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Warner Losh 7f3c360646 Parse /kboot.conf If there's a kboot.conf, prase it after the command line args are parsed. It's not always easy to get all the right command line args depending on the environment. Allow an escape hatch. While we can't do everything one might like in this file, we can do enough. Sponsored by: Netflix		2023-03-13 20:45:50 -06:00
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arch	kboot: Remove externs	2023-02-03 08:41:41 -07:00
conf.c	kboot: Add support for ZFS volumes	2023-01-13 14:22:39 -07:00
crt1.c	stand: Spell License correctly	2022-07-26 16:31:13 -06:00
host_syscall.h	kboot: Assert errno is negative	2023-02-02 14:09:55 -07:00
host_syscalls.c	kboot: Sort kexec_load alphabetically	2023-01-07 13:24:45 -07:00
hostcons.c	kboot: Use (void) instead of () for functiosn with no args	2022-12-09 07:57:50 -07:00
hostdisk.c	kboot: Fix hostdisk_override	2023-03-02 11:12:10 -07:00
hostfs.c	kboot: For hostfs, return better errors from read, where possible.	2023-02-02 13:06:31 -07:00
init.c	kboot: add minmalist init functionality	2022-09-01 11:08:24 -06:00
kboot.h	kboot: Don't need an arch pointer to get segments	2023-02-03 08:41:40 -07:00
kbootfdt.c	kboot: Allow loading fdt from different sources	2022-12-08 22:07:52 -07:00
main.c	Parse /kboot.conf	2023-03-13 20:45:50 -06:00
Makefile	loader: always install help files	2023-02-03 16:35:06 -04:00
README	kboot: Add readme	2022-12-03 12:48:45 -07:00
seg.c	kboot: Hack for running on FreeBSD host	2023-03-02 11:12:09 -07:00
termios_gen.h	kboot: Add missing license to termios	2022-12-04 13:31:06 -07:00
termios.c	kboot: implement stripped down termios	2022-07-28 15:35:42 -06:00
termios.h	kboot: implement stripped down termios	2022-07-28 15:35:42 -06:00
util.c	kboot: Use unsigned long long.	2022-12-02 12:41:01 -07:00
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README

So to make a Linux initrd:

(1) mkdir .../initrd
(2) mkdir -p .../initrd/boot/defaults
(3) cd src/stand; make install DESTDIR=.../initrd
(4) Copy kernel to .../initrd/boot/kernel
(5) cd .../initrd
(6) cp boot/loader.kboot init
(7) find . | sort | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > /tmp/initrd.cpio
(8) download or build your linux kernel
(9) qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel ~/vmlinuz-5.19.0-051900-generic \
	-initrd /tmp/initrd.cpio \
	-m 256m -nographic \
	-monitor telnet::4444,server,nowait -serial stdio \
	-append "console=ttyS0"
    (though you may need more than 256M of ram to actually boot FreeBSD and do
     anything interesting with it and the serial console to stdio bit hasn't
     been the most stable recipe lately).

Notes:
For #6 you might need to strip loader.kboot if you copy it directly and don't
	use make install.
For #7 the sort is important, and you may need LC_ALL=C for its invocation
For #7 gzip is but one of many methods, but it's the simplest to do.
For #9, this means we can automate it using methods from
	src/tools/boot/rootgen.sh when the time comes.
#9 also likely generalizes to other architectures
For #8, see https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ to download
	a kernel suitable for testing... For arm, I've been using the
	non 64k page kernels and 5.19 seems to not suck.

aarch64:
qemu-system-aarch64 -m 1024 -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt \
	-kernel ~/linuxboot/arm64/kernel/boot/vmlinuz-5.19.0-051900-generic \
	-initrd ~/linuxboot/arm64/initrd.img -m 256m -nographic \
	-monitor telnet::4444,server,nowait -serial stdio \
	-append "console=ttyAMA0"

General

Add -g -G to have gdb stop and wait for the debugger. This is useful for
debugging the trampoline (hbreak will set a hardware break that's durable across
code changes).  If you set the breakpoint for the trampoline and it never hits,
then there's likely no RAM there and you got the PA to load to wrong. When
debugging the trampiline and up to that, use gdb /boot/loader. When debugging
the kernel, use kernel.full to get all the debugging. hbreak panic() is useful
on the latter since you'll see the original panic, not the panic you get from
there not being an early console.