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<div>== What is the OpenBIOS FCODE Suite? ==<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS provides a sophisticated set of FCODE utilities: <br />
* the tokenizer '''toke'''<br />
* the detokenizer '''detok'''<br />
* and a PCI rom header utility.<br />
* a portable implementation of forth local values<br />
<br />
These files are offered without any warranty. If you experience problems, please contact the [[Mailinglist|OpenBIOS mailinglist]].<br />
<br />
<br />
== Downloading the OpenBIOS FCode Suite ==<br />
<br />
'''The latest version of the OpenBIOS FCode Suite is 1.0.2 (released 2006-10-30)'''<br />
<br />
=== Source Code ===<br />
<br />
View the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils?rev=197 Sources] online. Available as a ZIP-File: [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/197/fcode-utils?old_path=%2F&old=197&format=zip FCode-utils 1.0.2]<br />
<br />
See the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/ChangeLog?rev=197 ChangeLog] for a list of changes since 1.0.1.<br />
A hand crafted html document describes [http://www.openbios.org/data/visiblediffs/V01_versus_V2x/ some more changes].<br />
<br />
=== Documentation ===<br />
There are three documents, all in html format, plus a sub-directory of templates that provide common formatting support.<br />
<br />
It is important that these be kept in the same directory, as there are some links from one file to another.<br />
<br />
The documents are User's Guides to:<br />
* the [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Documents/toke.html New Features of the Tokenizer],<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Documents/detok.html the Detokenizer], and<br />
* the [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Documents/localvalues.html Local Values feature], which is mentioned briefly in the Tokenizer User's Guide and described fully in the Local Values document.<br />
<br />
Available as a ZIP-File: [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/236/fcode-utils/documentation?old_path=%2F&old=&format=zip Documentation Archive]<br />
<br />
There is also doxygen generated documentation available<br />
* [http://openbios.org/data/toke/toke-0.6.10 doxygen documentation for toke 0.6.10] <br />
* [http://openbios.org/data/toke/toke-1.0 doxygen documentation for toke 1.0.0]<br />
* TODO: doxygen documentation for toke 1.0.2<br />
<br />
=== Executables for three platforms ===<br />
<br />
While you can find a couple of executables here we strongly recommend that you compile the FCode toolchain from the sources above so you gain from the integration work and fixes that have been done since these executables have been created.<br />
<br />
There are three programs: the Tokenizer, the Detokenizer and the ROMHeaders utility. ([http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Binaries Binaries])<br />
<br />
There is a version for each of three platforms (i.e., combinations of Processor and O/S): Cygwin running on an X86, GNU Linux running on a Power-PC, and AIX running on a Power-PC.<br />
<br />
There are two variants of each version: One that has level-2 Optimization and one that has no optimization at all, which I provided for purposes of Debugging. Optimization causes some routines and variables to become obscured and inaccessible to debuggers, and also re-arranges the sequence of execution in a way that can become confusing during single-stepping.<br />
<br />
And finally, for each, there is a "stripped" and an "unstripped" executable image. The "unstripped" image has an extension of "unstripped"; the "stripped" image has no extension.<br />
<br />
There are separate directories for the Debug and Optim(ized Level)2 variants.<br />
<br />
Under each are sub-directories for the different platforms, within which the executable images reside.<br />
<br />
All binaries are also available in a single Tar-File: [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Binaries.tar.bz2 Binaries.tar.bz2]<br />
<br />
=== Local Value Support ===<br />
<br />
Includ-able tokenizer-source files for [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues Local Values Support] (explained in one of the User's Guide documents). Five files: <br />
* One supplies the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/LocalValuesSupport.fth basic functionality]<br />
* the second adds a [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/LocalValuesDevelSupport.fth development-time facility]<br />
* the third generates a variant behavior ([http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/GlobalLocalValues.fth "Global" scope] rather than scope limited to a single Device-Node) <br />
* and the fourth [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/GlobalLocalValuesDevel.fth combines the "Global" variant behavior with the development-time facility]. <br />
* The fifth [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/TotalLocalValuesSupport.fth allows the choice of combinations to be governed by command-line switches], and is probably the best to use with Makefiles in commercial development and production environments.<br />
<br />
There is commentation in each one explaining how it is to be used.<br />
<br />
Available as part of the OpenBIOS FCODE suite and as a seperate [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/236/fcode-utils/localvalues?old_path=%2F&format=zip ZIP-File].<br />
<br />
=== Todo ===<br />
<br />
A list of "Still To Be Done" items, excerpted from the commentation in the Sources<br />
<br />
The source files have, scattered among their commentation, an occasional item discussing a feature or implementation detail that might be worth attention in future revisions. <br />
<br />
This file is a [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/TODO collection of all of them] in a single convenient location.<br />
<br />
== Unit-Test Suite ==<br />
<br />
=== The suite of unit-test cases ===<br />
This is the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testsuite accumulation of test-cases] that were created in the course of development. Some of these are a straightforward invocation of a feature, others are convoluted combinations of features whose interaction needed to be carefully watched, and still others are collections of coding errors, for purposes of verifying the Error-detection capabilities of the Tokenizer. They are grouped into sub-directories representing broad categories.<br />
<br />
Run the unit-test cases with<br />
<br />
$ make tests<br />
<br />
=== Test Tools ===<br />
The tools to run the Unit-Test Suite as a batch and examine the results for changes relative to the results from a previous run.<br />
<br />
The process of manually running a unit-test and comparing against the previous output, after every change, became unwieldy, especially when it came to running the entire suite of tests. These scripts were developed to automate both processes: <br />
<br />
* [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testsuite/AutoExec AutoExec] automates the execution, and <br />
* [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testsuite/AutoCompare AutoCompare] automates the comparison.<br />
<br />
There is commentation in each explaining how it is used.<br />
<br />
== Unit-Test Suite Logs ==<br />
These can be used as base-lines for comparison against future versions, or, if so be, versions compiled for additional platforms. <br />
<br />
Note that a comparison of these against each other will not yield exact identity. Some of the test-cases, for instance, code the current date and time, others display a complete file-path, and still one other attempts to load a file for encoding using a syntax that is erroneous on some O/S's but not on others.<br />
<br />
All in all, five or six file differences will be expected to be reported by AutoCompare.<br />
<br />
* The results from a run of the Unit-Test Suite on the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testlogs/testlogs-x86-cygwin X86/Cygwin] platform.<br />
<br />
* The results from a run of the Unit-Test Suite on the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testlogs/testlogs-ppc-linux PowerPC/Linux] platform. <br />
<br />
* The results from a run of the Unit-Test Suite on the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testlogs/testlogs-ppc-aix PowerPC/AIX] platform.<br />
<br />
== Coverage Reports ==<br />
<br />
The test suite has been run using gcov/lcov to produce graphical code coverage reports.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/data/coverage-fcode-suite-1.0.2/ coverage report for FCODE suite 1.0.2]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/data/coverage-toke-1.0.2/ coverage report for toke 1.0.2]<br />
* [http://openbios.org/data/toke/coverage/ coverage report for toke 1.0.0]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Kudos and Thanks ==<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-top:0.5em; margin-bottom:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
The OpenBIOS FCODE Suite has been significantly enhanced to meet commercial grade requirements by [mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor]. Regarding to code readability and stability, he made the FCODE suite the best part of OpenBIOS. And it's probably the best FCODE development environment out there. '''Thank you, David!'''<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=FCODE_suite&diff=269FCODE suite2009-03-12T15:42:37Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div>== What is the OpenBIOS FCODE Suite? ==<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS provides a sophisticated set of FCODE utilities: <br />
* the tokenizer '''toke'''<br />
* the detokenizer '''detok'''<br />
* and a PCI rom header utility.<br />
* a portable implementation of forth local values<br />
<br />
These files are offered without any warranty. If you experience problems, please contact the [[Mailinglist|OpenBIOS mailinglist]].<br />
<br />
<br />
== Downloading the OpenBIOS FCode Suite ==<br />
<br />
'''The latest version of the OpenBIOS FCode Suite is 1.0.2 (released 2006-10-30)'''<br />
<br />
=== Source Code ===<br />
<br />
View the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils?rev=197 Sources] online. Available as a ZIP-File: [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/197/fcode-utils?old_path=%2F&old=197&format=zip FCode-utils 1.0.2]<br />
<br />
See the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/ChangeLog?rev=197 ChangeLog] for a list of changes since 1.0.1.<br />
A hand crafted html document describes [http://www.openbios.org/data/visiblediffs/V01_versus_V2x/ some more changes].<br />
<br />
=== Documentation ===<br />
There are three documents, all in html format, plus a sub-directory of templates that provide common formatting support.<br />
<br />
It is important that these be kept in the same directory, as there are some links from one file to another.<br />
<br />
The documents are User's Guides to:<br />
* the [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Documents/toke.html New Features of the Tokenizer],<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Documents/detok.html the Detokenizer], and<br />
* the [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Documents/localvalues.html Local Values feature], which is mentioned briefly in the Tokenizer User's Guide and described fully in the Local Values document.<br />
<br />
Available as a ZIP-File: [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/236/fcode-utils/documentation?old_path=%2F&old=&format=zip Documentation Archive]<br />
<br />
There is also doxygen generated documentation available<br />
* [http://openbios.org/data/toke/toke-0.6.10 doxygen documentation for toke 0.6.10] <br />
* [http://openbios.org/data/toke/toke-1.0 doxygen documentation for toke 1.0.0]<br />
* TODO: doxygen documentation for toke 1.0.2<br />
<br />
=== Executables for three platforms ===<br />
<br />
While you can find a couple of executables here we strongly recommend that you compile the FCode toolchain from the sources above so you gain from the integration work and fixes that have been done since these executables have been created.<br />
<br />
There are three programs: the Tokenizer, the Detokenizer and the ROMHeaders utility. ([http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Binaries Binaries])<br />
<br />
There is a version for each of three platforms (i.e., combinations of Processor and O/S): Cygwin running on an X86, GNU Linux running on a Power-PC, and AIX running on a Power-PC.<br />
<br />
There are two variants of each version: One that has level-2 Optimization and one that has no optimization at all, which I provided for purposes of Debugging. Optimization causes some routines and variables to become obscured and inaccessible to debuggers, and also re-arranges the sequence of execution in a way that can become confusing during single-stepping.<br />
<br />
And finally, for each, there is a "stripped" and an "unstripped" executable image. The "unstripped" image has an extension of "unstripped"; the "stripped" image has no extension.<br />
<br />
There are separate directories for the Debug and Optim(ized Level)2 variants.<br />
<br />
Under each are sub-directories for the different platforms, within which the executable images reside.<br />
<br />
All binaries are also available in a single Tar-File: [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Binaries.tar.bz2 Binaries.tar.bz2]<br />
<br />
=== Local Value Support ===<br />
<br />
Includ-able tokenizer-source files for [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/localvalues Local Values Support] (explained in one of the User's Guide documents). Five files: <br />
* One supplies the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/LocalValuesSupport.fth basic functionality]<br />
* the second adds a [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/LocalValuesDevelSupport.fth development-time facility]<br />
* the third generates a variant behavior ([http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/GlobalLocalValues.fth "Global" scope] rather than scope limited to a single Device-Node) <br />
* and the fourth [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/GlobalLocalValuesDevel.fth combines the "Global" variant behavior with the development-time facility]. <br />
* The fifth [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/localvalues/TotalLocalValuesSupport.fth allows the choice of combinations to be governed by command-line switches], and is probably the best to use with Makefiles in commercial development and production environments.<br />
<br />
There is commentation in each one explaining how it is to be used.<br />
<br />
Available as part of the OpenBIOS FCODE suite and as a seperate [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/236/fcode-utils/localvalues?old_path=%2F&format=zip ZIP-File].<br />
<br />
=== Todo ===<br />
<br />
A list of "Still To Be Done" items, excerpted from the commentation in the Sources<br />
<br />
The source files have, scattered among their commentation, an occasional item discussing a feature or implementation detail that might be worth attention in future revisions. <br />
<br />
This file is a [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/TODO collection of all of them] in a single convenient location.<br />
<br />
== Unit-Test Suite ==<br />
<br />
=== The suite of unit-test cases ===<br />
This is the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testsuite accumulation of test-cases] that were created in the course of development. Some of these are a straightforward invocation of a feature, others are convoluted combinations of features whose interaction needed to be carefully watched, and still others are collections of coding errors, for purposes of verifying the Error-detection capabilities of the Tokenizer. They are grouped into sub-directories representing broad categories.<br />
<br />
Run the unit-test cases with<br />
<br />
$ make tests<br />
<br />
=== Test Tools ===<br />
The tools to run the Unit-Test Suite as a batch and examine the results for changes relative to the results from a previous run.<br />
<br />
The process of manually running a unit-test and comparing against the previous output, after every change, became unwieldy, especially when it came to running the entire suite of tests. These scripts were developed to automate both processes: <br />
<br />
* [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testsuite/AutoExec AutoExec] automates the execution, and <br />
* [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testsuite/AutoCompare AutoCompare] automates the comparison.<br />
<br />
There is commentation in each explaining how it is used.<br />
<br />
== Unit-Test Suite Logs ==<br />
These can be used as base-lines for comparison against future versions, or, if so be, versions compiled for additional platforms. <br />
<br />
Note that a comparison of these against each other will not yield exact identity. Some of the test-cases, for instance, code the current date and time, others display a complete file-path, and still one other attempts to load a file for encoding using a syntax that is erroneous on some O/S's but not on others.<br />
<br />
All in all, five or six file differences will be expected to be reported by AutoCompare.<br />
<br />
* The results from a run of the Unit-Test Suite on the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testlogs/testlogs-x86-cygwin X86/Cygwin] platform.<br />
<br />
* The results from a run of the Unit-Test Suite on the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testlogs/testlogs-ppc-linux PowerPC/Linux] platform. <br />
<br />
* The results from a run of the Unit-Test Suite on the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/trunk/fcode-utils-devel/testlogs/testlogs-ppc-aix PowerPC/AIX] platform.<br />
<br />
== Coverage Reports ==<br />
<br />
The test suite has been run using gcov/lcov to produce graphical code coverage reports.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/data/coverage-fcode-suite-1.0.2/ coverage report for FCODE suite 1.0.2]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/data/coverage-toke-1.0.2/ coverage report for toke 1.0.2]<br />
