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strtoull() can optionally take a second pointer as an out-parameter that will be adjusted to point to the end of the parsed string. This works almost right, but misses two important edge cases: firstly,when the parsed string is "0", the function will interpret the leading '0' as an octal prefix, so that the first actually parsed digit is already the terminating '\0' byte. This will cause the function to early abort, which still (correctly) returns 0 but doesn't adjust *endptr. The early abort is pointless anyway -- the only other thing the function does is run a for-loop whose condition is the exact inverse (so it's guaranteed to run zero iterations in this case) and then adjust *endptr (which we want). So just take it out. This also technically corrects the behavior of *endptr for a completely invalid string, since the strtoull man page says > If there were no digits at all, strtoul() stores the original value of > nptr in *endptr (and returns 0). The second issue occurs when the parsed string is "0x" without another valid digit behind it. In this case, we will still jump over the 0x prefix so that *endptr is set to the first byte after that. The correct interpretation in this case is that there is no 0x prefix, and instead a valid 0 digit with the 'x' being invalid garbage at the end. By not skipping the prefix unless there's at least one valid digit after it, we get the correct behavior of *endptr pointing to the 'x'. Change-Id: Idddd74e18e410a9d0b6dce9512ca0412b9e2333c Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/32029 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de> Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net> |
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README.md
coreboot README
coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.
With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.
coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.
Payloads
After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.
See https://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.
Supported Hardware
coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.
For details please consult:
- https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
- https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
Build Requirements
- make
- gcc / g++
Because Linux distribution compilers tend to use lots of patches. coreboot
does lots of "unusual" things in its build system, some of which break due
to those patches, sometimes by gcc aborting, sometimes - and that's worse -
by generating broken object code.
Two options: use our toolchain (eg. make crosstools-i386) or enable the
ANY_TOOLCHAINKconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case). - iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
- pkg-config
- libssl-dev (openssl)
Optional:
- doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
- gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
- ncurses (for
make menuconfigandmake nconfig) - flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)
Building coreboot
Please consult https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.
Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware
If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU.
Please see https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.
Website and Mailing List
Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:
You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:
https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist
Copyright and License
The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.
coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details.
This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.