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| author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-11-06 01:52:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-11-06 01:52:36 +0000 |
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Documentation: *major* cleanup.
Cleanup was long overdue. Old structure was messy and inefficient.
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diff --git a/docs/git/index.html b/docs/git/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a2596c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/git/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,503 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html> +<head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + + <style type="text/css"> + @import url('../css/main.css'); + </style> + + <title>Developing libreboot</title> +</head> + +<body> + + <h1 id="pagetop">Developing libreboot</h1> + <p> + This section relates to building libreboot from source, and + working with the git repository. + </p> + <p> + Or <a href="../index.html">Back to main index</a>. + </p> + <ul> + <li><a href="#build_dependencies">Install build dependencies</a></li> + <li><a href="#build_meta">Get the full source code from metadata (git clone)</a></li> + <li><a href="#build_bucts">How to build "bucts" (for LenovoBIOS X60/X60S/X60T/T60)</a></li> + <li><a href="#build_flashrom">How to build "flashrom"</a></li> + <li> + <a href="#config">Configuring libreboot</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#config_dmidecode">dmidecode</a></li> + <li><a href="#config_x60">ThinkPad X60</a></li> + <li><a href="#config_x60t">ThinkPad X60 Tablet</a></li> + <li><a href="#config_t60">ThinkPad T60</a></li> + <li><a href="#config_macbook21">MacBook2,1</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li><a href="#build">How to build your ROM's</a></li> + <li><a href="#build_addseabios">Add SeaBIOS to your ROM's</a></li> + </ul> + +<hr/> + + <h1 id="build_dependencies">Install build dependencies</h1> + + <p> + Before doing anything, you need the dependencies first. + </p> + <ul> + <li><b>deps-trisquel</b> script installs dependencies for Trisquel 6 (also tested in Trisquel 7).</li> + <li><b>deps-parabola</b> script installs dependencies for Parabola</li> + </ul> + + <p> + For all other GNU/Linux distributions, you may have to adapt these scripts. By all means send patches! + </p> + + <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p> + +<hr/> + + <h1 id="build_meta">Get the full source code from metadata (git clone)</h1> + + <p> + If you downloaded libreboot from git, then there are some steps to download and patch + the source code for all relevant dependencies. The archive in the git repository used to be + available as a tarball called 'libreboot_meta.tar.gz'. It contains 'metadata' (scripts) + which define how the source was created (where it came from). + </p> + + <p> + You can use the scripts included to download everything. + </p> + + <p> + First, <a href="#build_dependencies">install the build dependencies</a>. + </p> + + <p> + After that, run the get script:<br/> + <b>$ ./getall</b> + </p> + + <p> + What this did was download everything (grub, coreboot, memtest86+, bucts, flashrom) + at the versions last tested for this release, and patch them. Read the script + in a text editor to learn more. + </p> + + <p> + To build the ROM's, see <a href="#build">#build</a>. + </p> + + <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p> + +<hr/> + + <h1 id="build_bucts">How to build "bucts" (for LenovoBIOS X60/X60S/X60T/T60)</h1> + + <p> + <b>This is for Lenovo BIOS users on the ThinkPad X60/X60S, X60 Tablet and T60. If you have coreboot or libreboot running already, ignore this.</b> + </p> + + <p> + Bucts is needed when flashing in software the X60/X60S/X60T/T60 ROM while Lenovo BIOS is running; + external flashing will be safe regardless. + Each ROM contains identical data inside the two final 64K region in the file. + This corresponds to the final two 64K regions in the flash chip. Lenovo BIOS will prevent you from writing the + final one, so running "<b>bucts 1</b>" will set the machine to boot from the other block instead (which + is writeable along with everything beneath it when using a patched flashrom. see <a href="#build_flashrom">#build_flashrom</a>). + After shutting down and booting up after the first flash, + the final 64K block is writeable so you flash the ROM again with an unpatched flashrom and run "<b>bucts 0</b>" to + make the machine boot from the normal (highest) block again. + </p> + + <p> + BUC.TS utility is included in libreboot_src.tar.xz and libreboot_bin.tar.xz.<br/> + <b>If you downloaded from git, follow <a href="#build_meta">#build_meta</a> before you proceed.