IEEE 1275 1994
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IEEE Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware: Core Requirements and Practices
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
IEEE | 1994 | 272 |
New IEEE Standard – Inactive – Withdrawn. Firmware is the read-only-memory (ROM)-based software that controls a computer between the time it is turned on and the time the primary operating system takes control of the machine. Open Firmware provides the following: a mechanism for loading and executing programs (such as operating systems) from disks, tapes, network interfaces, and other devices; an ISA-independent method for identifying devices plugged in to expansion buses and for providing firmware and diagnostics drivers for these devices; an extensible and programmable command language based on the Forth programming language; methods for managing user-configurable options stored in nonvolatile memory; a call back interface allowing other programs to make use of Open Firmware services; and debugging tools for hardware, firmware, firmware drivers, and system software. You will receive an email from Customer Service with the URL needed to access this publication online.
PDF Catalog
PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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1 | Title page |
3 | Introduction |
5 | CONTENTS |
7 | 1. Overview |
10 | 2. References |
19 | 3. Internal structure |
40 | 4. Internal procedures |
51 | 5. Device interface |
69 | 6. Client interface |
77 | 7. User interface |
105 | Annex A—Open Firmware glossary |
203 | Annex B—Open Firmware terminal emulator control sequences |
205 | Annex C—The tokenizer |
207 | Annex D—Sun4c bus specifics |
215 | Annex E—SCSI host adapter package class |
237 | Annex F—Answers to common questions |