OpenBIOS November 2009

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by G 3 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

I have begun doing work with OpenBIOS. I was wondering if it is possible to compile OpenBIOS for PowerPC on Mac OS X? If not, what Linux distro should I use? Any advice would really help.

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QEMU OpenBIOS booting?
by Steven Noonan 24 May '10

24 May '10

Hi folks, I've been trying to use OpenBIOS with QEMU, and I've had trouble getting it to boot any PowerPC-based OS discs (Linux, Mac OS X, etc). OpenBIOS just doesn't seem to find anything bootable. If I try booting QEMU with -nographic, I get this output (I get the same with a self-built openbios-qemu.elf from the OpenBIOS SVN as well): ---- snip ---- >> ============================================================= >> OpenBIOS 1.0 [Apr 12 2009 00:55] >> Configuration device id QEMU version 1 machine id 1 >> CPUs: 1 >> Memory: 128M >> UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 >> CPU type PowerPC,970FX Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0 built on Apr 12 2009 00:55 >> ELF - yaboot_startup: Entering boot, no path >> ELF - try_bootinfo: Trying hd:0,ppc\bootinfo.txt >> ELF - try_bootinfo: Can't open hd:0,ppc\bootinfo.txt >> ELF - try_path: Trying hd:2,\ofclient >> ELF - try_path: Can't open hd:2,\ofclient >> ELF - try_path: Trying hd:2,\yaboot conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf >> ELF - try_path: Can't open hd:2,\yaboot >> *** Boot failure! No secondary bootloader specified *** ---- snip ---- Laurent Vivier suggested in this conversation in February (http://lists.openbios.org/pipermail/openbios/2009-February/003476.html) that there could be a bug in partition map decoding. Has such a bug been confirmed? I was trying to find the bug myself (I am an experienced C/C++ programmer), but the bug seems to be subtle, and my lack of familiarity with the code base doesn't help much. I've been trying to figure this out for 7 hours straight now... Any advice or other help would be much appreciated! - Steven

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Cross-compiling and testing sparc64 on Mac OS X
by Andreas Färber 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

Hello guys, It's awesome seeing you've made some progress towards emulating Solaris/sparc64! However trying myself, compiling on Mac OS X (after making sure that NEED_INT128_T is defined) fails with the following error: HOSTCC host/kernel/bootstrap.o In file included from ../include/openbios/sysinclude.h:7, from ../kernel/bootstrap.c:9: /usr/include/stdlib.h:267: error: syntax error before ‘arc4random’ make[1]: *** [host/kernel/bootstrap.o] Error 1 The return type of arc4random is u_int32_t, which is defined (in my case) in <ppc/types.h>. Not sure what goes wrong there. I thought it could be a name clash with OpenBIOS' __TYPES_H (malc would be furious!), but - luckily - Apple uses __TYPES_H_ for their _types.h. Anyway, not having these functions declared by defining _POSIX_C_SOURCE made the compilation proceed with only one warning: HOSTCC host/kernel/bootstrap.o ../kernel/bootstrap.c: In function ‘interpret_source’: ../kernel/bootstrap.c:529: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strcasecmp’ If I symlink .../share/qemu/openbios-sparc64 to .../obj-sparc64/ openbios-builtin.elf (or copy it over) I get this at runtime: qemu: fatal: Trap 0x0010 while trap level (5) >= MAXTL (5), Error state pc: 0000000000004200 npc: 0000000000004204 General Registers: %g0: 0000000000000000 %g1: 0000000000000000 %g2: 0000000008000000 %g3: 0000000000000000 %g4: 0000000000000000 %g5: 0000000000000000 %g6: 0000000000000000 %g7: 0000000000000000 Current Register Window: %o0: 00000000ffe00000 %o1: 00000000ffe01000 %o2: 000001fff0100000 %o3: 000001fff0000000 %o4: 0000000000000000 %o5: 0000000000000000 %o6: 0000000000000000 %o7: 000001ff00000000 %l0: 0000000007e80000 %l1: 000001ff00000000 %l2: 000001fff0080000 %l3: 0000000000000000 %l4: 0000000000000000 %l5: 0000000000000000 %l6: 0000000000000000 %l7: 0000000000000000 %i0: 0000000000000000 %i1: 0000000000000000 %i2: 0000000000000000 %i3: 0000000000000000 %i4: 0000000000000000 %i5: 0000000000000000 %i6: 0000000000000000 %i7: 0000000000000000 Floating Point Registers: %f00: 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 %f04: 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 %f08: 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 %f12: 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 %f16: 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 %f20: 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 %f24: 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 %f28: 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 000000000.000000 pstate: 0x00000015 ccr: 0x99 asi: 0x00 tl: 5 fprs: 0 cansave: 6 canrestore: 0 otherwin: 0 wstate 0 cleanwin 6 cwp 7 fsr: 0x00000000 ../qemu-solaris-sparc.command: line 3: 3289 Abort trap / Users/andreas/Q/latest/bin/qemu-system-sparc64 -nographic -boot d - cdrom /Users/andreas/Q/sol-10-u3-ga-sparc-dvd.iso This looks different from what you've posted and is identical with QEMU's version of openbios-sparc64. Same with or without -nographic. Any ideas? Regards, Andreas

