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| author | Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2015-02-05 17:49:50 +1100 |
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| committer | Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2015-02-05 17:49:50 +1100 |
| commit | 16c80346ddf9ec6baf583b610cf1449f25962d34 (patch) | |
| tree | 9bca5221defa3fa784b0e6675748b9a4c074d093 /README | |
| parent | 64a5f776e1c82e707a7126ad4b1f70f8a2d419fd (diff) | |
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Add OPAL_INVALID_CALL explicitly in opal.h and docs
Was mentioned in linux as possibly being used by some external test
modules. It's harmless to make this official behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 38 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ skiboot ------- -Firmware for OpenPower systems. +Firmware for OpenPower systems Source: https://github.com/open-power/skiboot @@ -43,52 +43,22 @@ make OPAL calls. A TODO item is to extensively document this API. See doc/overview.txt for a more in depth overview of skiboot. -Building --------- -You can build on a linux host. Modern Debian and Ubuntu are well known -to be suitable. Build and testing on x86 is fine. You do not need a POWER -host to build and test skiboot. - -You will need a C compiler for big endian ppc64. If your distro does -not provide one, crosstool built compilers work well: -https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/ - -You should then be able to just (where 4=nr cpu cores of your machine) -$ make -j4 -$ make -j4 check -If using crosstool compilers, add /opt/cross/gcc-4.8.0-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/ -to your PATH. - -If using packaged cross compilers on Ubuntu, you may need to set the -following environment variable: -CROSS=powerpc-linux-gnu- - -Testing +Hacking ------- -To test in a simulator, install the IBM POWER8 Functional Simulator from: +You will need a C compiler (gcc 4.8) for ppc64 (big endian). +You will need a POWER8 system that you can deploy new firmware to. + +You may also use the IBM POWER8 Functional Simulator to test on. http://www-304.ibm.com/support/customercare/sas/f/pwrfs/home.html Qemu (as of 2.2.0) is not suitable as it does not (yet) implement the HyperVisor mode of the POWER8 processor. -To run a boot-to-bootloader test, you'll need a zImage.papr built using -the mambo_defconfig config for op-build. See -https://github.com/open-power/op-build/ on howto build. Drop zImage.epapr -in the skiboot directory and the skiboot test suite will automatically pick -it up. - -To test on real hardware, you will need to understand how to flash new -skiboot onto your system. This will vary from platform to platform. - -Hacking -------- All patches should be sent to the mailing list with linux-kernel style -'Signed-Off-By'. The following git commands are your friends: -- git commit -s -- git format-patch +'Signed-Off-By'. -You probably want to read the linux Documentation/SubmittingPatches as +You probably want to read the linux documentation/SubmittingPatches as much of it applies to skiboot. License |