* [http://openbios.org/data/toke/coverage/ coverage report for toke 1.0.0]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Kudos and Thanks ==<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-top:0.5em; margin-bottom:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
The OpenBIOS FCODE Suite has been significantly enhanced to meet commercial grade requirements by [mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor]. Regarding to code readability and stability, he made the FCODE suite the best part of OpenBIOS. And it's probably the best FCODE development environment out there. '''Thank you, David!'''<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=On_the_Net&diff=306On the Net2008-09-15T09:37:39Z<p>WikiSysop: /* Forth */</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
== Open Firmware Companies/Vendor support ==<br />
* [http://www.codegen.com CodeGen]<br />
* [http://www.firmworks.com FirmWorks]<br />
* [http://www.sun.com SUN]<br />
* [http://www.ibm.com IBM]<br />
* [http://www.coresystems.de coresystems GmbH]<br />
<br />
== Open Firmware Documentation ==<br />
* [http://www.firmworks.com/www/ofw.htm What is Open Firmware?]<br />
* [http://playground.sun.com/pub/1275/mejohnson/ Hardware Independant Boot Code] - - An Open Firmware description at an introductory level by Matthew Johnson<br />
* [http://www.openfirmware.org/ Open Firmware homepage]<br />
* [http://playground.sun.com/pub/1275/ The OpenFirmware IEEE 1275-1994]<br />
* [ftp://docs-pdf.sun.com/806-1379-10/806-1379-10.pdf Writing FCode 3.x Programs]<br />
* [ftp://docs-pdf.sun.com/806-1377-10/806-1377-10.pdf OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual]<br />
* [ftp://docs-pdf.sun.com/806-2908-10/806-2908-10.pdf OpenBoot 3.x Quick Reference]<br />
<br />
== Forth ==<br />
* [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-lang/forth-faq/ Forth FAQ]<br />
* [http://ccreweb.org/software/kforth/kforth4.html kForth] - programming examples<br />
* [http://forth.sourceforge.net/standard/dpans/index.html DPANS'94] - very interesting: annex D and E.<br />
* [http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/gforth.html Gforth] - Forth implementation of the GNU project<br />
* [http://pfe.sourceforge.net/ PFE] - The Portable Forth Environment is based on the ANSI Standard for Forth. It is targeted for embedded environments.<br />
* [http://www.geocities.com/simon_baldwin/packages/ vnpforth] - contains a traditional compiler, which turns Forth into standard object (.o) files<br />
* [http://zetetics.com/bj/papers/ Moving Forth] - Article on writing Forth Kernels by Brad Rodriguez<br />
* [http://www.taygeta.com/forth.html Hayes ANS compliance test] - a test for ANS Forth compliance by John Hayes. The OpenBIOS forth kernel passes this test.<br />
* [ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/Forth/Tools/gfob-0.1.0.tar.gz gfob] - a forth source obfuscator<br />
* [http://www.ultratechnology.com/forth.htm Thoughtful Programming and Forth] - an essay by Jeff Fox.<br />
* [http://www.theforthsource.com/fp000.html Selected Forth Papers] - at theforthsource.com<br />
<br />
== Stack Machines == <br />
* [http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~koopman/stack_computers/ Stack Computers: the new wave] - Philip J. Koopman Jr's book on stack computers offered as pdf and html.<br />
<br />
== Booting ==<br />
* [ftp://flux.cs.utah.edu/flux/multiboot/MultiBoot.html Multiboot standard]<br />
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ GRUB - GRand Unified Bootloader]<br />
* GRUB2<br />
* [http://www.nilo.org/ Nilo] - Network Interface Loader. NILO will boot Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 95/98/NT4 and support the Intel PXE standard.<br />
* [http://www.etherboot.org Etherboot]<br />
* Redboot<br />
<br />
== Flashing on Linux Systems ==<br />
* [http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ MTD] - Memory Technology Device Subsystem for Linux<br />
* /dev/bios - Flash ROM driver for Linux (for flashing System and PCI adapter firmware) (obsolete)<br />
* [http://www.uniflash.org/ Uniflash] (nonlinux)<br />
* flashrom ([http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom coreboot])<br />
<br />
== Other Open Source Firmware Implementations ==<br />
* [http://www.coreboot.org/ coreboot] - The coreboot project bootstraps systems to the point where they can run an OS kernel or any other application or bootloader from flash.<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/utcboot/ TIARA] - TIARA, an Openbios/GRUB/PFORTH composite, BIOS replacement (dead?)<br />
* [http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/ Proll] - Proll is a firmware replacement for SUN JavaStations to boot Linux<br />
* [http://gnufi.blogspot.com/ GNUFI], an open source EFI implementation<br />
* [http://cygwin.com/redboot/ redboot]<br />
* SLOF<br />
* [http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/ Open Hackware]<br />
* SUN OpenBoot<br />
* [http://www.humboldt.co.uk/gbios.html GBIOS] - GBIOS is a GPLed firmware for PowerPC G3/G4 and some Motorola cpus. (dead?)<br />
* ...<br />
<br />
== Virtual Machines and Emulation ==<br />
* [http://www.qemu.com/ QEMU]<br />
* [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/ XEN] Virtualization<br />
* [http://bochs.sourceforge.net/ Bochs] - portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator<br />
* [http://www.dosemu.org/ DOSemu] - DOS Emulation for Linux<br />
* Hypervisor<br />
* ...</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=On_the_Net&diff=305On the Net2008-09-15T09:36:49Z<p>WikiSysop: /* Forth */</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
== Open Firmware Companies/Vendor support ==<br />
* [http://www.codegen.com CodeGen]<br />
* [http://www.firmworks.com FirmWorks]<br />
* [http://www.sun.com SUN]<br />
* [http://www.ibm.com IBM]<br />
* [http://www.coresystems.de coresystems GmbH]<br />
<br />
== Open Firmware Documentation ==<br />
* [http://www.firmworks.com/www/ofw.htm What is Open Firmware?]<br />
* [http://playground.sun.com/pub/1275/mejohnson/ Hardware Independant Boot Code] - - An Open Firmware description at an introductory level by Matthew Johnson<br />
* [http://www.openfirmware.org/ Open Firmware homepage]<br />
* [http://playground.sun.com/pub/1275/ The OpenFirmware IEEE 1275-1994]<br />
* [ftp://docs-pdf.sun.com/806-1379-10/806-1379-10.pdf Writing FCode 3.x Programs]<br />
* [ftp://docs-pdf.sun.com/806-1377-10/806-1377-10.pdf OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual]<br />
* [ftp://docs-pdf.sun.com/806-2908-10/806-2908-10.pdf OpenBoot 3.x Quick Reference]<br />
<br />
== Forth ==<br />
* [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-lang/forth-faq/ Forth FAQ]<br />
* [http://ccreweb.org/software/kforth/kforth4.html kForth] - programming examples<br />
* [http://forth.sourceforge.net/standard/dpans/index.html DPANS'94] - very interesting: annex D and E.<br />
* [http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/gforth.html Gforth] - Forth implementation of the GNU project<br />
* [http://pfe.sourceforge.net/ PFE] - The Portable Forth Environment is based on the ANSI Standard for Forth. It is targeted for embedded environments.<br />
* [http://www.geocities.com/simon_baldwin/packages/ vnpforth] - contains a traditional compiler, which turns Forth into standard object (.o) files<br />
* [http://zetetics.com/bj/papers/ Moving Forth] - Article on writing Forth Kernels by Brad Rodriguez<br />
* [http://www.taygeta.com/forth.html Hayes ANS compliance test] - a test for ANS Forth compliance by John Hayes. The OpenBIOS forth kernel passes this test.<br />
* [ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/Forth/Tools/gfob-0.1.0.tar.gz gfob] - a forth source obfuscator<br />
* [http://hermantom.homeip.net/~guest/forth/ Forth engines] - written in several languages.<br />
* [http://www.ultratechnology.com/forth.htm Thoughtful Programming and Forth] - an essay by Jeff Fox.<br />
* [http://www.theforthsource.com/fp000.html Selected Forth Papers] - at theforthsource.com<br />
<br />
== Stack Machines == <br />
* [http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~koopman/stack_computers/ Stack Computers: the new wave] - Philip J. Koopman Jr's book on stack computers offered as pdf and html.<br />
<br />
== Booting ==<br />
* [ftp://flux.cs.utah.edu/flux/multiboot/MultiBoot.html Multiboot standard]<br />
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ GRUB - GRand Unified Bootloader]<br />
* GRUB2<br />
* [http://www.nilo.org/ Nilo] - Network Interface Loader. NILO will boot Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 95/98/NT4 and support the Intel PXE standard.<br />
* [http://www.etherboot.org Etherboot]<br />
* Redboot<br />
<br />
== Flashing on Linux Systems ==<br />
* [http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ MTD] - Memory Technology Device Subsystem for Linux<br />
* /dev/bios - Flash ROM driver for Linux (for flashing System and PCI adapter firmware) (obsolete)<br />
* [http://www.uniflash.org/ Uniflash] (nonlinux)<br />
* flashrom ([http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom coreboot])<br />
<br />
== Other Open Source Firmware Implementations ==<br />
* [http://www.coreboot.org/ coreboot] - The coreboot project bootstraps systems to the point where they can run an OS kernel or any other application or bootloader from flash.<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/utcboot/ TIARA] - TIARA, an Openbios/GRUB/PFORTH composite, BIOS replacement (dead?)<br />
* [http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/ Proll] - Proll is a firmware replacement for SUN JavaStations to boot Linux<br />
* [http://gnufi.blogspot.com/ GNUFI], an open source EFI implementation<br />
* [http://cygwin.com/redboot/ redboot]<br />
* SLOF<br />
* [http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/ Open Hackware]<br />
* SUN OpenBoot<br />
* [http://www.humboldt.co.uk/gbios.html GBIOS] - GBIOS is a GPLed firmware for PowerPC G3/G4 and some Motorola cpus. (dead?)<br />
* ...<br />
<br />
== Virtual Machines and Emulation ==<br />
* [http://www.qemu.com/ QEMU]<br />
* [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/ XEN] Virtualization<br />
* [http://bochs.sourceforge.net/ Bochs] - portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator<br />
* [http://www.dosemu.org/ DOSemu] - DOS Emulation for Linux<br />
* Hypervisor<br />
* ...</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=75MediaWiki:Sidebar2008-09-15T09:33:50Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>* About the Project<br />
** mainpage|mainpage<br />
** Contact us|Contact us<br />
** Mailinglist|Mailinglist<br />
** Code of Conduct|Code of Conduct<br />
** Credits|Credits<br />
** Licensing|Licensing<br />
<br />
* Implementations<br />
** Open Firmware|Open Firmware<br />
** SmartFirmware|Smart Firmware<br />
** OpenBOOT|OpenBOOT<br />
** OpenBIOS|OpenBIOS<br />
** SLOF|SLOF<br />
<br />
* Development<br />
** FCODE suite|FCODE suite<br />
** BeginAgain|Kernel<br />
** FlashRom|Flashing<br />
** http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios|Issues/Bugs<br />
** Low Level Firmware<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
** IEEE 1275-1994|Open Firmware<br />
** Bindings|Bindings and Supplements<br />
** Forth/FCode|Forth/FCode<br />
** On the Net|On the Net<br />
<br />
* Wiki<br />
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Credits&diff=105Credits2008-09-15T09:31:33Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>Development contributions<br />
<br />
Development contributions<br />
<br />
* Stefan Reinauer (project coordination, main development)<br />
* Patrick Mauritz (initial kernel work)<br />
* Samuel Rydh (forth interfaces, MOL port, ...)<br />
* BlueSwirl (Sparc/Sparc64 port)<br />
* Greg Watson (briq port)<br />
* [mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor] (improving Toke)<br />
* Chen-Chau Chu (ppc fixes)<br />
* Tim Barrett (detok patches)<br />
* Krishna Myneni (permission to include kForth examples with toke)<br />
<br />
Hardware/Funding<br />
<br />
* Michael Gibson (EsEsIx) for donating a CS5530 based thin client for /dev/bios development.<br />
* [http://www.linuxfund.org/ LinuxFund.org] chose OpenBIOS to be awarded in the spring 2002 grant cycle with US$1000. Thanks a lot for supporting our work!<br />
* [http://www.newisys.com/ Newisys] funded the OpenBIOS project with a very nice piece of hardware, an Opteron based 1U 2CPU Newisys 2100. This machine is nowadays running www.openfirmware.info and www.coreboot.org.<br />
* [http://sase.de/ Daniele Frijia] for donating a Motorola PPC-machine<br />
<br />
If you or somebody else is missing on this list, send an email to Stefan Reinauer</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Mailinglist&diff=96Mailinglist2008-09-15T09:30:36Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>The OpenBIOS project currently has one mailing list which is intended for development, informational and general project purposes. You can subscribe to the OpenBIOS mailing list via a web interface or with a simple email (un-)subscription mechanism.<br />
<br />
For questions and general information about OpenBIOS, subscribe to the OpenBIOS mailing list, at:<br />
<br />
* http://www.openfirmware.info/mailman/listinfo/openbios<br />
A mailing list archive dating back as far as February 1998 can be found at:<br />
<br />
* http://www.openfirmware.info/pipermail/openbios</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=User:Stepan&diff=277User:Stepan2008-09-15T09:29:58Z<p>WikiSysop: /* About Stefan Reinauer */</p>
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<div>=== About Stefan Reinauer ===<br />
<br />
Stefan founded the OpenBIOS project in 1997 and works on firmware related issues ever since. His company [http://www.coresystems.de/ coresystems GmbH] offers a variety of firmware and lowlevel related services. <br />
<br />
[[Image:StefanReinauer.jpg]]<br />
<br />
See http://www.coreboot.org/ for more information on coreboot<br />
<br />
Contact Stefan Reinauer at <stepan at coresystems dot de><br />
<br />
Have a look at Stefan's private web page at http://www.stefan-reinauer.de/</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=File:StefanReinauer.jpg&diff=393File:StefanReinauer.jpg2008-09-15T09:29:18Z<p>WikiSysop: New picture</p>
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<div>== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
In 2006 the company of Open Firmware inventor Mitch Bradley, [http://firmworks.com/ Firmworks, Inc], released their Open Firmware implementation under a BSD license. This code shares some code with SUN's OpenBOOT implementation. It supports the x86 architecture and runs, amongst others, as a coreboot payload. It is the firmware implementation on the OLPC.<br />
<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
You can [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openfirmware/browser browse the source code online].<br />
<br />
The repository is available through Subversion:<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openfirmware.info/openfirmware/<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: <br />
$ svn co svn://openfirmware.info/openfirmware -r 35<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openfirmware.info/openfirmware-svn/ openfirmware</nowiki><br />
<br />
<br />
== coreboot ==<br />
<br />
You should change openfirmware/cpu/x86/pc/biosload/config.fth:<br />
<br />
Index: config.fth<br />
===================================================================<br />
--- config.fth (revision 599)<br />
+++ config.fth (working copy)<br />
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@<br />
purpose: Establish configuration definitions<br />
<br />
create pc \ Demo version for generic PC<br />
-\ create pc-linux \ Demo version for generic PC and Linux<br />
+create pc-linux \ Demo version for generic PC and Linux<br />
\ create pc-serial \ Demo version for generic PC<br />
<br />
\ --- The environment that "boots" OFW ---<br />
\ - Image Format - Example Media - previous stage bootloader<br />
<br />
\ - (Syslinux) COM32 format - USB Key w/ FAT FS - Syslinux<br />
-create syslinux-loaded<br />
+\ create syslinux-loaded<br />
<br />
\ - Linux kernel format - USB Key w/ FAT FS - LinuxBIOS w/ stripped Linux payload<br />
\ create bzimage-loaded<br />
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@<br />
\ create etherboot-variant \ Enable additional tweaks for Etherboot<br />
<br />
\ - ELF format (no pheader) - ROM - LinuxBIOS direct<br />
-\ create linuxbios-loaded<br />
+create linuxbios-loaded<br />
<br />
\ Load and run in qemu<br />
-\ create qemu-loaded <br />
+create qemu-loaded <br />
<br />
[ifdef] pc-serial<br />
create serial-console<br />
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@<br />
\ the point where Linux starts using the MMU. It isn't strictly<br />
\ necessary to use virtual mode if you just want to boot Linux<br />
\ and then have OFW disappear.<br />
-create virtual-mode<br />
+\ create virtual-mode<br />
create pc<br />
create linux-support<br />
[then]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Building ==<br />
<br />
Software Requirements: <br />
qemu-0.9.0 + ROMSIZE-patch<br />
Open Firmware rev. >= 500<br />
coreboot >= v2<br />
<br />
=== Patch and build qemu ===<br />
Get the patch from http://www.freimann.org/qemu_biossize.patch and apply it against qemu-0.9.0.<br />
<br />
tar xvfz qemu-0.9.0.tar.gz<br />
cd qemu-0.9.0<br />
wget http://www.freimann.org/qemu_biossize.patch<br />
patch -p1 < qemu_biossize.patch<br />
<br />
Make sure that you have gcc-3.x installed, then<br />
<br />
./config && make && make install<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Build Open Firmware ===<br />
Get Open Firmware from Subversion<br />
svn co svn://openfirmware.info/openfirmware<br />
<br />
Change to the build directory of the biosload build.<br />
cd cpu/x86/pc/biosload/<br />
<br />
To change the config file of Open Firmware you can either use the above patch, or you can edit config.fth with your favorite editor (vi!!1!). Uncomment the lines<br />
