[Etherboot-developers] Hello SPARC OpenBoot prom world

[Geert S. <sta...@st...>]

Hello,

The initial work is done! a Sparc says hello

With the source code in
http://www.stappers.nl/gpm/code/gpxe/sparc/gpxe-sparc-obp-sandbox.tar.gz
it is possible let a UltraSPARC with OpenBoot prom say 'hello world'.

The code is based on SILO, the Sparc Improved LOader,
 ( http://www.sparc-boot.org )

It is build with the build system of gPXE. So it has:
 * Makefile structure as gPXE
 * Dependency generating strips
 * linker script
 * "media"
 * prefix file

Now that 'hello world' in C is possible, is continuing
with the port of gPXE to SPARCs with OpenBoot proms easier.
But there is still a lot to do, e.g. detecting PCI devices.

The provided tarball contains only files under
 src/arch/sparc/obp/sandbox
so it can't harm current gPXE. However it is good thing if it will be
included in the gPXE mainline tree.


Anyway, those who want it, enjoy it!


Cheers
Geert Stappers