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=== Manual build ===
=== Manual build ===


First download the latest tarball, extract and cd into it:
Clone the source from coreboot's memtest86+ repository.  This was based on the latest released archive, then cleaned up, and then had various patches applied.
  $ '''curl -O http://www.memtest.org/download/5.01/memtest86+-5.01.tar.gz'''
  $ '''git clone https://review.coreboot.org/memtest86plus '''
$ '''tar -xvzf memtest86+-5.01.tar.gz && cd memtest86+-5.01'''


The default '''Makefile''' includes a scp command to backup already built binaries, which we obviously don't want. Furthermore, due to MemTest86+ 5.01 not being updated since 27.09.2013, compilation will fail on newer versions of GCC unless a specific option is added. Last but not least '''SERIAL_BAUD_RATE''' should be increased; we might also want to hear a beep before memory testing starts. The following patch includes all those changes, feel free to adjust.
CD to the directory and build it:
--- Makefile    2015-11-18 23:49:40.900093793 +0100
  $ '''cd memtest86plus'''
+++ Makefile.new        2015-11-19 00:08:37.392634002 +0100
@@ -15,3 +15,3 @@
  CFLAGS= -Wall -march=i486 -m32 -O1 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin \
-      -ffreestanding -fPIC $(SMP_FL) -fno-stack-protector
+      -ffreestanding -fPIC $(SMP_FL) -fno-stack-protector -fgnu89-inline
@@ -23,3 +23,2 @@
  all: clean memtest.bin memtest
-                scp memtest.bin root@192.168.0.12:/srv/tftp/mt86plus
--- config.h    2015-11-18 23:49:27.696700200 +0100
+++ config.h.new        2015-11-19 00:08:55.799401157 +0100
@@ -19,3 +19,3 @@
  /* BEEP_MODE - Beep on error. Default off, Change to 1 to enable */
-#define BEEP_MODE 0
+#define BEEP_MODE 1
@@ -37,3 +37,3 @@
  /* SERIAL_BAUD_RATE - Baud rate for the serial console */
-#define SERIAL_BAUD_RATE 9600
+#define SERIAL_BAUD_RATE 115200
Either make those changes by hand or paste the patch into a file and apply it:
  $ '''patch < fix.patch'''
 
Now build it:
  $ '''make'''
  $ '''make'''



Revision as of 20:11, 12 March 2018

Building

Instead of building coreboot with MemTest86+ as its default payload, it is recommended to simply load the binary from your payload of choice as an extra boot option.

Manual build

Clone the source from coreboot's memtest86+ repository. This was based on the latest released archive, then cleaned up, and then had various patches applied.

$ git clone https://review.coreboot.org/memtest86plus 

CD to the directory and build it:

$ cd memtest86plus
$ make

The resulting binaries are:

memtest: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped
memtest.bin: DOS/MBR boot sector

In case GRUB2 is used default payload, add the x86-bootable memtest.bin to your ROM image with

$ cbfstool coreboot.rom add -f memtest.bin -n memtest.bin -t raw

and add the following entry to your grub.cfg:

menuentry 'MemTest86+ 5.01' {
    set root='cbfsdisk'
    linux16 /memtest.bin
}

Alternatively one can also load it directly from disk, e.g. by placing it under /boot/memtest.bin and adjusting the menuentry accordingly:

search -n --set=root -f /boot/memtest.bin