how to install Genode on PC machine
Alexander Tarasikov
alexander.tarasikov at ...9...
Mon Apr 15 16:23:01 CEST 2013
2013/4/15 Ivan Loskutov <loskutov.ivan at ...9...>
> I've upload ipxe to github
> https://github.com/Ksys-labs/ipxe/tree/boot_l4linux
>
> First you need build ipxe.
> Go to ipxe source folder. If you would like to have autoboot you need
> embedd start script for ipxe. Create script boot.ipxe with context like
> this:
> #!ipxe
> :retry_dhcp
> dhcp || goto retry_dhcp
> echo Booting from tftp://10.0.0.1/genode/genode.ipxe<http://10.0.0.1/genode.ipxe>
> chain tftp://10.0.0.1/genode/genode.ipxe
>
> Build ipxe with command:
> make EMBED="boot.ipxe"
> *
> *
> Copy your files to tftp folder genode and create genode.ipxe script like
> this:
> #!ipxe
> kernel bootstrap -modaddr 0x80000000
> module fiasco -serial_esc
> module sigma0
> module core
> module config
> module init
> module timer
> module uart_drv
> module atapi_drv
> module acpi_drv
> module part_blk
> module rom_loopdev
> module pci_drv
> module ps2_drv
> module vesa_drv
> module nic_drv
> module l4linux-ata
> module fedora-initrd.cpio.gz
> module fedora18.img
> vbeset 0x117
> boot
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ivan Loskutov
>
> I have use the iPXE's sanboot feature. This allows to directly boot the
Genode's ISO without
writing the boot script. However, it needs the http server. I used NGINX,
but lighttpd should
be also fine.
http://ipxe.org/cmd/sanboot
>
>
> 2013/4/14 yuqing wang <happymoodmglm at ...9...>
>
>> Hi,
>> Can you tell me the details about how to use iPXE for boot l4linux.I
>> browse the webpage of iPXE, can only find a useful example of
>> network-booting windows PE.
>> I conclude the process of booting windows PE in three steps
>> step 1: move the kernal and module files to a directory on the web server
>> step 2: create a file named boot.ipxe in the same directory, the content
>> of the file is a little like menu.lst in Grub
>>
>> #!ipxe
>>
>> cpuid --ext 29 && set arch amd64 || set arch x86
>> kernel wimboot
>> initrd ${arch}/media/bootmgr bootmgr
>> initrd ${arch}/media/Boot/BCD BCD
>> initrd ${arch}/media/Boot/Fonts/segmono_boot.ttf segmono_boot.ttf
>> initrd ${arch}/media/Boot/Fonts/segoe_slboot.ttf segoe_slboot.ttf
>> initrd ${arch}/media/Boot/Fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf wgl4_boot.ttf
>> initrd ${arch}/media/Boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
>> initrd ${arch}/media/sources/boot.wim boot.wim
>> boot
>>
>> step 3: in client uses the iPXE command to boot from server. maybe : #>
>> chain http://myserver/ipxe/boot.ipxe
>> I not sure if i can use the same way to boot l4linux.
>>
>> >Memory is not continious. And Genode's memory manager has strange
>> behavior with this. May be people from Genode can help with this.
>> >I've temporary solve this issue via hardcode start loading adress to
>> 0x40200000 in iPXE multiboot loader. And I've modify bootstrap modaddr to
>> 0x80000000.
>> I know 'bootstrap modaddr' sentence is in the menu.lst where i can modify
>> it .I don't understand the meaning of "hardcode start loading adress to
>> 0x40200000 in iPXE multiboot loader"
>>
>>
>> 2013/4/10 Ivan Loskutov <loskutov.ivan at ...9...>
>>
>>>
>>> 2013/4/10 yuqing wang <happymoodmglm at ...9...>
>>>
>>>> I downgrade qemu,fedora can start now.
>>>> But fedora can not connect to the internet in qemu,it is strange.The
>>>> log file is attached.
>>>>
>>> For connect to the internet you need configure ethernet in l4linux. I
>>> didn't do auto configuration in this rootfs. Try do:
>>> ifconfig eth0 up
>>> dhclient eth0& - if you use dhcp server in your network.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> My research is based on the network of l4linux running on real
>>>> machine,I think if i have a try of your experiment about network
>>>> performance of l4linux ,it would help me a lot.
>>>> My PC hardware:
>>>> motherboard: Intel Q77
>>>> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
>>>> Ethernet: intel 82579LM
>>>> RAM: 4G
>>>> I burn the fedora.iso in a cd,try to run it on my PC,but the l4linux
>>>> hangs,show these message:
>>>>
>>>> [ 60.001054]INFO:rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 1}
>>>> (detected by 0, t= 6002 jiffies)
>>>> [ 60.001657]INFO:Stall ended before state dump start
>>>> [ 236.893706]INFO:rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 1}
>>>> (detected by 0, t= 24007 jiffies)
>>>> [ 236.894303]INFO:Stall ended before state dump start
>>>> [ 413.786348]INFO:rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 1}
>>>> (detected by 0, t= 42012 jiffies)
>>>> [ 413.786943]INFO:Stall ended before state dump start
>>>> [ 590.678987]INFO:rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 1}
>>>> (detected by 0, t= 60017 jiffies)
>>>> [ 590.679596]INFO:Stall ended before state dump start
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure whether it's something wrong during my build process or
>>>> my hardware don't fit the l4linux.
>>>> Could you make your fedora.iso file available on net ,so i can download
>>>> and have a try .I think this would help me to find where is wrong.
>>>>
>>> I have issues with boot on real hardware too. I've tried use Grub 1,
>>> Grub 2 and iPXE for boot.
>>> My target PC has memory layout different from qemu, this part of log l4
>>> bootstraper from my PC:
>>>
>>> Limiting RAM region [ bce73000, bcffffff] { 18d000} to [
>>> bce73000, bcffffff] { 18d000} due to 3024 MB limit
>>> Dropping RAM region [100000000, 23e5fffff] {13e600000} due to 3024
>>> MB limit
>>> RAM: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009ebff: 635kB
>>> RAM: 0000000000100000 - 000000001fffffff: 523264kB
>>> RAM: 0000000020200000 - 000000003fffffff: 522240kB
>>> RAM: 0000000040200000 - 00000000bbd36fff: 2026716kB
>>> RAM: 00000000bcde8000 - 00000000bcde8fff: 4kB
>>> RAM: 00000000bce73000 - 00000000bcffffff: 1588kB
>>>
>>> Memory is not continious. And Genode's memory manager has strange
>>> behavior with this. May be people from Genode can help with this.
>>> I've temporary solve this issue via hardcode start loading adress to
>>> 0x40200000 in iPXE multiboot loader. And I've modify bootstrap modaddr to
>>> 0x80000000.
>>> With these changes I can boot PC but have only 2G memory for using. I
>>> don't try to understand how to work it yet. I'm going to prepare more
>>> information and open issue on Genode's bug tracker.
>>>
>>> Maybe you have the same issue for your hardware.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ivan Loskutov
>>>
>>>
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