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This document list all firmware related resources.

Firmware and OS Specifications/Standards Maintained by TonyLo

  • FirmwareResources
  • Firmware and OS Specifications/Standards Maintained by TonyLo
    • Official Sites
    • Firmware and OS Architecture
    • Specifications
      • Bus Technology
      • Remote Management Specifications
      • Industry Standard Specifications
      • File System and Disc Format
      • File Format
    • Tools
    • Compilers/ToolChains

Official Sites

List of Organizations, Company, Govermant sites which are firmware and OS related.

Name URL Specifications
AMD https://www.amd.com
AMPERE Computing https://amperecomputing.com/
AMI https://www.ami.com Legacy BIOS<BR>UEFI<BR>BMC<BR>OpenBMC
ARM https://www.arm.com ARM Architecture<BR>ARM TrustZone
Bluetooth https://www.bluetooth.com Bluetooth Specifications<BR>Bluetooth Profiles
Connectivity Standard Alliance https://csa-iot.org/ Zigbee
CoreBoot http://www.coreboot.org
CXL https://www.computeexpresslink.org/ Compute Express Link
DMTF https://www.dmtf.org -CADF
-CDM
-CLOUD
-CIM
-CMDBf
-DASH
-NETMAN
-OVF
-PMCI
-REDFISH
-SMASH
-SMBIOS
-VMAN
-WBEM
-WS-MAN
FiRa https://www.firaconsortium.org/ FiRa Consortium, UWB promoter group
GNU https://www.gnu.org/ GNU OS, Software, Tools, Compilers
HDMI https://www.hdmi.org HDMI<BR>
INCITS T10 https://www.t10.org SCSI<BR>SAS
INCITS T13 https://www.t13.org ATA/ATAPI<BR>
Intel https://www.intel.com Intel Processor/Chipsets<BR>XHCI<BR>eSPI<BR>AC97
JEDEC https://www.jedec.org Microelectronics Standard<BR>eMMC<BR>UFS
Linaro https://www.linaro.org/ ARM and open source projects
MCC https://www.mcc-us.com/ I2C Bus Analyzer
MIPI Alliance https://www.mipi.org MIPI<BR>
Microsoft https://www.microsoft.com Microsoft Windows<BR>
NIST https://www.nist.gov NIST Standards
NVM Express https://www.nvmexpress.org NVMe<BR>
NXP https://www.nxp.com/
OCP https://www.opencompute.org/ Open Compute Project
Datacenter, 5G, Telco, DC-MHS
OpenBIOS https://www.openbios.info/
OpenBMC https://www.openbmc.org/ OpenBMC
PCI-SIG https://pcisig.com/ PCI<BR>PCI Express<BR>
SATA-IO https://sata-io.org/ Serial ATA
SD Association https://www.sdcard.org SDCard<BR>MicroSD<BR>SD Express<BR>SDIO<BR>iSDIO
Trusted Computing Group https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/ TPM
u-bmc https://u-bmc.readthedocs.io/
U-Boot https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
UEFI https://www.uefi.org UEFI<BR>UEFI PI<BR>UEFI SCT<BR>ACPI
USB https://www.usb.org USB Specification<BR>USB Device Classes<BR>USB PD
VESA https://vesa.org/ VESA spec

Firmware and OS Architecture

Firmware and OS architecture sites

Firmware/OS Architecture URL Notes
ARM Trusted Firmware TF-A https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/firmware/trusted-firmware/trusted-firmware-a
ARM Trusted Firmware TF-M https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/firmware/trusted-firmware/trusted-firmware-m
CoreBoot http://www.coreboot.org
Intel Slimboot https://www.intel.com.tw/content/www/tw/zh/design/products-and-solutions/technologies/slim-bootloader/overview.html
Linux Boot https://www.linuxboot.org/
OpenBIOS https://www.openbios.info/
OpenBMC https://www.openbmc.org/
Open System Firmware https://www.opencompute.org/projects/open-system-firmware
Project Mu https://microsoft.github.io/mu/ Microsoft Open Source Firmware
SeaBIOS https://www.seabios.org Legacy BIOS
SeaVGABios https://seabios.org/SeaVGABIOS Open Source VGA BIOS
u-bmc https://github.com/u-root/u-bmc
U-Boot https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
USF https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/universal-scalable-firmware.html/ Universal Scalable Firmware
UEFI Firmware http://www.uefi.org
UWB Alliance https://uwballiance.org/
WiMedia Alliance https://www.wimedia.org

