RE: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

The easiest way to build Etherboot 5.2.6 is to use gcc 3.2.2.
I found another machine and built an old gcc and etherboot compiled.

I got errors with the new gcc, tried to fix them, but could never get it
to compile.  It would be good, if someone knowledgeable could make
etherboot work on the current gcc.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Magnani [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:39 AM
To: Kimball, Stephen; [e-mail]
Subject: RE: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

On Wed May 25 14:13:05 2005, Stephen.Kimball at bench.com  wrote:
> Does anyone know how to build etherboot with a current version of gcc?
> I am using gcc version 3.4.3 and binutils 2.15.
> I've tried several etherboot versions up to 5.4.0.
> I know etherboot 5.2.6 with gcc 3.2.2 works, but that's an old version

of > gcc.  Thanks.

Steve - Did you ever find a resolution to this? I didn't see any
followups
on the mailing list. I have the same toolchain as you, so if there's a
way
to avoid building another one just for Etherboot I'd like to know!

Thanks,
Steve Magnani

[LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

[Steven J. Magnani]

Etherboot 5.4.0 seems to compile with gcc-3.4.3 if, in addition to the
config changes spelled out on the Wiki, you also comment out PXE support
in src/Config:

# Etherboot as a PXE network protocol ROM
#CFLAGS+=	-DPXE_IMAGE -DPXE_EXPORT

Seems to run, but I haven't reached a point where I can boot something
over the network yet.

Steve
www.digidescorp.com

[LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

[yhlu]

do not use 5.4 at this time, because the memtest can not be loaded by
Etherboot 5.4 correctly.

YH

On 7/14/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> Etherboot 5.4.0 seems to compile with gcc-3.4.3 if, in addition to the
> config changes spelled out on the Wiki, you also comment out PXE support
> in src/Config:
>
> # Etherboot as a PXE network protocol ROM
> #CFLAGS+=       -DPXE_IMAGE -DPXE_EXPORT
>
> Seems to run, but I haven't reached a point where I can boot something
> over the network yet.
>
> Steve
> www.digidescorp.com
>
> LinuxBIOS mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

[Steven J. Magnani]

I think this patch fixes the bug.

--- etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c.orig	2005-02-15
19:46:56.000000000 -0600
+++ etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c	2005-07-15 14:13:39.234375000
-0500
@@ -350,10 +350,11 @@
    else {
    	len -= (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
    	data += (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
+		skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
+		skip_bytes = 0;
+
    }
-	skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
-	skip_bytes = 0;
-	
+
    return 1;
 }

Steve Magnani
www.digidescorp.com

-----Original Message-----
From: yhlu [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:10 AM
To: Steven J. Magnani
Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

do not use 5.4 at this time, because the memtest can not be loaded by
Etherboot 5.4 correctly.

YH

On 7/14/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> Etherboot 5.4.0 seems to compile with gcc-3.4.3 if, in addition to the
> config changes spelled out on the Wiki, you also comment out PXE 
> support in src/Config:
>
> # Etherboot as a PXE network protocol ROM
> #CFLAGS+=       -DPXE_IMAGE -DPXE_EXPORT
>
> Seems to run, but I haven't reached a point where I can boot something
> over the network yet.
>
> Steve
> www.digidescorp.com
>
> LinuxBIOS mailing list
> [e-mail] 
> http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

[yhlu]

Great,

Tim, Can you verify that?

YH

On 7/15/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> I think this patch fixes the bug.
>
> --- etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c.orig    2005-02-15
> 19:46:56.000000000 -0600
> +++ etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c 2005-07-15 14:13:39.234375000
> -0500
> @@ -350,10 +350,11 @@
>        else {
>                len -= (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
>                data += (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
>           skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
>           skip_bytes = 0;
>  }
>   skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
>   skip_bytes = 0;
>  return 1;
>
> }
>
> Steve Magnani
> www.digidescorp.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yhlu [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:10 AM
> To: Steven J. Magnani
> Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS
>
> do not use 5.4 at this time, because the memtest can not be loaded by
> Etherboot 5.4 correctly.
>
> YH
>
> On 7/14/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > Etherboot 5.4.0 seems to compile with gcc-3.4.3 if, in addition to the
> > config changes spelled out on the Wiki, you also comment out PXE
> > support in src/Config:
> >
> > # Etherboot as a PXE network protocol ROM
> > #CFLAGS+=       -DPXE_IMAGE -DPXE_EXPORT
> >
> > Seems to run, but I haven't reached a point where I can boot something
> > over the network yet.
> >
> > Steve
> > www.digidescorp.com
> >
> > LinuxBIOS mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[Etherboot-users] Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

[Timothy Legge]

I made the original change that caused this:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/etherboot/etherboot/etherboot-5.3/src/...

