From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E3Zkp-0004Kc-Dk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:39:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7CDb9eF011110; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:37:09 GMT Received: from mercedes.websitewelcome.com (mercedes.websitewelcome.com [67.19.161.34]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7CDb8DM005192 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:37:08 GMT Received: from [65.198.186.98] (port=56270 helo=cerebro-hp.txdigital) by mercedes.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.50) id 1E3Zhy-0003cY-Al for gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:36:26 -0500 From: Heath Holcomb To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] x86 SBC Gentoo Embedded HotTo version 0.07 Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:37:00 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508120837.00323.liquidcable@bulah.com> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - mercedes.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - bulah.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Archives-Salt: eb1193e4-0dd1-4ca7-862f-7f7ddf114c24 X-Archives-Hash: 2f98653852fec1f51cb3465c50e7d08c I too am working with a VIA based SBCs. A CLE266 version, CL10000; and a CN400 based one. If you ever want the hardware mpeg2 decoding take a look at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Unichrome -- heath holcomb liquidcable at bulah.com www.bulah.com On Friday 12 August 2005 04:19 am, Pierre Cassimans wrote: > I saw these errors also yesterday, but did not find enough time to submit > the comments yet :( > > I still had problems with the python-fchksum stuff and groff compiling. > > emerge python did the trick for the first thing and USE="-sandbox" emerge > -e system did it for the second. > > Those commands were available in howto version 0.6, not in the 0.7. But > they are still needed. > > For what package is the USE="-sandbox" needed? I thought sandbox was a > FEATURE flag? > > I'm also working on a VIA epia M9000 system. What i would like to do is > test the image (booting etc) on qemu before putting it on a compact flash. > It would be nice if we could bring together some info on that part too (Or > on other emulator soft). I will try to write it down while i work on this > part and will post it here. If people already did this stuff, please post > ;) > > Pierre Cassimans > > >From: "Marcel Romijn" > >Reply-To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org > >To: > >Subject: RE: [gentoo-embedded] x86 SBC Gentoo Embedded HotTo version 0.07 > >Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:39:00 -0400 > > > >Hello Heath, > > > >Nice writedown! I haven't made it to the end yet (lack of time), but I'm > >getting there... > > > >I noticed some issues along the way (not counting grub begin spelled as > >"grug" or "gurb" ;-) ) > > > >In step 3 you write: > > > > > ># Set root password for the embedded_rootfs > >chromm /embedded_rootfs > >passwd > >rm /embedded_rootfs/etc/passwd- > >Exit > > > > > >I presume 'chromm' should have been 'chroot' ? > >If it is indeed 'chroot' then you should either do "rm /etc/passwd-" > >before the "exit" or the "exit" before the "rm > >/embedded_rootfs/etc/passwd-". > > > >A few lines down, you write: > > > > > >rm -R /embedded_rootfs/var/db/pkg/ * > > > > > >As a reletive newbie, doing a quick copy/paste of this command late in > >the evening as root in '/', this wiped out all files, except the ones > >that were firmly locked. > >Fortunately, I'm going through you HowTo in VMWare, so I could restore a > >previous snapshot ;-) > > > >I presume the space before the '*' should have been omitted? > > > > > >rm -R /embedded_rootfs/var/db/pkg/* > > > > > > > >My aim is to create an embedded Gentoo for a Via Epia ME6000, which > >reads the kernel and a ramdisk image from CF and then runs completely > >from RAM. > >If I'm not mistaken, you were heading for a Via Epia as well? > > > >Regards, > > > >Marcel Romijn > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Heath Holcomb [mailto:liquidcable@bulah.com] > >Sent: Monday, 08 August, 2005 4:17 > >To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org > >Subject: [gentoo-embedded] x86 SBC Gentoo Embedded HotTo version 0.07 > > > >Version 0.07 > >Please add, delete, modify. Thanks! > > > >Several fixes. Root password now works. Several work arounds are no > >longer > >need, as the embedded Gentoo team has fixed them (I'm guess because I no > > > >longer get those errors). There is still one problem when "emerge -e > >system" > >for groff. Bug 98187 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98187). > >Check > >out the bug report for the temp fix/work around (USE="-sandbox" emerge > >-e > >system). > > > >I've update my website with this version also. > >http://www.bulah.com/embeddedgentoo.html > > > > > >#----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--------- > ># Embedded Gentoo How-To for x86 > ># > ># A how-to guide to setup a Gentoo embedded environment, you must be > >root. > ># These commands are to be run on your development