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PATCH v2: Rework CIF interface to handle parameters in reverse order
by Mark Cave-Ayland 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hi everyone, Here is a second version of the patch which attempts to reverse the argument order of the CIF Forth words so that they can be called correctly from both Forth and C. The patch is fairly straightforward; probably the only unexpected part is the need to rename the existing /openprom/client-services "claim" and "release" words to "cif-claim" and "cif-release" respectively. This is because we need to use the "claim" and "release" words in forth/system/ciface.fs to reverse the argument order before calling the real underlying words. I've tested this on a FC12 PPC CD as well as my SPARC64 Milax CD and with this version of the patch, the CIF words are called correctly in both cases. I'd like to apply this reasonably soon, so please can people test on their setups to make sure it doesn't break anything? Signed-off-by: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland(a)siriusit.co.uk> ATB, Mark. -- Mark Cave-Ayland - Senior Technical Architect PostgreSQL - PostGIS Sirius Corporation plc - control through freedom http://www.siriusit.co.uk t: +44 870 608 0063 Sirius Labs: http://www.siriusit.co.uk/labs

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OpenBIOS built in Mac OS X?
by G 3 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

On Nov 29, 2009, at 6:22 PM, openbios-request(a)openbios.org wrote: > It's probably not an OpenBIOS build problem. I was able to execute an > OSX-built OpenBIOS on Linux and OpenSolaris. Executing a Linux-built > OpenBIOS on OSX/ppc failed. Using same GCC 4.4.2 and binutils 2.20. > That still leaves OS differences, the endianness, the bitness, etc. > etc. Maybe Blue has a hunch? > > Andreas You were able to build OpenBIOS on Mac OS X? If so, how? Every attempt I made has failed. I'm using GCC 4.0.1. Could it be a problem with my compiler version?

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by Rafael Buades Delgado 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

cd EFI bios

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RFC: fcode-utils portability
by Andreas Färber 29 Nov '09

29 Nov '09

Hello, When compiling the FCode utils on Mac OS X v10.5 I got an error when stripping. A workaround was to run `make STRIP=:`, not stripping at all. I now figured out that it's about the -s option: -s is short for -- strip-all in GNU strip but in Apple's strip -s references a text file with a list of symbols to preserve. I didn't spot an obvious equivalent to --strip-all. http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPa… Since the fcode-utils use pure Makefiles without prior art of platform- based decisions, I am wondering how to best supply a patch... Should the hardcoded -s be moved to a new STRIPFLAGS variable or into STRIP itself? And more important, how would we set either variable based on platform? Do we assume GNU make so that we can get the platform via $ (shell sh - c 'uname -s 2>/dev/null') or similar, as seen in Git? Creating a configure script seems like overkill for such a tiny fix. Thanks, Andreas