</b> + </p> + + <p> + "BUC" means "<b>B</b>ack<b>u</b>p <b>C</b>ontrol" (it's a register) and "TS" means "<b>T</b>op <b>S</b>wap" + (it's a status bit). Hence "bucts" (BUC.TS). TS 1 and TS 0 corresponds to bucts 1 and bucts 0. + </p> + + <p> + First, <a href="#build_dependencies">install the build dependencies</a>. + </p> + + <p> + To build bucts, do this in the main directory:<br/> + <b>$ ./builddeps-bucts</b> + </p> + + <p> + The "builddeps" script in libreboot_src also makes use of builddeps-bucts. + </p> + + <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p> + +<hr/> + + <h1 id="build_flashrom">How to build "flashrom"</h1> + + <p> + Flashrom is the utility for flashing/dumping ROM's. This is what you will use to install libreboot. + </p> + + <p> + Flashrom source code is included in libreboot_src.tar.gz and libreboot_bin.tar.gz.<br/> + <b>If you downloaded from git, follow <a href="#build_meta">#build_meta</a> before you proceed.</b> + </p> + + <p> + First, <a href="#build_dependencies">install the build dependencies</a>. + </p> + + <p> + To build it, do that in the main directory:<br/> + <b>$ ./builddeps-flashrom</b> + </p> + + <p> + After you've done that, under ./flashrom/ you will find the following executables: + </p> + <ul> + <li> + <b>flashrom</b> + <ul> + <li>For flashing while coreboot or libreboot is running.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + <b>flashrom_lenovobios_sst</b> + <ul> + <li>This is patched for flashing while Lenovo BIOS is running on an X60 or T60 with the SST25VF016B (SST) flash chip.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + <b>flashrom_lenovobios_macronix</b> + <ul> + <li>This is patched for flashing while Lenovo BIOS is running on an X60 or T60 with the MX25L1605D (Macronix) flash chip.</li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> + + <p> + The "builddeps" script in libreboot_src also makes use of builddeps-flashrom. + </p> + + <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p> + +<hr/> + + <h1 id="config">Configuring libreboot</h1> + + <p> + Before building a ROM in libreboot (or coreboot, for that matter), you need to configure it. + This is done using the following inside the source tree:<br/> + <b>$ make menuconfig</b> + </p> + + <p> + If you've already built a kernel before, you know how to use this interface. + </p> + + <p> + Configurations are then saved as files called <b>".config"</b>. Copies of each configuration used + for each machine type by the libreboot build scripts are stored in resources/libreboot/config/ + </p> + + <h2 id="config_dmidecode"> + dmidecode + </h2> + <p> + There is certain information that can be useful to enter in particular: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Local version string</li> + <li>SMBIOS Serial Number</li> + <li>SMBIOS Manufacturer</li> + <li>SMBIOS Version</li> + <li>SMBIOS Product name</li> + </ul> + <p> + This information can be obtained using:<br/> + <b>$ sudo dmidecode</b><br/> + <b># dmidecode</b> + </p> + <p> + Specifically, it's good practise to enter the same information for libreboot that you found when running this + with the original BIOS or firmware. <b>libreboot has already done this for you. This information is for reference, + in the hope that it will be useful.</b> + </p> + + <h2 id="config_x60"> + ThinkPad X60 configuration (file: resources/libreboot/config/x60/config) + </h2> + <ul> + <li>General setup / Expert mode = <i>enable</i></li> + <li>General setup / Local version string = <i>7BETC7WW (2.08 )</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / Mainboard vendor = <i>Lenovo</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / Mainboard model = <i>ThinkPad X60 / X60s / X60t</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / ROM chip size = <i>2048 KB (2 MB)</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Serial Number = <i>L3BH242</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Version Number = <i>ThinkPad X60s</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Manufacturer = <i>LENOVO</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Product name = <i>1702L8G</i></li> + <li>Chipset / Include CPU microcode in CBFS = <i>Do not include microcode updates</i></li> + <li>Devices / Use native graphics initialization = <i>enable</i></li> + <li> + Display / Keep VESA framebuffer = <i>disable</i> (disable for text-mode graphics, enable for coreboot vesa framebuffer) + <ul> + <li>Libreboot provides this with text-mode enabled by default, but it automatically patches a copy of the config at build time + to enable coreboot framebuffer for a separate set of ROM images, in each machine.