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XVilka at 10:04, 10 December 2012

2012-12-10T10:04:28Z

XVilka: Added notes about debugging coreboot with qemu

2011-03-25T19:14:20Z

Added notes about debugging coreboot with qemu

Uwe at 19:39, 24 September 2010

2010-09-24T19:39:31Z

Uwe: /* Ready-made QEMU images */

2009-11-06T18:51:56Z

‎Ready-made QEMU images

Uwe: /* Ready-made QEMU images */ v2 + SeaBIOS QEMU image.

2009-11-06T18:41:58Z

‎Ready-made QEMU images: v2 + SeaBIOS QEMU image.

Alien: made it more copy/paste-friendly

2009-04-22T18:30:43Z

made it more copy/paste-friendly

Uwe: /* Ready-made QEMU images */ FILO QEMU image.

2008-05-01T12:06:41Z

‎Ready-made QEMU images: FILO QEMU image.

Uwe: /* coreboot v3 + coreinfo */

2008-04-30T13:56:03Z

‎coreboot v3 + coreinfo

Uwe: /* Ready-made QEMU images */ coreboot v3 + OpenBIOS QEMU image.

2008-04-30T13:41:48Z

‎Ready-made QEMU images: coreboot v3 + OpenBIOS QEMU image.

Uwe: /* coreboot v3 + Memtest86 */

2008-04-18T00:25:32Z

‎coreboot v3 + Memtest86

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 Replace '''/dev/zero''' above with a real QEMU disk image which has a '''/boot/grub/menu.lst''' on '''hda1''' to actually boot something.
-=== coreboot v3 + libpayload + coreinfo ===
+=== coreboot + libpayload + coreinfo ===
 [[Image:Coreinfo nvram.png|thumb|right|[[coreinfo]] NVRAM dump.]]

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   cd ..
   qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
 {{PD-self}}

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 * [[QEMU Build Tutorial]] &mdash; Starting a Debian GNU/Linux system via coreboot + a Linux kernel, or via coreboot + [[FILO]].
-* [[Booting FreeBSD using coreboot]] &mdash; Booting FreeBSD via coreboot + ADLO.
+* [[FreeBSD|Booting FreeBSD using coreboot]] &mdash; Booting FreeBSD via coreboot + ADLO.
 == Ready-made QEMU images ==

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 == Ready-made QEMU images ==
-We'll soon provide various downloadable QEMU images you can use to try out coreboot.
+Below is a list of various downloadable QEMU images you can use to try out coreboot.
 You need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.zip''' for these images to work fine, the version in QEMU's CVS repository does '''not''' yet work. The image from Debian's QEMU package ('''/usr/share/qemu/vgabios-cirrus.bin''') is already patched and works, too.
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 === coreboot v2 + SeaBIOS ===
-<!-- [[Image:Qemu filo.png|thumb|right|[[FILO]] payload.]] -->
+[[File:Qemu seabios.png|thumb|right|[[SeaBIOS]] payload.]]
 [[SeaBIOS]] is an open-source legacy BIOS implementation which can be used as a coreboot payload. It implements the standard BIOS calling interfaces that a typical x86 proprietary BIOS implements.

