Re: [LinuxBIOS] Building LinuxBIOS

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Narahari, Narasimhaiah (IE10)  [050830 10:32]:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have downloaded the LinuxBIOSv2.
> I tried to build the target image by issuing <./buildtarget amb/solo> command.
> The output as follows:

Using Windows to build LinuxBIOS is not supported at the moment.
> C:\cygwin\bin\python.exe: can't open file '/cygdrive/d/freebios-NWS-docs/LinuxBIOS_downloaded/LinuxBIOS_most_recent/LinuxBIOSv2/util/newconfig/yapps2.py'
> C:\cygwin\bin\python.exe: can't open file 'amd/quartet/quartet/config.py'

LinuxBIOSv2/util/newconfig/yapps2.py should be there.. Is your checkout
complete?
> Please let me know how do I generate the config files?

Use Linux.

Stefan

[LinuxBIOS] Building LinuxBIOS

[Richard Smith]

> > Please let me know how do I generate the config files?
>
> Use Linux.

We should probally add a 'Supported hosts'  or 'known-to-work' build
hosts to the wiki.  If nothing else then a warning that windows and
cygwin are  uncharted territory and not much effort has gone into
supporting them.