1# CPER JSON Representation & Conversion Library 2This repository specifies a structure for representing UEFI CPER records (as described in UEFI Specification Appendix N) in a human-readable JSON format, in addition to a library which can readily convert back and forth between the standard CPER binary format and the specified structured JSON. 3 4## Prerequisites 5Before building this library and its associated tools, you must have CMake (>=3.10) and SWIG installed, with the following CMake modules available: 6- `FetchContent` 7- `GoogleTest` 8- `FindSWIG` 9- `UseSWIG` 10 11You should also have Python3 and associated libraries installed for the purposes of building the Python bindings. 12 13## Building 14This project uses CMake (>=3.10). To build for native architecture, simply run: 15``` 16cmake . 17make 18``` 19A static library file for the parsing library will be written to `lib/`, and test executables will be written to `bin/`. 20 21### Cross Compilation 22To cross compile for ARM/AArch64 architecture from x86, instead use the below commands (ensure `cmake clean .` beforehand). 23You will need either the `arm-linux-gnueabi` or `aarch64-linux-gnu` toolchain installed. 24```bash 25cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="toolchains/arm-toolchain.cmake" -S. -Bbin # arm-linux-gnueabi 26cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="toolchains/aarch64-toolchain.cmake" -S. -Bbin # aarch64-linux-gnu 27make 28``` 29 30## Usage 31This project comes with several binaries to help you deal with CPER binary and CPER-JSON. The first of these is `cper-convert`, which is a command line tool that can be found in `bin/`. With this, you can convert to and from CPER and CPER-JSON through the command line. An example usage scenario is below: 32``` 33cper-convert to-cper samples/cper-json-test-arm.json --out cper.dump 34cper-convert to-json cper.generated.dump 35``` 36Another tool bundled with this repository is `cper-generate`, found in `bin/`. This allows you to generate pseudo-random valid CPER records with sections of specified types for testing purposes. An example use of the program is below: 37``` 38cper-generate --out cper.generated.dump --sections generic ia32x64 39``` 40Help for both of these tools can be accessed through using the `--help` flag in isolation. 41 42Finally, a static library containing symbols for converting CPER and CPER-JSON between an intermediate JSON format can be found generated at `lib/libcper-parse.a`. This contains the following useful library symbols: 43``` 44json_object* cper_to_ir(FILE* cper_file); 45void ir_to_cper(json_object* ir, FILE* out); 46``` 47 48This library also has Python bindings generated on build, which are placed at `lib/cperparse.py`. The static library `_cperparse_pylib.a` (as well as the C file `cper-parsePYTHON_wrap.c`) are generated specifically for the purpose of wrapping types for the Python library, and should not be used as a standard static C library. 49 50## Specification 51The specification for this project's CPER-JSON format can be found in `specification/`, defined in both JSON Schema format and also as a LaTeX document. 52Specification for the CPER binary format can be found in [UEFI Specification Appendix N](https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI_Spec_2_9_2021_03_18.pdf) (2021/03/18).