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	You need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.zip''' for these images to work fine, the version in QEMU's CVS repository does '''not''' yet work. The image from Debian's QEMU package ('''/usr/share/qemu/vgabios-cirrus.bin''') is already patched and works, too.		You need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.zip''' for these images to work fine, the version in QEMU's CVS repository does '''not''' yet work. The image from Debian's QEMU package ('''/usr/share/qemu/vgabios-cirrus.bin''') is already patched and works, too.
		+
		+	=== coreboot v2 + SeaBIOS ===
		+
		+	<!-- [[Image:Qemu filo.png\|thumb\|right\|[[FILO]] payload.]] -->
		+
		+	[[SeaBIOS]] is an open-source legacy BIOS implementation which can be used as a coreboot payload. It implements the standard BIOS calling interfaces that a typical x86 proprietary BIOS implements.
		+
		+	The QEMU image uses coreboot v2 (r4917) and [[SeaBIOS]] (9eebe66a9978165cfa91f2266c97fa5d0aa6ef2e, 2009-11-04) with the following changes to the default '''src/config.h''':
		+
		+	#define CONFIG_COREBOOT 1
		+	#define CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL 1
		+	#define CONFIG_COREBOOT_FLASH 1
		+	#define CONFIG_OPTIONROMS_DEPLOYED 0
		+	#define CONFIG_VGAHOOKS 1
		+
		+	Usage:
		+
		+	mkdir foo
		+	cd foo
		+	wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/6/6a/Qemu_coreboot_seabios.zip
		+	wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
		+	unzip Qemu_coreboot_seabios.zip
		+	unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
		+	mv qemu_coreboot_seabios.bin bios.bin
		+	cd ..
		+	qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
		+
		+	Replace '''/dev/zero''' above with a real QEMU disk image to actually boot something.

	=== coreboot v3 + FILO ===		=== coreboot v3 + FILO ===

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 The QEMU image uses coreboot v3 (r672) and [[FILO]] (r45) with a certain configuration (for example: it's looking for '''/boot/grub/menu.lst''' on hda1).
-  $ mkdir foo
+  mkdir foo
-  $ cd foo
+  cd foo
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/b/b9/Qemu_coreboot_filo.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/b/b9/Qemu_coreboot_filo.zip
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ unzip Qemu_coreboot_filo.zip
+  unzip Qemu_coreboot_filo.zip
-  $ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ mv qemu_coreboot_filo.bin bios.bin
+  mv qemu_coreboot_filo.bin bios.bin
-  $ cd ..
+  cd ..
-  $ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
+  qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
 Replace '''/dev/zero''' above with a real QEMU disk image which has a '''/boot/grub/menu.lst''' on '''hda1''' to actually boot something.
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 This is a small payload called [[coreinfo]].
-  $ mkdir foo
+  mkdir foo
-  $ cd foo
+  cd foo
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/06/Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/06/Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ unzip Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip
+  unzip Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip
-  $ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ mv qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.bin bios.bin
+  mv qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.bin bios.bin
-  $ cd ..
+  cd ..
-  $ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
+  qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
 === coreboot v3 + invaders ===
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 [[Image:Coreboot invaders.png|thumb|right|[[GRUB invaders]] as payload.]]
-  $ mkdir foo
+  mkdir foo
-  $ cd foo
+  cd foo
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/c/c8/Qemu_coreboot_invaders.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/c/c8/Qemu_coreboot_invaders.zip
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ unzip Qemu_coreboot_invaders.zip
+  unzip Qemu_coreboot_invaders.zip
-  $ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ mv qemu_coreboot_invaders.bin bios.bin
+  mv qemu_coreboot_invaders.bin bios.bin
-  $ cd ..
+  cd ..
-  $ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
+  qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
 === coreboot v3 + libpayload + tint ===
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 This is coreboot v3 (r656), [[libpayload]] (r3225), and tint 0.03b patched to be built against libpayload.
-  $ mkdir foo
+  mkdir foo
-  $ cd foo
+  cd foo
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/6/62/Qemu_libpayload_tint.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/6/62/Qemu_libpayload_tint.zip
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ unzip Qemu_libpayload_tint.zip