At the time the change was made to fix an issue that was reported to 
cause Etherboot to fail to boot some kernels.  IIRC, EB failed to 
recognize that the kernel download was complete.  However, the fix seems 
to have broken memtest and FreeBSD.

From my point of view the this patch should be accepted to revert to 
the original functionality.  I think this may cause the original problem 
that I tried to correct to reappear but that may help someone fix the 
real problem correctly this time.

Regards

Tim

yhlu wrote:
> Great,
>
> Tim, Can you verify that?
>
> YH
>
> On 7/15/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > I think this patch fixes the bug.
> >
> > --- etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c.orig    2005-02-15
> > 19:46:56.000000000 -0600
> > +++ etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c 2005-07-15 14:13:39.234375000
> > -0500
> > @@ -350,10 +350,11 @@
> >       else {
> >               len -= (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
> >               data += (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
> >           skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
> >           skip_bytes = 0;
> > }
> >   skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
> >   skip_bytes = 0;
> > return 1;
> >
> > }
> >
> > Steve Magnani
> > www.digidescorp.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: yhlu [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:10 AM
> > To: Steven J. Magnani
> > Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS
> >
> > do not use 5.4 at this time, because the memtest can not be loaded by
> > Etherboot 5.4 correctly.
> >
> > YH
> >
> > On 7/14/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > > Etherboot 5.4.0 seems to compile with gcc-3.4.3 if, in addition to the
> > > config changes spelled out on the Wiki, you also comment out PXE
> > > support in src/Config:
> > >
> > > # Etherboot as a PXE network protocol ROM
> > > #CFLAGS+=       -DPXE_IMAGE -DPXE_EXPORT
> > >
> > > Seems to run, but I haven't reached a point where I can boot something
> > > over the network yet.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > > www.digidescorp.com
> > >
> > > LinuxBIOS mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
>
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[Etherboot-users] Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

[yhlu]

Good.

I may switch to 5.4 from now on...

YH

On 7/17/05, Timothy Legge  wrote:
> I made the original change that caused this:
>
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/etherboot/etherboot/etherboot-5.3/src/...
>
> At the time the change was made to fix an issue that was reported to
> cause Etherboot to fail to boot some kernels.  IIRC, EB failed to
> recognize that the kernel download was complete.  However, the fix seems
> to have broken memtest and FreeBSD.
>
> From my point of view the this patch should be accepted to revert to
> the original functionality.  I think this may cause the original problem
> that I tried to correct to reappear but that may help someone fix the
> real problem correctly this time.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
> yhlu wrote:
> > Great,
> >
> > Tim, Can you verify that?
> >
> > YH
> >
> > On 7/15/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > > I think this patch fixes the bug.
> > >
> > > --- etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c.orig    2005-02-15
> > > 19:46:56.000000000 -0600
> > > +++ etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c 2005-07-15 14:13:39.234375000
> > > -0500
> > > @@ -350,10 +350,11 @@
> > >       else {
> > >               len -= (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
> > >               data += (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
> > >           skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
> > >           skip_bytes = 0;
> > > }
> > >   skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
> > >   skip_bytes = 0;
> > > return 1;
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > Steve Magnani
> > > www.digidescorp.com
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: yhlu [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:10 AM
> > > To: Steven J. Magnani
> > > Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> > > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS
> > >
> > > do not use 5.4 at this time, because the memtest can not be loaded by
> > > Etherboot 5.4 correctly.
> > >
> > > YH
> > >
> > > On 7/14/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > > > Etherboot 5.4.0 seems to compile with gcc-3.4.3 if, in addition to the
> > > > config changes spelled out on the Wiki, you also comment out PXE
> > > > support in src/Config:
> > > >
> > > > # Etherboot as a PXE network protocol ROM
> > > > #CFLAGS+=       -DPXE_IMAGE -DPXE_EXPORT
> > > >
> > > > Seems to run, but I haven't reached a point where I can boot something
> > > > over the network yet.
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > > www.digidescorp.com
> > > >
> > > > LinuxBIOS mailing list
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
> >
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[Etherboot-users] Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

[yhlu]

Good.

I may switch to 5.4 from now on...

