Contents: obpcmdref manual
obpcmdref manual
obpcmdref manual
Preface Who Should Use This Book
Contents
Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Related Books
What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean
Sun Welcomes Your Comments
1 : NAME Features of OpenBoot
The User Interface
The Device Tree
Getting Help
A Caution About Using Some OpenBoot Commands
2 : Booting and Testing Your System Booting Your System
Running Diagnostics
Displaying System Information
Resetting the System
3 : NAME Displaying and Changing Variable Settings
Setting Security Variables
Changing the Power-on Banner
Input and Output Control
Selecting Boot Options
Controlling Power-on Self-test
Using nvramrc
4 : Using Forth Tools Forth Commands
Data Types
Using Numbers
The Stack
Creating Custom Definitions
Using Arithmetic Functions
Accessing Memory
Using Defining Words
Searching the Dictionary
Compiling Data into the Dictionary
Displaying Numbers
Changing the Number Base
Controlling Text Input and Output
Redirecting Input and Output
Command Line Editor
Conditional Flags
Control Commands
5 : Loading and Executing Programs Using boot
Using dl to Load Forth Text Files Over Serial Port A
Using load
Using dlbin to Load FCode or Binary Executables Over Serial Port A
Using dload to Load from Ethernet
Using ?go
6 : Debugging Using the Forth Language Decompiler
Using the Disassembler
Displaying Registers
Breakpoints
The Forth Source-level Debugger
Using patch and (patch)
Using ftrace
A : Setting Up a TIP Connection Common Problems with TIP
B : Building A Bootable Floppy Disk
C : Troubleshooting Guide Power-on Initialization Sequence
Emergency Procedures
Preserving Data After a System Crash
Common Failures
D : Forth Word Reference
obpcmdref manual
obpcmdref manual