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diff --git a/qemu/roms/SLOF/lib/libc/README.txt b/qemu/roms/SLOF/lib/libc/README.txt deleted file mode 100644 index eaafdf4af..000000000 --- a/qemu/roms/SLOF/lib/libc/README.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ - - Standard C library for the SLOF firmware project - ================================================ - -To use this library, link your target against the "libc.a" archive. - -However, there are some prerequisites before you can use certain parts of the -library: - -1) If you want to use malloc() and the like, you have to supply an implemen- - tation of sbrk() in your own code. malloc() uses sbrk() to get new, free - memory regions. - - Prototype: void *sbrk(int incr); - Description: sbrk() increments the available data space by incr bytes and - returns a pointer to the start of the new area. - - See the man-page of sbrk for details about this function. - -2) Before you can use the stdio output functions like printf(), puts() and the - like, you have to provide a standard write() function in your code. - printf() and the like use write() to print out the strings to the standard - output. - - Prototype: ssize_t write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t cnt); - Description: Write cnt byte from the buffer buf to the stream associated - with the file descriptor fd. - - The stdio functions will print their output to the stdout channel which is - assigned with the file descriptor 1 by default. Note that the stdio - functions will not use open() before calling write(), so if the stdout - cannel needs to be opened first, you should do that in your start-up code - before using the libc functions for the first time. - -3) Before you can use the stdio input functions like scanf() and the - like, you have to provide a standard read() function in your code. - scanf() and the like use read() to get the characters from the standard - input. - - Prototype: ssize_t read(int fd, void *buf, size_t cnt); - Description: Read cnt byte from the stream associated with the file - descriptor fd and put them into the buffer buf. - - The stdio functions will get their input from the stdin channel which is - assigned with the file descriptor 0 by default. Note that the stdio - functions will not use open() before calling read(), so if the stdin - cannel needs to be opened first, you should do that in your start-up code - before using the libc functions for the first time. - |