| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-colo" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="colo.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Colo-&colo-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Colo">Colo</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 | <title/>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The Colo package contains the Cobalt Boot Loader.</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <segmentedlist>
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| 23 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <seglistitem>
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| 26 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc,
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| 27 | Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg>
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| 28 | </seglistitem>
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| 29 | </segmentedlist>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | </sect2>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 34 | <title>Installation of Colo</title>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <note os="a">
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| 37 | <para>This bootloader is for the MIPS based cobalt servers RaQ,
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| 38 | RaQ2, Qube, or the Qube2.</para>
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| 39 | </note>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <para os="b">Compile the Colo package:</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para os="c">Install the package:</para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <screen os="d"><userinput>install -d /usr/lib/colo/examples
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| 48 | install binaries/colo-chain.elf /usr/lib/colo
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| 49 | install binaries/colo-rom-image.bin /usr/lib/colo
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| 50 | install tools/colo-perm/colo-perm /sbin
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| 51 | install tools/colo-perm/colo-perm.8 /usr/man/man8
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| 52 | install tools/elf2rfx/elf2rfx /sbin
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| 53 | install tools/flash-tool/flash-tool /sbin
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| 54 | install tools/flash-tool/flash-tool.8 /usr/man/man8
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| 55 | install tools/lcdtools/e2fsck-lcd/e2fsck-lcd /sbin
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| 56 | install tools/lcdtools/e2fsck-lcd/e2fsck-lcd.8 /usr/man/man8
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| 57 | install tools/lcdtools/liblcd/liblcd.a /lib
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| 58 | install tools/lcdtools/paneld/paneld /sbin
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| 59 | install tools/lcdtools/paneld/paneld.8 /usr/man/man8
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| 60 | install tools/lcdtools/putlcd/putlcd /sbin
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| 61 | install tools/lcdtools/putlcd/putlcd.8 /usr/man/man8
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| 62 | install examples/menu.colo /usr/lib/colo/examples
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| 63 | install examples/simple.colo /usr/lib/colo/examples
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| 64 | cp binaries/colo-chain.elf /boot/vmlinux
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| 65 | gzip -9 /boot/vmlinux</userinput></screen>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | </sect2>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <sect2 id="contents-colo" role="content">
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| 70 | <title>Contents of Colo</title>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <segmentedlist>
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| 73 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <seglistitem>
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| 76 | <seg>colo-chain.elf, colo-rom-image.bin, colo-perm, elf2rfx,
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| 77 | flash-tool, e2fsck-lcd, paneld and putlcd</seg>
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| 78 | </seglistitem>
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| 79 | </segmentedlist>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <variablelist>
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| 82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 83 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 84 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <varlistentry id="colo-chain.elf">
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| 87 | <term><command>colo</command></term>
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| 88 | <listitem>
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| 89 | <para>Is the Cobalt Bootloader's chain mode executeable. This
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| 90 | file gets gzipped and renamed to <filename>vmlinux.gz</filename>,
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| 91 | so it can be booted automatically by the Cobalt's existing
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| 92 | firmware</para>
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| 93 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo colo-chain.elf">
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| 94 | <primary sortas="b-colo-chain.elf">colo-chain.elf</primary>
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| 95 | </indexterm>
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| 96 | </listitem>
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| 97 | </varlistentry>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <varlistentry id="colo-rom-image.bin">
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| 100 | <term><command>colo-rom-image.bin</command></term>
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| 101 | <listitem>
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| 102 | <para>Is a replacement firmware for the Cobalt's standard
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| 103 | firmware</para>
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| 104 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo colo-rom-image.bin">
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| 105 | <primary sortas="b-colo-rom-image.bin">colo-rom-image.bin</primary>
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| 106 | </indexterm>
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| 107 | </listitem>
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| 108 | </varlistentry>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <varlistentry id="colo-perm">
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| 111 | <term><command>colo-perm</command></term>
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| 112 | <listitem>
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| 113 | <para>Is a tool which looks in the ROM of a Cobalt machine for a
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| 114 | magic string identifying CoLo. This way, it can be determined if
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| 115 | the original Cobalt firmware is used or whether CoLo has been
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| 116 | flashed to the ROM</para>
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| 117 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo colo-perm">
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| 118 | <primary sortas="b-colo-perm">colo-perm</primary>
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| 119 | </indexterm>
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| 120 | </listitem>
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| 121 | </varlistentry>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <varlistentry id="elf2rfx">
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| 124 | <term><command>elf2rfx</command></term>
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| 125 | <listitem>
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| 126 | <para>UNKNOWN</para>
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| 127 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo elf2rfx">
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| 128 | <primary sortas="b-elf2rfx">elf2rfx</primary>
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| 129 | </indexterm>
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| 130 | </listitem>
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| 131 | </varlistentry>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <varlistentry id="flash-tool">
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| 134 | <term><command>flash-tool</command></term>
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| 135 | <listitem>
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| 136 | <para>Read or write Cobalt's firmware flash memory</para>
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| 137 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo flash-tool">
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| 138 | <primary sortas="b-flash-tool">flash-tool</primary>
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| 139 | </indexterm>
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| 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 | </varlistentry>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <varlistentry id="e2fsck-lcd">
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| 144 | <term><command>e2fsck-lcd</command></term>
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| 145 | <listitem>
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| 146 | <para>Will output file system check progress information on the
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| 147 | Cobalt LCD</para>
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| 148 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo e2fsck-lcd">
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| 149 | <primary sortas="b-e2fsck-lcd">e2fsck-lcd</primary>
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| 150 | </indexterm>
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| 151 | </listitem>
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| 152 | </varlistentry>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <varlistentry id="paneld">
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| 155 | <term><command>paneld</command></term>
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| 156 | <listitem>
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| 157 | <para>Is an admin tool for the LCD panel of Cobalt machines. By
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| 158 | default, it will display the current time and optionally a message.
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| 159 | When you hold the enter or select button for a couple of seconds
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| 160 | you will get an admin menu. The menu will allow you to either halt
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| 161 | or reboot your Cobalt machine</para>
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| 162 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo paneld">
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| 163 | <primary sortas="b-paneld">paneld</primary>
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| 164 | </indexterm>
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| 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 | </varlistentry>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <varlistentry id="putlcd">
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| 169 | <term><command>putlcd</command></term>
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| 170 | <listitem>
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| 171 | <para>Is a tool to display text on the LCD display of Cobalt
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| 172 | machines</para>
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| 173 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo putlcd">
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| 174 | <primary sortas="b-putlcd">putlcd</primary>
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| 175 | </indexterm>
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| 176 | </listitem>
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| 177 | </varlistentry>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <varlistentry id="md5rom">
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| 180 | <term><command>md5rom</command></term>
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| 181 | <listitem>
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| 182 | <para>Will output the MD5 checksum of a Cobalt's ROM</para>
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| 183 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-colo md5rom">
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| 184 | <primary sortas="b-md5rom">md5rom</primary>
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| 185 | </indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | </variablelist>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | </sect2>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | </sect1>
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