80x86 Default Faulty RAM List

80x86 Default Faulty RAM List
File: 80x86/frl/0index.asm

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Overview

This source code creates a default Faulty RAM List file, mostly intended for people installing the OS. The file format is defined in BCOS Faulty RAM List File Format Specification.

Included System Files

The following line/s include standard "include" files into the binary.

18: %include "ff/header.inc"
19: %include "ff/frl.inc"

Assembler Setup

24: ORG 0
25: FILE_START:

Generic File Header

31: NFF_HEADER FILE_END - FILE_START, FILETYPE_BCOS_FRL

Extended File Header

37:       db 0x00, 0x01                 ;Faulty RAM List version number (minor, major)
38:
39: ;     db 0
40:       db FRL_RAMTEST_FLAG_scheduledTestEnable
41: ;     db FRL_RAMTEST_FLAG_simpleBootTestEnable | FRL_RAMTEST_FLAG_scheduledTestEnable | FRL_RAMTEST_FLAG_runtimeTestEnable
42:       db 1                          ;Scheduled Boot RAM Test Passes
43:
44:       dd "8632"                     ;Platform ID
45:       dd ENTRIES_START              ;Offset within file for start of Faulty RAM List Entries
46:       dd ENTRIES_END                ;Offset within file for byte after Faulty RAM List Entries

Faulty RAM List Entries

Note: Create entries with:

FRL_ENTRY <starting_address>, <pages>

56: ENTRIES_START:
57: ;     FRL_ENTRY 0x0000000000010000, 4                 ;Wipe out 16 KiB
58: ;     FRL_ENTRY 0x0000000000200000, 4                 ;Wipe out 16 KiB
59: ;     FRL_ENTRY 0x0000000000100000, 196608            ;Wipe out 768 MiB
60: ;     FRL_ENTRY 0x123456789ABCD000, 0x87654321
61: ;     FRL_ENTRY 0x1000000000000000, 1
62: ENTRIES_END:

The End

68: FILE_END:

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