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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2016-02-09 18:08:47 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2016-02-09 18:08:47 -0800
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gpxe: delete long since obsolete snapshot of gPXE
gPXE has been deprecated in favor of iPXE for many, many years now. It is much better than users get it directly from the iPXE project, since we should no longer need any special modifications for Syslinux use. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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-/** @page build_sys Build system
-
-@section overview Overview
-
-Building an Etherboot image consists of three stages:
-
- -# @ref compilation : Compiling all the source files into object files
- -# @ref linking : Linking a particular image from selected object files
- -# @ref finalisation : Producing the final output binary
-
-Though this is a remarkably complex process, it is important to note
-that it all happens automatically. Whatever state your build tree is
-in, you can always type, for example
-
-@code
-
- make bin/rtl8139.dsk
-
-@endcode
-
-and know that you will get a floppy disk image with an RTL8139 driver
-built from the current sources.
-
-@section compilation Compilation
-
-@subsection comp_overview Overview
-
-Each source file (a @c .c or a @c .S file) is compiled into a @c .o
-file in the @c bin/ directory. Etherboot makes minimal use of
-conditional compilation (see @ref ifdef_harmful), and so you will find
-that all objects get built, even the objects that correspond to
-features that you are not intending to include in your image. For
-example, all network card drivers will be compiled even if you are
-just building a ROM for a 3c509 card. This is a deliberate design
-decision; please do @b not attempt to "fix" the build system to avoid
-doing this.
-
-Source files are defined to be any @c .c or @c .S files found in a
-directory listed in the Makefile variable #SRCDIRS. You therefore do
-@b not need to edit the Makefile just because you have added a new
-source file (although you will need to edit the Makefile if you have
-added a new source directory). To see a list of all source
-directories and source files that the build system currently knows
-about, you can use the commands
-
-@code
-
- make srcdirs
- make srcs
-
-@endcode
-
-Rules for compiling @c .c and @c .S files are defined in the Makefile
-variables #RULE_c and #RULE_S. Makefile rules are automatically
-generated for each source file using these rules. The generated rules
-can be found in the @c .d file corresponding to each source file;
-these are located in <tt>bin/deps/</tt>. For example, the rules
-generated for <tt>drivers/net/rtl8139.c</tt> can be found in
-<tt>bin/deps/drivers/net/rtl8139.c.d</tt>. These rules allow you to
-type, for example
-
-@code
-
- make bin/rtl8139.o
-
-@endcode
-
-and have <tt>rtl8139.o</tt> be built from
-<tt>drivers/net/rtl8139.c</tt> using the generic rule #RULE_c for
-compiling @c .c files.
-
-You can see the full list of object files that will be built using
-
-@code
-
- make bobjs
-
-@endcode
-
-@subsection comp_ar After compilation
-
-Once all objects have been compiled, they will be collected into a
-build library ("blib") in <tt>bin/blib.a</tt>.
-
-@subsection comp_custom Customising compilation
-
-The Makefile rules for a particular object can be customised to a
-certain extent by defining the Makefile variable CFLAGS_@<object@>.
-For example, if you were to set
-
-@code
-
- CFLAGS_rtl8139 = -DFOO
-
-@endcode
-
-then <tt>bin/rtl8139.o</tt> would be compiled with the additional
-flags <tt>-DFOO</tt>. To see the flags that will be used when
-compiling a particular object, you can use e.g.
-
-@code
-
- make bin/rtl8139.flags
-
-@endcode
-
-If you need more flexibility than the CFLAGS_@<object@> mechanism
-provides, then you can exclude source files from the automatic rule
-generation process by listing them in the Makefile variable
-#NON_AUTO_SRCS. The command
-
-@code
-
- make autosrcs
-
-@endcode
-
-will show you which files are currently part of the automatic rule
-generation process.
-
-@subsection comp_multiobj Multiple objects
-
-A single source file can be used to generate multiple object files.
-This is used, for example, to generate the decompressing and the
-non-decompressing prefixes from the same source files.