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Generic Drivers / Digitizer = <i>Autodetect</i></li> + <li>Console / Send console output to a CBMEM buffer = <i>enable</i></li> + <li>Payload / Add a payload = <i>An ELF executable payload</i></li> + <li>Payload / Payload path and filename = <i>grub.elf</i></li> + </ul> + <p> + Now go back into Devices: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Devices / Run VGA Option ROMs = <i>disable</i></li> + <li>Devices / Run Option ROMs on PCI devices = <i>disable</i></li> + </ul> + <p> + The resulting .config file was saved as resources/libreboot/config/<b>x60/config</b> and is used by the build + scripts for this machine. + </p> + <p> + This is based on an X60S with the Core 2 Duo L7400 processor. + </p> + <p> + SMBIOS Version Number is ThinkPad X60 on the X60, but it is believed that the X60 and X60s both have identical + motherboards where the only difference is the CPU. This same configuration is used on the X60 and X60s. + </p> + + <h2 id="config_x60t"> + ThinkPad X60 Tablet configuration (file: resources/libreboot/config/x60t/config) + </h2> + <ul> + <li>General setup / Expert mode = <i>enable</i></li> + <li>General setup / Local version string = <i>7JET23WW (1.08 )</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / Mainboard vendor = <i>Lenovo</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / Mainboard model = <i>ThinkPad X60 / X60s / X60t</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / ROM chip size = <i>2048 KB (2 MB)</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Serial Number = <i>L3B8281</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Version Number = <i>ThinkPad X60 Tablet</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Manufacturer = <i>LENOVO</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Product name = <i>6364WJ1</i></li> + <li>Chipset / Include CPU microcode in CBFS = <i>Do not include microcode updates</i></li> + <li>Devices / Use native graphics initialization = <i>enable</i></li> + <li> + Display / Keep VESA framebuffer = <i>disable</i> (disable for text-mode graphics, enable for coreboot vesa framebuffer) + <ul> + <li>Libreboot provides this with text-mode enabled by default, but it automatically patches a copy of the config at build time + to enable coreboot framebuffer for a separate set of ROM images, in each machine.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Generic Drivers / Digitizer = <i>Present</i></li> + <li>Console / Send console output to a CBMEM buffer = <i>enable</i></li> + <li>Payload / Add a payload = <i>An ELF executable payload</i></li> + <li>Payload / Payload path and filename = <i>grub.elf</i></li> + </ul> + <p> + Now go back into Devices: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Devices / Run VGA Option ROMs = <i>disable</i></li> + <li>Devices / Run Option ROMs on PCI devices = <i>disable</i></li> + </ul> + <p> + The resulting .config file was saved as resources/libreboot/config/<b>x60t/config</b> and is used by the build + scripts for this machine. + </p> + <p> + This is based on an X60T with the Core 2 Duo L7400 processor. + </p> + + <h2 id="config_t60"> + ThinkPad T60 configuration (file: resources/libreboot/config/t60/config) + </h2> + <ul> + <li>General setup / Expert mode = <i>enable</i></li> + <li>General setup / Local version string = <i>79ETE7WW (2.27 )</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / Mainboard vendor = <i>Lenovo</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / Mainboard model = <i>ThinkPad T60 / T60p</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / ROM chip size = <i>2048 KB (2 MB)</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Serial Number = <i>L3DKE06</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Version Number = <i>ThinkPad T60</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Manufacturer = <i>LENOVO</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Product name = <i>1951FEG</i></li> + <li>Chipset / Include CPU microcode in CBFS = <i>Do not include microcode updates</i></li> + <li>Devices / Use native graphics initialization = <i>enable</i></li> + <li> + Display / Keep VESA framebuffer = <i>disable</i> (disable for text-mode graphics, enable for coreboot vesa framebuffer) + <ul> + <li>Libreboot provides this with text-mode enabled by default, but it automatically patches a copy of the config at build time + to enable coreboot framebuffer for a separate set of ROM images, in each machine.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Console / Send console output to a CBMEM buffer = <i>enable</i></li> + <li>Payload / Add a payload = <i>An ELF executable payload</i></li> + <li>Payload / Payload path and filename = <i>grub.elf</i></li> + </ul> + <p> + Go back into Devices: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Devices / Run VGA Option ROMs = <i>disable</i></li> + <li>Devices / Run Option ROMs on PCI devices = <i>disable</i></li> + </ul> + <p> + The resulting .config file was saved as resources/libreboot/config/<b>t60/config</b> and is used by the build + scripts for this machine. + </p> + <p> + It is believed that the motherboards on 14.1" and 15.1" T60's are the same, so the same configuration is used + on both the 14.1" and 15.1" T60's. + </p> + + <h2 id="config_macbook21"> + MacBook2,1 configuration (file: resources/libreboot/config/macbook21/config) + </h2> + <ul> + <li>General / Expert mode = <i>enable</i></li> + <li>General / Local version string = <i>" MB21.88Z.00A5.B07.0706270922"</i> (without the quotes)</li> + <li>Mainboard / Mainboard vendor = <i>Apple</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / Mainboard model = <i>Macbook2,1 ICH7 TESTING</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / ROM chip size = <i>2048 KB (2 MB)</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Serial Number = <i>W8724XXXXXX</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Version Number = <i>1.0</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Manufacturer = <i>Apple Inc.