===== Open Firmware =====

<file>
boot hd:11,\\:tbxi
</file>

yaboot?


...and on

==== introduction / reading /ref ====


  * "Fundamentals of Open Firmware, Part I: The User Interface" http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html
  * "Fundamentals of Open Firmware, Part II: The Device Tree" http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html
	
==== usefull commands ====

  * dev /packages ls list available packages
  * "did u zap the p-ram"???
    * reset-nvram (hit enter)
    * set-defaults (hit enter)
    * reset-all (hit enter)
  * debugging using telnet
    * the following command will start a telnet server on the machine running openfirmware " enet:telnet,10.0.0.1" io (note the space after the ")
  
==== device tree ====

  * with a linux kernel that has been configured to inlcude openfirmware info in the /proc directory, many useful things can be seen (Q: and/or set?) here /proc/device-tree/

==== macOS boot sequence ====

  * http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_boot.html


==== links ====

  * overview http://www.netneurotic.de/mac/openfirmware.html
  * quick reference http://www.firmworks.com/QuickRef.html
  * debugging using telnet http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn2004.html
  * spec; Open Firmware IEEE 1275