create linuxbios-loaded<br />
create qemu-loaded<br />
<br />
Comment out the line with<br />
create syslinux-loaded<br />
<br />
Now change to the build directory and type "make"<br />
cd build<br />
make<br />
<br />
After make is finished there should be a file "ofwlb.elf" in the same directory. Copy this to your coreboot-v[x] directory.<br />
<br />
=== Build coreboot ===<br />
Follow the instructions in the coreboot documentation. Make sure that you use the ofwlb.elf file as your payload.<br />
It is also very imortant that the ROMSIZE for coreboot and qemu correspond with each other.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Run it ===<br />
qemu -L coreboot-v3/build -hda path/to/disk.img -serial `tty` -nographic <br />
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<br />
<br />
== Mailing List ==<br />
<br />
There's an Open Firmware mailing list at:<br />
<br />
* http://www.openfirmware.info/mailman/listinfo/openfirmware.<br />
<br />
The mailing list archive is also available:<br />
<br />
* http://www.openfirmware.info/pipermail/openfirmware/</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Contact_us&diff=92Contact us2008-09-15T09:22:42Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>== The OpenBIOS Project ==<br />
The OpenBIOS project coordinates all free and open source implementations of the Open Firmware standard. Yet our development team is rather small. You are welcome to contact us, if you<br />
<br />
* want to help developing drivers, support for new systems, write documentation.<br />
* need help porting Open Firmware to your custom hardware and are looking for specialists to get it done.<br />
<br />
Of course we appreciate any help, hints, patches, comments, etc.<br />
<br />
NOTE: Please read our [[Code of Conduct]].<br />
<br />
== Mailinglist ==<br />
Development and other things about OpenBIOS are discussed on the [[mailinglist|OpenBIOS mailing list]]. If you want to contribute, ask questions, get information or have some ideas, please subscribe to this list. It's currently very low traffic. If you have patches, feel free to send them to the list, too. Please note: To keep the amount of spam as low as possible, only subscribed users are allowed to post to the list.<br />
<br />
== Internet Relay Chat ==<br />
Currently most of the discussion moved over to Internet Relay Chat (IRC). You can find us on [http://www.freenode.net/ irc.freenode.net] in #coreboot. Most people are in CET timezone, so don't give up when this channels seems very quiet for some time.<br />
<br />
Here you have the chance to talk to people being involved or interested in this project. Most of the discussion is tech talk. There's no need to ask whether you are allowed to ask. Questions on OpenBIOS, coreboot, firmware and related topics are welcome.<br />
<br />
== Project Maintainer ==<br />
<br />
The OpenBIOS Project is maintained by [[User:Stepan|Stefan Reinauer]] from [http://www.coresystems.de coresystems GmbH]. If you have any questions regarding the project that are beyond the scope of the mailing list, please contact [[User:Stepan|Stefan]]<br />
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<div><div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
The '''OpenBIOS''' project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. <br />
<br />
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code. <br />
<br />
It is Open Firmware's goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, Open Firmware targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.<br />
<br />
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, [[SLOF|IBM]] and others.<br />
<br />
In most cases, the Open Firmware implementations provided on this site rely on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://www.coreboot.org/ coreboot] or [http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot U-Boot].<br />
</div><br />
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{| cellspacing=5 cellpadding=5 border=0 valign="top" width=100%<br />
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|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
Get the latest version of OpenBIOS. See the [[OpenBIOS|development download page]]. Have a look at the Implementations section on the left side.<br />
<br />
== Contact ==<br />
<br />
The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the [[Mailinglist]] page.<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
<br />
Who are the people behind OpenBIOS? Who helped and contributed to make OpenBIOS as successful as it is today. See the growing [[Credits]] page for a (yet incomplete) list of people contributing to OpenBIOS with hardware, patches, code, hints, etc.<br />
<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== News ==<br />
<small><br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.2 released''' (2006-10-30)<br />
<br />
[mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor] added tracing support to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]].<br />
<br />
'''LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006''' (2006-10-01)<br />
<br />
The first European [http://www.coreboot.org/index.php/LinuxBIOS_Symposium_2006 LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006] took place in Hamburg from October 1st to 3rd. This event was organized by [http://www.coresystems.de/ coresystems GmbH].<br />
<br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.1 available''' (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
[mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor], when he was with the IBM Corporation, contributed to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]]. This release has higher test coverage, a more detailed report on one type of error, and removal of dead code and consolidation of some other code.<br />
<br />
'''SUN released OpenBOOT source code''' (2006-09-06)<br />
<br />
[http://www.sun.com/ SUN microsystems] has recently released their OpenBOOT source code to the community under a BSD license. Go to their [http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/download_sw.html OpenSparc T1 website] to download the full archive (190MB) or check out our [[OpenBOOT|local mirror]] (1.7MB).<br />
<br />
[[News|[older news]]]<br />
</small><br />
|}<br />
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<div><div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
The '''OpenBIOS''' project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. <br />
<br />
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code. <br />
<br />
It is Open Firmware's goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, Open Firmware targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.<br />
<br />
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, IBM and others.<br />
<br />
In most cases, the Open Firmware implementations provided on this site rely on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://www.coreboot.org/ coreboot] or [http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot U-Boot].<br />
</div><br />
<br />
{| cellspacing=5 cellpadding=5 border=0 valign="top" width=100%<br />
|-<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
Get the latest version of OpenBIOS. See the [[OpenBIOS|development download page]]. Have a look at the Implementations section on the left side.<br />
<br />
== Contact ==<br />
<br />
The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the [[Mailinglist]] page.<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
<br />
Who are the people behind OpenBIOS? Who helped and contributed to make OpenBIOS as successful as it is today. See the growing [[Credits]] page for a (yet incomplete) list of people contributing to OpenBIOS with hardware, patches, code, hints, etc.<br />
<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== News ==<br />
<small><br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.2 released''' (2006-10-30)<br />
<br />
[mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor] added tracing support to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]].<br />
<br />
'''LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006''' (2006-10-01)<br />
<br />
The first European [http://www.coreboot.org/index.php/LinuxBIOS_Symposium_2006 LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006] took place in Hamburg from October 1st to 3rd. This event was organized by [http://www.coresystems.de/ coresystems GmbH].<br />
<br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.1 available''' (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
[mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor], when he was with the IBM Corporation, contributed to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]]. This release has higher test coverage, a more detailed report on one type of error, and removal of dead code and consolidation of some other code.<br />
<br />
'''SUN released OpenBOOT source code''' (2006-09-06)<br />
<br />
[http://www.sun.com/ SUN microsystems] has recently released their OpenBOOT source code to the community under a BSD license. Go to their [http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/download_sw.html OpenSparc T1 website] to download the full archive (190MB) or check out our [[OpenBOOT|local mirror]] (1.7MB).<br />
<br />
[[News|[older news]]]<br />
</small><br />
|}<br />
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<div><div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
The '''OpenBIOS''' project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. <br />
<br />
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code. <br />
<br />
It is Open Firmware's goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, Open Firmware targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.<br />
<br />
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, IBM and others.<br />
<br />
In most cases, the Open Firmware implementations provided on this site rely on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://www.coreboot.org/ coreboot] or [http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot U-Boot].<br />
</div><br />
<br />
{| cellspacing=5 cellpadding=5 border=0 valign="top" width=100%<br />
|-<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
Get the latest version of OpenBIOS. See the [[OpenBIOS|development download page]]. Have a look at the Implementations section on the left side.<br />
<br />
== Contact ==<br />
<br />
The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the [[Mailinglist]] page.<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
<br />
Who are the people behind OpenBIOS? Who helped and contributed to make OpenBIOS as successful as it is today. See the growing [[Credits]] page for a (yet incomplete) list of people contributing to OpenBIOS with hardware, patches, code, hints, etc.<br />
<br />
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== News ==<br />
<small><br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.2 released''' (2006-10-30)<br />
<br />
[mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor] added tracing support to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]].<br />
<br />
'''LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006''' (2006-10-01)<br />
<br />
The first European [http://www.coreboot.org/index.php/LinuxBIOS_Symposium_2006 LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006] took place in Hamburg from October 1st to 3rd. This event was organized by [http://www.coresystems.de/ coresystems GmbH].<br />
<br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.1 available''' (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
[mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor], when he was with the IBM Corporation, contributed to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]]. This release has higher test coverage, a more detailed report on one type of error, and removal of dead code and consolidation of some other code.<br />
<br />
'''SUN released OpenBOOT source code''' (2006-09-06)<br />
<br />
[http://www.sun.com/ SUN microsystems] has recently released their OpenBOOT source code to the community under a BSD license. Go to their [http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/download_sw.html OpenSparc T1 website]] to download the full archive (190MB) or check out our [OpenBOOT local mirror] (1.7MB).<br />
<br />
[[News|[older news]]]<br />
</small><br />
|}<br />
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<div>== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
In 2006 the company of Open Firmware inventor Mitch Bradley, [http://firmworks.com/ Firmworks, Inc], released their Open Firmware implementation under a BSD license. This code shares some code with SUN's OpenBOOT implementation. It supports the x86 architecture and runs, amongst others, as a coreboot payload. It is the firmware implementation on the OLPC.<br />
<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
You can [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openfirmware/browser browse the source code online].<br />
<br />
The repository is available through Subversion:<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openfirmware/<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: <br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openfirmware -r 35<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openfirmware-svn/ openfirmware</nowiki><br />
<br />
<br />
== coreboot ==<br />
<br />
You should change openfirmware/cpu/x86/pc/biosload/config.fth:<br />
<br />
Index: config.fth<br />
===================================================================<br />
--- config.fth (revision 599)<br />
+++ config.fth (working copy)<br />
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@<br />
purpose: Establish configuration definitions<br />
<br />
create pc \ Demo version for generic PC<br />
-\ create pc-linux \ Demo version for generic PC and Linux<br />
+create pc-linux \ Demo version for generic PC and Linux<br />
\ create pc-serial \ Demo version for generic PC<br />
<br />
\ --- The environment that "boots" OFW ---<br />
\ - Image Format - Example Media - previous stage bootloader<br />
<br />
\ - (Syslinux) COM32 format - USB Key w/ FAT FS - Syslinux<br />
-create syslinux-loaded<br />
+\ create syslinux-loaded<br />
<br />
\ - Linux kernel format - USB Key w/ FAT FS - LinuxBIOS w/ stripped Linux payload<br />
\ create bzimage-loaded<br />
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@<br />
\ create etherboot-variant \ Enable additional tweaks for Etherboot<br />
<br />
\ - ELF format (no pheader) - ROM - LinuxBIOS direct<br />
-\ create linuxbios-loaded<br />
+create linuxbios-loaded<br />
<br />
\ Load and run in qemu<br />
-\ create qemu-loaded <br />
+create qemu-loaded <br />
<br />
[ifdef] pc-serial<br />
create serial-console<br />
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@<br />
\ the point where Linux starts using the MMU. It isn't strictly<br />
\ necessary to use virtual mode if you just want to boot Linux<br />
\ and then have OFW disappear.<br />
-create virtual-mode<br />
+\ create virtual-mode<br />
create pc<br />
create linux-support<br />
[then]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Building ==<br />
<br />
Software Requirements: <br />
qemu-0.9.0 + ROMSIZE-patch<br />
Open Firmware rev. >= 500<br />
coreboot >= v2<br />
<br />
=== Patch and build qemu ===<br />
Get the patch from http://www.freimann.org/qemu_biossize.patch and apply it against qemu-0.9.0.<br />
<br />
tar xvfz qemu-0.9.0.tar.gz<br />
cd qemu-0.9.0<br />
wget http://www.freimann.org/qemu_biossize.patch<br />
patch -p1 < qemu_biossize.patch<br />
<br />
Make sure that you have gcc-3.x installed, then<br />
<br />
./config && make && make install<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Build Open Firmware ===<br />
Get Open Firmware from Subversion<br />
svn co svn://openbios.org/openfirmware<br />
<br />
Change to the build directory of the biosload build.<br />
cd cpu/x86/pc/biosload/<br />
<br />
To change the config file of Open Firmware you can either use the above patch, or you can edit config.fth with your favorite editor (vi!!1!). Uncomment the lines<br />
create linuxbios-loaded<br />
create qemu-loaded<br />
<br />
Comment out the line with<br />
create syslinux-loaded<br />
<br />
Now change to the build directory and type "make"<br />
cd build<br />
make<br />
<br />
After make is finished there should be a file "ofwlb.elf" in the same directory. Copy this to your coreboot-v[x] directory.<br />
<br />
=== Build coreboot ===<br />
Follow the instructions in the coreboot documentation. Make sure that you use the ofwlb.elf file as your payload.<br />
It is also very imortant that the ROMSIZE for coreboot and qemu correspond with each other.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Run it ===<br />
qemu -L coreboot-v3/build -hda path/to/disk.img -serial `tty` -nographic <br />
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__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
= Flash Updates with Linux =<br />
<br />
Formerly OpenBIOS provided its own flashing facility implemented as a device driver called '''/dev/bios'''. One big disadvantage of '''/dev/bios''' was that it needed to be recompiled for every minor kernel update.<br />
<br />
Ollie Lho, back when working at SIS, started a new effort which he called '''flash_and_burn'''. This utility became part of the [http://www.coreboot.org coreboot project] and evolved to work with non-SIS chipsets.<br />
<br />
[[User:Stepan|Stefan Reinauer]] added a lot of new features to Ollie's utility and renamed it to '''flashrom'''. This utility still lacks some features the old '''/dev/bios''' driver was having, but it can easily be used from userspace without recompiling the kernel.<br />
<br />
For more information about flashrom see http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=BeginAgain&diff=318BeginAgain2008-09-14T23:57:22Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>= What is BeginAgain? =<br />
<br />
BeginAgain is the Forth kernel, basically the heart of OpenBIOS. <br />
<br />
