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See http://www.memtest86.com/ for details.
[[Image:Qemu memtest.png|thumb|right|The [[Memtest86]] payload.]]
 
'''[http://www.memtest86.com/ Memtest86]''' is a program which checks your RAM modules.
 
It can be run from within GRUB, but also as a coreboot payload (i.e. included in your ROM chip).
 
== Building  ==
 
=== Memtest86 ===
 
$ mkdir foo
$ cd foo
$ wget http://www.memtest86.com/memtest86-3.4.tar.gz
$ tar xfvz memtest86-3.4.tar.gz
$ cd memtest86-3.4
(Optional: edit '''config.h''' and set '''#define SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEFAULT 1''' for serial support)
$ make
 
The file '''memtest''' is your final payload which you can use with coreboot (v2 or v3), either on real hardware or in a QEMU image.
 
=== coreboot ===
 
Finally, you have to build coreboot (v3 in this example) with Memtest86 as payload:
 
$ cd ..
$ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repository/coreboot-v3
$ cp memtest86-3.4/memtest coreboot-v3/payload.elf
$ cd coreboot-v3
$ 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:
 
$ make
 
The file '''build/coreboot.rom''' (or '''build/bios.bin''') is your final coreboot v3 image, which also contains the payload.
 
== Running Memtest86 in QEMU ==
 
For running the coreboot+Memtest86 image in QEMU, you need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.bin''' in your '''build''' directory first:
 
$ cd build
$ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
$ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
$ cd ..
 
You can now run coreboot and Memtest86 in QEMU:
 
$ qemu -L build -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
 
== Ready-made QEMU image ==
 
Please follow [ these instructions] if you want to try out coreboot and Memtest86 in [[QEMU]].
 
{{PD-self}}

Revision as of 00:16, 18 April 2008

The Memtest86 payload.

Memtest86 is a program which checks your RAM modules.

It can be run from within GRUB, but also as a coreboot payload (i.e. included in your ROM chip).

Building

Memtest86

$ mkdir foo
$ cd foo
$ wget http://www.memtest86.com/memtest86-3.4.tar.gz
$ tar xfvz memtest86-3.4.tar.gz
$ cd memtest86-3.4

(Optional: edit config.h and set #define SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEFAULT 1 for serial support)

$ make

The file memtest is your final payload which you can use with coreboot (v2 or v3), either on real hardware or in a QEMU image.

coreboot

Finally, you have to build coreboot (v3 in this example) with Memtest86 as payload:

$ cd ..
$ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repository/coreboot-v3
$ cp memtest86-3.4/memtest coreboot-v3/payload.elf
$ cd coreboot-v3
$ 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:

$ make

The file build/coreboot.rom (or build/bios.bin) is your final coreboot v3 image, which also contains the payload.

Running Memtest86 in QEMU

For running the coreboot+Memtest86 image in QEMU, you need a patched version of vgabios-cirrus.bin in your build directory first:

$ cd build
$ wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip
$ unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip
$ cd ..

You can now run coreboot and Memtest86 in QEMU:

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

Ready-made QEMU image

Please follow [ these instructions] if you want to try out coreboot and Memtest86 in QEMU.

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