Specifications

Bus Technology

Specification URL Notes
1394/Firewire OHCI v1.1
AC97 Specification ICH7 AC97 Programmers Manual
Access Bus Specification v3.0
AGP Specification v1.0
v3.0
AGP Pro Specification v1.1a
ATA/ATAPI Specification -ACS-4 Rev.14
-ATA8 ACS
ATA8 ACS2
-ATAPI for CDROM 8020i rev2.6
-ATA for Removable 8070i
Bluetooth -Bluetooth Specifications List
-Core Specification 5.3
-Core Specification 5.2
-CSS 9
CAN Bus/CAN-FD -CAN-FD Information
-CAN-FD v1.0
CXL https://www.computeexpresslink.org/ Compute Express Link
eMMC Specification v5.1a
HDAudio Specification v1.0a
HDMI Specification v2.1
I2C Bus Specification v6.0
I2S Specification June 5, 1996
I3C Specification] -MIPI I3C Basic v1.0
-MIPI I3C v1.1
-NXP I3C Training Video
LPC Specification v1.1
MIPI Specification click
NVM Express(NVMe) -All Specifications
-NVMe Command Set Specifications
-NVMe Transport Specificaions
-NVMe-MI Specifications
-NVM Express Base Specification 2.0a
-NVMe Management Interface v1.1a
PCI/PCIExpress -PCI Express Base Specification
-Rev 4.0, ver 1.0
-Rev 4.0, Ver 0.3
-PCI Local Bus Specification v3.0
-PCI Firmware Specification v3.2
SCSI Specification click
SD/SDIO/SD Express -All Specifications
-Latest WhitePapers
-SDIO Simplified Specification v3.0
-SD Host Controller Specification v4.20
-iSDIO Simplified Specification v1.10
Serial ATA -SATA rev3.5
-AHCI v1.3.1
-AHCI v1.3
-Port Multiplier
SMBus Specification -SMBus Specification v3.1
-SMBus BIOS Specification v1.0
SPI Bus Specification click
Thunderbolt click
eSPI Bus Specification v1.0
UFS Specification click
USB Bus Specifications -USB Specifications List
-USB Bus Specifications v2.0
-USB Bus Specifications v3.2
-USB Bus Specifications v4.x
USB Device Class Specifications click
USB Host Controller Specification -UHCI
-OHCI v1.0a
-EHCI v1.1
-XHCI rev1.2
UWB UWB Wiki
UWB Standards and Organizations
WiFi Specification click
Zigbee click

Remote Management Specifications

Specification URL Notes
DASH Specification (DMTF) -Information
-DASH Implementation Requirements 1.2.1
-WS-Management CIM Binding Specification 1.2.0
-Systems Management Architecture for Mobile and Desktop Hardware White Paper 1.1.0
-DASH Delivers Multi-Vendor Management for Desktop and Mobile Systems 1.0.0
Intel AMT Information
IPMI Specification -Information
-IPMI v2.0 rev. 1.1
Redfish Specification (DMTF) -Information
----------Redfish 2022.3---------------------------
-Redfish Specification 1.17.0
-Redfish DataModel Specification 2022.3
-Redfish Interoperability Profiles Specification 1.6.0
-Redfish Mockups 2022.3
-Redfish Resource and Schema Guide 2022.3
-Redfish Property Guide 2022.3
-Redfish Message Registry Guide 2022.3
-Redfish Schema Bundle 2022.3
-Redfish Standard Registries Bundle 2022.3
-Redfish Interoperability Profiles Bundle 2022.3
-Redfish 2022.3 Overview


--------Other Redfish Specifications-----------------
-Redfish Specification 1.11.1
-Redfish Host Interface Specification 1.3.0
-Redfish Interoperability Profiles Specification 1.3.0
-Redfish Schema Supplement 2020.3
Swordfish Specification (SNIA) -Information
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Remote Desktop/Connection Protocol URL Notes
VT100
SSH
RDP
VNC

Industry Standard Specifications

Specification URL Notes
ACPI -v6.4 PDF - January 2021
-v6.4 HTML		 acpi spec, acpi tables
APM (Advanced Power Management)
ASF (Alert Standard Format)(DMTF) -ASF v2.0 - 23/Apr/2003
BBS (Bios Boot Specification)
EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive) -EDD v4.0
EDK2 Specifications https://github.com/tianocore-docs/Docs
PMM (Post Memory Manager)
PXE
SMBIOS -SMBIOS Spec List
-SMBIOS v3.5.0 - 21/Sep/2021
-SMBIOS v3.4.0 - 17/Jul/2020
TCG
UEFI -UEFI Specification v2.9
-UEFI Shell Specification v2.2
-UEFI PI v1.7 Errata A
 uefi spec, PI spec, UEFI shell, UEFI SCT

File System and Disc Format

File System Type Specification URL Notes
Microsoft FAT32 1.03
Microsoft exFAT -Latest web version
-Latest pdf
NTFS wiki
El Torito Boot 1.0
UDF 2.60
ISO 9660 -1998(en)
-1988/Amd.1:2013(en)
Joliet Filesystem Extensions for Unicode Version 1
ext4 web
HFS Plus web

