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002 Contents of the extra/ directory 002 Contents of the extra/ directory
003 ================================ 003 ================================
004 004
005 Data and configuration files to support genera 005 Data and configuration files to support generation of sos on non-x86
006 and/or grub-less hosts: 006 and/or grub-less hosts:
007 - dot.mkvars: file to copy as .mkvars in the 007 - dot.mkvars: file to copy as .mkvars in the root directory to
008 compile on a non-x86 host, and to generate 008 compile on a non-x86 host, and to generate the grub floppy image on
009 a grub-less host 009 a grub-less host
010 - grub.img.gz: compressed image of a Grub flo 010 - grub.img.gz: compressed image of a Grub floppy (without any
011 kernel). Used by dot.mkvars. 011 kernel). Used by dot.mkvars.
012 - mtoolsrc: file needed by .mkvars to compile 012 - mtoolsrc: file needed by .mkvars to compile a the floppy image
013 013
014 Support of a sos-specific boot sector: 014 Support of a sos-specific boot sector:
015 - Makefile: rules to compile sos_bsect.img, t 015 - Makefile: rules to compile sos_bsect.img, the floppy image with the
016 boot sector and the Sos 016 boot sector and the Sos
017 - bootsect.S: x86 Sos boot sector (GNU as). D 017 - bootsect.S: x86 Sos boot sector (GNU as). Depends on sos_bsect.lds
018 - sos_bsect.lds: ld script to bind the boot s 018 - sos_bsect.lds: ld script to bind the boot sector with the remaining
019 of the kernel 019 of the kernel
020 020
021 Misc: 021 Misc:
022 - qemu-port-e9.diff: patch over qemu to suppo !! 022 - patch-qemu-port-e9.diff: patch over qemu to support the bochs "port
>> 023 0xe9 hack"
>> 024 - patch-qemu-pty.diff: patch over qemu to fix a bug related to the
>> 025 handling of the "-monitor pty" and "-serial pty" options
>> 026 - termslave.c: Linux program to dial with qemu's monitor (or serial
>> 027 line) from within a terminal. See comments in the beginning
023 028
024 029
025 What you can do with these files 030 What you can do with these files
026 ================================ 031 ================================
027 032
028 033
029 *** Compile SOS from another architecture: 034 *** Compile SOS from another architecture:
030 ------------------------------------------ 035 ------------------------------------------
031 - compile a cross-compiler for the i586-gnu t 036 - compile a cross-compiler for the i586-gnu target. This involves
032 compiling the binutils and gcc. Here are ex 037 compiling the binutils and gcc. Here are example configuration
033 options for them: 038 options for them:
034 binutils (replace sparc-cun-solaris with yo 039 binutils (replace sparc-cun-solaris with your arch):
035 ../binutils-2.13/configure --prefix=/udd/ 040 ../binutils-2.13/configure --prefix=/udd/ddecotig/temp_dd/xgcc/host-sparc-solaris7/stow/binutils-2.11 --host=sparc-sun-solaris2.7 i586-gnu
036 make && make install 041 make && make install
037 gcc (ditto): 042 gcc (ditto):
038 CFLAGS="-O2 -Dinhibit_libc" ../gcc-3.2/co 043 CFLAGS="-O2 -Dinhibit_libc" ../gcc-3.2/configure --target=i586-gnu --prefix=/udd/ddecotig/temp_dd/xgcc/host-sparc-solaris7/stow/gcc-3.2 --with-as=/udd/ddecotig/temp_dd/xgcc/host-sparc-solaris7/bin/as --with-ld=/udd/ddecotig/temp_dd/xgcc/host-sparc-solaris7/bin/ld --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-languages=c --disable-shared --disable-multilib --disable-nls --enable-threads=single
039 make && make install 044 make && make install
040 - compile the mtools 045 - compile the mtools
041 - copy dot.mkvars to the root directory of SO 046 - copy dot.mkvars to the root directory of SOS, as ".mkvars"
042 - customize the CC/LD/... variables to suit y 047 - customize the CC/LD/... variables to suit your cross-compiler
043 installatioon 048 installatioon
044 - now you may run make from the SOS root dire 049 - now you may run make from the SOS root directory, it should
045 generate the Grub boot floppy image. The fo 050 generate the Grub boot floppy image. The following warning is
046 normal: 051 normal:
047 .mkvars:16: attention : écrasement des co 052 .mkvars:16: attention : écrasement des commandes pour la cible « grub-sos.img »
048 Makefile:92: attention : anciennes comman 053 Makefile:92: attention : anciennes commandes ignorées pour la cible « grub-sos.img »
049 054
050 055
051 *** To compile SOS from an x86 where grub is n 056 *** To compile SOS from an x86 where grub is not or incorrectly installed:
052 ---------------------------------------------- 057 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
053 - copy dot.mkvars to the root directory of SO 058 - copy dot.mkvars to the root directory of SOS, as ".mkvars"
054 - customize the CC/LD/... variables to suit y 059 - customize the CC/LD/... variables to suit your cross-compiler
055 installatioon 060 installatioon
056 - now you may run make from the SOS root dire 061 - now you may run make from the SOS root directory, it should
057 generate the Grub boot floppy image. The fo 062 generate the Grub boot floppy image. The following warning is
058 normal: 063 normal:
059 .mkvars:16: attention : écrasement des co 064 .mkvars:16: attention : écrasement des commandes pour la cible « grub-sos.img »
060 Makefile:92: attention : anciennes comman 065 Makefile:92: attention : anciennes commandes ignorées pour la cible « grub-sos.img »
061 066
062 067
063 *** To compile SOS with its own bootloader: 068 *** To compile SOS with its own bootloader:
064 ------------------------------------------- 069 -------------------------------------------
065 - for cross-architecture compilation: see abo 070 - for cross-architecture compilation: see above
066 - cd to this extra/ directory 071 - cd to this extra/ directory
067 - run 'make' 072 - run 'make'
068 - the floppy image is: sos_bsect.img !! 073 - the floppy image is: sos_bsect.img for use with bochs or on a real
069 NOTE : SOS will not boot correctly this way a !! 074 floppy disk
>> 075 to use the image under qemu: use sos_qemu.img
>> 076
>> 077 NOTE : From article 2 onward, be warned that using this bootsect
>> 078 might lead to system crashes. This would be because the
>> 079 solution we use to retrieve the RAM size might not work
>> 080 properly on some systems (BIOS buggy or more than 1G RAM). THE
>> 081 best way to boot SOS is always to use Grub.
070 082
071 083
072 -- 084 --
073 David Decotigny 085 David Decotigny