Author: uwe Date: 2007-05-09 12:26:19 +0200 (Wed, 09 May 2007) New Revision: 317
Modified: LinuxBIOSv3/README Log: Short installation instructions for LinuxBIOSv3 (trivial).
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann uwe@hermann-uwe.de Acked-by: Uwe Hermann uwe@hermann-uwe.de
Modified: LinuxBIOSv3/README =================================================================== --- LinuxBIOSv3/README 2007-05-06 18:52:16 UTC (rev 316) +++ LinuxBIOSv3/README 2007-05-09 10:26:19 UTC (rev 317) @@ -39,6 +39,38 @@ * http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
+Building and Installing +----------------------- + +Note: Currently only the x86 QEMU target is supported in LinuxBIOSv3. + +1) Build a payload: + + For example: FILO. + +2) Configure LinuxBIOS: + + $ make menuconfig + + Select at least the desired mainboard vendor, the mainboard device, + the size of your ROM chip, and a payload. + +3) Build the LinuxBIOS ROM image: + + $ make + + The generated ROM image is build/linuxbios.rom. + +4) You can now test the LinuxBIOS image using: + + $ qemu -L build -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio + + If you have a full QEMU image with a Linux distribution installed, + you can boot that Linux kernel by using a proper FILO payload and typing: + + $ qemu -L build -hda /tmp/qemu.img -serial stdio + + Website and Mailing List ------------------------