system, > ># any x86 Gentoo Linux computer will do. The system should be fast, > ># to speed development. The target can be any x86 based SBC. I'm > ># using a Geode based SBC. Latter I'll use a Via based SBC. > ># > ># version 0.07 > ># 2005.8.7 > ># > ># Heath Holcomb (heath at bulah.com) > ># Ned Ludd (original commands posted) > ># Lloyd Sargent (contributor) > ># Yuri Vasilevski (contributor) > ># Mike George (contributor) > ># Kammi Cazze (contributor) > ># Marius Schaefer (contributor) > ># > ># Definitions and Terms > ># system_rootfs = your regular rootfs, development computer > ># development_rootfs = what you use to build the embedded_rootfs > ># embedded_rootfs = rootfs you deploy to the target system > ># SBC = single board computer (here it's an x86 based) > ># > ># References > ># http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml > ># http://www.epiawiki.org > ># http://epia.kalf.org > ># Gentoo embedded mailing list (gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org) > ># > ># > ># Overview of process (steps) > ># 1 - Prepare the development_rootfs from your system_rootfs > ># 2 - Build the development_rootfs > ># 3 - Build the embedded_rootfs > ># 4 - Build and install non-system programs to the embedded_rootfs > ># 5 - Build and install a kernel to the embedded_rootfs > ># 6 - Deploy embedded_rootfs to target > ># > >#----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--------- > > > >#----- Step 1 - Prepare the development_rootfs from your system_rootfs > >------- > > > ># You must be root. > >su - > > > ># Create the development_rootfs. > ># I use i586 because of target is a Geode processor. > >mkdir -p /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/usr/portage > > > ># Download the latest stage 1 tarball. > >wget \ > >http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/x86/embedded/stages/stage1-x86-ucl > >ibc-2005.0.tar.bz2 > > > ># Untar the stage to the development_rootfs. > >tar -xvjpf stage1-x86-uclibc-2005.0.tar.bz2 -C > >/opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/ > > > ># Mount the proc and portage directories to your development_rootfs. > ># Makes your system_rootfs's proc and portage directory available from > >inside > ># of your development_rootfs (after chrooting). > >mount --bind /proc /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/proc/ > >mount --bind /usr/portage /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/usr/portage > > > ># Copy over DNS information to the development_rootfs. > >cp /etc/resolv.conf /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/etc/resolv.conf > > > ># Chroot into the development_rootfs. > >chroot /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux /bin/bash --login > > > > > >#----- Step 2 - Build the development_rootfs > >--------------------------------- > > > ># Create new environment and load variables into memory. > >env-update > >source /etc/profile > > > ># Modify make.conf file to your liking/needs. > >nano -w /etc/make.conf > ># This is for my target, Geode x86 processor. > >/* > >USE="bitmap-fonts minimal truetype-fonts mmx" > >CHOST="i586-gentoo-linux-uclibc" > >CFLAGS="-march=i586 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx" > >CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" > >FEATURES="buildpkg" > > > >VIDEO_CARDS="chips" > >UCLIBC_CPU="586MMX" > >*/ > > > ># Set profile to use 2.6 kernel. > ># The current stage uses 2.4 by default, and for most cases you are > >going > ># to want a 2.6.x kernel. > >cd /etc/ > >unlink make.profile > >ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/uclibc/x86 make.profile > > > ># Start the bootstrap script. > >cd /usr/portage/scripts > >./bootstrap.sh -p -v > >./bootstrap.sh > > > ># Emerge the system ebuild for the development_rootfs. > >emerge -e system > > > >#----- Step 3 - Build the embedded_rootfs > >------------------------------------ > > > ># Create the embedded_rootfs directory. > >mkdir /embedded_rootfs > > > ># Emerge baselayout-lite into embedded_rootfs. > ># This gives your system a basic file structure. > ># 1.0_pre1 is the only one that is stable, right? > >cd /usr/portage/sys-apps/baselayout-lite/ > >ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge baselayout-lite-1.0_pre1.ebuild > > > ># Workaround 1 > ># Baselayout-lite is still beta, so a few fixes are needed. > ># There needs to be a directory "log" in /var. > ># Inittab calls for /usr/bin/tail, but it needs to /usr/bin. > >mkdir /embedded_rootfs/var/log > >nano -w /embedded_rootfs/etc/inittab > >/* > >#tty3::respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages > >tty3::respawn:/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages > >*/ > > > ># Emerge uclibc into the embedded_rootfs. > ># Use the -K option because we don't get the extra files created by the > ># build/emerge process into our embedded rootfs which needs to be as > ># small as possible. > >ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K uclibc > > > ># Emerge busybox into the embedded_rootfs. > ># First you must emerge it into your development_rootfs. > ># This does not create the symlinks in our development embedded rootfs. > >emerge