</i></li> + <li>Mainboard / SMBIOS Product Name = <i>MacBook2,1</i></li> + <li>Chipset / Include CPU microcode in CBFS = <i>Do not include microcode updates</i></li> + <li>Devices / Use native graphics initialization = <i>enable</i></li> + <li> + Display / Keep VESA framebuffer = <i>disable</i> (disable for text-mode graphics, enable for coreboot vesa framebuffer) + <ul> + <li>Libreboot provides this with text-mode enabled by default, but it automatically patches a copy of the config at build time + to enable coreboot framebuffer for a separate set of ROM images, in each machine.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Console / Send console output to a CBMEM buffer = <i>enable</i></li> + <li>Payload / Add a payload = <i>An ELF executable payload</i></li> + <li>Payload / Payload path and filename = <i>grub.elf</i></li> + </ul> + <p> + Go back and disable option ROM's: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Devices / Run VGA Option ROMs = <i>disable</i></li> + <li>Devices / Run Option ROMs on PCI devices = <i>disable</i></li> + </ul> + <p> + The resulting .config file was saved as resources/libreboot/config/<b>macbook21/config</b> and is used by the build + scripts for this machine. <b>This config is also used for the MacBook1,1</b>. + </p> + + <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p> + +<hr/> + + <h1 id="build">How to build the ROM's!</h1> + + <p>You don't need to do much, as there are scripts already written for you that can build everything automatically.</p> + + <p> + First, <a href="#build_dependencies">install the build dependencies</a>. + </p> + <p> + If you downloaded libreboot from git, refer to <a href="#build_meta">#build_meta</a>. + </p> + + <p>If running for the first time, run this:<br/> + <b>$ ./buildall</b> (also performs the "./build" step below)<br/> + Or if you only want to build dependencies (crossgcc, grub and so on):<br/> + <b>$ ./builddeps</b></p> + + <p>If you've already run ./builddeps and/or ./buildall before, you don't need to run them again. + Just run that from now on to build your ROM's:<br/> + <b>$ ./build</b></p> + + <p>To un-build (clean) the build dependencies that you built before, do the following:<br/> + This also deletes the ROM images under ./bin/:<br/> + <b>$ ./cleandeps</b></p> + + <p>Note: after running 'cleandeps', you will need to run 'builddeps' or 'buildall' again before you can use 'build'.</p> + + <p>After 'build' or 'buildall' has finished, you'll find the ROM images for each machine under ./bin/</p> + + <h2>Preparing release archives (optional)</h2> + + <p> + Run that script:<br/> + <b>$ ./build-release</b> + </p> + + <p> + You'll find that the files libreboot_bin.tar.xz and libreboot_src.tar.xz have been created. + </p> + + <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p> + +<hr/> + + <h1 id="build_addseabios">How to add SeaBIOS to your ROM's</h1> + + <p> + SeaBIOS isn't really needed since libreboot uses the GRUB payload which + is much better (for several reasons), so it is no longer included in the ROM + images by default. Instead, you can add it afterwards. + </p> + + <p> + In the supplied binary archives, or in your own (if you did 'build-release') you can add SeaBIOS + to the ROM images, along with SeaVGABIOS which is a free/libre Video BIOS implementation that wraps + around the 'native graphics initializitation' code in coreboot, for boards that have support for it. + </p> + + <p> + First, <a href="#build_dependencies">install the build dependencies</a>. + </p> + + <p> + Build cbfstool:<br/> + $ <b>./builddeps-cbfstool</b> + </p> + + <p> + Now:<br/> + $ <b>./addseabios</b> + </p> + + <p> + SeaBIOS and SeaVGABIOS (which the build scripts created, and the build-release script put - compiled - + inside the binary archive) have now been added to all of the ROM images under ./bin/. A GRUB menuentry will show + up when you boot your machine, allowing you to use SeaBIOS. + </p> + + <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p> + +<hr/> + + <p> + Copyright © 2014 Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk><br/> + This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License and all future versions. + A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a>. + </p> + + <p> + This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a> for more information. + </p> + +</body> +</html> |