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diff --git a/doc/plat/porting.mdwn b/doc/plat/porting.mdwn index fe83706..c9d0e5d 100644 --- a/doc/plat/porting.mdwn +++ b/doc/plat/porting.mdwn @@ -16,23 +16,15 @@ So read on to port ProteanOS to your computer! Set Up a ProteanOS System ========================= -Get miniprokit, the "Mini ProteanOS Development Kit", as instructed on the -[[download_page|get]]. +[[Get_prokit|doc/install/prokit]], the ProteanOS Development Kit. -Connect the storage medium (e.g. a hard disk drive connected using a USB -adapter/dock or a USB flash drive). On it, create one primary partition of type -0x83 (Linux) and mark it as bootable. cfdisk, sfdisk, or fdisk can be used for -this. +Connect a storage medium (e.g. a hard disk drive connected using a USB +adapter/dock or a USB flash drive). Run the following commands (replacing +`/dev/sdb` with the path to storage device and `i686-linux-glibc` with the +architecture of the target system) to create a partition layout and file system +and install ProteanOS into it: -Run the following commands (replacing `/dev/sdc1` with the path to the newly -created partition and `i686-linux-glibc` with the architecture of the target -system) to make and mount an ext4 file system, install ProteanOS into it, and -enter a ProteanOS shell: - - # mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/sdc1 - # mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt - # /path/to/miniprokit.sh install -a i686-linux-glibc -P dev /mnt - # /path/to/miniprokit.sh shell /mnt + # prokit installer-pc -a i686-linux-glibc -p dev dev/trunk /dev/sdb Install, Configure, and Build the `linux-libre` Source Package @@ -43,31 +35,32 @@ Choose a platform on which this new platform will be based. In this tutorial, Install toolchain packages, the source package, and build dependencies: - / # opkg install build-essential-$(cat /etc/proteanos_arch) \ - > src-linux-libre config-linux-libre-ao751h bc xz \ - > libncursesw.5-dev libtinfo-dev terminfo + # prokit opkg /dev/sdb1 install build-essential src-linux-libre \ + > config-linux-libre-ao751h bc xz libncursesw.5-dev libtinfo-dev terminfo -Change to the source package directory and use opkbuild to unpack the upstream -sources and install platform configuration files: +Start a ProteanOS shell, change to the source package directory, and use +opkbuild to unpack the upstream sources and install platform configuration +files: - / # cd /usr/src/linux-libre_3.10.40~gnu-2/ - /usr/src/linux-libre_3.10.40~gnu-2 # opkbuild -bcT nop -P ao751h + # prokit shell /dev/sdb1 + # cd /usr/src/linux-libre_*/ + # opkbuild -bcT nop -p ao751h Hide the list of platform configuration files from opkbuild, so the modified configuration won't get overwritten: - /usr/src/linux-libre_3.10.40~gnu-2 # mv platconf platconf.no + # mv platconf platconf.no Enter the upstream source tree and configure Linux-libre: - /usr/src/linux-libre_3.10.40~gnu-2 # cd tmp/src/ - /usr/src/linux-libre_3.10.40~gnu-2/tmp/src # make menuconfig + # cd tmp/src/ + # make menuconfig Return to the source package directory and build the package for a platform other than `dev`: - /usr/src/linux-libre_3.10.40~gnu-2/tmp/src # cd ../../ - /usr/src/linux-libre_3.10.40~gnu-2 # opkbuild -bcdP dimension2400 + # cd ../../ + # opkbuild -bcdp dimension2400 Make the System Bootable @@ -75,22 +68,16 @@ Make the System Bootable Install the newly built linux-image package: - /usr/src/linux-libre_3.10.40~gnu-2 # opkg install \ - > ../linux-image_3.10.40~gnu-2_i686-linux-glibc_dimension2400.opk + # opkg install ../linux-image_*_i686-linux-glibc_dimension2400.opk Set a hostname and enable initialization of services: - /usr/src/linux-libre_3.10.40~gnu-2 # cd / - / # printf 'proteanos\n' >/etc/hostname - / # printf 'enabled\n' >/etc/rc.policy + # printf 'proteanos\n' >/etc/hostname + # printf 'enabled\n' >/etc/rc.policy Exit the ProteanOS shell: - / # exit - -Back on the host system, unmount the file system: - - # umount /mnt + # exit The storage medium can then be removed and connected to the target computer. @@ -104,8 +91,8 @@ Once the `linux-libre` configuration is tested to boot and support all the relevant hardware and features, a configuration package should be made. Download the `config-*` package for the base platform you chose, either by -running, for example, `opkg install src-config-ao751h` on ProteanOS or by -cloning the relevant Git repository, e.g. `git clone +running, for example, `prokit opkg install src-config-ao751h` or by cloning the +relevant Git repository, e.g. `git clone git://git.proteanos.com/pkg/config-ao751h.git`. Set the `Maintainer` field in the `control` file. @@ -125,8 +112,9 @@ Regenerate the metadata for the binary packages: $ ./config Copy the `linux-libre` configuration file (`tmp/src/.config` under the source -package directory) into `src/linux-libre/*/`. +package directory) into `src/linux-libre/*/` in your new configuration source +package. -The `config-*` package can then be built, e.g. `opkbuild -S` to build the source -package. Please notify the ProteanOS community of your porting work, if you -haven't already, and offer to upload and maintain the `config-*` package. +Your configuration package can then be built, e.g. `prokit build -S .` to build +the source package. Please notify the ProteanOS community of your porting work, +if you haven't already, and offer to upload and maintain the `config-*` package. |