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r636 - in trunk/fcode-utils-devel: . detok romheaders toke
by svn＠openbios.org 29 Nov '09

29 Nov '09

Author: stepan Date: 2009-11-29 14:49:47 +0100 (Sun, 29 Nov 2009) New Revision: 636 Modified: trunk/fcode-utils-devel/Makefile trunk/fcode-utils-devel/detok/Makefile trunk/fcode-utils-devel/romheaders/Makefile trunk/fcode-utils-devel/toke/Makefile Log: slightly rework fcode-utils makefiles: - honor $(MAKE) for those invoking with gmake instead of make - wipe overzealous make distclean - drop -s from strip arguments Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan(a)coresystems.de> Modified: trunk/fcode-utils-devel/Makefile =================================================================== --- trunk/fcode-utils-devel/Makefile 2009-11-26 01:47:36 UTC (rev 635) +++ trunk/fcode-utils-devel/Makefile 2009-11-29 13:49:47 UTC (rev 636) @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ # This program is part of a free implementation of the IEEE 1275-1994 # Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware. # -# Copyright (C) 2006 coresystems GmbH <info(a)coresystems.de> +# Copyright (C) 2006-2009 coresystems GmbH <info(a)coresystems.de> # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -24,26 +24,26 @@ VERSION:=$(shell grep ^\#.*TOKE_VERSION < toke/toke.c |cut -f2 -d\" ) all: - make -C toke - make -C detok - make -C romheaders + $(MAKE) -C toke + $(MAKE) -C detok + $(MAKE) -C romheaders install: - make -C toke install - make -C detok install - make -C romheaders install + $(MAKE) -C toke install + $(MAKE) -C detok install + $(MAKE) -C romheaders install clean: - make -C toke clean - make -C detok clean - make -C romheaders clean - make -C testsuite clean + $(MAKE) -C toke clean + $(MAKE) -C detok clean + $(MAKE) -C romheaders clean + $(MAKE) -C testsuite clean distclean: clean - make -C toke distclean - make -C detok distclean - make -C romheaders distclean - make -C testsuite distclean + $(MAKE) -C toke distclean + $(MAKE) -C detok distclean + $(MAKE) -C romheaders distclean + $(MAKE) -C testsuite distclean find . -name "*.gcda" -exec rm -f \{\} \; find . -name "*.gcno" -exec rm -f \{\} \; @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ cp toke/toke testsuite cp detok/detok testsuite cp romheaders/romheaders testsuite - make -C testsuite all CygTestLogs=`pwd`/testlogs/testlogs-ppc-linux - #make -C testsuite all CygTestLogs=`pwd`/testlogs/testlogs-x86-cygwin + $(MAKE) -C testsuite all CygTestLogs=`pwd`/testlogs/testlogs-ppc-linux + #$(MAKE) -C testsuite all CygTestLogs=`pwd`/testlogs/testlogs-x86-cygwin # lcov required for html reports coverage: Modified: trunk/fcode-utils-devel/detok/Makefile =================================================================== --- trunk/fcode-utils-devel/detok/Makefile 2009-11-26 01:47:36 UTC (rev 635) +++ trunk/fcode-utils-devel/detok/Makefile 2009-11-29 13:49:47 UTC (rev 636) @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ # Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware. # # Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Stefan Reinauer <stepan(a)openbios.org> -# Copyright (C) 2006 coresystems GmbH <info(a)coresystems.de> +# Copyright (C) 2006-2009 coresystems GmbH <info(a)coresystems.de> # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ PROGRAM = detok -CC = gcc +CC ?