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Slimline Open Firmware - SLOF
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Copyright (C) 2004, 2012 IBM Corporation
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Index
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1.0 Introduction to Open Firmware
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2.0 Using the source code
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2.1 Build process
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2.2 Overview of the source code
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2.4 Extending the Forth engine
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3.0 Limitations
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4.0 Submitting patches
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5.0 Coding style
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1.0 Introduction to Slimline Open Firmware
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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The IEEE Standard 1275-1994 [1], Standard for Boot (Initialization Configura-
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tion) Firmware, Core Requirements and Practices, was the first non-proprietary
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open standard for boot firmware that is usable on different processors and
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buses. Firmware which complies with this standard (also known as Open Firmware)
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includes a processor-independent device interface that allows add-in devices
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to identify itself and to supply a single boot driver that can be used,
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unchanged, on any CPU. In addition, Open Firmware includes a user interface
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with powerful scripting and debugging support and a client interface that
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allows an operating system and its loaders to use Open Firmware services
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during the configuration and initialization process. Open Firmware stores
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information about the hardware in a tree structure called the
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"device tree". This device tree supports multiple interconnected system
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buses and offers a framework for "plug and play"-type auto configuration
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across different buses. It was designed to support a variety of different
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processor Instruction Set Architectures (ISAs) and buses.
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The full documentation of this Standard can be found in [1].
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Slimline Open Firmware (SLOF) is now an implementation of the IEEE 1275
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standard that is available under a BSD-style license. Please see the file
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LICENSE for details.
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2.0 Using the source code
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This version of SLOF currently supports two major platforms ("boards" in the
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SLOF jargon):
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- js2x : The PowerPC 970 based systems JS20, JS21 and the PowerStation
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- qemu : Used as partition firmware for pseries machines running on KVM/QEMU
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The following sections will give you a short introduction about how to compile
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and improve the source code.
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Please read the file INSTALL for details about how to install the firmware on
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your target system.
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2.1 Build process
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To build SLOF you need:
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- Recent GNU tools, configured for powerpc64-linux
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- GCC: 3.3.3 and newer are known to work
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- Binutils: use a version as new as possible
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- Subversion (for retrieving the x86 emulator)
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- set the CROSS variable
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- something like export CROSS="powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu-"
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when using a cross compiler
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or
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- export CROSS=""
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when using a native compiler
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- For building SLOF for the PowerStation, it is necessary to
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download a x86 emulator which is used to execute the BIOS
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of VGA card; to download the x86 emulator following steps are
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required:
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- cd other-licence/x86emu/
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- ./x86emu_download.sh # this downloads the x86 emulator sources
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- cd -
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- Now you can compile the firmware.
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- For building SLOF for JS20, JS21 or the PowerStation, type:
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make js2x
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You also might want to build the takeover executable by typing:
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make -C board-js2x takeover
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- For building SLOF as the partition firmware for KVM/QEMU, type:
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make qemu
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The resulting ROM image "boot_rom.bin" can then be found in the main
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directory.
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2.2 Overview of the source code
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The SLOF source code is structured into the following directories:
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- llfw : The Low-Level Firmware - this part is platform-specific firmware
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that is responsible to boot the system from the reset vector to a
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state where it is possible to run the Open Firmware Forth engine
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(i.e. it sets up the necessary CPU registers, intializes the memory,
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does some board-specific hardware configuration, etc.)
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- slof : The code for the Open Firmware environment, including the Forth
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engine (called "Paflof") and the necessary Forth source files.
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- rtas : The Run-Time Abstraction Services, which can be used by the operating
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system to access certain hardware without knowing the details.
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See [2] for a description of these services.
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- clients : Code that runs on top of the Open Firmware client interface.
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Currently, there are two clients:
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- net-snk : Used for network bootloading (a TFTP client)
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- takeover : A separate binary that can be used for bootstrapping
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SLOF on a JS20/JS21 (see FlashingSLOF.pdf for details).
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- drivers : Driver code for various hardware (currently only NIC drivers).
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- lib : Libraries with common code.
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- romfs / tools : Tools that are required for building the firmware image.
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- board-* : The board directories contain all the code that is unique to the
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corresponding platform.
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2.3 The Open Firmware engine
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Open Firmware (OF) is based on the programming language Forth.
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SLOF use Paflof as the Forth engine, which was originally developed by
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Segher Boessenkool. Most parts of the Forth engine are implemented in C, by
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using GNU extensions of ANSI C, (e.g. assigned goto, often misnamed "computed
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goto"), resulting in a very efficient yet still quite portable engine.