-
-By default, a single object will be built from each source file. To
-override the list of objects for a source file, you can define the
-Makefile variable OBJS_@<object@>. For example, the
-<tt>arch/i386/prefix/dskprefix.S</tt> source file is built into two
-objects, <tt>bin/dskprefix.o</tt> and <tt>zdskprefix.o</tt> by
-defining the Makefile variable
-
-@code
-
- OBJS_dskprefix = dskprefix zdskprefix
-
-@endcode
-
-Since there would be little point in building two identical objects,
-customised compilation flags (see @ref comp_custom) are defined as
-
-@code
-
- CFLAGS_zdskprefix = -DCOMPRESS
-
-@endcode
-
-Thus, <tt>arch/i386/prefix/dskprefix.S</tt> is built into @c
-dskprefix.o using the normal set of flags, and into @c zdskprefix.o
-using the normal set of flags plus <tt>-DCOMPRESS</tt>.
-
-@subsection comp_debug Special debugging targets
-
-In addition to the basic rules #RULE_c and #RULE_S for compiling
-source files into object files, there are various other rules that can
-be useful for debugging.
-
-@subsubsection comp_debug_c_to_c Preprocessed C
-
-You can see the results of preprocessing a @c .c file (including the
-per-object flags defined via CFLAGS_@<object@> if applicable) using
-e.g.
-
-@code
-
- make bin/rtl8139.c
-
-@endcode
-
-and examining the resulting file (<tt>bin/rtl8139.c</tt> in this
-case).
-
-@subsubsection comp_debug_x_to_s Assembler
-
-You can see the results of assembling a @c .c file, or of
-preprocessing a @c .S file, using e.g.
-
-@code
-
- make bin/rtl8139.s
- make bin/zdskprefix.s
-
-@endcode
-
-@subsubsection comp_debug_dbg Debugging-enabled targets
-
-You can build targets with debug messages (DBG()) enabled using e.g.
-
-@code
-
- make bin/rtl8139.dbg.o
- make bin/rtl8139.dbg2.o
-
-@endcode
-
-You will probably not need to use these targets directly, since a
-mechanism exists to select debugging levels at build time; see @ref
-debug.
-
-@section linking Linking
-
-@subsection link_overview Overview
-
-Etherboot is designed to be small and extremely customisable. This is
-achieved by linking in only the features that are really wanted in any
-particular build.
-
-There are two places from which the list of desired features is
-obtained:
-
- -# @ref link_config_h
- -# @ref link_cmdline
-
-@subsection link_config_h config.h
-
-The config.h file is used to define global build options that are
-likely to apply to all images that you build, such as the console
-types, supported download protocols etc. See the documentation for
-config.h for more details.
-
-@subsection link_cmdline The make command line
-
-When you type a command such as
-
-@code
-
- make bin/dfe538.zrom
-
-@endcode
-
-it is used to derive the following information:
-
- - We are building a compressed ROM image
- - The DFE538 is a PCI NIC, so we need the decompressing PCI ROM prefix
- - The PCI IDs for the DFE538 are 1186:1300
- - The DFE538 is an rtl8139-based card, therefore we need the rtl8139 driver
-
-You can see this process in action using the command
-
-@code
-
- make bin/dfe538.zrom.info
-
-@endcode
-
-which will print
-
-@code
-
- Elements : dfe538
- Prefix : zrom
- Drivers : rtl8139
- ROM name : dfe538
- Media : rom
-
- ROM type : pci
- PCI vendor : 0x1186
- PCI device : 0x1300
-
- LD driver symbols : obj_rtl8139
- LD prefix symbols : obj_zpciprefix
- LD ID symbols : pci_vendor_id=0x1186 pci_device_id=0x1300
-
- LD target flags : -u obj_zpciprefix --defsym check_obj_zpciprefix=obj_zpciprefix -u obj_rtl8139 --defsym check_obj_rtl8139=obj_rtl8139 -u obj_config --defsym check_obj_config=obj_config --defsym pci_vendor_id=0x1186 --defsym pci_device_id=0x1300
-
-@endcode
-
-This should be interpreted as follows:
-
-@code
-
- Elements : dfe538
- Prefix : zrom
-
-@endcode
-
-"Elements" is the list of components preceding the first dot in the
-target name. "Prefix" is the component following the first dot in the
-target name. (It's called a "prefix" because the code that makes it a
-@c .zrom (rather than a @c .dsk, @c .zpxe or any other type of target)
-usually ends up at the start of the resulting binary image.)