+  unzip Qemu_libpayload_tint.zip
-  $ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ mv qemu_libpayload_tint.bin bios.bin
+  mv qemu_libpayload_tint.bin bios.bin
-  $ cd ..
+  cd ..
-  $ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
+  qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
 === coreboot v3 + Memtest86 ===
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 This is coreboot v3 (r656) and [[Memtest86]] (3.4) with serial support enabled. The VGA display in QEMU is broken after a few seconds, this is a known issue, but we don't yet know what exactly the problem is.
-  $ mkdir foo
+  mkdir foo
-  $ cd foo
+  cd foo
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/3/33/Qemu_coreboot_memtest.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/3/33/Qemu_coreboot_memtest.zip
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ unzip Qemu_coreboot_memtest.zip
+  unzip Qemu_coreboot_memtest.zip
-  $ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ mv qemu_coreboot_memtest.bin bios.bin
+  mv qemu_coreboot_memtest.bin bios.bin
-  $ cd ..
+  cd ..
-  $ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
+  qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
 === coreboot v3 + OpenBIOS ===
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 This is coreboot v3 (r672) and [[OpenBIOS]] (r186).
-  $ mkdir foo
+  mkdir foo
-  $ cd foo
+  cd foo
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/9/9d/Qemu_coreboot_openbios.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/9/9d/Qemu_coreboot_openbios.zip
-  $ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ unzip Qemu_coreboot_openbios.zip
+  unzip Qemu_coreboot_openbios.zip
-  $ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
+  unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
-  $ mv qemu_coreboot_openbios.bin bios.bin
+  mv qemu_coreboot_openbios.bin bios.bin
-  $ cd ..
+  cd ..
-  $ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
+  qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
 {{PD-self}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:06, 1 May 2008
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	You need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.zip''' for these images to work fine, the version in QEMU's CVS repository does '''not''' yet work. The image from Debian's QEMU package ('''/usr/share/qemu/vgabios-cirrus.bin''') is already patched and works, too.		You need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.zip''' for these images to work fine, the version in QEMU's CVS repository does '''not''' yet work. The image from Debian's QEMU package ('''/usr/share/qemu/vgabios-cirrus.bin''') is already patched and works, too.
		+
		+	=== coreboot v3 + FILO ===
		+
		+	[[Image:Qemu filo.png\|thumb\|right\|[[FILO]] payload.]]
		+
		+	[[FILO]] is a simple bootloader which can load (e.g.) Linux kernels from disk.
		+
		+	The QEMU image uses coreboot v3 (r672) and [[FILO]] (r45) with a certain configuration (for example: it's looking for '''/boot/grub/menu.lst''' on hda1).
		+
		+	$ mkdir foo
		+	$ cd foo
		+	$ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/b/b9/Qemu_coreboot_filo.zip
		+	$ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
		+	$ unzip Qemu_coreboot_filo.zip
		+	$ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
		+	$ mv qemu_coreboot_filo.bin bios.bin
		+	$ cd ..
		+	$ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
		+
		+	Replace '''/dev/zero''' above with a real QEMU disk image which has a '''/boot/grub/menu.lst''' on '''hda1''' to actually boot something.

	=== coreboot v3 + libpayload + coreinfo ===		=== coreboot v3 + libpayload + coreinfo ===

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	$ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio		$ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio

		+	=== coreboot v3 + OpenBIOS ===
		+
		+	[[Image:Qemu coreboot openbios.png\|thumb\|right\|[[OpenBIOS]] payload.]]
		+
		+	This is coreboot v3 (r672) and [[OpenBIOS]] (r186).
		+
		+	$ mkdir foo
		+	$ cd foo
		+	$ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/9/9d/Qemu_coreboot_openbios.zip
		+	$ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
		+	$ unzip Qemu_coreboot_openbios.zip
		+	$ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
		+	$ mv qemu_coreboot_openbios.bin bios.bin
		+	$ cd ..
		+	$ qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio

	{{PD-self}}		{{PD-self}}

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	[[Image:Qemu memtest.png\|thumb\|right\|[[Memtest86]] payload.]]		[[Image:Qemu memtest.png\|thumb\|right\|[[Memtest86]] payload.]]
		+
		+	This is coreboot v3 (r656) and [[Memtest86]] (3.4) with serial support enabled. The VGA display in QEMU is broken after a few seconds, this is a known issue, but we don't yet know what exactly the problem is.

	$ mkdir foo		$ mkdir foo