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author | Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2015-08-28 15:10:31 +1000 |
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committer | Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2015-08-28 15:10:31 +1000 |
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@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ They may be all part of one payload or three separate images (depending on platform). The bootloader will kexec a host kernel (probably linux). The host OS can -make OPAL calls. A TODO item is to extensively document this API. +make OPAL calls. The OPAL API is documented in doc/opal-api/ (there are +missing parts, patches are welcome!) See doc/overview.txt for a more in depth overview of skiboot. @@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ 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. +See https://www.flamingspork.com/blog/2015/08/28/running-opal-in-qemu-the-powernv-platform/ for instructions on how to use a work-in-progress patchset +to qemu that may be suitable for some work. To run a boot-to-bootloader test, you'll need a zImage.papr built using the mambo_defconfig config for op-build. See @@ -78,9 +81,15 @@ 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. +See opal-ci/README for further testing instructions. + 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. +You may want to start with external/boot-tests/boot_test.sh as it can +(provided the correct usernames/passwords) automatically flash a new +skiboot onto ASTBMC based OpenPower machines. + Hacking ------- All patches should be sent to the mailing list with linux-kernel style |