Right after the system is far enough to execute any C code, this kernel will take over control and execute the forth code part of OpenBIOS. <br />
<br />
BeginAgain supports the Forth language command group of IEEE 1275-1994 and passes the Hayes ANS forth compliance test.<br />
<br />
= How does BeginAgain work? =<br />
<br />
The OpenBIOS forth core "BeginAgain" is split into a forth kernel written in C and a forth dictionary which operated on by the kernel.<br />
<br />
BeginAgain's approach is indirect threading. Forth words are compiled to execution tokens (pointers to the words dictionary entries). Only the prim words (minimal language support) are available as native C code.<br />
When building the forth core, you get different versions of the forth kernel:<br />
<br />
* a "hosted" unix binary. This binary can be used on a unix system:<br />
** to execute a forth dictionary from a file. This can be used for testing openbios code in a development environment on a unix host.<br />
** to create a dictionary file. Such a dictionary file sets up all of the forth language. Primitives are indexed to save relocations.<br />
<br />
The default is to create a forth dictionary forth.dict from forth/start.fs. This file includes all of the basic forth language constructs from forth/bootstrap.fs and starts the interpreter.<br />
<br />
To achieve this, the hosted unix version contains a basic set of forth words coded in C that allow creating a full dictionary.<br />
<br />
* a varying number of target specific binaries.<br />
On x86 you can start openbios for example from GRUB or coreboot. They are all based on the same forth engine consisting of a dictionary scheduler, primitive words needed to build the forth environment, 2 stacks and a simple set of console functions. These binaries can not be started directly in the unix host environment.<br />
<br />
= Building and Using BeginAgain =<br />
<br />
== Requirements ==<br />
<br />
* gcc<br />
* grub or any other multiboot loader to run the standalone binary "openbios.multiboot"<br />
<br />
== Building and Usage ==<br />
<br />
* make<br />
this builds "openbios.multiboot", the standalone image and "unix", the hosted image. Additionally it creates a forth dictionary file from forth/start.fs. All generated files are written to the absolute directory held by the variable BUILDDIR, which defaults to obj-[platform]. Some compile time parameters can be tweaked in include/config.h<br />
* use "unix" to create a forth dictionary on your own:<br />
<br />
$ ./unix -Iforth start.fs<br />
<br />
creates the file forth.dict from forth source forth/start.fs.<br />
<br />
* use "unix" to run a created dictionary:<br />
<br />
$ ./unix forth.dict<br />
<br />
This is useful for testing.<br />
<br />
* booting openbios<br />
You can boot openbios i.e. in grub. Add the following lines to your menu.lst:<br />
<br />
title openbios<br />
kernel (hd0,2)/boot/openbios.multiboot<br />
module (hd0,2)/boot/openfirmware.dict<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: change (hd0,2) to the partition you copied openbios and forth.dict to.<br />
<br />
To boot OpenBIOS from coreboot/etherboot, you can either use "openbios" or "openbios.full":<br />
* openbios is the pure kernel that loads the dictionary from a hardcoded address in flash memory (0xfffe0000)<br />
* openbios.full also includes the dictionary directly so that it can be easily used from etherboot or the coreboot builtin ELF loader without taking care of the dictionary<br />
<br />
= Dictionary Format =<br />
<br />
The dictionary is a linked list of forth word definitions. Each forth word in this list looks like the following:<br />
name length of name in bytes + 0x80 align with 0's flags (bit 7 set) LFA CFA PFA<br />
<br />
When the forth interpreter looks for a certain word, it reads the variable last that always points to the last defined word and iterates over the list until it finds an appropriate word.<br />
<br />
= Glossary =<br />
== Dictionary ==<br />
<br />
* LFA == link field address (backlink)<br />
* CFA == code field address ("word type")<br />
* PFA == program field address (definitions)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Forth Engine ==<br />
<br />
* TIB == text input buffer<br />
* inner interpreter: interprets dictionary, does threading<br />
* outer interpreter: "user" interpreter, reads forth words from user.</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=On_the_Net&diff=304On the Net2008-09-14T23:49:20Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
== Open Firmware Companies/Vendor support ==<br />
* [http://www.codegen.com CodeGen]<br />
* [http://www.firmworks.com FirmWorks]<br />
* [http://www.sun.com SUN]<br />
* [http://www.ibm.com IBM]<br />
* [http://www.coresystems.de coresystems GmbH]<br />
<br />
== Open Firmware Documentation ==<br />
* [http://www.firmworks.com/www/ofw.htm What is Open Firmware?]<br />
* [http://playground.sun.com/pub/1275/mejohnson/ Hardware Independant Boot Code] - - An Open Firmware description at an introductory level by Matthew Johnson<br />
* [http://www.openfirmware.org/ Open Firmware homepage]<br />
* [http://playground.sun.com/pub/1275/ The OpenFirmware IEEE 1275-1994]<br />
* [ftp://docs-pdf.sun.com/806-1379-10/806-1379-10.pdf Writing FCode 3.x Programs]<br />
* [ftp://docs-pdf.sun.com/806-1377-10/806-1377-10.pdf OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual]<br />
* [ftp://docs-pdf.sun.com/806-2908-10/806-2908-10.pdf OpenBoot 3.x Quick Reference]<br />
<br />
== Forth ==<br />
* [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-lang/forth-faq/ Forth FAQ]<br />
* [http://ccreweb.org/software/kforth/kforth4.html kForth] - programming examples<br />
* [http://forth.sourceforge.net/standard/dpans/index.html DPANS'94] - very interesting: annex D and E.<br />
* [http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/gforth.html Gforth] - Forth implementation of the GNU project<br />
* [http://pfe.sourceforge.net/ PFE] - The Portable Forth Environment is based on the ANSI Standard for Forth. It is targeted for embedded environments.<br />
* [http://www.geocities.com/simon_baldwin/packages/ vnpforth] - contains a traditional compiler, which turns Forth into standard object (.o) files<br />
* [http://zetetics.com/bj/papers/ Moving Forth] - Article on writing Forth Kernels by Brad Rodriguez<br />
* [http://www.taygeta.com/forth.html Hayes ANS compliance test] - a test for ANS Forth compliance by John Hayes. The OpenBIOS forth kernel passes this test.<br />
* [ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/Forth/Tools/gfob-0.1.0.tar.gz gfob] - a forth source obfuscator<br />
* [http://www.phys.virginia.edu/classes/55.jvn.fall01/primer.htm Primer] - A Beginner's Guide to Forth by J.V. Noble<br />
* [http://hermantom.homeip.net/~guest/forth/ Forth engines] - written in several languages.<br />
* [http://www.ultratechnology.com/forth.htm Thoughtful Programming and Forth] - an essay by Jeff Fox.<br />
* [http://www.theforthsource.com/fp000.html Selected Forth Papers] - at theforthsource.com<br />
<br />
== Stack Machines == <br />
* [http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~koopman/stack_computers/ Stack Computers: the new wave] - Philip J. Koopman Jr's book on stack computers offered as pdf and html.<br />
<br />
== Booting ==<br />
* [ftp://flux.cs.utah.edu/flux/multiboot/MultiBoot.html Multiboot standard]<br />
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ GRUB - GRand Unified Bootloader]<br />
* GRUB2<br />
* [http://www.nilo.org/ Nilo] - Network Interface Loader. NILO will boot Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 95/98/NT4 and support the Intel PXE standard.<br />
* [http://www.etherboot.org Etherboot]<br />
* Redboot<br />
<br />
== Flashing on Linux Systems ==<br />
* [http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ MTD] - Memory Technology Device Subsystem for Linux<br />
* /dev/bios - Flash ROM driver for Linux (for flashing System and PCI adapter firmware) (obsolete)<br />
* [http://www.uniflash.org/ Uniflash] (nonlinux)<br />
* flashrom ([http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom coreboot])<br />
<br />
== Other Open Source Firmware Implementations ==<br />
* [http://www.coreboot.org/ coreboot] - The coreboot project bootstraps systems to the point where they can run an OS kernel or any other application or bootloader from flash.<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/utcboot/ TIARA] - TIARA, an Openbios/GRUB/PFORTH composite, BIOS replacement (dead?)<br />
* [http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/ Proll] - Proll is a firmware replacement for SUN JavaStations to boot Linux<br />
* [http://gnufi.blogspot.com/ GNUFI], an open source EFI implementation<br />
* [http://cygwin.com/redboot/ redboot]<br />
* SLOF<br />
* [http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/ Open Hackware]<br />
* SUN OpenBoot<br />
* [http://www.humboldt.co.uk/gbios.html GBIOS] - GBIOS is a GPLed firmware for PowerPC G3/G4 and some Motorola cpus. (dead?)<br />
* ...<br />
<br />
== Virtual Machines and Emulation ==<br />
* [http://www.qemu.com/ QEMU]<br />
* [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/ XEN] Virtualization<br />
* [http://bochs.sourceforge.net/ Bochs] - portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator<br />
* [http://www.dosemu.org/ DOSemu] - DOS Emulation for Linux<br />
* Hypervisor<br />
* ...</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=OpenBIOS&diff=176OpenBIOS2008-09-14T23:48:33Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>= OpenBIOS - Code Releases =<br />
<br />
Welcome to the OpenBIOS download page. Here you'll find releases of OpenBIOS components.<br />
<br />
We are heading towards the release of OpenBIOS v1.0. See the [http://bugzilla.openbios.org/ OpenBIOS issue tracker] for milestones, tasks and open bugs (mostly coreboot issues nowadays).<br />
<br />
= OpenBIOS =<br />
<br />
Download the latest release of OpenBIOS including the Forth kernel and all of the IEEE 1275-1994 compliant Forth code for user interface, client interface and device interface.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/131/openbios-devel?old_path=%2F&old=131&format=zip OpenBIOS 1.0alpha2] (2007-04-27)<br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' The FCODE utilities are no longer part of the main OpenBIOS distribution. Have a look at the [[FCODE suite]] if you are looking for toke and detok.<br />
<br />
== Kernel ==<br />
There is also an ancient stand-alone version of the OpenBIOS Forth kernel ''BeginAgain''.<br />
<br />
The last released stand-alone version is: [http://www.openbios.org/data/bin/kernel-1.1.tar.bz2 BeginAgain 1.1] (2003-10-12). <br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' You should use the latest version of ''BeginAgain'' that is present in the complete ''OpenBIOS release'' above. It is much newer than ''BeginAgain 1.1'' and it supports cross compiling and lots of other nifty features. ''BeginAgain 1.1'' is here for educational purposes only: The core binary is only 6k on x86.<br />
<br />
= Development Environment =<br />
<br />
== FCode Suite ==<br />
<br />
To ownload the latest version of the FCode Suite, including an FCode detokenizer, an FCode tokenizer and the romheader utility, please go to the [[FCODE suite|FCode Suite page]].<br />
<br />
== Flashing ==<br />
/dev/bios is obsolete and has been replaced by a new and better utility. Please download a coreboot snapshot and use the [[FlashRom|flashrom utility]] from ''coreboot-v2/util/flashrom''.<br />
<br />
= Development Repository =<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS keeps its development tree in a [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion ] repository. If you do not want to use Subversion, please have a look at the [[#Snapshots|Snapshots]] below.<br />
<br />
== Anonymous access ==<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: (see the Confirmed working svn revisions page)<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel -r 4<br />
<br />
or for checking out the source code for the OpenBIOS FCode Suite:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/fcode-utils<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/openbios-devel</nowiki><br />
<br />
or<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/fcode-utils</nowiki><br />
<br />
== Developer access ==<br />
<br />
Access for developers is very similar to anonymous access. Just add your subversion username as follows when checking out the repository:<br />
$ svn co svn://username@openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
Subversion has commands very similar to CVS.<br />
<br />
= Source code browsing =<br />
<br />
You can also browse the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/openbios-devel OpenBIOS subversion repository] online.<br />
<br />
= Snapshots =<br />
<br />
There is currently no archive of snapshots available for OpenBIOS. You can use the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/openbios-devel source code browser] to download a ZIP archive of any revision.<br />
<br />
Alternatively you can also download the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/latest/openbios-devel?old_path=%2F&format=zip most current snapshot] directly.<br />
<br />
= More on Subversion =<br />
<br />
* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ Subversion book] - this online book is the best SVN documentation available online.<br />
* [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion homepage]<br />
<br />
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<div>Development contributions<br />
<br />
Development contributions<br />
<br />
* Stefan Reinauer (project coordination, main development)<br />
* Patrick Mauritz (initial kernel work)<br />
* Samuel Rydh (forth interfaces, MOL port, ...)<br />
* Greg Watson (briq port)<br />
* [mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor] (improving Toke)<br />
* Chen-Chau Chu (ppc fixes)<br />
* Tim Barrett (detok patches)<br />
* Krishna Myneni (permission to include kForth examples with toke)<br />
<br />
Hardware/Funding<br />
<br />
* Michael Gibson (EsEsIx) for donating a CS5530 based thin client for /dev/bios development.<br />
* [http://www.linuxfund.org/ LinuxFund.org] chose OpenBIOS to be awarded in the spring 2002 grant cycle with US$1000. Thanks a lot for supporting our work!<br />
* [http://www.newisys.com/ Newisys] funded the OpenBIOS project with a very nice piece of hardware, an Opteron based 1U 2CPU Newisys 2100. This machine is nowadays running www.openfirmware.info and www.coreboot.org.<br />
* [http://sase.de/ Daniele Frijia] for donating a Motorola PPC-machine<br />
<br />
If you or somebody else is missing on this list, send an email to Stefan Reinauer</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Code_of_Conduct&diff=99Code of Conduct2008-09-14T23:47:18Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>Dear OpenBIOS project members and other interested parties,<br />
<br />
For the ease of development and for information on what can be expected from this project we want to set down the following ground rules in order to achieve a high quality implementation of our project objectives.<br />
<br />
1. The objective of this project is to develop a free, open source, architecture independant firmware implementation following, if possible, the IEEE Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware (IEEE 1275-1994). Including not only the implementation of the standard itself but also the required toolkit consisting of a C to FCode compiler, an FCode tokenizer and an FCode detokenizer. This toolkit will simplify driver and API development implementing ANSI C as the development language instead of implementing Forth/FCode directly as suggested by the IEEE standard.<br />
<br />
2. We cannot allow _any_ discussion or use of _any_ copyrighted, patented, or otherwise protected Firmware or BIOS implementations without an OSI approved license in this project or on the mailing list associated with this project. All members of this project and/or the according mailing lists agree to not disclose or use any copyrighted, patented, or otherwise protected information, ideas or concepts.<br />
<br />
3. We do not intend to implement any of the ideas or concepts expressed in the current Intel 32bit architechture, except when these are necessary to insure the compatability with existing hardware. Such ideas and concepts will only be used if such use is not restricted by _any_ laws, copyrights or patents.<br />
<br />
4. In order to assure truly universal implementation and/or optimize the functionality and performance it is our expressed wish to work in conjunction with other open source (firmware) projects, such as coreboot or U-Boot.<br />
<br />
5. Cooperation with hardware vendors is necessary to implement this project on an architecture-independent basis. In certain cases this may include signing non-disclosure agreements with the aforementioned hardware vendors in an attempt to acquire hardware specific information or support that may not otherwise be available although the results of such cooperation must be freely redistributable.<br />
<br />
6. Cooperation with any university, research project, or organization is desired except in such cases where the resulting information is restricted in use or redistributability.<br />
<br />
If, for whatever reasons, any of the above statements are unacceptable or seem to be incorrect or unclear in _any_ way please do not hesitate to discuss this matter on the mailing list, we are open for suggestions. This is simply an attempt to assure the legal status of this project, protecting those involved from legal prosecution as well as to state the general objectives of the project.<br />
<br />
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<div>== The OpenBIOS Project ==<br />
The OpenBIOS project coordinates all free and open source implementations of the Open Firmware standard. Yet our development team is rather small. You are welcome to contact us, if you<br />
<br />
* want to help developing drivers, support for new systems, write documentation.<br />