-
-@code
-
- Drivers : rtl8139
-
-@endcode
-
-"Drivers" is the list of drivers corresponding to the "Elements".
-Most drivers support several network cards. The PCI_ROM() and
-ISA_ROM() macros are used in the driver source files to list the cards
-that a particular driver can support.
-
-@code
-
- ROM name : dfe538
-
-@endcode
-
-"ROM name" is the first element in the "Elements" list. It is used to
-select the PCI IDs for a PCI ROM.
-
-@code
-
- Media : rom
-
-@endcode
-
-"Media" is the "Prefix" minus the leading @c z, if any.
-
-@code
-
- ROM type : pci
- PCI vendor : 0x1186
- PCI device : 0x1300
-
-@endcode
-
-These are derived from the "ROM name" and the PCI_ROM() or ISA_ROM()
-macros in the driver source files.
-
-@code
-
- LD driver symbols : obj_rtl8139
- LD prefix symbols : obj_zpciprefix
-
-@endcode
-
-This is the interesting part. At this point, we have established that
-we need the rtl8139 driver (i.e. @c rtl8139.o) and the decompressing
-PCI prefix (i.e. @c zpciprefix.o). Our build system (via the
-compiler.h header file) arranges that every object exports a symbol
-obj_@<object@>; this can be seen by e.g.
-
-@code
-
- objdump -t bin/rtl8139.o
-
-@endcode
-
-which will show the line
-
-@code
-
- 00000000 g *ABS* 00000000 obj_rtl8139
-
-@endcode
-
-By instructing the linker that we need the symbols @c obj_rtl8139 and
-@c obj_zpciprefix, we can therefore ensure that these two objects are
-included in our build. (The linker will also include any objects that
-these two objects require, since that's the whole purpose of the
-linker.)
-
-In a similar way, we always instruct the linker that we need the
-symbol @c obj_config, in order to include the object @c config.o. @c
-config.o is used to drag in the objects that were specified via
-config.h; see @ref link_config_h.
-
-@code
-
- LD target flags : -u obj_zpciprefix --defsym check_obj_zpciprefix=obj_zpciprefix -u obj_rtl8139 --defsym check_obj_rtl8139=obj_rtl8139 -u obj_config --defsym check_obj_config=obj_config --defsym pci_vendor_id=0x1186 --defsym pci_device_id=0x1300
-
-@endcode
-
-These are the flags that we pass to the linker in order to include the
-objects that we want in our build, and to check that they really get
-included. (This latter check is needed to work around what seems to
-be a bug in @c ld).
-
-The linker does its job of linking all the required objects together
-into a coherent build. The best way to see what is happening is to
-look at one of the resulting linker maps; try, for example
-
-@code
-
- make bin/dfe538.dsk.map
-
-@endcode
-
-The linker map includes, amongst others:
-
- - A list of which objects are included in the build, and why.
- - The results of processing the linker script, line-by-line.
- - A complete symbol table of the resulting build.
-
-It is worth spending time examining the linker map to see how an
-Etherboot image is assembled.
-
-Whatever format is selected, the Etherboot image is built into an ELF
-file, simply because this is the default format used by @c ld.
-
-@section finalisation Finalisation
-
-@subsection final_overview Overview
-
-The ELF file resulting from @ref linking "linking" needs to be
-converted into the final binary image. Usually, this is just a case
-of running
-
-@code
-
- objcopy -O binary <elf file> <output file>
-
-@endcode
-
-to convert the ELF file into a raw binary image. Certain image
-formats require special additional treatment.
-
-@subsection final_rom ROM images
-
-ROM images must be rounded up to a suitable ROM size (e.g. 16kB or
-32kB), and certain header information such as checksums needs to be
-filled in. This is done by the @c makerom.pl program.
