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/*
* Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*
* Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it is
* free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding infringement
* or the like. Any license provided herein, whether implied or
* otherwise, applies only to this software file. Patent licenses, if
* any, provided herein do not apply to combinations of this program with
* other software, or any other product whatsoever.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
* License along with this program; if not, write the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* Contact information: Silicon Graphics, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy,
* Mountain View, CA 94043, or:
*
* http://www.sgi.com
*
* For further information regarding this notice, see:
*
* http://oss.sgi.com/projects/GenInfo/NoticeExplan
*/
This directory contains the files required to build
the fake PROM image that is currently being used to
boot IA64 kernels running under the SGI Medusa kernel.
The FPROM currently provides the following functions:
- PAL emulation for all PAL calls we've made so far.
- SAL emulation for all SAL calls we've made so far.
- EFI emulation for all EFI calls we've made so far.
- builds the "ia64_bootparam" structure that is
passed to the kernel from SAL. This structure
shows the cpu & memory configurations.
- supports medusa boottime options for changing
the number of cpus present
- supports medusa boottime options for changing
the memory configuration.
At some point, this fake PROM will be replaced by the
real PROM.
To build a fake PROM, cd to this directory & type:
make
This will (or should) build a fake PROM named "fprom".
Use this fprom image when booting the Medusa simulator. The
control file used to boot Medusa should include the
following lines:
load fprom
load vmlinux
sr pc 0x100000
sr g 9 <address of kernel _start function> #(currently 0xe000000000520000)
NOTE: There is a script "runsim" in this directory that can be used to
simplify setting up an environment for running under Medusa.
The following parameters may be passed to the fake PROM to
control the PAL/SAL/EFI parameters passed to the kernel:
GR[8] = # of cpus
GR[9] = address of primary entry point into the kernel
GR[20] = memory configuration for node 0
GR[21] = memory configuration for node 1
GR[22] = memory configuration for node 2
GR[23] = memory configuration for node 3
Registers GR[20] - GR[23] contain information to specify the
amount of memory present on nodes 0-3.
- if nothing is specified (all registers are 0), the configuration
defaults to 8 MB on node 0.
- a mem config entry for node N is passed in GR[20+N]
- a mem config entry consists of 8 hex digits. Each digit gives the
amount of physical memory available on the node starting at
1GB*<dn>, where dn is the digit number. The amount of memory
is 8MB*2**<d>. (If <d> = 0, the memory size is 0).
SN1 doesnt support dimms this small but small memory systems
boot faster on Medusa.
An example helps a lot. The following specifies that node 0 has
physical memory 0 to 8MB and 1GB to 1GB+32MB, and that node 1 has
64MB starting at address 0 of the node which is 8GB.
gr[20] = 0x21 # 0 to 8MB, 1GB to 1GB+32MB
gr[21] = 0x4 # 8GB to 8GB+64MB
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