Hi Mario, On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 3:48 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I tried to compile it,but If failed : > > /mnt/zroot2/zroot2/OS/Chromebook/freebsd-xen/domU-freebsd/bootloaders/u-boot-2017.05# > ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- make snow_defconfig > > HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o > In file included from scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c:2470: > In function ‘dep_stack_insert’, > inlined from ‘sym_check_print_recursive’ at > scripts/kconfig/symbol.c:1123:3, > inlined from ‘sym_check_deps’ at scripts/kconfig/symbol.c:1300:3: > scripts/kconfig/symbol.c:1099:19: warning: storing the address of > local variable ‘cv_stack’ in ‘check_top’ [-Wdangling-pointer=] > 1099 | check_top = stack; > | ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~ > scripts/kconfig/symbol.c: In function ‘sym_check_deps’: > scripts/kconfig/symbol.c:1120:26: note: ‘cv_stack’ declared here > 1120 | struct dep_stack cv_stack; > | ^~~~~~~~ > scripts/kconfig/symbol.c:1090:4: note: ‘check_top’ declared here > 1090 | } *check_top; > | ^~~~~~~~~ > HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf > # > # configuration written to .config > # > > /mnt/zroot2/zroot2/OS/Chromebook/freebsd-xen/domU-freebsd/bootloaders/u-boot-2017.05# > ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- make > > scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig > CHK include/config.h > CFG u-boot.cfg > GEN include/autoconf.mk > GEN include/autoconf.mk.dep > CFG spl/u-boot.cfg > GEN spl/include/autoconf.mk > CHK include/config/uboot.release > CHK include/generated/version_autogenerated.h > CHK include/generated/timestamp_autogenerated.h > UPD include/generated/timestamp_autogenerated.h > CC lib/asm-offsets.s > arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc: error: unrecognized -march target: armv5 > arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc: note: valid arguments are: armv4 armv4t > armv5t armv5te armv5tej armv6 armv6j armv6k armv6z armv6kz armv6zk > armv6t2 armv6-m armv6s-m armv7 armv7-a armv7ve armv7-r armv7-m > armv7e-m armv8-a armv8.1-a armv8.2-a armv8.3-a armv8.4-a armv8.5-a > armv8.6-a armv8-m.base armv8-m.main armv8-r armv8.1-m.main armv9-a > iwmmxt iwmmxt2; did you mean ‘armv4’? > arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc: error: missing argument to ‘-march=’ > make[1]: *** [Kbuild:44: lib/asm-offsets.s] Error 1 > make: *** [Makefile:1287: prepare0] Error 2
You might need to compile with an old toolchain, e.g. gcc 4? Regards, Simon > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 3:47 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello. > > > > Can someone provide the right link to download u-boot-2017.0.5 , please ? > > > > I've found it here,but I'm not sure that it's the correct version : > > > > https://src.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/uboot-tools/u-boot-2017.05.tar.bz2/sha512/be270f9242a72b05463092a022bbabd54996762de1ff23bf7575124ac02e62f49572a4e2f6f571a5019047d40027e56e35593b5cc373c4a5a39b100c3377ba93/ > > > > Can you confirm it ? thanks. > > > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 1:14 AM Tony Dinh <mibo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Mario and Heinrich, > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 12:23 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > I'm trying to boot FreeBSD for arm32 bit as DomU on my ARM Chromebook > > > > SNOW with xen. Basically there are two ways to accomplish this task : > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) to write a patch that allows the FreeBSD kernel to boot as a zImage > > > > file. This could be accomplished applying this patch to a specific > > > > file that's on the source code of FreeBSD : > > > > > > > > > > > > https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=p...8;hb=0782e25d98cc1391472717035f986c979edef0c9 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This patch was written by Julien Grall a lot of time ago and now it > > > > does not work anymore. This is the reason explain by the xen > > > > developers : > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It appears FreeBSD-CURRENT removed the last step converting the kernel > > > > file to kernel.bin.The patch can be readily rebased, but without > > > > kernel.bin that doesn't do too much. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So,without a rebase of that patch the first option is not applicable. > > > > And I'm not able to fix it. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) booting FreeBSD using U-Boot,as explained to me by a xen developer : > > > > > > > > > > > > I was trying to explain why and how Julien's patch works so that you > > > > could be the one to re-do something similar or fix the patch on the > > > > FreeBSD kernel that you are working with. I am happy to help review > > > > and write patches but I don't work with the FreeBSD kernel so I > > > > wouldn't be able to help you quickly. However, I might have a > > > > suggestion. Do you know if FreeBSD can be booted by U-Boot ? > > > > Because > > > > U-Boot definitely boots as Xen on ARM guest firmware/bootloader. You > > > > should be able to build U-Boot and use the U-Boot binary as Xen guest > > > > kernel, then U-Boot could load FreeBSD from disk or network and start > > > > it. For instance as domU config file: > > > > > > > > kernel="/home/petalinux/u-boot.bin" > > > > disk = [ '/home/petalinux/test.img,raw,xvda' ] > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually I'm working on the idea n. 2. Basically I need to find the > > > > proper u-boot file that's able to boot the image of FreeBSD that I > > > > have installed (13.2 for arm32 bit). Maybe I found it here : > > > > > > > > > > > > http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromeos-localmirror/distfiles/nv_uboot-snow-simplefb.kpart.bz2 > > > > > > > > > > > > I found that link inside this tutorial : > > > > > > > > > > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Chromebook > > > > > > > > > > > > the version of u-boot that has been embedded in that file is the > > > > following one : > > > > > > > > > > > > # strings nv_uboot-snow-simplefb.kpart | grep U-Boot > > > > U-Boot 2011.12-gc1f6280 (May 27 2013 - 15:06:59) for SMDK5250 > > > > > > > > > > > > So the question is easy : I need to find the source code of that old > > > > version of u-boot,because once compiled,it will give me the proper > > > > u-boot.bin kernel / bootloader file that maybe will be able to boot > > > > FreeBSD. > > > > > > Yes, it can boot a 32-bit ARM board. I'm not a FreeBSD person, but > > > I've helped a FreeBSD user booting a 32-bit ARM box with u-boot > > > (GoFlexHome Marvell Kirkwood 6281). The u-boot version was 2017.05. I > > > used an out-of-tree u-boot build. This u-boot executed the ubldr to > > > boot FreeBSD. > > > > > > Please see here: > > > https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,49039,82059#msg-82059 > > > > > > It's been so long, I don't remember the details. Just to confirm what > > > Heinrich said that u-boot can indeed boot 32-bit FreeBSD, since many > > > years ago. > > > > > > All the best, > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Mario. > > > > > > > > -- > > Mario. > > > > -- > Mario.