Terms
This standard uses technical terms as they are defined in the
IEEE Std 1275-1994 Standard and other
documents cited in “References”, plus the following
terms:
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol
CHRP
Common Hardware Reference Platform
core, core specification, core document
Refers to IEEE Std 1275-1994 Standard for Boot (Initialization,
Configuration) Firmware, Core Practices and Requirements
core errata
Refers to Core Errata, IEEE P1275.7
CPU
Central Processing Unit
effective address
The 64- or 32-bit address computed by the processor
when executing a Storage Access or Branch instruction, or when fetching the
next sequential instruction. If address translation is disabled, the real
address is the same as the effective address. If address translation is
enabled, the real address is determined by, but not necessarily identical
to, the effective address.
ELF Executable and Linking Format
A binary object file format defined by
that is used to represent client
programs in OF for PA.
FDISK
Refers to the boot-record and partition table format used by
MS-DOS, as defined in
.
gateway
Network connecting device
host
A computer. In particular a source or destination of messages
from the point of view of the communication network.
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IP
Internet Protocol
IO
Input/Output
LAN
Local Area Network
linkage area
An area within the stack that is reserved for saving
certain registers across procedure calls in PA run-time models. This area
is reserved by the caller and is allocated above the current stack pointer
(%r1).
NVRAM
Non-volatile memory that is the repository for various
platform, OF and OS information that remains persistent across reboots,
power management activities and/or cycles.
Open Firmware (OF)
The firmware architecture defined by
and
, or, when used as an adjective,
a software component compliant with the core specification and
errata.
PCU
Power Configuration Utility; Refers to a platform program to
assist a user to manage device power.
PE
Portable Executable. A binary object file format defined by
.
procedure descriptor
A data structure used by some PA run-time models
to represent a C “pointer to procedure”. The first word of this
structure contains the actual address of the procedure.
processor bus
The bus that connects the CPU chip to the system.
PROM
Programmable Read Only Memory
real address
An address that the processor presents on the processor
bus.
real-mode
The mode in which OF and its client are running with
translation disabled; all addresses passed between the client and OF are
real (i.e., hardware) addresses.
RFC
Internet Request For Comments; part of the technical process of
establishing a standard.
ROM
Read Only Memory
segmented address translation
The process whereby an Effective Address (EA) is translated into a
Virtual Address (VA) and the virtual address is translated into a Real
Address (RA). (see
and Book III of
for more detail.)
suspend
A form of Power Management characterized by a fast recovery
to full operation. Typically, system memory will not be powered off while
in the suspend state.
Table of Contents (TOC)
A data structure used by some PA run-time models that is used for
access to global variables and for inter-module linkage. When a TOC is
used,
%r2 contains its base address.
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
Virtual Address
In IEEE 1275 parlance, the address that a program uses to access
a memory location or
memory-mapped device register. Depending on the presence or absence of
memory mapping hardware in the system, and whether or not that mapping
hardware is enabled, a virtual address may or may not be the same as the
physical (real) address that appears on an external bus. The IEEE 1275
definition of “virtual address” corresponds to The PA's
definition of “effective address.” Except as noted, this
document uses the IEEE 1275 definition of virtual address.
In PA parlance, an internal address within the PA address
translation mechanism, used
as in intermediate term in the translation of an effective address to the
corresponding real address.
virtual-mode
The mode in which OF and its client share a single
virtual address space, and address translation is enabled; all addresses
passed between the client and OF are virtual (translated) addresses.