YH

On 7/17/05, Timothy Legge  wrote:
> I made the original change that caused this:
>
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/etherboot/etherboot/etherboot-5.3/src/...
>
> At the time the change was made to fix an issue that was reported to
> cause Etherboot to fail to boot some kernels.  IIRC, EB failed to
> recognize that the kernel download was complete.  However, the fix seems
> to have broken memtest and FreeBSD.
>
> From my point of view the this patch should be accepted to revert to
> the original functionality.  I think this may cause the original problem
> that I tried to correct to reappear but that may help someone fix the
> real problem correctly this time.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
> yhlu wrote:
> > Great,
> >
> > Tim, Can you verify that?
> >
> > YH
> >
> > On 7/15/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > > I think this patch fixes the bug.
> > >
> > > --- etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c.orig    2005-02-15
> > > 19:46:56.000000000 -0600
> > > +++ etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c 2005-07-15 14:13:39.234375000
> > > -0500
> > > @@ -350,10 +350,11 @@
> > >       else {
> > >               len -= (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
> > >               data += (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
> > >           skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
> > >           skip_bytes = 0;
> > > }
> > >   skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
> > >   skip_bytes = 0;
> > > return 1;
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > Steve Magnani
> > > www.digidescorp.com
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: yhlu [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:10 AM
> > > To: Steven J. Magnani
> > > Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> > > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS
> > >
> > > do not use 5.4 at this time, because the memtest can not be loaded by
> > > Etherboot 5.4 correctly.
> > >
> > > YH
> > >
> > > On 7/14/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > > > Etherboot 5.4.0 seems to compile with gcc-3.4.3 if, in addition to the
> > > > config changes spelled out on the Wiki, you also comment out PXE
> > > > support in src/Config:
> > > >
> > > > # Etherboot as a PXE network protocol ROM
> > > > #CFLAGS+=       -DPXE_IMAGE -DPXE_EXPORT
> > > >
> > > > Seems to run, but I haven't reached a point where I can boot something
> > > > over the network yet.
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > > www.digidescorp.com
> > > >
> > > > LinuxBIOS mailing list
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
> >
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[Etherboot-users] Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

[Timothy Legge]

I made the original change that caused this:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/etherboot/etherboot/etherboot-5.3/src/...

At the time the change was made to fix an issue that was reported to 
cause Etherboot to fail to boot some kernels.  IIRC, EB failed to 
recognize that the kernel download was complete.  However, the fix seems 
to have broken memtest and FreeBSD.

From my point of view the this patch should be accepted to revert to 
the original functionality.  I think this may cause the original problem 
that I tried to correct to reappear but that may help someone fix the 
real problem correctly this time.

Regards

Tim

yhlu wrote:
> Great,
>
> Tim, Can you verify that?
>
> YH
>
> On 7/15/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > I think this patch fixes the bug.
> >
> > --- etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c.orig    2005-02-15
> > 19:46:56.000000000 -0600
> > +++ etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c 2005-07-15 14:13:39.234375000
> > -0500
> > @@ -350,10 +350,11 @@
> >       else {
> >               len -= (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
> >               data += (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
> >           skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
> >           skip_bytes = 0;
> > }
> >   skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
> >   skip_bytes = 0;
> > return 1;
> >
> > }
> >
> > Steve Magnani
> > www.digidescorp.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: yhlu [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:10 AM
> > To: Steven J. Magnani
> > Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS
> >
> > do not use 5.4 at this time, because the memtest can not be loaded by
> > Etherboot 5.4 correctly.
> >
> > YH
> >
> > On 7/14/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > > Etherboot 5.4.0 seems to compile with gcc-3.4.3 if, in addition to the
> > > config changes spelled out on the Wiki, you also comment out PXE
> > > support in src/Config:
> > >
> > > # Etherboot as a PXE network protocol ROM
> > > #CFLAGS+=       -DPXE_IMAGE -DPXE_EXPORT
> > >
> > > Seems to run, but I haven't reached a point where I can boot something
> > > over the network yet.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > > www.digidescorp.com
> > >
> > > LinuxBIOS mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
>
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[Etherboot-users] Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS

[yhlu]

Great,

Tim, Can you verify that?

YH

On 7/15/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> I think this patch fixes the bug.
>
> --- etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c.orig    2005-02-15
> 19:46:56.000000000 -0600
> +++ etherboot-5.4.0/src/core/osloader.c 2005-07-15 14:13:39.234375000
> -0500
> @@ -350,10 +350,11 @@
>        else {
>                len -= (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
>                data += (skip_sectors << 9) + skip_bytes;
>           skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
>           skip_bytes = 0;
>  }
>   skip_sectors = os_download(data, len, eof);
>   skip_bytes = 0;
>  return 1;
>
> }
>
> Steve Magnani
> www.digidescorp.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yhlu [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:10 AM
> To: Steven J. Magnani
> Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] etherboot with LinuxBIOS
>
> do not use 5.4 at this time, because the memtest can not be loaded by
> Etherboot 5.4 correctly.
>
> YH
>
> On 7/14/05, Steven J. Magnani  wrote:
> > Etherboot 5.4.0 seems to compile with gcc-3.4.3 if, in addition to the
> > config changes spelled out on the Wiki, you also comment out PXE
> > support in src/Config:
> >
> > # Etherboot as a PXE network protocol ROM
> > #CFLAGS+=       -DPXE_IMAGE -DPXE_EXPORT
> >
> > Seems to run, but I haven't reached a point where I can boot something
> > over the network yet.
> >
> > Steve
> > www.digidescorp.com
> >
> > LinuxBIOS mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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