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><A
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></A
>Glossary</H1
><P
>&#13;			This is a brief glossary of the PA-RISC specific terminology.
			You can find a more detailed one at
			<A
HREF="http://www.parisc-linux.org/glossary/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.parisc-linux.org/glossary/</A
>.
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><DL
><DT
><A
NAME="glossbch"
></A
><B
>Boot Console Handler (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BCH</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					This is the early boot console available during boot up on most PA-RISC machines,
					provided by the <A
HREF="gloss.html#glosspdc"
><I
CLASS="glossterm"
>Processor-Dependent Code (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>PDC</SPAN
>)</I
></A
>.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glossbootadmin"
>BOOT_ADMIN</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glossbootadmin"
></A
><B
>BOOT_ADMIN</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					This a command line utility stored in the boot ROM of
					the PA box, which is used to configure the computer during early boot
					sequence. It is a part of the PA-RISC machine's firmware.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glossbch"
>Boot Console Handler (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BCH</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glossgsp"
></A
><B
>Guardian Service Processor (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>GSP</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					The <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>GSP</SPAN
> is a console subsystem present
					on certain PA-RISC systems, which provides several features such as remote
					console, UPS management, system low level control.
				</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosshpmc"
></A
><B
>High Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>HPMC</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					Fatal system error. <A
HREF="gloss.html#glosspdc"
><I
CLASS="glossterm"
>Processor-Dependent Code (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>PDC</SPAN
>)</I
></A
> saves machine state in the
					<A
HREF="gloss.html#glosspim"
><I
CLASS="glossterm"
>Processor Internal Memory (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>PIM</SPAN
>)</I
></A
>.
				</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosshppa"
></A
><B
>Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>HP-PA</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					'HP-PA' (sometimes '<EM
>hppa</EM
>') is the short
					way to refer to <EM
>HP PA-RISC</EM
> architecture. It's real meaning
					is: '<EM
>Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture</EM
>'. It
					is used for instance by	<A
HREF="http://www.debian.org/ports/hppa/"
TARGET="_top"
>Debian</A
>
					and <A
HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/hppa.html"
TARGET="_top"
>OpenBSD</A
> to point out
					their ports.
				</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glossipl"
></A
><B
>Initial Program Loader (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>IPL</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					It is the HP standardized system bootstrap responsible for
					loading the operating system's kernel on PA-RISC systems. It can be launched
					from the <B
CLASS="command"
>BOOT_ADMIN</B
>.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glossbootadmin"
>BOOT_ADMIN</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glossisl"
></A
><B
>Initial System Loader (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>ISL</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>ISL is the executable that brings you into <B
CLASS="command"
>BOOT_ADMIN</B
>.</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glossipl"
>Initial Program Loader (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>IPL</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosslif"
></A
><B
>Logical Interchange Format (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>LIF</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					This is a HP mass-storage format used for exchanging files
					among HP computer systems. It basically contains a header (identifying it
					as a LIF volume) and a directory of fixed size containing the files. The
					size of the directory is fixed when the volume is created, which explains
					many things about the way <B
CLASS="command"
>PALO</B
> works!
				</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosslifimage"
></A
><B
>lifimage</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					It is the name contraction of <EM
>LIF image</EM
>, which is
					indeed a file which format respects the <TT
CLASS="literal"
>LIF</TT
> standard.
					It can be seen as the equivalent of an <TT
CLASS="literal"
>ISO</TT
> file,
					having the <TT
CLASS="literal"
>LIF</TT
> format instead of <TT
CLASS="literal"
>ISO9660</TT
>.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glosslif"
>Logical Interchange Format (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>LIF</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosslpmc"
></A
><B
>Low Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>LPMC</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Generally a recoverable system error.</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glosshpmc"
>High Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>HPMC</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glossmp"
></A
><B
>Management Processor (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>MP</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					The <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>MP</SPAN
> is a newer evolution of the <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>GSP</SPAN
>.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glossgsp"
>Guardian Service Processor (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>GSP</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glossparisc"
></A
><B
><SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>PA-RISC</SPAN
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					PA stands for Precision Architecture. It is the name of two
					generations of HP processors. They are classified as PA-RISC 1.X and PA-RISC 2.0.
