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Uwe: /* Building coreboot */

2011-10-13T22:44:36Z

‎Building coreboot

2011-06-23T15:22:16Z

‎Known issue: Remove .xcompile before rebuild.

2011-06-23T15:20:23Z

Small fixes.

2011-06-20T23:06:30Z

updated to git and crossgcc

2010-12-05T21:20:40Z

This is not material for a generic build HOWTO page.

2010-12-05T20:54:14Z

‎Building coreboot: bin to upload

2010-09-09T22:31:34Z

2010-09-09T22:23:04Z

menuconfig is not that new anymore, works fine.

2010-05-24T22:17:50Z

Add build requirements, might be incomplete.

2010-02-09T16:21:16Z

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 ** In '''ROM chip size''' select the exact size of the flash ROM chip you want to flash the coreboot image on.
 * Enter the '''Payload''' menu.
-** Set the '''Add a payload''' option to '''An ELF executable payload'''.
+** By default, the [[SeaBIOS]] payload will be downloaded and built during the coreboot build process. If you want to use another payload:
-** Then, specify the file name and path to your payload file (which you built before).
+*** Set the '''Add a payload''' option to '''An ELF executable payload'''.
 That's the bare minimum. Feel free to adjust the other settings to your needs (see [[Coreboot Options]] for the full list), then exit menuconfig and build the coreboot image:

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   $ '''make crossgcc'''
-Then retry the compilation process:
+Then remove the '''.xcompile''' file and retry the compilation process:
   $ '''make'''

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 [[File:Coreboot menuconfig.png|thumb|right|'''make menuconfig''' in coreboot]]
-This page describes how you can build a coreboot image for your specific mainboard using the '''kconfig''' system (a.k.a. '''make menuconfig''').
+This page describes how you can build a coreboot image for your specific mainboard.
 == Requirements ==
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 == Building coreboot ==
-First, get the latest coreboot version from [[Git | our git repository]]:
+First, get the latest coreboot version from [[Git|our git repository]]:
-  $ '''git clone http://review.coreboot.org/p/coreboot'''
+  $ '''git clone <nowiki>http://review.coreboot.org/p/coreboot</nowiki>'''
   $ '''cd coreboot'''
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 == Known issue ==
-When using modern Linux distributions, it's quite likely to notice a compilation failure when building coreboot for the first time. Before sending a complaint message to our mailing list, please try to switch to our reference cross-compilation toolkit then recompile the sources.
-To switch to the cross-compiler just run
+With certain versions of the gcc/ld toolchain shipped in some Linux distributions, it's possible that you'll see the following error when building coreboot:
   $ '''make crossgcc'''
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 You can flash the coreboot image on a flash ROM chip using either an external EEPROM-programmer or a mainboard using the [http://www.flashrom.org flashrom] user-space utility.

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 == Building coreboot ==
-First, get the latest coreboot subversion version:
+First, get the latest coreboot version from [[Git | our git repository]]:
-  $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk coreboot'''
+  $ '''git clone http://review.coreboot.org/p/coreboot'''
   $ '''cd coreboot'''
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 The file  '''build/coreboot.rom''' is your final coreboot image you can flash onto a ROM chip.
 == Flashing coreboot ==

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   $ '''make'''
-The file  '''build/coreboot.rom''' is your final coreboot image you can flash onto a ROM chip. A ready-made binary A8NE.ROM tested and ready to 'flashrom' into your standard 512MB eeprom will be made available anytime soon now. Just download the binary, flash it & enjoy!
+The file  '''build/coreboot.rom''' is your final coreboot image you can flash onto a ROM chip.
 == Flashing coreboot ==

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	[[File:Coreboot menuconfig.png\|thumb\|right\|'''make menuconfig''' in coreboot]]		[[File:Coreboot menuconfig.png\|thumb\|right\|'''make menuconfig''' in coreboot]]
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−	~~<div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#ffbbbb; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;">~~
−	~~Note: The kconfig system is relatively new in coreboot, please test if there are any issues on your boards!~~
−	~~</div>~~

	This page describes how you can build a coreboot image for your specific mainboard using the new kconfig system (a.k.a. "make menuconfig").		This page describes how you can build a coreboot image for your specific mainboard using the new kconfig system (a.k.a. "make menuconfig").

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	This page describes how you can build a coreboot image for your specific mainboard using the new kconfig system (a.k.a. "make menuconfig").		This page describes how you can build a coreboot image for your specific mainboard using the new kconfig system (a.k.a. "make menuconfig").
		+
		+	== Requirements ==
		+
		+	* gcc / g++
		+	* make
		+	* ncurses-dev (for '''make menuconfig''')
		+
		+	Optional:
		+
		+	* doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
		+	* iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
		+	* gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
		+	* flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)

	== Building a payload ==		== Building a payload ==