File Format

Specification Extension URL Notes
Executable and Linking Format (ELF) -v1.2
-v1.1
MPEG3 .mp3
MPEG4 .mp4
Microsoft PE/COFF Specification .dll
.exe
.sys
.obj
.efi		 -8.0
-Latest web
-Latest pdf
WAVE Audio Format .wav click

Tools

Tool Version OS Notes
PL 1.5.0.10 DOS PL Provides:
1. PCI Bus/Device Information(PCI register read/write)
 2. USB host controller information
 3. System memory read/write
 4. I/O address read/write
 5. Index IO read/write
 6. HD-Audio Controller Information (Include immediate VERB command, save codec cmd sequence as c file)
 7. AC97 Controller
 8. ACPI Table
 9. Disk read/write
 10. Int15h E820 maps advanced browsing
 11. Multi Processor(MP) Table dump.
 12. Advanced Browsing experience.
    - Goto alternative view (Alt+G) Example: PCI<>IO or Memory, ACPI<>Memory
    - Go back previous view(Alt+B)
13. Save View data to file (Save as TXT, HTML, Binary)
 (http://ubios.blogspot.com)
PLC 1.0.1.2 Windows 1. UEFI/BIOS Smart Debug Information
 - Error/Checkpoint/Guid Message clarification and color highlight
- User defined message filter and color highight (Support two uder defined sets)
- Quick message search and locate debug message
- Save debug message on the fly (save to file)
- Load debug message and analysis
2. Addon Debug Message Functions
 - Calculate the timeing between two marked debug messages, can be used to measure and tune the BIOS POST time.
(Click the 'Time' button on tool bar to open the 'Time' Windows, then use 'SPACE' key to mark the message.
- GUID and Meaniningful name translation
* Lookup the BIOS source code at startup. Once the GUID is displayed in the dbeug message, convert the GUID to the driver/protocol name of the GUID.
* (Need to set the 'GUID File Path' in the "Config" window to point to the UEFI/BIOS source code)
* (Click the 'Decode Messages' button in the tool bar to enable/disable the trsnslation.
3. USB
 - USB topology map
- Save the USB topology map to TXT or ASL file
* - Compare the USB topology map. Can be utilize to check if any USB device loss cross system boots. (support command line mode)
- ACPI ASL _UPC and _PLD generation for USB devices.
4. Disk
 - Need to launch the application in Administrator right.
- View GPT/MBR information
- Check disk boot capability.
5. Console Redirection
 - Click 'Terminal' button in the tool bar to open the console window.
- Support ANSI/VT100 (Similar to Putty/Teraterm)
- Capture screen to file.
6. SUT Control (Control M/B)
 - Need specific hardware
- Support Web http/https request or windows exe/bat to control the M/B - Support 'Level' or Pulse control
- Capable to control the M/B AC power or Power Button
7. UEFI Variable READ
 - Need Administrator Right
- Read UEFI Variable in Windows
(http://ubios.blogspot.com)
IPMI Tools -Information-IPMI, V2.0, Conformance Test Suite (ICTS) Prototype, V6.02
-IPMI, V2.0, V1.5, and V1.0, Reference Drivers
-IPMI, V2.0, Command Test Tool
Redfish Tools (DMTF Github) Redfish Test Framework

Compilers/ToolChains

List all compilers and firmware build tools

Compiler/ToolChains Version OS Notes
Gnu GCC -All Versions
-Gnu GCC v11		 Linux
Windows
 Support Various Architectures
ARM Gnu ToolChain -All Versions Linux
Windows
 GCC, GDB, BinTools, and libraries for ARM32 and Aarch64
Linaro GCC All Versions Linux
Windows
 Linaro Monthly Build Gnu ToolChains for ARM32 and Aarch64
Linaro LLVM -All Versions
-v13.0.0.rc2		 Linux
Windows
LLVM -Information
-v12.0.1		 Linux
Windows
Microsoft Visual Studio Download Windows
Microsoft Build Tools -2015
-Build Tools for Visual Studio2019
-Build Tools Component		 Windows
Microsoft EWDK -Windows 11 EWDK
-EWDK for Windows Server 2022
-EWDK for Windows 10 v2004
-EWDK for Windows 10 v1903
-EWDK for Windows 10 v1809
-EWDK for Windows 10 v1803
-EWDK for Windows 10 v1709		 Windows
ACPICA -Information
-Downloads
-v2021_0730		 Linux
Windows		 ACPI ASL Language Compiler
NASM(Netwide Assembler) -Information
-Downloads
-v2.15.05		 Linux
macOS
Windows
Python -Downloads Linux
macOS
Windows

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