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Virtual Firmware API for Pre-Silicon Driver Development Copyright (c) 2011 Kabiru Ahmed, Ahmed Bohliqa, Jacob Keller, Joel Murphy, Cuong Nguyen Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. About the Project ================= Virtual Firmware (hereafter referred to as "the Project") is a project, in cooperation with Intel Corporation, under the Software Engineering Capstone program at Portland State University. Its purpose is to build a set of tools for simulating a hardware environment to allow driver developers to test their drivers without "working silicon." The particular project with Intel involves communicating between a driver and a firmware. Components of the Project ========================= We are working with QEMU-KVM to create two running virtual machines. On the first virtual machine (VM) is an emulator running the ThreadX RTOS with a proprietary firmware created by Intel (this component is not available on the public domain). The second VM is running Fedora 14 Linux with a modified Intel e1000 driver and virtual hardware component. Between the two VMs is a sockets library, allowing for metacommunication between the driver and firmware, outside the normal communications chain for QEMU networking. Requirements ============ This API was developed using Express Logic ThreadX RTOS. The following files protected under a proprietary license and must be supplied by the developer: tx.lib tx_api.h tx_port.h The library should be put in the project's root folder and the headers should be put in the vf_tx folder. About the Software Engineering Capstone ======================================= Portland State University (PSU) operates non-traditional requirements for the general education requirements of an accredited university. Part of that requirement is a "Senior Capstone" where the members of a team work with the community on a significant project. Numerous capstones, representing varied disciplines, exist, one of which is a Software Engineering capstone. The Software Engineering capstone takes the form of building a software product with a team for sponsors in the local area. The overall project is meant to approximate the working conditions of working for a "customer," gathering requirements, building a specification, research, design, coding, distribution, etc. Members of the Project Team =========================== Project Manger Ahmed Bohliqa Coder Jacob Keller Coder Joel Murphy Tester Kabiru "Kaybee" Ahmed Researcher Cuong Nguen
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VirtualFirmware is a project whose intended purpose is to create an environment for testing communication between drivers and firmware.
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