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====== Michael Decker: Driver Development ====== ===== Overview ===== My goals for the summer are: - To update a legacy Etherboot driver to the gPXE API - To port a Linux driver to gPXE ===== Status Log ===== The following is a log of steps I've taken. Note that I don't use Linux on a daily basis. Any terminal commands below are for my reference. * Installed the following with Synaptic Program Manager (SPM) (versions provided for reference only) * libc6-dev 2.7-10ubuntu3 * mtools 3.9.11-0ubuntu1 * syslinux 2:3.53-1ubuntu2 * gitk 1:1.5.4.3-1ubuntu2 * Cloned git tree into samba share <code>$ git clone git://git.etherboot.org/scm/gpxe.git</code> * Successfully built gpxe <code>$ make</code> * Wrote to usb key, booted successfully on target <code>$ dd if=bin/gpxe.usb of=/dev/sdb</code> * Installed dhcp3-server via SPM and configured * Added interface to /etc/default/dhcp3-server <code>INTERFACES="eth0"</code> * Modified /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf <code>subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.2.10 192.168.2.20; }</code> I also added other lines, but I believe they were unnecessary. I had to reboot for this to work afterward. <code>$ /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start</code> * Installed tftpd-hpa via SPM and configured * Created /tftpboot directory * Modified /etc/inetd.conf <code>tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /tftpboot</code> * :!: Install HTTP server. * :!: Ensure proper TFTP/DHCP configuration. * :!: Play with git. ===== Build Environment ===== Consists of three machines: A target client, a development server, and a desktop for usability. //Last update: May 16, 2008// * Target client{{ :soc:2008:mdeck:target.jpg}} * A few PC parts on my desk: 2.8 GHz P4 / 512 MiB RAM * Awaiting a PCI NIC for development * Desktop for usability * Custom desktop PC: 2.4 GHz Core2 / 2 GiB RAM * Windows XP Pro x64 * [[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/|putty]] 0.60 * [[http://www.crimsoneditor.com/|Crimson Editor]] w/ samba file access & [[http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter7.html#plink|plink]] script for remote building (preferred IDE) <code>plink -l USER -batch -m FILE HOST</code> * Windows Media Player for tunes ;) * Development server{{ :soc:2008:mdeck:server.jpg}} * Laptop: 1.5 GHz Pentium-M / 512 MiB RAM * Ubuntu 8.04 w/ 2.6.24-16.30 kernel * gcc 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 * libc6-dev 2.7-10ubuntu3 * mtools 3.9.11-0ubuntu1 * syslinux 2:3.53-1ubuntu2 * gitk 1:1.5.4.3-1ubuntu2 ===== Reference Links ===== * [[http://code.google.com/soc/2008/etherboot/appinfo.html?csaid=607289E796D6ABA3|GSoC Application Information]] * [[dev:netdriverapi|gPXE Network Driver API Documentation]]
