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author | Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com> | 2015-08-28 09:58:54 +0800 |
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committer | Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com> | 2015-09-01 12:44:00 +0800 |
commit | e44e3482bdb4d0ebde2d8b41830ac2cdb07948fb (patch) | |
tree | 66b09f592c55df2878107a468a91d21506104d3f /qemu/roms/openbios/kernel/README | |
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Add qemu 2.4.0
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diff --git a/qemu/roms/openbios/kernel/README b/qemu/roms/openbios/kernel/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c84879b83 --- /dev/null +++ b/qemu/roms/openbios/kernel/README @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ + +Welcome to the OpenBIOS forth core "begin again". + +Find more information about OpenBIOS at http://www.openbios.org/ + +This program was written by Patrick Mauritz and Stefan Reinauer in 2003 +For license details on this piece of software, check Documentation/COPYING. + +How OpenBIOS works +------------------ + + The OpenBIOS forth core is split into a forth kernel written in C + and a forth dictionary which operated on by the kernel. + + When building the forth core, you get different versions of + the forth kernel: + + * a "hosted" unix binary. This binary can be used on a unix system + + - to execute a forth dictionary from a file. This can be used for + testing openbios code in a development environment on a unix host. + + - to create a dictionary file. Such a dictionary file sets up + all of the forth language. Primitives are indexed to save relocations. + + 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. + + To achieve this, the hosted unix version contains a basic set of + forth words coded in C that allow creating a full dictionary. + + * a varying number of target specific binaries. On x86 you can start + openbios for example from GRUB or LinuxBIOS. 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. + +Requirements +------------ + * gcc + * grub or any other multiboot loader to run the standalone + binary "openbios.multiboot" + +Building & Usage +---------------- + + * make + + 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 + + * use "unix" to create a forth dictionary on your own: + $ ./unix -Iforth start.fs + creates the file forth.dict from forth source forth/start.fs. + + * use "unix" to run a created dictionary: + $ ./unix forth.dict + This is useful for testing + + * booting openbios + You can boot openbios i.e. in grub. Add the following lines to + your menu.lst: + + title openbios + kernel (hd0,2)/boot/openbios.multiboot + module (hd0,2)/boot/openfirmware.dict + + Note: change (hd0,2) to the partition you copied openbios and + forth.dict to. + + To boot OpenBIOS from LinuxBIOS/etherboot, you can either use + "openbios" or "openbios.full": + + - openbios is the pure kernel that loads the dictionary from a + hardcoded address in flash memory (0xfffe0000) + + - openbios.full also includes the dictionary directly so that it + can be easily used from etherboot or the LinuxBIOS builtin ELF + loader without taking care of the dictionary + + +Comments are welcome. + + OpenBIOS team + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +tag: README for openbios forth core |