					But a system based on a PA-RISC processor is commonly called a HP-PA box.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glosshppa"
>Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>HP-PA</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosspalo"
></A
><B
>PA LOader (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>PALO</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					<B
CLASS="command"
>PALO</B
> is the <EM
>PA/Linux kernel LOader</EM
>. It was
					designed by Paul Bame as a <EM
>LILO</EM
> equivalent for the PA-RISC
					architecture.
				</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosspdc"
></A
><B
>Processor-Dependent Code (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>PDC</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					It is the firmware that handles all processor-dependent
					functionalities, including hardware initialization and self-test procedures.
					Once it has done this, it passes control to the ISL.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glossisl"
>Initial System Loader (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>ISL</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosspim"
></A
><B
>Processor Internal Memory (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>PIM</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					Machine state is saved here after <A
HREF="gloss.html#glosshpmc"
><I
CLASS="glossterm"
>High Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>HPMC</SPAN
>)</I
></A
>,
					<A
HREF="gloss.html#glosslpmc"
><I
CLASS="glossterm"
>Low Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>LPMC</SPAN
>)</I
></A
>, and <A
HREF="gloss.html#glosstoc"
><I
CLASS="glossterm"
>Transfer Of Control (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>TOC</SPAN
>)</I
></A
>.
					See <TT
CLASS="literal"
>PDC_PIM</TT
> in "PDC Procedures" chapter of PA-RISC I/O ACD
					(available from <A
HREF="http://www.parisc-linux.org/documentation/"
TARGET="_top"
>&#13;					http://www.parisc-linux.org/documentation/</A
>.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glossisl"
>Initial System Loader (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>ISL</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glossnetinst"
></A
><B
>netinst</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					This is not a PA-RISC specific term, though it needs
					explanations. <EM
>Network Install</EM
>, also known as
					<EM
>netinst</EM
>, are small ISOs containing everything you
					need to boot a computer and install it from network. They are based on
					the <A
HREF="http://www.debian.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>Debian distribution</A
>.
				</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosssuckyio"
></A
><B
>SuckyIO</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					<TT
CLASS="literal"
>(added by special request)</TT
> National
					Semiconductor PC87560UBD, aka <EM
>SuperIO</EM
>.
					Provides IDE, USB 1.1, Floppy Disk Controller, parallel port, 2 serial
					ports, UIR (Infrared), etc.  But since National denies the existence of
					this chip and HP was the only client for this buggy PoS,
					the name <EM
>SuckyIO</EM
> has stuck.
				</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosssuperio"
></A
><B
>SuperIO</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Official term for <EM
>SuckyIO</EM
>.</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glosssuckyio"
>SuckyIO</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosssti"
></A
><B
>Standard Text Interface (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>STI</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					It defines a standardized way to access the graphic subsystem
					on HP-PA.
				</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosssticon"
></A
><B
>Standard Text Interface Console layer (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>STIcon</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					It is the basic text-mode console that can run on top of any STI-capable device.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glosssti"
>Standard Text Interface (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>STI</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glossstifb"
></A
><B
>Standard Text Interface FrameBuffer layer (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>STIfb</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					It is a superset of STI, providing standard API to access framebuffer
					devices on HP-PA.
				</P
><P
><EM
>See Also: </EM
><A
HREF="gloss.html#glosssti"
>Standard Text Interface (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>STI</SPAN
>)</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="glosstoc"
></A
><B
>Transfer Of Control (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>TOC</SPAN
>)</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;					This acronym can usually be found on some PA-RISC boxes, right near a tiny
					switch that is not often used (hopefully).
					On HP/UX it would make a crash dump and reset the box. It
					can also be requested from the <A
HREF="gloss.html#glossgsp"
><I
CLASS="glossterm"
>Guardian Service Processor (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>GSP</SPAN
>)</I
></A
>. On Linux,
					it will save the registers and reset, saved registers will be accessible
					in the <A
HREF="gloss.html#glosspdc"
><I
CLASS="glossterm"
>Processor-Dependent Code (<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>PDC</SPAN
>)</I
></A
>.
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