constructor/destructor FloppyIOException() { this->code=0; this->message=""; }; virtual ~FloppyIOException() throw() { }; // Get description virtual const char* what() const throw() { static std::ostringstream oss (std::ostringstream::out); oss << this->message << ". Error code = " << this->code; return oss.str().c_str(); } // Change the message and return my instance // (Used for singleton format) FloppyIOException * set(int _code, std::string _message) { this->code = _code; this->message = _message; return this; } }; #endif // FLOPPYIO_H