* need help porting Open Firmware to your custom hardware and are looking for specialists to get it done.<br />
<br />
Of course we appreciate any help, hints, patches, comments, etc.<br />
<br />
NOTE: Please read our [[Project Statement]].<br />
<br />
== Mailinglist ==<br />
Development and other things about OpenBIOS are discussed on the [[mailinglist|OpenBIOS mailing list]]. If you want to contribute, ask questions, get information or have some ideas, please subscribe to this list. It's currently very low traffic. If you have patches, feel free to send them to the list, too. Please note: To keep the amount of spam as low as possible, only subscribed users are allowed to post to the list.<br />
<br />
== Internet Relay Chat ==<br />
Currently most of the discussion moved over to Internet Relay Chat (IRC). You can find us on [http://www.freenode.net/ irc.freenode.net] in #coreboot. Most people are in CET timezone, so don't give up when this channels seems very quiet for some time.<br />
<br />
Here you have the chance to talk to people being involved or interested in this project. Most of the discussion is tech talk. There's no need to ask whether you are allowed to ask. Questions on OpenBIOS, coreboot, firmware and related topics are welcome.<br />
<br />
== Project Maintainer ==<br />
<br />
The OpenBIOS Project is maintained by [[User:Stepan|Stefan Reinauer]] from [http://www.coresystems.de coresystems GmbH]. If you have any questions regarding the project that are beyond the scope of the mailing list, please contact [[User:Stepan|Stefan]]<br />
<br />
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<div><div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
The '''OpenBIOS''' project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. <br />
<br />
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code. <br />
<br />
It is Open Firmware's goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, Open Firmware targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.<br />
<br />
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, IBM and others.<br />
<br />
In most cases, the Open Firmware implementations provided on this site rely on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://www.coreboot.org/ coreboot] or [http://u-boot.sourceforge.net/ U-Boot].<br />
</div><br />
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|-<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
Get the latest version of OpenBIOS. See the [[OpenBIOS|development download page]]. Have a look at the Implementations section on the left side.<br />
<br />
== Contact ==<br />
<br />
The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the [[Mailinglist]] page.<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
<br />
Who are the people behind OpenBIOS? Who helped and contributed to make OpenBIOS as successful as it is today. See the growing [[Credits]] page for a (yet incomplete) list of people contributing to OpenBIOS with hardware, patches, code, hints, etc.<br />
<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== News ==<br />
<small><br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.2 released''' (2006-10-30)<br />
<br />
[mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor] added tracing support to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]].<br />
<br />
'''LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006''' (2006-10-01)<br />
<br />
The first European [http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/LinuxBIOS_Symposium_2006 LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006] took place in Hamburg from October 1st to 3rd. This event was organized by [http://www.coresystems.de/ coresystems GmbH].<br />
<br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.1 available''' (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
[mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor], when he was with the IBM Corporation, contributed to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]]. This release has higher test coverage, a more detailed report on one type of error, and removal of dead code and consolidation of some other code.<br />
<br />
'''SUN released OpenBOOT source code''' (2006-09-06)<br />
<br />
[http://www.sun.com/ SUN microsystems] has recently released their OpenBOOT source code to the community under a BSD license. Go to their [http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/download_sw.html OpenSparc T1 website]] to download the full archive (190MB) or check out our [http://www.openbios.org/~stepan/sun-obp.tar.bz2 local mirror] (1.7MB).<br />
<br />
[[News|[older news]]]<br />
</small><br />
|}<br />
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<div>== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
In 2006 [http://sun.com/ Sun Microsystems] released their Open Firmware implementation OpenBoot under a BSL like license. Their code supports the sun4v architecture running on a hypervisor.<br />
<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
You can [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openboot/browser browse the source code online].<br />
<br />
The repository is available through Subversion:<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openboot/<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: <br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openboot -r 1<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openboot-svn/ openboot</nowiki><br />
<br />
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<div>== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
In 2006 the company of Open Firmware inventor Mitch Bradley, [http://firmworks.com/ Firmworks, Inc], released their Open Firmware implementation under a BSD license. This code shares some code with SUN's OpenBOOT implementation. It supports the x86 architecture and runs, amongst others, as a LinuxBIOS payload. It is the firmware implementation on the OLPC.<br />
<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
You can [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openfirmware/browser browse the source code online].<br />
<br />
The repository is available through Subversion:<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openfirmware/<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: <br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openfirmware -r 35<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openfirmware-svn/ openfirmware</nowiki><br />
<br />
<br />
== coreboot ==<br />
<br />
You should change openfirmware/cpu/x86/pc/biosload/config.fth:<br />
<br />
Index: config.fth<br />
===================================================================<br />
--- config.fth (revision 599)<br />
+++ config.fth (working copy)<br />
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@<br />
purpose: Establish configuration definitions<br />
<br />
create pc \ Demo version for generic PC<br />
-\ create pc-linux \ Demo version for generic PC and Linux<br />
+create pc-linux \ Demo version for generic PC and Linux<br />
\ create pc-serial \ Demo version for generic PC<br />
<br />
\ --- The environment that "boots" OFW ---<br />
\ - Image Format - Example Media - previous stage bootloader<br />
<br />
\ - (Syslinux) COM32 format - USB Key w/ FAT FS - Syslinux<br />
-create syslinux-loaded<br />
+\ create syslinux-loaded<br />
<br />
\ - Linux kernel format - USB Key w/ FAT FS - LinuxBIOS w/ stripped Linux payload<br />
\ create bzimage-loaded<br />
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@<br />
\ create etherboot-variant \ Enable additional tweaks for Etherboot<br />
<br />
\ - ELF format (no pheader) - ROM - LinuxBIOS direct<br />
-\ create linuxbios-loaded<br />
+create linuxbios-loaded<br />
<br />
\ Load and run in qemu<br />
-\ create qemu-loaded <br />
+create qemu-loaded <br />
<br />
[ifdef] pc-serial<br />
create serial-console<br />
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@<br />
\ the point where Linux starts using the MMU. It isn't strictly<br />
\ necessary to use virtual mode if you just want to boot Linux<br />
\ and then have OFW disappear.<br />
-create virtual-mode<br />
+\ create virtual-mode<br />
create pc<br />
create linux-support<br />
[then]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Building ==<br />
<br />
Software Requirements: <br />
qemu-0.9.0 + ROMSIZE-patch<br />
Open Firmware rev. >= 500<br />
coreboot >= v2<br />
<br />
=== Patch and build qemu ===<br />
Get the patch from http://www.freimann.org/qemu_biossize.patch and apply it against qemu-0.9.0.<br />
<br />
tar xvfz qemu-0.9.0.tar.gz<br />
cd qemu-0.9.0<br />
wget http://www.freimann.org/qemu_biossize.patch<br />
patch -p1 < qemu_biossize.patch<br />
<br />
Make sure that you have gcc-3.x installed, then<br />
<br />
./config && make && make install<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Build Open Firmware ===<br />
Get Open Firmware from Subversion<br />
svn co svn://openbios.org/openfirmware<br />
<br />
Change to the build directory of the biosload build.<br />
cd cpu/x86/pc/biosload/<br />
<br />
To change the config file of Open Firmware you can either use the above patch, or you can edit config.fth with your favorite editor (vi!!1!). Uncomment the lines<br />
create linuxbios-loaded<br />
create qemu-loaded<br />
<br />
Comment out the line with<br />
create syslinux-loaded<br />
<br />
Now change to the build directory and type "make"<br />
cd build<br />
make<br />
<br />
After make is finished there should be a file "ofwlb.elf" in the same directory. Copy this to your coreboot-v[x] directory.<br />
<br />
=== Build coreboot ===<br />
Follow the instructions in the coreboot documentation. Make sure that you use the ofwlb.elf file as your payload.<br />
It is also very imortant that the ROMSIZE for coreboot and qemu correspond with each other.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Run it ===<br />
qemu -L coreboot-v3/build -hda path/to/disk.img -serial `tty` -nographic <br />
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<div>== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
In 2006 [http://codegen.com/ CodeGen, Inc] released their Open Firmware implementation under a BSL like license. Their code, entirely written in ANSI C, contains the following components:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.codegen.com/SmartFirmware/index.html SmartFirmwareâ„¢]: an ANSI C implementation of the IEEE-1275 Open Firmware boot firmware standard. Dramatically reduce and ease your firmware development and system bring-up times and costs.<br />
* An [http://www.codegen.com/SmartFirmware/ccfcode.html ANSI C compiler] that generates Open Firmware compatible Forth/Fcode makes it easy to develop drivers for PCI cards and PMC modules.<br />
<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
You can [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/smartfirmware/browser browse the code online].<br />
<br />
The repository is available through Subversion:<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/smartfirmware/<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: <br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/smartfirmware -r 1<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/smartfirmware-svn/ smartfirmware</nowiki><br />
<br />
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<div>= OpenBIOS - Code Releases =<br />
<br />
Welcome to the OpenBIOS download page. Here you'll find releases of OpenBIOS components.<br />
<br />
We are heading towards the release of OpenBIOS v1.0. See the [http://bugzilla.openbios.org/ OpenBIOS issue tracker] for milestones, tasks and open bugs (mostly coreboot issues nowadays).<br />
<br />
= OpenBIOS =<br />
<br />
Download the latest release of OpenBIOS including the Forth kernel and all of the IEEE 1275-1994 compliant Forth code for user interface, client interface and device interface.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/131/openbios-devel?old_path=%2F&old=131&format=zip OpenBIOS 1.0alpha2] (2007-04-27)<br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' The FCODE utilities are no longer part of the main OpenBIOS distribution. Have a look at the [[FCODE suite]] if you are looking for toke and detok.<br />
<br />
== Kernel ==<br />
There is also an ancient stand-alone version of the OpenBIOS Forth kernel ''BeginAgain''.<br />
<br />
The last released stand-alone version is: [http://www.openbios.org/data/bin/kernel-1.1.tar.bz2 BeginAgain 1.1] (2003-10-12). <br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' You should use the latest version of ''BeginAgain'' that is present in the complete ''OpenBIOS release'' above. It is much newer than ''BeginAgain 1.1'' and it supports cross compiling and lots of other nifty features. ''BeginAgain 1.1'' is here for educational purposes only: The core binary is only 6k on x86.<br />
<br />
= Development Environment =<br />
<br />
== FCode Suite ==<br />
<br />
To ownload the latest version of the FCode Suite, including an FCode detokenizer, an FCode tokenizer and the romheader utility, please go to the [[FCODE suite|FCode Suite page]].<br />
<br />
== Flashing ==<br />
/dev/bios is obsolete and has been replaced by a new and better utility. Please download a LinuxBIOS snapshot and use the [[FlashRom|flashrom utility]] from ''LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom''.<br />
<br />
= Development Repository =<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS keeps its development tree in a [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion ] repository. If you do not want to use Subversion, please have a look at the [[#Snapshots|Snapshots]] below.<br />
<br />
== Anonymous access ==<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: (see the Confirmed working svn revisions page)<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel -r 4<br />
<br />
or for checking out the source code for the OpenBIOS FCode Suite:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/fcode-utils<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/openbios-devel</nowiki><br />
<br />
or<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/fcode-utils</nowiki><br />
<br />
== Developer access ==<br />
<br />
Access for developers is very similar to anonymous access. Just add your subversion username as follows when checking out the repository:<br />
$ svn co svn://username@openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
Subversion has commands very similar to CVS.<br />
<br />
= Source code browsing =<br />
<br />
You can also browse the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/openbios-devel OpenBIOS subversion repository] online.<br />
<br />
= Snapshots =<br />
<br />
There is currently no archive of snapshots available for OpenBIOS. You can use the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/openbios-devel source code browser] to download a ZIP archive of any revision.<br />
<br />
Alternatively you can also download the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/latest/openbios-devel?old_path=%2F&format=zip most current snapshot] directly.<br />
<br />
= More on Subversion =<br />
<br />
* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ Subversion book] - this online book is the best SVN documentation available online.<br />
* [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion homepage]<br />
<br />
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<div>== What is the OpenBIOS FCODE Suite? ==<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS provides a sophisticated set of FCODE utilities: <br />
* the tokenizer '''toke'''<br />
* the detokenizer '''detok'''<br />
* and a PCI rom header utility.<br />
* a portable implementation of forth local values<br />
<br />
These files are offered without any warranty. If you experience problems, please contact the [[Mailinglist|OpenBIOS mailinglist]].<br />
<br />
<br />
== Downloading the OpenBIOS FCode Suite ==<br />
<br />
'''The latest version of the OpenBIOS FCode Suite is 1.0.2 (released 2006-10-30)'''<br />
<br />
=== Source Code ===<br />
<br />
View the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils?rev=197 Sources] online. Available as a ZIP-File: [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/197/fcode-utils?old_path=%2F&old=197&format=zip FCode-utils 1.0.2]<br />
<br />
See the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/ChangeLog?rev=197 ChangeLog] for a list of changes since 1.0.1.<br />
A hand crafted html document describes [http://www.openbios.org/data/visiblediffs/V01_versus_V2x/ some more changes].<br />
<br />
=== Documentation ===<br />
There are three documents, all in html format, plus a sub-directory of templates that provide common formatting support.<br />
<br />
It is important that these be kept in the same directory, as there are some links from one file to another.<br />
<br />
The documents are User's Guides to:<br />
* the [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Documents/toke.html New Features of the Tokenizer],<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Documents/detok.html the Detokenizer], and<br />
* the [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Documents/localvalues.html Local Values feature], which is mentioned briefly in the Tokenizer User's Guide and described fully in the Local Values document.<br />
<br />
Available as a ZIP-File: [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/236/fcode-utils/documentation?old_path=%2F&old=&format=zip Documentation Archive]<br />
<br />
There is also doxygen generated documentation available<br />
* [http://openbios.org/data/toke/toke-0.6.10 doxygen documentation for toke 0.6.10] <br />
* [http://openbios.org/data/toke/toke-1.0 doxygen documentation for toke 1.0.0]<br />
* TODO: doxygen documentation for toke 1.0.2<br />
<br />
=== Executables for three platforms ===<br />
<br />
While you can find a couple of executables here we strongly recommend that you compile the FCode toolchain from the sources above so you gain from the integration work and fixes that have been done since these executables have been created.<br />
<br />
There are three programs: the Tokenizer, the Detokenizer and the ROMHeaders utility. ([http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Binaries Binaries])<br />