-
-@section debug Debugging-enabled builds
-
-*/
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-FILE OPEN
-
-Op-Code: PXENV_FILE_OPEN (00e0h)
-
-Input: Far pointer to a t_PXENV_FILE_OPEN parameter structure
- that has been initialised by the caller.
-
-Output: PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS or PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE must be
- returned in AX. The status field in the parameter
- structure must be set to one of the values represented
- by the PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-Description: Opens a file specified by a URL for reading. Multiple
- files may be opened and used concurrently.
-
-
-typedef struct s_PXENV_FILE_OPEN {
- PXENV_STATUS Status;
- UINT16 FileHandle;
- SEGOFF16 FileName;
- UINT32 Reserved;
-} t_PXENV_FILE_OPEN;
-
-
-Set before calling API service:
-
-FileName: URL of file to be opened. Null terminated.
-
-Reserved: Must be zero.
-
-
-Returned from API service:
-
-FileHandle: Handle for use in subsequent PXE FILE API calls.
-
-Status: See PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-
-
-
-FILE CLOSE
-
-Op-Code: PXENV_FILE_CLOSE (00e1h)
-
-Input: Far pointer to a t_PXENV_FILE_CLOSE parameter structure
- that has been initialised by the caller.
-
-Output: PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS or PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE must be
- returned in AX. The status field in the parameter
- structure must be set to one of the values represented
- by the PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-Description: Closes a previously opened file.
-
-
-typedef struct s_PXENV_FILE_CLOSE {
- PXENV_STATUS Status;
- UINT16 FileHandle;
-} t_PXENV_FILE_CLOSE;
-
-
-Set before calling API service:
-
-FileHandle: Handle obtained when file was opened.
-
-
-Returned from API service:
-
-Status: See PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-
-
-
-FILE SELECT
-
-Op-Code: PXENV_FILE_SELECT (00e2h)
-
-Input: Far pointer to a t_PXENV_FILE_SELECT parameter structure
- that has been initialised by the caller.
-
-Output: PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS or PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE must be
- returned in AX. The status field in the parameter
- structure must be set to one of the values represented
- by the PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-Description: Check a previously opened file's readiness for I/O.
-
-
-typedef struct s_PXENV_FILE_SELECT {
- PXENV_STATUS Status;
- UINT16 FileHandle;
- UINT16 Ready;
-#define RDY_READ 0x0001
-} t_PXENV_FILE_SELECT;
-
-
-Set before calling API service:
-
-FileHandle: Handle obtained when file was opened.
-
-
-Returned from API service:
-
-Ready: Indication of readiness. This can be zero, or more,
- of the RDY_xxx constants. Multiple values are
- arithmetically or-ed together.
-
-Status: See PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-
-
-
-FILE READ
-
-Op-Code: PXENV_FILE_READ (00e3h)
-
-Input: Far pointer to a t_PXENV_FILE_READ parameter structure
- that has been initialised by the caller.
-
-Output: PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS or PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE must be
- returned in AX. The status field in the parameter
- structure must be set to one of the values represented
- by the PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
- This API function is non-blocking. PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS
- and PXENV_STATUS_SUCCESS is returned if a data block
- has been transferred into the caller's buffer.
- PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE and PXENV_STATUS_TFTP_OPEN is
- returned if no data is available to transfer; any
- other status code reflects an error.
-
-Description: Read from a previously opened file.
-
-
-typedef struct s_PXENV_FILE_READ {
- PXENV_STATUS Status;
- UINT16 FileHandle;
- UINT16 BufferSize;
- SEGOFF16 Buffer;
-} t_PXENV_FILE_READ;
-
-
-Set before calling API service:
-
-FileHandle: Handle obtained when file was opened.
-
-BufferSize: Maximum number of data bytes that can be copied into
- Buffer.
-
-Buffer: Segment:Offset address of data buffer.
-
-
-Returned from API service:
-
-BufferSize: Number of bytes written to the data buffer. End of
- file if this is zero.
