FCode Implementation Help

FCode Documentation

FirmWorks publishes the following FCode and Open Firmware documentation:

• Writing FCode Programs for PCI
• Open Firmware Command Reference

Information about documentation available from other vendors is given on the IEEE Standard 1275 Working Group's Home Page.

Classroom Training

FirmWorks also provides classroom training on the Forth language/writing and debugging of FCode drivers.

Custom FCode Driver Creation

If you'd rather outsource the creation of your FCode drivers, FirmWorks will write them for you.

Bug Workarounds

Other implementations of Open Firmware have known bugs for which the Working Group has developed and adopted workarounds. FirmWorks includes these workarounds in all of the drivers that it writes. If you'd like to include these workarounds in your drivers, please obtain the following reports from the IEEE Standard Working Group's home page:

• "Proposal to change an existing word in Apple's OFW to a reserved word to allow driver code to modify calls to 'map-in' method"
  • Associated code example.

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Last Modified: February 1, 1996