<br />
There is a version for each of three platforms (i.e., combinations of Processor and O/S): Cygwin running on an X86, GNU Linux running on a Power-PC, and AIX running on a Power-PC.<br />
<br />
There are two variants of each version: One that has level-2 Optimization and one that has no optimization at all, which I provided for purposes of Debugging. Optimization causes some routines and variables to become obscured and inaccessible to debuggers, and also re-arranges the sequence of execution in a way that can become confusing during single-stepping.<br />
<br />
And finally, for each, there is a "stripped" and an "unstripped" executable image. The "unstripped" image has an extension of "unstripped"; the "stripped" image has no extension.<br />
<br />
There are separate directories for the Debug and Optim(ized Level)2 variants.<br />
<br />
Under each are sub-directories for the different platforms, within which the executable images reside.<br />
<br />
All binaries are also available in a single Tar-File: [http://www.openbios.org/data/fcodesuite/Binaries.tar.bz2 Binaries.tar.bz2]<br />
<br />
=== Local Value Support ===<br />
<br />
Includ-able tokenizer-source files for [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/localvalues Local Values Support] (explained in one of the User's Guide documents). Five files: <br />
* One supplies the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/localvalues/LocalValuesSupport.fth basic functionality]<br />
* the second adds a [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/localvalues/LocalValuesDevelSupport.fth development-time facility]<br />
* the third generates a variant behavior ([http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/localvalues/GlobalLocalValues.fth "Global" scope] rather than scope limited to a single Device-Node) <br />
* and the fourth [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/localvalues/GlobalLocalValuesDevel.fth combines the "Global" variant behavior with the development-time facility]. <br />
* The fifth [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/localvalues/TotalLocalValuesSupport.fth allows the choice of combinations to be governed by command-line switches], and is probably the best to use with Makefiles in commercial development and production environments.<br />
<br />
There is commentation in each one explaining how it is to be used.<br />
<br />
Available as part of the OpenBIOS FCODE suite and as a seperate [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/changeset/236/fcode-utils/localvalues?old_path=%2F&format=zip ZIP-File].<br />
<br />
=== Todo ===<br />
<br />
A list of "Still To Be Done" items, excerpted from the commentation in the Sources<br />
<br />
The source files have, scattered among their commentation, an occasional item discussing a feature or implementation detail that might be worth attention in future revisions. <br />
<br />
This file is a [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/TODO collection of all of them] in a single convenient location.<br />
<br />
== Unit-Test Suite ==<br />
<br />
=== The suite of unit-test cases ===<br />
This is the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/testsuite accumulation of test-cases] that were created in the course of development. Some of these are a straightforward invocation of a feature, others are convoluted combinations of features whose interaction needed to be carefully watched, and still others are collections of coding errors, for purposes of verifying the Error-detection capabilities of the Tokenizer. They are grouped into sub-directories representing broad categories.<br />
<br />
Run the unit-test cases with<br />
<br />
$ make tests<br />
<br />
=== Test Tools ===<br />
The tools to run the Unit-Test Suite as a batch and examine the results for changes relative to the results from a previous run.<br />
<br />
The process of manually running a unit-test and comparing against the previous output, after every change, became unwieldy, especially when it came to running the entire suite of tests. These scripts were developed to automate both processes: <br />
<br />
* [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/testsuite/AutoExec AutoExec] automates the execution, and <br />
* [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/testsuite/AutoCompare AutoCompare] automates the comparison.<br />
<br />
There is commentation in each explaining how it is used.<br />
<br />
== Unit-Test Suite Logs ==<br />
These can be used as base-lines for comparison against future versions, or, if so be, versions compiled for additional platforms. <br />
<br />
Note that a comparison of these against each other will not yield exact identity. Some of the test-cases, for instance, code the current date and time, others display a complete file-path, and still one other attempts to load a file for encoding using a syntax that is erroneous on some O/S's but not on others.<br />
<br />
All in all, five or six file differences will be expected to be reported by AutoCompare.<br />
<br />
* The results from a run of the Unit-Test Suite on the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/testlogs/testlogs-x86-cygwin X86/Cygwin] platform.<br />
<br />
* The results from a run of the Unit-Test Suite on the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/testlogs/testlogs-ppc-linux PowerPC/Linux] platform. <br />
<br />
* The results from a run of the Unit-Test Suite on the [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openbios/browser/fcode-utils/testlogs/testlogs-ppc-aix PowerPC/AIX] platform.<br />
<br />
== Coverage Reports ==<br />
<br />
The test suite has been run using gcov/lcov to produce graphical code coverage reports.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/data/coverage-fcode-suite-1.0.2/ coverage report for FCODE suite 1.0.2]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/data/coverage-toke-1.0.2/ coverage report for toke 1.0.2]<br />
* [http://openbios.org/data/toke/coverage/ coverage report for toke 1.0.0]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Kudos and Thanks ==<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-top:0.5em; margin-bottom:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
The OpenBIOS FCODE Suite has been significantly enhanced to meet commercial grade requirements by [mailto:David@paktor.biz David Paktor]. Regarding to code readability and stability, he made the FCODE suite the best part of OpenBIOS. And it's probably the best FCODE development environment out there. '''Thank you, David!'''<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=74MediaWiki:Sidebar2008-09-12T21:42:01Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div>* About the Project<br />
** mainpage|mainpage<br />
** Contact us|Contact us<br />
** Mailinglist|Mailinglist<br />
** Code of Conduct|Code of Conduct<br />
** Credits|Credits<br />
** Licensing|Licensing<br />
<br />
* Implementations<br />
** Open Firmware|Open Firmware<br />
** SmartFirmware|Smart Firmware<br />
** OpenBOOT|OpenBOOT<br />
** OpenBIOS|OpenBIOS<br />
** SLOF|SLOF<br />
<br />
* Development<br />
** FCODE suite|FCODE suite<br />
** BeginAgain|Kernel<br />
** FlashRom|Flashing<br />
** http://bugzilla.openbios.org/|Issues/Bugs<br />
** Low Level Firmware<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
** IEEE 1275-1994|Open Firmware<br />
** Bindings|Bindings and Supplements<br />
** Forth/FCode|Forth/FCode<br />
** On the Net|On the Net<br />
<br />
* Wiki<br />
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=IEEE_1275-1994&diff=116IEEE 1275-19942007-01-24T12:20:37Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>After 5 years the IEEE 1275-1994 standard got withdrawn by the IEEE Standards Association. This does by no means implicate that this standard is abandoned or dead. There are several commercial implementations of Open Firmware and a quite reasonable number of hardware vendors support it. IEEE sold the rights to distribute the standards document to Global Engineering who still offer it.<br />
<br />
To Contact Global Engineering, use Phone: 1-800-854-7179, Fax: 303-397-2740. Out side the U.S. call 303-792-2181. You can also purchase the IEEE 1275-1994 document online from the [http://global.ihs.com/ Global Engineering website].<br />
<br />
To get started with Open Firmware, download the IEEE 1275-1994, Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware Core Requirements and Practices. You can get the document from our [http://www.openbios.org/data/docs/of1275.pdf local mirror] or from the [ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/p1275/coredoc/1275-1994/1275.ps.gz IEEE 1275-1994 ftp archive at sun.com].<br />
<br />
For more information on IEEE 1275 Open Firmware, we recommend you browse the [http://playground.sun.com/pub/p1275 IEEE Standard 1275 Working Group's Home Page].<br />
<br />
No Standard without mistakes - This [http://www.openbios.org/data/docs/1275errata.pdf Errata] document contains corrections of mistakes and clarifications of the IEEE 1275-1994 standard (Draft #4).<br />
<br />
The Open Firmware standard is the elementary base of OpenBIOS. Any questions are welcome, please contact [[User:Stepan|Stefan Reinauer]] or the [[Mailinglist|OpenBIOS Mailinglist]].</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=73MediaWiki:Sidebar2007-01-24T12:15:34Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>* About the Project<br />
** mainpage|mainpage<br />
** Contact us|Contact us<br />
** Mailinglist|Mailinglist<br />
** Project Statement|Project Statement<br />
** Credits|Credits<br />
** Licensing|Licensing<br />
<br />
* Implementations<br />
** Open Firmware|Open Firmware<br />
** SmartFirmware|Smart Firmware<br />
** OpenBOOT|OpenBOOT<br />
** OpenBIOS|OpenBIOS<br />
** SLOF|SLOF<br />
<br />
* Development<br />
** FCODE suite|FCODE suite<br />
** BeginAgain|Kernel<br />
** FlashRom|Flashing<br />
** http://bugzilla.openbios.org/|Issues/Bugs<br />
** Low Level Firmware<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
** IEEE 1275-1994|Open Firmware<br />
** Bindings|Bindings and Supplements<br />
** Forth/FCode|Forth/FCode<br />
** On the Net|On the Net<br />
<br />
* Wiki<br />
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=72MediaWiki:Sidebar2007-01-24T12:14:41Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div>* About the Project<br />
** mainpage|mainpage<br />
** Contact us|Contact us<br />
** Mailinglist|Mailinglist<br />
** Project Statement|Project Statement<br />
** Credits|Credits<br />
** Licensing|Licensing<br />
<br />
* Implementations<br />
** Open Firmware|Open Firmware<br />
** SmartFirmware|Smart Firmware<br />
** OpenBOOT|OpenBOOT<br />
** OpenBIOS|OpenBIOS<br />
** SLOF|SLOF<br />
<br />
* Development<br />
** FCODE suite|FCODE suite<br />
** BeginAgain|Kernel<br />
** FlashRom|Flashing<br />
** http://bugzilla.openbios.org/|Issues/Bugs<br />
** Low Level Firmware<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
** IEEE1275-1994|Open Firmware<br />
** Bindings|Bindings and Supplements<br />
** Forth/FCode|Forth/FCode<br />
** On the Net|On the Net<br />
<br />
* Wiki<br />
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Welcome_to_OpenBIOS&diff=38Welcome to OpenBIOS2007-01-13T18:02:11Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div><div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
The '''OpenBIOS''' project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. <br />
<br />
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code. <br />
<br />
It is Open Firmware's goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, Open Firmware targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.<br />
<br />
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, IBM and others.<br />
<br />
In most cases, the Open Firmware implementations provided on this site rely on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://linuxbios.org/ LinuxBIOS] or [http://u-boot.sourceforge.net/ U-Boot].<br />
</div><br />
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{| cellspacing=5 cellpadding=5 border=0 valign="top" width=100%<br />
|-<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
Get the latest version of OpenBIOS. See the [[Downloads|development download page]] or the [[Releases|releases page]].<br />
<br />
== Contact ==<br />
<br />
The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the [[Mailinglist]] page.<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
<br />
Who are the people behind OpenBIOS? Who helped and contributed to make OpenBIOS as successful as it is today. See the growing [[Credits]] page for a (yet incomplete) list of people contributing to OpenBIOS with hardware, patches, code, hints, etc.<br />
<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== News ==<br />
<small><br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.2 released''' (2006-10-30)<br />
<br />
[mailto:dlpaktor@netscape.net David Paktor] added tracing support to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]].<br />
<br />
'''LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006''' (2006-10-01)<br />
<br />
The first European [http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/LinuxBIOS_Symposium_2006 LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006] took place in Hamburg from October 1st to 3rd. This event was organized by [http://www.coresystems.de/ coresystems GmbH].<br />
<br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.1 available''' (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
[mailto:dlpaktor@netscape.net David Paktor], when he was with the IBM Corporation, contributed to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]]. This release has higher test coverage, a more detailed report on one type of error, and removal of dead code and consolidation of some other code.<br />
<br />
'''SUN released OpenBOOT source code''' (2006-09-06)<br />
<br />
[http://www.sun.com/ SUN microsystems] has recently released their OpenBOOT source code to the community under a BSD license. Go to their [http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/download_sw.html OpenSparc T1 website]] to download the full archive (190MB) or check out our [http://www.openbios.org/~stepan/sun-obp.tar.bz2 local mirror] (1.7MB).<br />
<br />
[[News|[older news]]]<br />
</small><br />
|}<br />
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__NOEDITSECTION__</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Contact_us&diff=89Contact us2007-01-13T17:55:43Z<p>WikiSysop: /* The OpenBIOS Project */</p>
<hr />
<div>== The OpenBIOS Project ==<br />
The OpenBIOS project coordinates all free and open source implementations of the Open Firmware standard. Yet our development team is rather small. You are welcome to contact us, if you<br />
<br />
* want to help developing drivers, support for new systems, write documentation.<br />
* need help porting Open Firmware to your custom hardware and are looking for specialists to get it done.<br />
<br />
Of course we appreciate any help, hints, patches, comments, etc.<br />
<br />
NOTE: Please read our [[Project Statement]].<br />
<br />
== Mailinglist ==<br />
Development and other things about OpenBIOS are discussed on the [[mailinglist|OpenBIOS mailing list]]. If you want to contribute, ask questions, get information or have some ideas, please subscribe to this list. It's currently very low traffic. If you have patches, feel free to send them to the list, too. Please note: To keep the amount of spam as low as possible, only subscribed users are allowed to post to the list.<br />
<br />
== Internet Relay Chat ==<br />
Currently most of the discussion moved over to Internet Relay Chat (IRC). You can find us on [http://www.freenode.net/ irc.freenode.net] in #OpenBIOS. Most people are in CET timezone, so don't give up when this channels seems very quiet for some time.<br />
<br />
Here you have the chance to talk to people being involved or interested in this project. Most of the discussion is tech talk. There's no need to ask whether you are allowed to ask. Questions on OpenBIOS, LinuxBIOS, firmware and related topics are welcome.<br />
<br />
== Project Maintainer ==<br />
<br />
The OpenBIOS Project is maintained by [[User:Stepan|Stefan Reinauer]] from [http://www.coresystems.de coresystems GmbH]. If you have any questions regarding the project that are beyond the scope of the mailing list, please contact [[User:Stepan|Stefan]]<br />
<br />
__NOTOC__</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Welcome_to_OpenBIOS&diff=37Welcome to OpenBIOS2007-01-13T17:53:31Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div><div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
'''OpenBIOS''' is a free portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. <br />
<br />
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code. <br />
<br />
It is OpenBIOS' goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, OpenBIOS targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.<br />
<br />
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, IBM and others.<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS relies on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://linuxbios.org/ LinuxBIOS] or [http://u-boot.sourceforge.net/ U-Boot].<br />
</div><br />
<br />
{| cellspacing=5 cellpadding=5 border=0 valign="top" width=100%<br />
|-<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
Get the latest version of OpenBIOS. See the [[Downloads|development download page]] or the [[Releases|releases page]].<br />
<br />
== Contact ==<br />
<br />
The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the [[Mailinglist]] page.<br />
<br />
== Project Statement ==<br />
<br />
Our [[Project Statement]] contains some words about the intention of OpenBIOS and how we want to realize those goals. This is a rough draft of the dos and don'ts in the project and worthwhile reading if you consider contributing to the project.<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
<br />
Who are the people behind OpenBIOS? Who helped and contributed to make OpenBIOS as successful as it is today. See the growing [[Credits]] page for a (yet incomplete) list of people contributing to OpenBIOS with hardware, patches, code, hints, etc.<br />
