[LinuxBIOS] r317 - LinuxBIOSv3

Corey Osgood corey_osgood at verizon.net
Thu May 10 05:35:38 CEST 2007


see comment below

svn at openbios.org wrote:
> Author: uwe
> Date: 2007-05-09 12:26:19 +0200 (Wed, 09 May 2007)
> New Revision: 317
> 
> Modified:
>    LinuxBIOSv3/README
> Log:
> Short installation instructions for LinuxBIOSv3 (trivial).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe at hermann-uwe.de>
> Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe at hermann-uwe.de>
> 
> 
> 
> Modified: LinuxBIOSv3/README
> ===================================================================
> --- LinuxBIOSv3/README	2007-05-06 18:52:16 UTC (rev 316)
> +++ LinuxBIOSv3/README	2007-05-09 10:26:19 UTC (rev 317)
> @@ -39,6 +39,38 @@
>   * http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
>  
>  
> +Building and Installing
> +-----------------------
> +
> +Note: Currently only the x86 QEMU target is supported in LinuxBIOSv3.
> +
> +1) Build a payload:
> +
> +  For example: FILO.
> +
> +2) Configure LinuxBIOS:
> +
> +  $ make menuconfig
> +
> +  Select at least the desired mainboard vendor, the mainboard device,
> +  the size of your ROM chip, and a payload.
> +
> +3) Build the LinuxBIOS ROM image:
> +
> +  $ make
> +
> +  The generated ROM image is build/linuxbios.rom.
> +

Might want to add something around here about how to make qemu use the
new rom.

> +4) You can now test the LinuxBIOS image using:
> +
> +  $ qemu -L build -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
> +
> +  If you have a full QEMU image with a Linux distribution installed,
> +  you can boot that Linux kernel by using a proper FILO payload and typing:
> +
> +  $ qemu -L build -hda /tmp/qemu.img -serial stdio
> +
> +
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