= gcc STRIP = strip INCLUDES = -I../shared # Normal Flags: -CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall -Wno-pointer-sign +CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall -Wextra LDFLAGS = # Coverage: @@ -47,12 +47,10 @@ $(PROGRAM): $(OBJS) $(CC) -o $(PROGRAM) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) - $(STRIP) -s $(PROGRAM) + $(STRIP) $(PROGRAM) clean: rm -f $(OBJS) *~ - -distclean: clean rm -f $(PROGRAM) .dependencies .dependencies: *.c Modified: trunk/fcode-utils-devel/romheaders/Makefile =================================================================== --- trunk/fcode-utils-devel/romheaders/Makefile 2009-11-26 01:47:36 UTC (rev 635) +++ trunk/fcode-utils-devel/romheaders/Makefile 2009-11-29 13:49:47 UTC (rev 636) @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ # This program is part of a free implementation of the IEEE 1275-1994 # Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware. # -# Copyright (C) 2002 Stefan Reinauer, <stepan(a)openbios.net> +# Copyright (C) 2002 Stefan Reinauer, <stepan(a)openbios.org> +# Copyright (C) 2009 coresystems GmbH <info(a)coresystems.de> # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -21,8 +22,9 @@ # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA, 02110-1301 USA # -CC = gcc -CFLAGS= -O2 -Wall -W -ansi -I../shared +CC ?= gcc +STRIP = strip +CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall -W -ansi -I../shared SOURCES = romheaders.c ../shared/classcodes.c @@ -32,10 +34,9 @@ romheaders: $(SOURCES) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SOURCES) -o $@ - strip romheaders + $(STRIP) romheaders clean: rm -f *~ + rm -f romheaders -distclean: clean - rm -f romheaders Modified: trunk/fcode-utils-devel/toke/Makefile =================================================================== --- trunk/fcode-utils-devel/toke/Makefile 2009-11-26 01:47:36 UTC (rev 635) +++ trunk/fcode-utils-devel/toke/Makefile 2009-11-29 13:49:47 UTC (rev 636) @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ # Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware. # # Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Stefan Reinauer <stepan(a)openbios.org> -# Copyright (C) 2006 coresystems GmbH <info(a)coresystems.de> +# Copyright (C) 2006-2009 coresystems GmbH <info(a)coresystems.de> # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ PROGRAM = toke -CC = gcc +CC ?= gcc STRIP = strip INCLUDES = -I../shared # Normal flags -CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-aliasing +CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall -Wextra LDFLAGS = # Coverage: @@ -48,14 +48,12 @@ $(PROGRAM): $(OBJS) $(CC) -o $(PROGRAM) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) - $(STRIP) -s $(PROGRAM) + $(STRIP) $(PROGRAM) clean: rm -f $(OBJS) *~ - -distclean: clean rm -f $(PROGRAM) .dependencies - + .dependencies: *.c @$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -MM *.c > .dependencies

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feature request
by G 3 29 Nov '09

29 Nov '09

There should be a 'make' command option that builds only the qemu target, and not the openbios-unix target. Something like this is what I have in mind: make -qemu_only Whenever I try to build OpenBIOS, I receive a whole bunch of errors with the unix target, but not with the openbios-qemu.elf target for some reason.

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PPC cross-compiler defaults to 'powerpc-linux-gnu-' prefix
by Mark Cave-Ayland 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

Hi all, While setting up a PPC cross-compiler environment for OpenBIOS, I noticed that the default cross-compiler prefix is set to 'powerpc-linux-gnu-' as opposed to 'powerpc-elf-'. Is there any particular reason that we need the linux platform version, instead of the elf version which is used by SPARC? The reason I ask is that the Linux platform version is much much harder to compile as you need an extra set of glibc headers and have to bootstrap the gcc build by hand in order to produce the working final compiler. On my tests here everything seems to work fine with just the 'powerpc-elf-' prefix as far as I can tell. ATB, Mark. -- Mark Cave-Ayland - Senior Technical Architect PostgreSQL - PostGIS Sirius Corporation plc - control through freedom http://www.siriusit.co.uk t: +44 870 608 0063 Sirius Labs: http://www.siriusit.co.uk/labs

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