-
-Status: See PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-
-
-
-GET FILE SIZE
-
-Op-Code: PXENV_GET_FILE_SIZE (00e4h)
-
-Input: Far pointer to a t_PXENV_GET_FILE_SIZE parameter
- structure that has been initialised by the caller.
-
-Output: PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS or PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE must be
- returned in AX. The status field in the parameter
- structure must be set to one of the values represented
- by the PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-Description: Determine size of a previously opened file.
-
-
-typedef struct s_PXENV_GET_FILE_SIZE {
- PXENV_STATUS Status;
- UINT16 FileHandle;
- UINT32 FileSize;
-} t_PXENV_GET_FILE_SIZE;
-
-
-Set before calling API service:
-
-FileHandle: Handle obtained when file was opened.
-
-
-Returned from API service:
-
-FileSize: Size of the file in bytes.
-
-Status: See PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-
-
-
-FILE EXEC
-
-Op-Code: PXENV_FILE_EXEC (00e5h)
-
-Input: Far pointer to a t_PXENV_FILE_EXEC parameter
- structure that has been initialized by the caller.
-
-Output: PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS or PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE must be
- returned in AX. The Status field in the parameter
- structure must be set to one of the values represented
- by the PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-Description: Execute a gPXE command.
-
-typedef struct s_PXENV_FILE_EXEC {
- PXENV_STATUS_t Status;
- SEGOFF16_t Command;
-} t_PXENV_FILE_EXEC;
-
-
-Set before calling API service:
-
-Command: Command to execute. Null terminated.
-
-
-Returned from API service:
-
-Status: See PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-
-
-
-FILE API CHECK
-
-Op-Code: PXENV_FILE_API_CHECK (00e6h)
-
-Input: Far pointer to a t_PXENV_FILE_CHECK_API parameter
- structure that has been initialized by the caller.
-
- On entry, the Magic field should contain the number
- 0x91d447b2 or the call will fail.
-
-Output: PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS or PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE must be
- returned in AX. The Status field in the parameter
- structure must be set to one of the values represented
- by the PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
- If this API is present and the Magic field contains the
- proper value on entry, AX will contain PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS,
- the Status field PXENV_STATUS_SUCCESS, and the Magic field
- the number 0xe9c17b20. Any other combination should be
- considered a failure.
-
-Description: Detect presence of this API.
-
-
-typedef struct s_PXENV_FILE_CHECK_API {
- PXENV_STATUS Status;
- UINT16 Size;
- UINT32 Magic;
- UINT32 Provider;
- UINT32 APIMask;
- UINT32 Flags;
-} t_PXENV_FILE_CHECK_API;
-
-Set before calling API service:
-
-Size: Set to sizeof(t_PXENV_FILE_CHECK_API) (20).
-Magic: Set to 0x91d447b2.
-
-
-Returned from API service:
-
-Size: Set to the number of bytes filled in (20).
-Magic: Set to 0xe9c17b20.
-Provider: Set to 0x45585067 ("gPXE"). Another implementation of this
- API can use another value, e.g. to indicate a different
- command set supported by FILE EXEC.
-APIMask: Bitmask of supported API functions (one bit for each function
- in the range 00e0h to 00ffh).
-Flags: Set to zero, reserved for future use.
-
-
-
-
-FILE EXIT HOOK
-
-Op-Code: PXENV_FILE_EXIT_HOOK (00e7h)
-
-Input: Far pointer to a t_PXENV_FILE_EXIT_HOOK parameter
- structure that has been initialized by the caller.
-
-Output: PXENV_EXIT_SUCCESS or PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE must be
- returned in AX. The Status field in the parameter
- structure must be set to one of the values represented
- by the PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.
-
-Description: Modify the exit path to jump to the specified code.
- Only valid for pxeprefix-based builds.
-
-typedef struct s_PXENV_FILE_EXIT_HOOK {
- PXENV_STATUS_t Status;
- SEGOFF16_t Hook;
-} t_PXENV_FILE_EXIT_HOOK;
-
-
-Set before calling API service:
-
-Hook: The SEG16:OFF16 of the code to jump to.
-
-
-Returned from API service:
-
-Status: See PXENV_STATUS_xxx constants.