Coreinfo - Revision history

PatrickGeorgi: /* Building coreinfo */ svn bad. git good.

2013-03-20T18:41:09Z

‎Building coreinfo: svn bad. git good.

XVilka: Fixed subversion commands to be git

2012-12-10T09:24:21Z

Fixed subversion commands to be git

Uwe at 16:50, 19 September 2010

2010-09-19T16:50:44Z

Myles: /* Building coreinfo */

2010-08-05T14:57:24Z

‎Building coreinfo

Myles: /* libpayload */

2010-08-05T14:53:38Z

‎libpayload

Stepan: /* coreinfo */

2009-10-30T18:32:52Z

‎coreinfo

Stepan: /* libpayload */

2009-10-30T18:32:37Z

‎libpayload

Uwe: /* Building coreinfo */ Fix build instructions for recent libpayload versions.

2009-07-03T12:30:02Z

‎Building coreinfo: Fix build instructions for recent libpayload versions.

Uwe at 16:23, 8 July 2008

2008-07-08T16:23:24Z

Uwe: /* Ready-made coreinfo QEMU image */

2008-04-30T13:56:40Z

‎Ready-made coreinfo QEMU image

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 == Building coreinfo ==
-[[libpayload]] and coreinfo are in the '''payloads/''' directory of the coreboot tree. If you have already checked out the tree, you can skip the svn co steps below.
+[[libpayload]] and coreinfo are in the '''payloads/''' directory of the coreboot tree. If you have already checked out the tree, you can skip the git clone steps below.
 === libpayload ===

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 The coreinfo payload uses [[libpayload]], thus you need to get that first and build it:
-  $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk/payloads/libpayload'''
+  $ '''git clone http://review.coreboot.org/p/coreboot'''
-  $ '''cd libpayload'''
+  $ '''cd coreboot/payloads/libpayload'''
   $ '''make menuconfig'''
   $ '''make install'''
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 You can then get coreinfo itself and build it:
-  $ '''cd ..'''
+  $ '''cd coreboot/payloads/coreinfo'''
- $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk/payloads/coreinfo'''
- $ '''cd coreinfo'''
   $ '''make menuconfig'''
   $ '''make'''
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 Finally, you have to build coreboot with coreinfo as payload:
-  $ '''cd ..'''
+  $ '''cp coreboot/payloads/coreinfo/build/coreinfo.elf coreboot/payload.elf'''
- $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk coreboot'''
- $ '''cp coreinfo/build/coreinfo.elf coreboot/payload.elf'''
   $ '''cd coreboot'''
   $ '''make menuconfig'''
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 == Running coreinfo in QEMU ==
-For running coreboot+coreinfo image in [[QEMU]], you need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.bin''' in your '''build''' directory first:
+For running coreboot+coreinfo image in [[QEMU]], you need
   $ '''cd build'''
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 You can now run coreinfo in [[QEMU]]:
-  $ qemu -L build -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
+  $ qemu-system-i386 -L build -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
 == Ready-made coreinfo QEMU image ==

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-'''coreinfo''' is a small informational [[Payloads|payload]] for coreboot. Currently, it can display CPU information, PCI information, coreboot table information, and show an NVRAM dump.
+'''coreinfo''' is a small informational [[Payloads|payload]] for coreboot. Currently, it can display CPU information, PCI information, coreboot table information, show an NVRAM dump, as well as a RAM dump.
 == Screenshots ==
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 == Building coreinfo ==
-libpayload and coreinfo are in the payloads/ directory of the coreboot tree.  If you have already checked out the tree, you can skip the svn co steps below.
 === libpayload ===
 The coreinfo payload uses [[libpayload]], thus you need to get that first and build it:
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   $ '''make'''
-The file '''build/coreinfo.elf''' is your final coreinfo payload which you can use with coreboot (v2 or v3), either on real hardware or in a QEMU image.
+The file '''build/coreinfo.elf''' is your final coreinfo payload which you can use with coreboot, either on real hardware or in a [[QEMU]] image.
 === coreboot ===
-Finally, you have to build coreboot (v3 in this example) with coreinfo as payload:
+Finally, you have to build coreboot with coreinfo as payload:
   $ '''cd ..'''
-  $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/repository/coreboot-v3'''
+  $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk coreboot'''
-  $ '''cp coreinfo/build/coreinfo.elf coreboot-v3/payload.elf'''
+  $ '''cp coreinfo/build/coreinfo.elf coreboot/payload.elf'''
-  $ '''cd coreboot-v3'''
+  $ '''cd coreboot'''
   $ '''make menuconfig'''
-Now enter the '''Payload''' menu and select '''Payload type''' and then '''An ELF executable payload file'''. Now exit the menu, save your settings, and build coreboot:
+Now enter the '''Payload''' menu and select '''Payload type''' and then '''An ELF executable payload file'''. Then, exit the menu, save your settings, and build coreboot:
   $ '''make'''
-The file '''build/coreboot.rom''' (or '''build/bios.bin''') is your final coreboot v3 image, which also contains the coreinfo payload.
+The file '''build/coreboot.rom''' is your final coreboot image, which also contains the coreinfo payload.
 == Running coreinfo in QEMU ==
-For running coreboot+coreinfo image in QEMU, you need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.bin''' in your '''build''' directory first:
+For running coreboot+coreinfo image in [[QEMU]], you need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.bin''' in your '''build''' directory first:
-  $ cd build
+  $ '''cd build'''
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  $ '''wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip'''
-  $ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  $ '''unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip'''
-  $ cd ..
+  $ '''cd ..'''
-You can now run coreinfo in QEMU:
+You can now run coreinfo in [[QEMU]]:
   $ qemu -L build -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:57, 5 August 2010
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	== Building coreinfo ==		== Building coreinfo ==
		+	libpayload and coreinfo are in the payloads/ directory of the coreboot tree. If you have already checked out the tree, you can skip the svn co steps below.

	=== libpayload ===		=== libpayload ===

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 The coreinfo payload uses [[libpayload]], thus you need to get that first and build it:
- $ '''mkdir foo'''
+  $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk/payloads/libpayload'''
- $ '''cd foo'''
+  $ '''cd libpayload'''
-  $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk/payloads/libpayload libpayload-source'''
-  $ '''cd libpayload-source'''
   $ '''make menuconfig'''
-  $ '''make'''
+  $ '''make install'''
- $ '''make DESTDIR=.. install'''
 === coreinfo ===

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 == Screenshots ==
-<gallery>
+<gallery perrow="5">
 Image:Coreinfo cpu.png|<small>CPU info</small>
 Image:Coreinfo pci.png|<small>PCI info</small>
 Image:Coreinfo coreboot.png|<small>coreboot table</small>
 Image:Coreinfo nvram.png|<small>NVRAM dump</small>
 </gallery>

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 == Ready-made coreinfo QEMU image ==
-If you don't want to build libpayload, coreinfo, and coreboot from source, you can also use the [[QEMU#coreboot_v3_.2B_coreinfo|ready-made coreinfo QEMU image]] by following the instructions on that page.
+If you don't want to build libpayload, coreinfo, and coreboot from source, you can also use the [[QEMU#coreboot_v3_.2B_libpayload_.2B_coreinfo|ready-made coreinfo QEMU image]] by following the instructions on that page.
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