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The basic Forth words, so-called primitives, are implemented with
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a set of C macros. A set of .in and .code files are provided, which
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define the semantic of the Forth primitives. A Perl script translates
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these files into valid C code, which will be compiled into the Forth engine.
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The complete Forth system composes of the basic Forth primitives and
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a set of Forth words, which are compiled during the start of the Forth
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system.
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Example:
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Forth primitive 'dup'
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dup ( a -- a a) \ Duplicate top of stack element
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prim.in:
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cod(DUP)
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prim.code:
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PRIM(DUP) cell x = TOS; PUSH; TOS = x; MIRP
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Generated code:
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static cell xt_DUP[] = { { .a = xt_DOTICK }, { .c = "\000\003DUP" },
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{ .a = &&code_DUP }, };
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code_DUP: { asm("#### " "DUP"); void *w = (cfa = (++ip)->a)->a;
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cell x = (*dp); dp++; (*dp) = x; goto *w; }
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Without going into detail, it can be seen, that the data stack is
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implemented in C as an array of cells, where dp is the pointer to the top of
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stack.
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For the implementation of the Open Firmware, most of the code is added as
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Forth code and bound to the engine. Also the system vectors for all kinds of
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exceptions will be part of the image. Additionally a secondary boot-loader
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or any other client application can be bound to the code as payload,
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e.g. diagnostics and test programs.
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The Open Firmware image will be put together by the build
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process, with a loader at the start of the image. This loader
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is called by Low Level Firmware and loads at boot time the Open
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Firmware to it's location in memory (see 1.3 Load process). Additionally
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a secondary boot loader or any other client application can be bound
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to the code as payload.
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The Low Level Firmware (LLFW) is responsible for setting up the
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system in an initial state. This task includes the setup of the
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CPUs, the system memory and all the buses as well as the serial port
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itself.
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2.4 Extending the Forth engine
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In the following paragraphs it will be shown how to add
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new primitive words (i.e., words implemented not by building
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pre-existing Forth words together, but instead implemented in
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C or assembler). With this, it is possible to adapt SLOF to
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the specific needs of different hardware and architectures.
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To add primitives:
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For a new primitive, following steps have to be done:
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+ Definition of primitive name in <arch>.in
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- cod(ABC) defines primitive ABC
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You can also use the following in a .in file, see existing
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code for how to use these:
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- con(ABC) defines constant ABC
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- col(ABC) defines colon definition ABC
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- dfr(ABC) defines defer definition ABC
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+ Definition of the primitives effects in <arch>.code
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- PRIM(ABC) ... MIRP
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The code for the primitive body is any C-code. With
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the macros of prim.code the data and return stack of
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the Forth engine can be appropriately manipulated.
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3.0 Limitations of this package
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On a JS20 the memory setup is very static and therefore there are
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only very few combinations of memory DIMM placement actually work.
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Known booting configurations:
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* 4x 256 MB (filling all slots) -- only "0.5 GB" reported.
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* 2x 1 GB, slots 3/4 -- only "0.5 GB" reported.
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Known failing configurations
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* 2x 256 MB, slots 3/4
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* 2x 256 MB, slots 1/2
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On a JS20 SLOF wil always report 0.5 GB even if there is much more memory
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available.
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On a JS21 all memory configurations should work.
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4.0 Submitting patches
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Patches for SLOF should be made against https://github.com/aik/SLOF,
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the master branch and posted to slof@lists.ozlabs.org.
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The patches must be signed using "Signed-off-by" tag with a real name to
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confirm that you certify the Developer Certificate of Origin Version 1.1,
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see [3] for details.
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5.0 Coding style
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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New C code submitted to SLOF should follow the coding style guidelines
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for the Linux kernel [4] with the following exceptions:
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- in the event that you require a specific width, use a standard type
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like int32_t, uint32_t, uint64_t, etc. Don't use Linux kernel internal
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types like u32, __u32 or __le32.
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New Forth code should use 4 space indentations and no tabs. Patches for
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the old code should keep the existing style which usually is
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3 space indentation.
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New assembly code submitted to SLOF should follow the coding style
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guidelines for the Linux kernel [4], i.e. indent with tabs, not with spaces.
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Documentation
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[1] IEEE 1275-1994 Standard, Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration)
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Firmware: Core Requirements and Practices
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[2] PAPR Standard, Power.org(TM) Standard for Power Architecture(R) Platform
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Requirements (Workstation, Server), Version 2.4, December 7, 2009
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[3] Developer Certificate of Origin Version 1.1
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http://developercertificate.org/
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[4] Linux kernel coding style
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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/CodingStyle
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