<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== News ==<br />
<small><br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.2 released''' (2006-10-30)<br />
<br />
[mailto:dlpaktor@netscape.net David Paktor] added tracing support to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]].<br />
<br />
'''LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006''' (2006-10-01)<br />
<br />
The first European [http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/LinuxBIOS_Symposium_2006 LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006] took place in Hamburg from October 1st to 3rd. This event was organized by [http://www.coresystems.de/ coresystems GmbH].<br />
<br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.1 available''' (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
[mailto:dlpaktor@netscape.net David Paktor], when he was with the IBM Corporation, contributed to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]]. This release has higher test coverage, a more detailed report on one type of error, and removal of dead code and consolidation of some other code.<br />
<br />
'''SUN released OpenBOOT source code''' (2006-09-06)<br />
<br />
[http://www.sun.com/ SUN microsystems] has recently released their OpenBOOT source code to the community under a BSD license. Go to their [http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/download_sw.html OpenSparc T1 website]] to download the full archive (190MB) or check out our [http://www.openbios.org/~stepan/sun-obp.tar.bz2 local mirror] (1.7MB).<br />
<br />
[[News|[older news]]]<br />
</small><br />
|}<br />
__NOTOC__ <br />
__NOEDITSECTION__</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Welcome_to_OpenBIOS&diff=36Welcome to OpenBIOS2007-01-13T17:51:34Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div>= Welcome to Open Firmware =<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
'''OpenBIOS''' is a free portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. <br />
<br />
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code. <br />
<br />
It is OpenBIOS' goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, OpenBIOS targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.<br />
<br />
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, IBM and others.<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS relies on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://linuxbios.org/ LinuxBIOS] or [http://u-boot.sourceforge.net/ U-Boot].<br />
</div><br />
<br />
{| cellspacing=5 cellpadding=5 border=0 valign="top" width=100%<br />
|-<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
Get the latest version of OpenBIOS. See the [[Downloads|development download page]] or the [[Releases|releases page]].<br />
<br />
== Contact ==<br />
<br />
The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the [[Mailinglist]] page.<br />
<br />
== Project Statement ==<br />
<br />
Our [[Project Statement]] contains some words about the intention of OpenBIOS and how we want to realize those goals. This is a rough draft of the dos and don'ts in the project and worthwhile reading if you consider contributing to the project.<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
<br />
Who are the people behind OpenBIOS? Who helped and contributed to make OpenBIOS as successful as it is today. See the growing [[Credits]] page for a (yet incomplete) list of people contributing to OpenBIOS with hardware, patches, code, hints, etc.<br />
<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== News ==<br />
<small><br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.2 released''' (2006-10-30)<br />
<br />
[mailto:dlpaktor@netscape.net David Paktor] added tracing support to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]].<br />
<br />
'''LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006''' (2006-10-01)<br />
<br />
The first European [http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/LinuxBIOS_Symposium_2006 LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006] took place in Hamburg from October 1st to 3rd. This event was organized by [http://www.coresystems.de/ coresystems GmbH].<br />
<br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.1 available''' (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
[mailto:dlpaktor@netscape.net David Paktor], when he was with the IBM Corporation, contributed to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]]. This release has higher test coverage, a more detailed report on one type of error, and removal of dead code and consolidation of some other code.<br />
<br />
'''SUN released OpenBOOT source code''' (2006-09-06)<br />
<br />
[http://www.sun.com/ SUN microsystems] has recently released their OpenBOOT source code to the community under a BSD license. Go to their [http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/download_sw.html OpenSparc T1 website]] to download the full archive (190MB) or check out our [http://www.openbios.org/~stepan/sun-obp.tar.bz2 local mirror] (1.7MB).<br />
<br />
[[News|[older news]]]<br />
</small><br />
|}<br />
__NOTOC__ <br />
__NOEDITSECTION__</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Bindings&diff=385Bindings2007-01-13T17:45:04Z<p>WikiSysop: /* Bindings and Supplements for Bus Systems */</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
== Bindings and Supplements for Bus Systems ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/bus.pci.pdf PCI - Approved Version 2.1]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/bus.usb.pdf USB 1.0]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/bus.isa.pdf ISA - Draft 0.4]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/bus.pccard.pdf PC-Card]<br />
<br />
== Bindings and Supplements for CPU Architectures ==<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/12756d5.ps Open Firmware 64bit extensions]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/arm0_3d.pdf ARM bindings]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/ppc-2_1.ps PPC bindings]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/PREP.ps PPC PREP bindings]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/CHRP.ps PPC CHRP bindings]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/12751d1a.pdf Sparc 32bit Supplement - IEEE 1754 ISA]<br />
<br />
== Device Bindings ==<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/8042-1_0d.ps 8042] - ISA Keyboard/Mouse Controller<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/audio-1_0d.ps Audio] - ISA Audio<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/fdc-1_0d.ps Floppy] - ISA Floppy Controller<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/isa-dma-1_0d.ps ISA DMA] - ISA DMA Controller<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/isa-pic-1_1d.ps ISA PIC] - ISA Interrupt Controller<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/lfb-1_0d.ps Linear Framebuffer]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/parallel-1_0d.ps Parallel] - ISA Parallel Port<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/serial-1_0d.ps Serial] - ISA Serial Port<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/vga-1_0d.ps VGA] - VGA Display<br />
<br />
== Recommended Practice ==<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.16color.d12.pdf 16 Color Text Extension] - Draft 1.2<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.8bgraph.d12.pdf 8 Bit Graphics Extension] - Draft 1.2<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.dse.app10.pdf Device Support Extensions] - Approved Version 1.0<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.gennames.app14.pdf Generic Names] - Approved Version 1.4<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.intmap.d09.pdf Interrupt Mapping] - Draft 0.9<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.intpos.d02.pdf Interposition] - Draft 0.2<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.scsi3pi.10.pdf SCSI-3 Parallel Interface] - Version 1.0 - bug: last page first!!<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.tftp.10.pdf TFTP Booting Extension] - Version 1.0</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Bindings&diff=384Bindings2007-01-13T17:44:31Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Bindings and Supplements for Bus Systems ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/bus.pci.pdf PCI - Approved Version 2.1]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/bus.usb.pdf USB 1.0]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/bus.isa.pdf ISA - Draft 0.4]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/bus.pccard.pdf PC-Card]<br />
<br />
== Bindings and Supplements for CPU Architectures ==<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/12756d5.ps Open Firmware 64bit extensions]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/arm0_3d.pdf ARM bindings]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/ppc-2_1.ps PPC bindings]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/PREP.ps PPC PREP bindings]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/CHRP.ps PPC CHRP bindings]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/12751d1a.pdf Sparc 32bit Supplement - IEEE 1754 ISA]<br />
<br />
== Device Bindings ==<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/8042-1_0d.ps 8042] - ISA Keyboard/Mouse Controller<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/audio-1_0d.ps Audio] - ISA Audio<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/fdc-1_0d.ps Floppy] - ISA Floppy Controller<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/isa-dma-1_0d.ps ISA DMA] - ISA DMA Controller<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/isa-pic-1_1d.ps ISA PIC] - ISA Interrupt Controller<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/lfb-1_0d.ps Linear Framebuffer]<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/parallel-1_0d.ps Parallel] - ISA Parallel Port<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/serial-1_0d.ps Serial] - ISA Serial Port<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/vga-1_0d.ps VGA] - VGA Display<br />
<br />
== Recommended Practice ==<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.16color.d12.pdf 16 Color Text Extension] - Draft 1.2<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.8bgraph.d12.pdf 8 Bit Graphics Extension] - Draft 1.2<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.dse.app10.pdf Device Support Extensions] - Approved Version 1.0<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.gennames.app14.pdf Generic Names] - Approved Version 1.4<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.intmap.d09.pdf Interrupt Mapping] - Draft 0.9<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.intpos.d02.pdf Interposition] - Draft 0.2<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.scsi3pi.10.pdf SCSI-3 Parallel Interface] - Version 1.0 - bug: last page first!!<br />
* [http://www.openbios.org/docs/rec.tftp.10.pdf TFTP Booting Extension] - Version 1.0</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=71MediaWiki:Sidebar2007-01-13T17:44:02Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>* About the Project<br />
** mainpage|mainpage<br />
** Contact us|Contact us<br />
** Mailinglist|Mailinglist<br />
** Project Statement|Project Statement<br />
** Credits|Credits<br />
** Licensing|Licensing<br />
<br />
* Implementations<br />
** Open Firmware|Open Firmware<br />
** SmartFirmware|Smart Firmware<br />
** OpenBOOT|OpenBOOT<br />
** OpenBIOS|OpenBIOS<br />
** SLOF|SLOF<br />
<br />
* Development<br />
** FCODE suite|FCODE suite<br />
** BeginAgain|Kernel<br />
** FlashRom|Flashing<br />
** http://bugzilla.openbios.org/|Issues/Bugs<br />
** Low Level Firmware<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
** OpenFirmware|OpenFirmware<br />
** Bindings|Bindings and Supplements<br />
** Forth/FCode|Forth/FCode<br />
** On the Net|On the Net<br />
<br />
* Wiki<br />
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=70MediaWiki:Sidebar2007-01-13T17:42:58Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>* About the Project<br />
** mainpage|mainpage<br />
** Contact us|Contact us<br />
** Mailinglist|Mailinglist<br />
** Project Statement|Project Statement<br />
** Credits|Credits<br />
** Licensing|Licensing<br />
<br />
* Implementations<br />
** Open Firmware|Open Firmware<br />
** SmartFirmware|Smart Firmware<br />
** OpenBOOT|OpenBOOT<br />
** OpenBIOS|OpenBIOS<br />
** SLOF|SLOF<br />
<br />
* Experience <br />
** Releases|Releases<br />
** Downloads|Downloads<br />
<br />
* Development<br />
** FCODE suite|FCODE suite<br />
** BeginAgain|Kernel<br />
** FlashRom|Flashing<br />
** http://bugzilla.openbios.org/|Issues/Bugs<br />
** Low Level Firmware<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
** OpenFirmware|OpenFirmware<br />
** Bindings|Bindings and Supplements<br />
** Forth/FCode|Forth/FCode<br />
** On the Net|On the Net<br />
<br />
* Wiki<br />
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Releases&diff=383Releases2007-01-13T17:42:29Z<p>WikiSysop: Releases moved to OpenBIOS</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[OpenBIOS]]</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=OpenBIOS&diff=163OpenBIOS2007-01-13T17:42:29Z<p>WikiSysop: Releases moved to OpenBIOS</p>
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<div>= OpenBIOS - Code Releases =<br />
<br />
Welcome to the OpenBIOS download page. Here you'll find releases of OpenBIOS components.<br />
<br />
We are currently working hard toward the release of OpenBIOS v1.0. See the [http://bugzilla.openbios.org/ OpenBIOS issue tracker] for milestones, tasks and open bugs.<br />
<br />
All the releases on this page are rather old. It is suggested that you have a look at the [[Downloads|OpenBIOS download page]] to get a development snapshot of OpenBIOS.<br />
<br />
= OpenBIOS =<br />
<br />
Download the latest release of OpenBIOS including the Forth kernel and all of the IEEE 1275-1994 compliant Forth code for user interface, client interface and device interface.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/openbios-devel.tar.gz?view=tar&root=OpenBIOS&pathrev=96 OpenBIOS 1.0alpha1] (2006-10-12)<br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' The FCODE utilities are no longer part of the main OpenBIOS distribution. Have a look at the [[FCODE suite]] if you are looking for toke and detok.<br />
<br />
== Kernel ==<br />
There is also an ancient stand-alone version of the OpenBIOS Forth kernel ''BeginAgain''.<br />
<br />
The last released stand-alone version is: [http://www.openbios.org/data/bin/kernel-1.1.tar.bz2 BeginAgain 1.1] (2003-10-12). <br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' You should use the latest version of ''BeginAgain'' that is present in the complete ''OpenBIOS release'' above. It is much newer than ''BeginAgain 1.1'' and it supports cross compiling and lots of other nifty features. ''BeginAgain 1.1'' is here for educational purposes only: The core binary is only 6k on x86.<br />
<br />
= Development Environment =<br />
<br />
== FCode Suite ==<br />
<br />
Download the latest version of the FCode Suite, including an FCode detokenizer, an FCode tokenizer and the romheader utility.<br />
<br />
Go to the [[FCODE suite|FCode Suite page]] (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
=== detok ===<br />
Download the latest release of detok, the OpenBIOS FCode detokenizer.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/fcode-utils.tar.gz?view=tar&root=OpenBIOS&pathrev=96 detok-1.0.0] (2006-10-15)<br />
<br />
=== toke ===<br />
Download the latest release of toke, the OpenBIOS FCode tokenizer.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/fcode-utils.tar.gz?view=tar&root=OpenBIOS&pathrev=95 toke-1.0.1] (2006-10-15)<br />
<br />
=== romheaders ===<br />
Romheaders is a small utility to dump the pci header information from pci rom images in human readable form. Romheaders is [[FCODE Suite|part of the FCODE suite]] now.<br />
<br />
== Flashing ==<br />
/dev/bios is obsolete and has been replaced by a new and better utility. Please download a LinuxBIOS snapshot and use the [[FlashRom|flashrom utility]] from ''LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom''.<br />
<br />
= Development Repository =<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS keeps its development tree in a [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion ] repository. If you do not want to use Subversion, please have a look at the [[Downloads#Snapshots|Snapshots]] below.<br />
<br />
== Anonymous access ==<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: (see the Confirmed working svn revisions page)<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel -r 4<br />
<br />
or for checking out the source code for the OpenBIOS FCode Suite:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/fcode-suite<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/openbios-devel</nowiki><br />
<br />
or<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/fcode-suite</nowiki><br />
<br />
== Developer access ==<br />
<br />
Access for developers is very similar to anonymous access. Just add your subversion username as follows when checking out the repository:<br />
$ svn co svn://username@openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
Subversion has commands very similar to CVS.<br />
<br />
= Source code browsing =<br />
<br />
You can also browse the [http://www.openbios.org/viewvc/?root=OpenBIOS OpenBIOS subversion repository] online.<br />
<br />
= Snapshots =<br />
<br />
There is currently no archive of snapshots available for OpenBIOS. You can use the [http://www.openbios.org/viewvc/?root=OpenBIOS source code browser] to download a gzipped tar archive of any revision.<br />
<br />
Alternatively you can also download the [http://www.openbios.org/viewvc/openbios-devel.tar.gz?root=OpenBIOS&view=tar most current snapshot] directly.<br />
<br />
= More on Subversion =<br />
<br />
* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ Subversion book] - this online book is the best SVN documentation available online.<br />
