Veneer.exe: Difference between revisions

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VENEER.EXE is a Microsoft COFF executable used to start the boot sequence for Windows NT on PowerPC.

VENEER.EXE is an ARC firmware implementation that runs on an existing Open Firmware environment.^[1]

It treats IDE devices as SCSI devices.^[2]
It only recognizes 601, 603, 603e, 604, and 604e CPUs.^[3]
It appears to be present in the Windows NT source tree. Version 3.0 has strings referring to files in D:\nt\private\ntos\boot\veneer\, and Version 3.03 has S:\BUILDS\NT400\1345.960918\SRC\DAYTONA\MOT\VENEER\.
Version 1.0 complains about multi, whereas Version 3.0 and 3.03 do not. Version 1.0 will print: GetDeviceAttribute: node multi(1) not PeripheralClass.

Open Firmware ARC Interface Version 3.03 (Sep 19 1996 - 02:29:26), 128512 bytes^[4]
Open Firmware ARC Interface Version 3.0 (Jul 12 1996 - 18:46:28), 161792 bytes^[5]^[6]
Open Firmware ARC Interface Version 1.0 (May 10 1995 - 19:01:10), 83968 bytes^[7]

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 * It only recognizes 601, 603, 603e, 604, and 604e CPUs.<ref>https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-ppc/2017-07/msg00581.html</ref>
 * It appears to be present in the Windows NT source tree. Version 3.0 has strings referring to files in <code>D:\nt\private\ntos\boot\veneer\</code>, and Version 3.03 has <code>S:\BUILDS\NT400\1345.960918\SRC\DAYTONA\MOT\VENEER\</code>.
+* Version 1.0 complains about <code>multi</code>, whereas Version 3.0 and 3.03 do not. Version 1.0 will print: <code>GetDeviceAttribute: node multi(1) not PeripheralClass.</code>
 == Versions ==