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== Booting == | == Booting == | ||
* Multiboot standard | * [ftp://flux.cs.utah.edu/flux/multiboot/MultiBoot.html Multiboot standard] | ||
* GRUB - GRand Unified Bootloader | * [http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ GRUB - GRand Unified Bootloader] | ||
* Nilo - Network Interface Loader. NILO will boot Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 95/98/NT4 and support the Intel PXE standard. | * GRUB2 | ||
* [http://www.nilo.org/ Nilo] - Network Interface Loader. NILO will boot Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 95/98/NT4 and support the Intel PXE standard. | |||
* [http://www.etherboot.org] Etherboot | |||
== Flashing on Linux Systems == | == Flashing on Linux Systems == | ||
Revision as of 00:40, 6 October 2006
Open Firmware Companies/Vendor support
Open Firmware Documentation
- What is Open Firmware?
- Hardware Independant Boot Code - - An Open Firmware description at an introductory level by Matthew Johnson
- Open Firmware homepage
- The OpenFirmware IEEE 1275-1994
- Writing FCode 3.x Programs
- OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual
- OpenBoot 3.x Quick Reference
Forth
- Forth FAQ
- kForth - programming examples
- DPANS'94 - very interesting: annex D and E.
- Gforth - Forth implementation of the GNU project
- PFE - The Portable Forth Environment is based on the ANSI Standard for Forth. It is targeted for embedded environments.
- vnpforth - contains a traditional compiler, which turns Forth into standard object (.o) files
- Moving Forth - Article on writing Forth Kernels by Brad Rodriguez
- Hayes ANS compliance test - a test for ANS Forth compliance by John Hayes. The OpenBIOS forth kernel passes this test.
- gfob - a forth source obfuscator
- Primer - A Beginner's Guide to Forth by J.V. Noble
- Forth engines - written in several languages.
- Thoughtful Programming and Forth - an essay by Jeff Fox.
- Selected Forth Papers - at theforthsource.com
Stack Machines
- Stack Computers: the new wave - Philip J. Koopman Jr's book on stack computers offered as pdf and html.
Booting
- Multiboot standard
- GRUB - GRand Unified Bootloader
- GRUB2
- Nilo - Network Interface Loader. NILO will boot Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 95/98/NT4 and support the Intel PXE standard.
- [1] Etherboot
Flashing on Linux Systems
- MTD - Memory Technology Device Subsystem for Linux
- /dev/bios - Flash ROM driver for Linux (for flashing System and PCI adapter firmware
- Uniflash (nonlinux)
- flashrom (LinuxBIOS)
Other Open Source Firmware Implementations
- LinuxBIOS - The LinuxBIOS project bootstraps systems to the point where they can run an OS kernel from flash or over Ethernet using Etherboot.
- FreeBIOS - The FreeBIOS sourceforge project hosts all of the LinuxBIOS source code in CVS.
- TIARA - TIARA, an Openbios/GRUB/PFORTH composite, BIOS replacement (dead?)
- GBIOS - GBIOS is a GPLed firmware for PowerPC G3/G4 and some Motorola cpus.
- Proll - Proll is a firmware replacement for SUN JavaStations to boot Linux
Virtual Machines and Emulation
- QEMU
- XEN
- Bochs - portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator
- DOSemu - DOS Emulation for Linux
- Plex86 - extensible open source PC virtualization software