busybox > >ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K busybox > > > ># Create the symlinks for busybox in the embedded_rootfs. > >mkdir /embedded_rootfs/proc > >mount -o bind /proc/ /embedded_rootfs/proc/ > >chroot /embedded_rootfs /bin/busybox --install -s > >umount /embedded_rootfs/proc > > > ># Set time zone in your embedded_rootfs. > ># See http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/guide/buci-tz.html for details. > ># For central standard time in the US, use "CST6CDT". > >nano -w /embedded_rootfs/etc/TZ > >/* > >CST6CDT > >*/ > > > ># Install a boot loader (usually grug or lilo). > ># Once you copy/deploy your embedded_rootfs to your target SBC you will > ># have to run grub on the command line to write to the master boot > >record > ># (MBR). > ># For some reason not all of /boot/grub is copied over to the > ># embedded_rootfs, so a extra manual copy step is needed. > ># The --nodeps gets rip of the run time need of ncurses. > >emerge --nodeps grub > >ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K --nodeps grub > >cp -R /boot/grub /embedded_rootfs/boot/ > > > ># Modify your boot configure file. > ># The example below is for a gurb, for a boot partition on /dev/hda1 and > >only > ># one partition on the target SBC system. > >nano -w /embedded_rootfs/boot/grub/grub.conf > >/* > >default 0 > >timeout 10 > >splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > > >title=Linux 2.6.x > >root (hd0,0) > >kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.x root=/dev/hda1 vga=792 > >*/ > > > ># Set root password for the embedded_rootfs > >chromm /embedded_rootfs > >passwd > >rm /embedded_rootfs/etc/passwd- > >exit > > > ># Modify fstab. > ># Below is mine, yours may vary. > >nano -w /embedded_rootfs/etc/fstab > >/* > >/dev/hda1 / reiserfs defaults > >0 0 > >none /proc proc defaults > >0 0 > >none /sys sysfs defaults > >0 0 > >none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > >*/ > > > ># Clean up the embedded_rootfs. > ># Don't know why these files are there in the first place, so if anyone > ># can tell me why..... > >rm -R /embedded_rootfs/var/db/pkg/ * > >rm -R /embedded_rootfs/var/lib/portage/ > > > >#---- Step 4 - Build and install non-system programs to the > >embedded_rootfs -- > > > ># Emerge other software you need for you embedded target. > ># This is very wildly depending on your needs. > ># Also your proprietary application will be done here. > >emerge foo* > >ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K foo* > > > > > >#---- Step 5 - Build and install a kernel to the embedded_rootfs > >------------- > > > ># Install a kernel into embedded_rootfs. > ># First we will emerge it into our development_rootfs, then configure > >and > ># build it. > >emerge vanilla-sources > >cd /usr/src/ > >cd linux > >make menuconfig > ># Configure your kernel for your TARGET SBC here. I HIGHLY suggest you > ># configure the kernel to compile everything into the kernel, and > >nothing > ># as a module. > >make > >ROOT=/embedded_rootfs make modules_install > >cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage > >/embedded_rootfs/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.x > > > ># A few notes on compiling your kernel. > ># If deploying to Compact Flash/DiskOnChip/SD use ext2, as the > >journaling > ># filing systems "write" to much for a flash device. > ># If deploying to a hard drive use a journaling filing system, such as > ># ext3 or reiserfs. > > > > > >#---- Step 6 - Deploy embedded_rootfs to target > >------------------------------ > > > ># Prepare a Gentoo (or any Linux distro) system on the target SBC using > >a > ># harddrive. This is known as the target development rootfs. > ># We will create a partition (/embedded_rootfs) that will server as our > ># "test" partition to deploy our embedded_rootfs that we generate on our > ># development_system. > ># > ># I use the following partitions to speed development (yours may vary): > ># /dev/hda1 - /embedded_rootfs - 1 GB > ># /dev/hda2 - /boot - 100 MB > ># /dev/hda3 - swap - (size varies, 512 MB is a good number) > ># /dev/hda4 - / - (what is left, at least 1.5 GB per 2005.0 install > >guide > >specs) > ># > ># Copy over your embedded_rootfs from you development system to your > >target > ># system and the directory /embedded_rootfs. This needs to be done via > >NFS as > ># need to preserve the permissions. > ># > >#The following commands are done from the > ># target development rootfs. > >mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/embedded_rootfs > >mount -t nfs\ > >192.168.0.10:/opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/embedded_rootfs\ > >/mnt/nfs_embedded_rootfs > >cp -adpR /mnt/nfs_embedded_rootfs/* /mnt/embedded_rootfs > > > > > ># Modify your target system's gurb.conf (or lilo.conf) for allow you to > >boot > ># to the embedded_rootfs partition. > ># > ># Reboot, and if all goes well you'll be greeted with a login prompt. > ># > ># Fin. > > > > > > > >-- > >heath holcomb > >liquidcable at bulah.com > >www.bulah.com > >-- > >gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > >-- > >gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list