* [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion homepage]</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=OpenBIOS&diff=162OpenBIOS2007-01-13T17:42:18Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div>= OpenBIOS - Code Releases =<br />
<br />
Welcome to the OpenBIOS download page. Here you'll find releases of OpenBIOS components.<br />
<br />
We are currently working hard toward the release of OpenBIOS v1.0. See the [http://bugzilla.openbios.org/ OpenBIOS issue tracker] for milestones, tasks and open bugs.<br />
<br />
All the releases on this page are rather old. It is suggested that you have a look at the [[Downloads|OpenBIOS download page]] to get a development snapshot of OpenBIOS.<br />
<br />
= OpenBIOS =<br />
<br />
Download the latest release of OpenBIOS including the Forth kernel and all of the IEEE 1275-1994 compliant Forth code for user interface, client interface and device interface.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/openbios-devel.tar.gz?view=tar&root=OpenBIOS&pathrev=96 OpenBIOS 1.0alpha1] (2006-10-12)<br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' The FCODE utilities are no longer part of the main OpenBIOS distribution. Have a look at the [[FCODE suite]] if you are looking for toke and detok.<br />
<br />
== Kernel ==<br />
There is also an ancient stand-alone version of the OpenBIOS Forth kernel ''BeginAgain''.<br />
<br />
The last released stand-alone version is: [http://www.openbios.org/data/bin/kernel-1.1.tar.bz2 BeginAgain 1.1] (2003-10-12). <br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' You should use the latest version of ''BeginAgain'' that is present in the complete ''OpenBIOS release'' above. It is much newer than ''BeginAgain 1.1'' and it supports cross compiling and lots of other nifty features. ''BeginAgain 1.1'' is here for educational purposes only: The core binary is only 6k on x86.<br />
<br />
= Development Environment =<br />
<br />
== FCode Suite ==<br />
<br />
Download the latest version of the FCode Suite, including an FCode detokenizer, an FCode tokenizer and the romheader utility.<br />
<br />
Go to the [[FCODE suite|FCode Suite page]] (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
=== detok ===<br />
Download the latest release of detok, the OpenBIOS FCode detokenizer.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/fcode-utils.tar.gz?view=tar&root=OpenBIOS&pathrev=96 detok-1.0.0] (2006-10-15)<br />
<br />
=== toke ===<br />
Download the latest release of toke, the OpenBIOS FCode tokenizer.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/fcode-utils.tar.gz?view=tar&root=OpenBIOS&pathrev=95 toke-1.0.1] (2006-10-15)<br />
<br />
=== romheaders ===<br />
Romheaders is a small utility to dump the pci header information from pci rom images in human readable form. Romheaders is [[FCODE Suite|part of the FCODE suite]] now.<br />
<br />
== Flashing ==<br />
/dev/bios is obsolete and has been replaced by a new and better utility. Please download a LinuxBIOS snapshot and use the [[FlashRom|flashrom utility]] from ''LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom''.<br />
<br />
= Development Repository =<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS keeps its development tree in a [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion ] repository. If you do not want to use Subversion, please have a look at the [[Downloads#Snapshots|Snapshots]] below.<br />
<br />
== Anonymous access ==<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: (see the Confirmed working svn revisions page)<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel -r 4<br />
<br />
or for checking out the source code for the OpenBIOS FCode Suite:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/fcode-suite<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/openbios-devel</nowiki><br />
<br />
or<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/fcode-suite</nowiki><br />
<br />
== Developer access ==<br />
<br />
Access for developers is very similar to anonymous access. Just add your subversion username as follows when checking out the repository:<br />
$ svn co svn://username@openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
Subversion has commands very similar to CVS.<br />
<br />
= Source code browsing =<br />
<br />
You can also browse the [http://www.openbios.org/viewvc/?root=OpenBIOS OpenBIOS subversion repository] online.<br />
<br />
= Snapshots =<br />
<br />
There is currently no archive of snapshots available for OpenBIOS. You can use the [http://www.openbios.org/viewvc/?root=OpenBIOS source code browser] to download a gzipped tar archive of any revision.<br />
<br />
Alternatively you can also download the [http://www.openbios.org/viewvc/openbios-devel.tar.gz?root=OpenBIOS&view=tar most current snapshot] directly.<br />
<br />
= More on Subversion =<br />
<br />
* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ Subversion book] - this online book is the best SVN documentation available online.<br />
* [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion homepage]</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=OpenBIOS&diff=161OpenBIOS2007-01-13T17:41:17Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div>= OpenBIOS - Code Releases =<br />
<br />
Welcome to the OpenBIOS download page. Here you'll find releases of OpenBIOS components.<br />
<br />
We are currently working hard toward the release of OpenBIOS v1.0. See the [http://bugzilla.openbios.org/ OpenBIOS issue tracker] for milestones, tasks and open bugs.<br />
<br />
All the releases on this page are rather old. It is suggested that you have a look at the [[Downloads|OpenBIOS download page]] to get a development snapshot of OpenBIOS.<br />
<br />
= OpenBIOS =<br />
<br />
Download the latest release of OpenBIOS including the Forth kernel and all of the IEEE 1275-1994 compliant Forth code for user interface, client interface and device interface.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/openbios-devel.tar.gz?view=tar&root=OpenBIOS&pathrev=96 OpenBIOS 1.0alpha1] (2006-10-12)<br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' The FCODE utilities are no longer part of the main OpenBIOS distribution. Have a look at the [[FCODE suite]] if you are looking for toke and detok.<br />
<br />
== Kernel ==<br />
There is also an ancient stand-alone version of the OpenBIOS Forth kernel ''BeginAgain''.<br />
<br />
The last released stand-alone version is: [http://www.openbios.org/data/bin/kernel-1.1.tar.bz2 BeginAgain 1.1] (2003-10-12). <br />
<br />
'''NOTE:''' You should use the latest version of ''BeginAgain'' that is present in the complete ''OpenBIOS release'' above. It is much newer than ''BeginAgain 1.1'' and it supports cross compiling and lots of other nifty features. ''BeginAgain 1.1'' is here for educational purposes only: The core binary is only 6k on x86.<br />
<br />
= Development Environment =<br />
<br />
== FCode Suite ==<br />
<br />
Download the latest version of the FCode Suite, including an FCode detokenizer, an FCode tokenizer and the romheader utility.<br />
<br />
Go to the [[FCODE suite|FCode Suite page]] (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
=== detok ===<br />
Download the latest release of detok, the OpenBIOS FCode detokenizer.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/fcode-utils.tar.gz?view=tar&root=OpenBIOS&pathrev=96 detok-1.0.0] (2006-10-15)<br />
<br />
=== toke ===<br />
Download the latest release of toke, the OpenBIOS FCode tokenizer.<br />
<br />
Latest release version is: [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/fcode-utils.tar.gz?view=tar&root=OpenBIOS&pathrev=95 toke-1.0.1] (2006-10-15)<br />
<br />
=== romheaders ===<br />
Romheaders is a small utility to dump the pci header information from pci rom images in human readable form. Romheaders is [[FCODE Suite|part of the FCODE suite]] now.<br />
<br />
== Flashing ==<br />
/dev/bios is obsolete and has been replaced by a new and better utility. Please download a LinuxBIOS snapshot and use the [[FlashRom|flashrom utility]] from ''LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom''.<br />
<br />
== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS keeps its development tree in a [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion ] repository. If you do not want to use Subversion, please have a look at the [[Downloads#Snapshots|Snapshots]] below.<br />
<br />
== Anonymous access ==<br />
<br />
You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
if you want a specific revision: (see the Confirmed working svn revisions page)<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel -r 4<br />
<br />
or for checking out the source code for the OpenBIOS FCode Suite:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openbios/fcode-suite<br />
<br />
If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/openbios-devel</nowiki><br />
<br />
or<br />
<br />
$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openbios-svn/fcode-suite</nowiki><br />
<br />
== Developer access ==<br />
<br />
Access for developers is very similar to anonymous access. Just add your subversion username as follows when checking out the repository:<br />
$ svn co svn://username@openbios.org/openbios/openbios-devel<br />
<br />
Subversion has commands very similar to CVS.<br />
<br />
== Source code browsing ==<br />
<br />
You can also browse the [http://www.openbios.org/viewvc/?root=OpenBIOS OpenBIOS subversion repository] online.<br />
<br />
== Snapshots ==<br />
<br />
There is currently no archive of snapshots available for OpenBIOS. You can use the [http://www.openbios.org/viewvc/?root=OpenBIOS source code browser] to download a gzipped tar archive of any revision.<br />
<br />
Alternatively you can also download the [http://www.openbios.org/viewvc/openbios-devel.tar.gz?root=OpenBIOS&view=tar most current snapshot] directly.<br />
<br />
== More on Subversion ==<br />
<br />
* [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ Subversion book] - this online book is the best SVN documentation available online.<br />
* [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion homepage]</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=Welcome_to_OpenBIOS&diff=35Welcome to OpenBIOS2007-01-13T17:40:10Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div><div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#efefff; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"><br />
'''OpenBIOS''' is a free portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. <br />
<br />
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code. <br />
<br />
It is OpenBIOS' goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, OpenBIOS targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.<br />
<br />
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, IBM and others.<br />
<br />
OpenBIOS relies on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://linuxbios.org/ LinuxBIOS] or [http://u-boot.sourceforge.net/ U-Boot].<br />
</div><br />
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|-<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== Download ==<br />
<br />
Get the latest version of OpenBIOS. See the [[Downloads|development download page]] or the [[Releases|releases page]].<br />
<br />
== Contact ==<br />
<br />
The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the [[Mailinglist]] page.<br />
<br />
== Project Statement ==<br />
<br />
Our [[Project Statement]] contains some words about the intention of OpenBIOS and how we want to realize those goals. This is a rough draft of the dos and don'ts in the project and worthwhile reading if you consider contributing to the project.<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
<br />
Who are the people behind OpenBIOS? Who helped and contributed to make OpenBIOS as successful as it is today. See the growing [[Credits]] page for a (yet incomplete) list of people contributing to OpenBIOS with hardware, patches, code, hints, etc.<br />
<br />
|style="vertical-align:top"|<br />
== News ==<br />
<small><br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.2 released''' (2006-10-30)<br />
<br />
[mailto:dlpaktor@netscape.net David Paktor] added tracing support to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]].<br />
<br />
'''LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006''' (2006-10-01)<br />
<br />
The first European [http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/LinuxBIOS_Symposium_2006 LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006] took place in Hamburg from October 1st to 3rd. This event was organized by [http://www.coresystems.de/ coresystems GmbH].<br />
<br />
'''FCODE suite 1.0.1 available''' (2006-09-21)<br />
<br />
[mailto:dlpaktor@netscape.net David Paktor], when he was with the IBM Corporation, contributed to the [[FCODE suite|OpenBIOS FCODE suite]]. This release has higher test coverage, a more detailed report on one type of error, and removal of dead code and consolidation of some other code.<br />
<br />
'''SUN released OpenBOOT source code''' (2006-09-06)<br />
<br />
[http://www.sun.com/ SUN microsystems] has recently released their OpenBOOT source code to the community under a BSD license. Go to their [http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/download_sw.html OpenSparc T1 website]] to download the full archive (190MB) or check out our [http://www.openbios.org/~stepan/sun-obp.tar.bz2 local mirror] (1.7MB).<br />
<br />
[[News|[older news]]]<br />
</small><br />
|}<br />
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<div>#REDIRECT [[OpenBOOT]]</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=OpenBOOT&diff=362OpenBOOT2007-01-13T17:39:52Z<p>WikiSysop: OpenBoot moved to OpenBOOT</p>
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<div>== Introduction ==<br />
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In 2006 [http://sun.com/ Sun Microsystems] released their Open Firmware implementation OpenBoot under a BSL like license. Their code supports the sun4v architecture running on a hypervisor.<br />
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== Download ==<br />
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The code can be browsed online with the [http://openbios.org/viewvc/?root=OpenBOOT ViewVC facility]. <br />
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The repository is available through Subversion:<br />
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You can check it out as follows:<br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openboot/<br />
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if you want a specific revision: <br />
$ svn co svn://openbios.org/openboot -r 1<br />
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If your company installed a firewall that blocks the svn port (3690) you can also check out using the webdav frontend:<br />
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$ svn co <nowiki>https://www.openbios.org/openboot-svn/ openboot</nowiki></div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=69MediaWiki:Sidebar2007-01-13T17:39:20Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>* About the Project<br />
** mainpage|mainpage<br />
** Contact us|Contact us<br />
** Mailinglist|Mailinglist<br />
** Project Statement|Project Statement<br />
** Credits|Credits<br />
** Licensing|Licensing<br />
<br />
* Implementations<br />
** Open Firmware|Open Firmware<br />
** SmartFirmware|Smart Firmware<br />
** OpenBOOT|OpenBOOT<br />
** Releases|OpenBIOS<br />
** SLOF|SLOF<br />
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* Experience <br />
** Releases|Releases<br />
** Downloads|Downloads<br />
<br />
* Development<br />
** FCODE suite|FCODE suite<br />
** BeginAgain|Kernel<br />
** FlashRom|Flashing<br />
** http://bugzilla.openbios.org/|Issues/Bugs<br />
** Low Level Firmware<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
** OpenFirmware|OpenFirmware<br />
** Bindings|Bindings and Supplements<br />
** Forth/FCode|Forth/FCode<br />
** On the Net|On the Net<br />
<br />
* Wiki<br />
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=68MediaWiki:Sidebar2007-01-13T17:38:48Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>* About the Project<br />
** mainpage|mainpage<br />
** Contact us|Contact us<br />
** Mailinglist|Mailinglist<br />
** Project Statement|Project Statement<br />
** Credits|Credits<br />
** Licensing|Licensing<br />
<br />
* Implementations<br />
** OpenFirmware|Open Firmware<br />
** SmartFirmware|Smart Firmware<br />
** OpenBOOT|OpenBOOT<br />
** Releases|OpenBIOS<br />
** SLOF|SLOF<br />
<br />
* Experience <br />
** Releases|Releases<br />
** Downloads|Downloads<br />
<br />
* Development<br />
** FCODE suite|FCODE suite<br />
** BeginAgain|Kernel<br />
** FlashRom|Flashing<br />
** http://bugzilla.openbios.org/|Issues/Bugs<br />
** Low Level Firmware<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
** OpenFirmware|OpenFirmware<br />
** Bindings|Bindings and Supplements<br />
** Forth/FCode|Forth/FCode<br />
** On the Net|On the Net<br />
<br />
* Wiki<br />
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges</div>WikiSysophttps://openfirmware.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=67MediaWiki:Sidebar2007-01-13T17:35:53Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div>* About the Project<br />
** mainpage|mainpage<br />
** Contact us|Contact us<br />
** Mailinglist|Mailinglist<br />
** Project Statement|Project Statement<br />
** Credits|Credits<br />
** Licensing|Licensing<br />
<br />
* Implementations<br />
** Open Firmware<br />
** Smart Firmware<br />
** OpenBIOS<br />
** SLOF<br />
<br />
* Experience <br />
** Releases|Releases<br />
** Downloads|Downloads<br />
<br />
* Development<br />
** FCODE suite|FCODE suite<br />
** BeginAgain|Kernel<br />
** FlashRom|Flashing<br />
** http://bugzilla.openbios.org/|Issues/Bugs<br />
** Low Level Firmware<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
** OpenFirmware|OpenFirmware<br />
** Bindings|Bindings and Supplements<br />
** Forth/FCode|Forth/FCode<br />
** On the Net|On the Net<br />
<br />
* Wiki<br />
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges</div>WikiSysop