December 2006 - OpenBIOS - mail.coreboot.org

Build requirements for OpenBIOS
by Blue Swirl Dec. 24, 2006

Dec. 24, 2006

Hi, At least to target Sparc you don't need toke to compile OpenBIOS, just xsltproc and (cross)compiler setup. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Build requirements for OpenBIOS
by Gregg Levine Dec. 20, 2006

Dec. 20, 2006

Hello! Did I miss a message or three? I have a copy of the OpenBIOS code, which was checked out from SVN about a month ago. Upon entering the make command it promptly complains that I need to install the fcode utilities. And provides the instructions for retrieving them from SVN. I do that. It then happens that they do not compile properly on my Slackware system who uses the 3.4.6 variant of GCC. (More later.) -- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8(a)gmail.com "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway."

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About BIOS
by vasadia dharmendra Dec. 13, 2006

Dec. 13, 2006

Hi All, I am new to this field. we are developing a embedded PC based on Celeron PC of 1 GHZ frequency. i have following queries regarding BISO 1. If I am new, how long it takes to write BIOS for embedded PC? 2. What knowledge is need to write BISO? 3. Suppose i purchase BIOS from AMI, Award or Phoenix, do i customize BIOS according to my Board. 4. What tools are needed to write BIOS? 5. From where do i get complete understating of BIOS? 6.I have ARM7 LPC Board. Can I write Sample BIOS for this Board? 7. What is difference between BIOS and Boot Loader? I would be very much grateful if any body address this questions Lots of thanks in advance Dharmendra

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what I can do behind make!
by Zhao Tongyi Dec. 6, 2006

Dec. 6, 2006

I hava a ppc board and want to port openbios to firmware.. I do on my host (x86) freebsd machine config/scripts/switch-arch cross-ppc gmake and then? how do it next? I didn't found a ppcboot image in obj-ppc dirc. sorry.I am a newbie..trouble you . -- Best regards, Tongyi ,Zhao

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build error at freebsd
by Zhao Tongyi Dec. 6, 2006

Dec. 6, 2006

I have read README file and #config/scripts/switch-arch cross-ppc #gmake /usr/local/bin/xsltproc Building OpenBIOS on x86 for ppc Cleaning up... ok Initializing build tree...ok. Creating target Makefile...ok. Creating config files...ok. Building...error: gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/home/icesky/openbios-devel' gcc -Os -Wall -W -DFCOMPILER -DBOOTSTRAP -USWAP_ENDIANNESS -DNATIVE_BITWIDTH_EQUALS_HOST_BITWIDTH -Iinclude -Ikernel/include -Iobj-ppc/target/include -c -o obj-ppc/host/kernel/bootstrap.o kernel/bootstrap.c In file included from include/openbios/sysinclude.h:5, from kernel/bootstrap.c:9: obj-ppc/target/include/asm/types.h:34:20: endian.h: No such file or directory gmake[1]: *** [obj-ppc/host/kernel/bootstrap.o] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/icesky/openbios-devel' I check the types.h /* endianess */ #ifdef HAVE_ENDIAN_H #include <endian.h> #else #include <machine/endian.h> #endif -- Best regards, Tongyi ,Zhao

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