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Gabe Black 903f8e0330 libpayload: Add size_t and ssize_t types for ARM and x86
Some new TPM drivers in depthcharge require that type. I added it to
arch/types.h which seemed appropriate, but I'm not sure that's exactly the
right header to use, or in other words if you'd get that type from libpayload
the same way you'd get it if you were building a standard Linux program.

Also, I attempted to determine what underlying types gcc would use, and while
I think I picked the right ones I'm not 100% certain of that either.

Change-Id: Ic5c0b4173c8565ede3bfce8870976d596d69e51d
Signed-off-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/2669
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Marc Jones <marc.jones@se-eng.com>
Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
2013-03-13 23:41:40 +01:00
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2013-02-15 06:51:52 +01:00
2012-11-30 23:20:54 +01:00
2012-04-04 00:40:31 +02:00

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libpayload README
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libpayload is a minimal library to support standalone payloads
that can be booted with firmware like coreboot. It handles the setup
code, and provides common C library symbols such as malloc() and printf().

Note: This is _not_ a standard library for use with an operating system,
rather it's only useful for coreboot payload development!
See http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot.


Installation
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 $ git clone http://review.coreboot.org/p/coreboot.git

 $ cd payloads/libpayload

 $ make menuconfig

 $ make

 $ sudo make install (optional, will install into /opt per default)

As libpayload is for 32bit x86 systems only, you might have to install the
32bit libgcc version, otherwise your payloads will fail to compile.
On Debian systems you'd do 'apt-get install gcc-multilib' for example.


Usage
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Here's an example of a very simple payload (hello.c) and how to build it:

 #include <libpayload.h>

 int main(void)
 {
     printf("Hello, world!\n");
     return 0;
 }

Building the payload using the 'lpgcc' compiler wrapper:

 $ lpgcc -o hello.elf hello.c

Please see the sample/ directory for details.


Website and Mailing List
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The main website is http://www.coreboot.org/Libpayload.

For additional information, patches, and discussions, please join the
coreboot mailing list at http://coreboot.org/Mailinglist, where most
libpayload developers are subscribed.


Copyright and License
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See LICENSES.