Libpayload

libpayload is a small BSD-licensed "library" (a lightweight implementation of common and useful functions) intended to be used as a basis for coreboot payloads.

Overview

The benefits of linking a coreboot payload against libpayload are:

• Payloads do not have to implement and maintain low-level code for I/O, common functions, etc.
• Payloads can be recompiled and deployed for CPU architectures supported by coreboot in the future.
• The libpayload functions can be tested and scrutinized outside payload development.
• Payloads themselves may be partly host-tested, e.g. against an emulation libpayload.
• Leads to the possibility of payloads using dynamic linking, reducing total payload footprint.

Just give us a main() and a pocket full of dreams and we'll do the rest.

Download

 $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/payloads/libpayload

Feature Wish List

• Basics
  • coreboot services and structures (e.g. read CMOS, device tree)
  • subset of C-library functions (e.g. printf, puts, getch)
  • light ncurses from the Google Summer Of Code project
• Fancies
  • directFB
  • TWIN

Libc Coverage

Function/Macro/Variable	Status
assert.h
assert( ) (macro)	no
ctype.h
int isalnum(int character)	no
int isalpha(int character)	no
int iscntrl(int character)	no
int isdigit(int character)	yes
int isgraph(int character)	no
int islower(int character)	no
int isprint(int character)	no
int ispunct(int character)	no
int isspace(int character)	yes
int isupper(int character)	no
int isxdigit(int character)	no
errno.h
errno (global)	no
float.h
limits.h
locale.h
char *setlocale(int category, const char *locale)	no
struct lconv *localeconv(void)	no
math.h
double exp(double x)	no
double log(double x)	no
double log10(double x)	no
double pow(double x, double y)	no
double sqrt(double x)	no
double ceil(double x)	no
double floor(double x)	no
double fabs(double x)	no
double ldexp(double x, int n)	no
double frexp(double x, int* exp)	no
double modf(double x, double* ip)	no
double fmod(double x, double y)	no
double sin(double x)	no
double cos(double x)	no
double tan(double x)	no
double asin(double x)	no
double acos(double x)	no
double atan(double x)	no
double atan2(double y, double x)	no
double sinh(double x)	no
double cosh(double x)	no
double tanh(double x)	no
setjmp.h
int setjmp(jmp_buf env)	no
void longjmp(jmp_buf env, int val)	no
signal.h
void (*signal(int sig, void (*handler)(int)))(int)	no
int raise(int sig)	no
stdarg.h
void va_start(va_list ap, lastarg)	no
type va_arg(va_list ap, type)	no
void va_end(va_list ap)	no
stddef.h
TODO
stdio.h
FILE* fopen(const char* filename, const char* mode)	no
FILE* freopen(const char* filename, const char* mode, FILE* stream)	no
int fflush(FILE* stream)	no
int fclose(FILE* stream)	no
int remove(const char* filename)	no
int rename(const char* oldname, const char* newname)	no
FILE* tmpfile()	no
char* tmpnam(char s[L_tmpnam])	no
int setvbuf(FILE* stream, char* buf, int mode, size_t size)	no
void setbuf(FILE* stream, char* buf)	no
int fprintf(FILE* stream, const char* format, ...)	no
int printf(const char* format, ...)	partial
int sprintf(char* s, const char* format, ...)	partial
int vfprintf(FILE* stream, const char* format, va_list arg)	no
int vprintf(const char* format, va_list arg)	partial
int vsprintf(char* s, const char* format, va_list arg)	partial
int fscanf(FILE* stream, const char* format, ...)	no
int scanf(const char* format, ...)	no
int sscanf(char* s, const char* format, ...)	no
int fgetc(FILE* stream)	no
char* fgets(char* s, int n, FILE* stream)	no
int fputc(int c, FILE* stream)	no
char* fputs(const char* s, FILE* stream)	no
int getc(FILE* stream)	no
int getchar(void)	yes
char* gets(char* s)	no
int putc(int c, FILE* stream)	no
int putchar(int c)	yes
int puts(const char* s)	yes
int ungetc(int c, FILE* stream)	no
size_t fread(void* ptr, size_t size, size_t nobj, FILE* stream)	no
size_t fwrite(const void* ptr, size_t size, size_t nobj, FILE* stream)	no
int fseek(FILE* stream, long offset, int origin)	no
long ftell(FILE* stream)	no
void rewind(FILE* stream)	no
int fgetpos(FILE* stream, fpos_t* ptr)	no
int fsetpos(FILE* stream, const fpos_t* ptr)	no
void clearerr(FILE* stream)	no
int feof(FILE* stream)	no
int ferror(FILE* stream)	no
void perror(const char* s)	no
stdlib.h
int abs(int n)	no
long labs(long n)	no
div_t div(int num, int denom)	no
ldiv_t ldiv(long num, long denom)	no
double atof(const char* s)	no
int atoi(const char* s)	no
long atol(const char* s)	no
double strtod(const char* s, char** endp)	no
long strtol(const char* s, char** endp, int base)	no
unsigned long strtoul(const char* s, char** endp, int base)	no
void* calloc(size_t nobj, size_t size)	yes
void* malloc(size_t size)	yes
void* realloc(void* p, size_t size)	yes
void free(void* p)	yes
void abort()	yes as halt()
void exit(int status)	no
int atexit(void (*fcm)(void))	no
int system(const char* s)	no
char* getenv(const char* name)	no
void* bsearch(const void* key, const void* base, size_t n, size_t size, int (*cmp)(const void* keyval, const void* datum))	no
void qsort(void* base, size_t n, size_t size, int (*cmp)(const void*, const void*))	no
int rand(void)	no
void srand(unsigned int seed)	no
string.h
char* strcpy(char* s, const char* ct)	yes
char* strncpy(char* s, const char* ct, size_t n)	yes
char* strcat(char* s, const char* ct)	no
char* strncat(char* s, const char* ct, size_t n)	yes
int strcmp(const char* cs, const char* ct)	yes
int strncmp(const char* cs, const char* ct, size_t n)	yes
int strcoll(const char* cs, const char* ct)	no
char* strchr(const char* cs, int c)	yes
char* strrchr(const char* cs, int c)	no
size_t strspn(const char* cs, const char* ct)	no
size_t strcspn(const char* cs, const char* ct)	no
char* strpbrk(const char* cs, const char* ct)	no
char* strstr(const char* cs, const char* ct)	yes
size_t strlen(const char* cs)	yes
char* strerror(int n)	no
char* strtok(char* s, const char* t)	no
size_t strxfrm(char* s, const char* ct, size_t n)	no
void* memcpy(void* s, const void* ct, size_t n)	yes
void* memmove(void* s, const void* ct, size_t n)	yes
int memcmp(const void* cs, const void* ct, size_t n)	yes
void* memchr(const void* cs, int c, size_t n)	no
void* memset(void* s, int c, size_t n)	yes
time.h
clock_t clock(void)	no
time_t time(time_t* tp)	no
double difftime(time_t time2, time_t time1)	no
time_t mktime(struct tm* tp)	no
char* asctime(const struct tm* tp)	no
char* ctime(const time_t* tp)	no
struct tm* gmtime(const time_t* tp)	no
struct tm* localtime(const time_t* tp)	no
size_t strftime(char* s, size_t smax, const char* fmt, const struct tm* tp)	no

No Support

Partial Support

Full Support

Usage Example

hello_payload.c:

#include <libpayload.h>

int main(void)
{
    printf("Hello, world!\n");
    halt();
    return 0;
}

Build example (basic idea):

gcc -o hello_payload hello_payload.c

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