Buildrom - Revision history

MJones at 20:46, 10 May 2011

2011-05-10T20:46:13Z

MJones: /* Prerequisites */

2008-11-10T02:51:01Z

‎Prerequisites

Alien: /* Prerequisites */

2008-08-29T22:11:22Z

‎Prerequisites

Alien: /* Prerequisites */ added flex and bison

2008-08-29T21:17:18Z

‎Prerequisites: added flex and bison

MJones: /* Supported Platforms/Boards */

2008-07-25T21:16:07Z

‎Supported Platforms/Boards

Uwe: /* Supported Payloads */

2008-04-25T00:51:42Z

‎Supported Payloads

Uwe: /* Supported Platforms/Boards */ More targets.

2008-04-25T00:47:30Z

‎Supported Platforms/Boards: More targets.

Uwe: /* Supported Platforms/Boards */ ALIX.2C3. v2/v3 status.

2008-04-22T21:49:55Z

‎Supported Platforms/Boards: ALIX.2C3. v2/v3 status.

Uwe at 00:40, 22 April 2008

2008-04-22T00:40:42Z

Uwe: /* Prerequisites */

2008-04-22T00:31:33Z

‎Prerequisites

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		+	'''Buildrom''' is does not currently support coreboot V4 (which uses kconfig). The payload and LAB building sections may be resurrected during [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2011/dorileo/15001 Leandro's 2011 GSoC Project].
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	'''Buildrom''' is a tool that can construct a coreboot image (comprising the coreboot loader and payload) from scratch.		'''Buildrom''' is a tool that can construct a coreboot image (comprising the coreboot loader and payload) from scratch.

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 * ruby (for the [[GRUB2]] payload)
 * flex and bison (for the LAB and the [[AVATT]] payloads)
 == Configuration ==

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 * python
 * ruby (for the [[GRUB2]] payload)
-* flex and bison (for the LAB payload)
+* flex and bison (for the LAB and the [[AVATT]] payloads)
 == Configuration ==

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 * python
 * ruby (for the [[GRUB2]] payload)
 == Configuration ==

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 | AMD&nbsp;Geode&trade;&nbsp;LX
 | &mdash;
-| style="background:yellow" | ?
+| style="background:lime" | OK
 | style="background:yellow" | ?
 | &mdash;
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 | AMD&nbsp;Geode&trade;&nbsp;LX
 | &mdash;
-| style="background:yellow" | ?
+| style="background:lime" | OK
 | style="background:yellow" | ?
 | &mdash;
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 | AMD&nbsp;Opteron&trade;
 | Socket&nbsp;F
-| style="background:yellow" | ?
+| style="background:lime" | OK
 | style="background:yellow" | ?
 | &mdash;

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 * [[Etherboot]]
 * [[FILO]]
-* "Linux-as-bootloader" (LAB)
+* [[LAB]] (Linux-as-bootloader)
-* [[Memtest86]] (except on the GA-M57SLI-S4 and the Tyan S2891)
+* [[Memtest86]]
 * [[coreinfo]]
 * [[tint]]
 * [[libpayload]] as helper library for other payloads (e.g. [[coreinfo]])
 * Custom payloads provided by the user
 Planned payloads:
-* [[ADLO]]
+* [[ADLO]](as helper payload)
 * [[GPXE]]

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 | [http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/thunderk8sre.html Thunder&nbsp;K8SRE&nbsp;(S2891)]
 | AMD&nbsp;K8
-| AMD-8131&trade;,&nbsp;NVIDIA CK804<sup>1</sup>
+| AMD-8131&trade;,&nbsp;NVIDIA CK804
 | Winbond&trade;&nbsp;W83627HF
 | AMD&nbsp;Opteron&trade;
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 | style="background:red" | N/A
 | [[Tyan S2891 Build Tutorial|Tutorial]]
 |}

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 In the buildrom-devel directory, type:
-  $  make menuconfig
 You can now navigate the configuration system (this is the same configuration engine that the Linux kernel uses, so it should be familiar to some readers).
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 == Building the ROM ==
-Make sure you have access to the internet (to download new packages), and type the following to create your ROM:
+Make sure you have access to the Internet (to download new packages), and type the following to create your ROM:
   $ make
-Buildrom will download and build all the components of the ROM selected in the configuration stage.  if the build is successful, then the final ROM will be located in ''buildrom-devel/deploy''. If it is not successful, then you will see an error message.  You can see the build output for each package in by reading build.log in the work/<package>logs/ directory (i.e work/filo/logs/build.log).
+Buildrom will download and build all the components of the ROM selected in the configuration stage.  If the build is successful, then the final ROM will be located in the '''deploy''' subdirectory. If it is not successful, then you will see an error message.  You can see the build output for each package by reading '''build.log''' in the '''work/<package>/logs''' directory (e.g. '''work/filo/logs/build.log''').
 == Developing within Buildrom ==
-This section is for the developers who wish to change and rebuild the code. BuildROM builds the code for coreboot and the payloads in the work/ directory.  Here is a typical view of the buildROM work/ directory:
+This section is for the developers who wish to change and rebuild the code.
   $ ls work/
-    linuxbios  filo
+    coreboot  filo  nrvb2
 Here is a typical work flow for modifying coreboot code:
-#Build the initial ROM from scratch with 'make'
+# Build the initial ROM from scratch with 'make'
-#Edit the coreboot source code in work/linuxbios/svn/
+# Edit the coreboot source code in work/coreboot/svn/
-#Clean the coreboot package with 'make linuxbios-clean'
+# Clean the coreboot package with '''make coreboot-clean'''
-#Rebuild the ROM with 'make'
+# Rebuild the ROM with '''make''''

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 You will need the following packages on your system to use buildrom.  Please consult your distribution documentation on how to install new packages:
 * subversion
 * make
 * quilt
-* GNU compiler tools (as, ld, gcc)
+* GNU compiler tools (gcc, as, ld)
 * iasl (for AMD K8 platforms)
 == Configuration ==