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[contrib] Update qemu documentation

tags/v0.9.7
Michael Brown 15 years ago
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-Running Etherboot within qemu
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-=============================
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+Running gPXE within qemu
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+========================
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 Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>
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@@ -9,13 +9,10 @@ To get qemu running is fairly simple:
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       make
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 2.  Get the qemu source code:
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-      cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.nongnu.org:/sources/qemu \
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-           login
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-      cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.nongnu.org:/sources/qemu \
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-           co qemu
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+      svn co svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk qemu
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 2a. Patch the qemu code.  There is currently a bug that causes qemu to
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-    execute Etherboot incredibly slowly.  The bug seems to be related
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+    execute gPXE incredibly slowly.  The bug seems to be related
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     to the relative prioritisation of CPU and I/O operations within
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     qemu.  This patch (which I found via Google) isn't a proper fix,
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     but it does work around the problem:
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 3.  Configure qemu with
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       pushd qemu
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-      ./configure --enable-system
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+      ./configure --target-list=i386-softmmu,x86_64-softmmu
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       popd
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-    Note that qemu will not compile with gcc4; if your system's
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-    default compiler is gcc4 then specify the path to gcc3 using
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-    e.g. --cc=gcc-3.3.6
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 4.  Build qemu:
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       make -C qemu
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         range dynamic-bootp 10.254.254.1 10.254.254.1;
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       }
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     You will also need to add in any of your usual declarations for
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-    Etherboot, e.g. 'filename "vmlinuz.ltsp";'.  Note that this setup
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+    gPXE, e.g. 'filename "vmlinuz.ltsp";'.  Note that this setup
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     assumes that your DHCP server, TFTP server etc. all live on the
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     machine you are using for running qemu.  If not, then you're on
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     your own.
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 7.  As root, restart dhcpd
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       /etc/init.d/dhcpd restart
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-8.  Build Etherboot floppy disk images and pad to 1.44MB
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+8.  Build gPXE floppy disk images and pad to 1.44MB
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       pushd ../../src
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       make bin/rtl8139.pdsk
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       popd
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 			       -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap,ifname=tap0 \
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 			       -boot a -fda ../../src/bin/rtl8139.pdsk 
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-You should see qemu start up, load up Etherboot and attempt to boot
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-from the network.
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+You should see qemu start up, load up gPXE and attempt to boot from
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+the network.
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 You can use the program "serial-console" to obtain a virtual serial
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-console for Etherboot running within qemu.  Run "./serial-console" on
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-a spare tty (e.g. a separate xterm window) before starting qemu, and
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+console for gPXE running within qemu.  Run "./serial-console" on a
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+spare tty (e.g. a separate xterm window) before starting qemu, and
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 ensure that you have enabled CONSOLE_SERIAL in config.h.
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 When serial-console starts, it will print out the message "Slave pty

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