Bug#797987: ITP: skiboot -- OPAL boot and runtime firmware for POWER
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Description : This source contains OPAL firmware and other support utilities for the
skiboot firmware, for OPAL Power machined.
OPAL firmware (OpenPower Abstraction Layer) comes in several parts.
A simplified flow of what happens when the power button is pressed is:
1) The baseboard management controller (BMC) powers the system on.
2) The BMC selects the master chip and releases the self-boot engines (SBEs)
on the POWER8 chips, master last.
3) The BMC relinquishes control of the flexible service interface (FSI)
SCAN/SCOM engines.
4) The hostboot firmware IPLs the system. It initiates a secondary power-on
sequence through a digital power systems sweep (DPSS).
5) The hostboot firmware loads the OPAL image and moves all processors to
their execution starting points.
License : Apache-2.0
Copyright : (C) Copyright 2015
International Business Machines Corporation and others.
All Rights Reserved.
URL: https://github.com/open-power/skiboot
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