X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/blobdiff_plain/c7fd2c588919ca599aaec9ec9b9d7e6784482b08..38d3f7994bd4a51e4a6e79372f33e135ef61b805:/BUILDING.txt diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt index f9fe9a2..4f65193 100644 --- a/BUILDING.txt +++ b/BUILDING.txt @@ -1,33 +1,3 @@ -From rEFIt to rEFInd -==================== - -rEFInd is derived from rEFIt (http://refit.sourceforge.net), but the two -programs support different build environments. rEFIt was created with -Intel's EFI Application Toolkit -(http://www.intel.com/technology/efi/toolkit_overview.htm) or TianoCore's -EFI Toolkit (https://efi-toolkit.tianocore.org), along with Microsoft's -Visual C compiler. - -Compiling the source code provided on the rEFIt site under Linux never -worked for me, although the documentation claimed it would. Apparently -other Linux developers have run into the same problem; Debian provides a -rEFIt package (http://packages.debian.org/sid/refit) that includes -extensive patches to enable the program to compile under Linux using the -GNU-EFI package (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-efi/). Although -GNU-EFI is less sophisticated than recent versions of TianoCore's toolkit, -GNU-EFI is my preferred environment because I prefer working in Linux and -because TianoCore's toolkit relies on obsolete versions of Microsoft's -Visual C++, and I had trouble tracking that down. For this reason, I used -Debian's patched version of rEFIt as a starting point in forking rEFInd. -The main down side to doing this is that a few rEFIt features got lost. -Most notable among these is the ability to load filesystem drivers. I've -also dropped ancillary programs, such as the ext2fs driver module and -gptsync program, from rEFInd. You can still use these tools with rEFInd, -but you'll need to install them separately; and in the case of filesystem -drivers, you'll need to configure your EFI to load them before you launch -rEFInd. - - Requirements ============ @@ -37,21 +7,151 @@ To compile rEFInd, you'll need the following: EFI-based. It can be 32- or 64-bit, but unless you use a cross-compiler (which I've not tested), it must be the appropriate bit width for your EFI implementation. (Normally that means 64-bit.) If you don't normally - run Linux, you can run it in a VirtualBox or similar virtual machine. + run Linux, you can run it in a VirtualBox or similar virtual machine. (I + describe some unsupported non-Linux build options shortly.) * A standard set of Linux development tools, based on GCC. -* The GNU-EFI package (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-efi/). You - can usually install this from a package called "gnu-efi". +* One of the following: + + * The TianoCore EDK2 package + (http://sourceforge.net/projects/tianocore/). I initially used the + UDK2010 package and others in that series, but beginning with rEFInd + 0.8.2, I've been using UDK2014 + (http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=UDK2014). + All of the UDK release are "frozen," rather than the main EDK2 + development branch, which is changing as the developers add features, + fix bugs, and so on. See below for TianoCore setup instructions. + + * The GNU-EFI package (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-efi/). You can + install this from a package called "gnu-efi"; however, rEFInd relies on + features that were added sometime between version 3.0s and 3.0u, so I + recommend using 3.0u (or conceivably later). You should check your + GNU-EFI version number; you may need to download the latest source + code, compile it, and install it locally. The Makefiles assume a + GNU-EFI package installed via a package manager. If you install from + source code, you may need to adjust those Makefiles' paths. + +Of the two toolkits, I prefer to use TianoCore because it produces binaries +that are about 20-30KiB smaller than those made by GNU-EFI, and I can +easily build 32-bit binaries on my 64-bit Linux installations. Also, I've +had problems on a 32-bit Mac Mini with the drivers produced by GNU-EFI +hanging the system if I try to load more than one of them. (I haven't +encountered this problem on UEFI-based PCs.) That said, the TianoCore EDK2 +package is much harder to install, so you may prefer to use GNU-EFI unless +you have a specific need for the TianoCore toolkit. Automated build tools +like the OpenSUSE Build Service (OBS) and the Ubuntu Personal Package +Archive (PPA) mechanism don't yet support TianoCore. + +It's possible to use a non-Linux platform to compile rEFInd. To the best of +my knowledge, the rEFInd code doesn't rely on anything Linux-specific in +its build requirements, and GNU-EFI's Sourceforge page indicates that it +works under Windows and OS X, too; however, my one attempt to compile +GNU-EFI under OS X failed. I've received one report that rEFInd compiles +successfully with Clang and the TianoCore toolkit under OS X by adding the +refind.inf file to a .dsc file that you use for your own projects. You can +find brief instructions here (note that this is not my documentation): + +https://github.com/snarez/refind-edk2 + +Under Windows, you would need to either create a project or Makefile for +your non-GCC compiler or use a GCC port, such as MinGW +(http://www.mingw.org). You'd probably need to adjust the Makefiles in the +latter case. A procedure similar to that used under OS X might work using +GCC or Microsoft's C compiler, but I haven't tested this. + + +Preparing Your Development Kit +============================== + +If you're using Linux, GNU-EFI is the easiest way to compile rEFInd. I +don't describe GNU-EFI's setup here because it's likely to be fairly easy. +If your distribution provides a recent enough version, you should be able +to install a package called gnu-efi and be done with it. If not, you'll +need to download the source code tarball, build it, and install it. This +process is fairly typical of Linux packages. Read the GNU-EFI documentation +if you need help. If you're using GNU-EFI, you can skip the rest of this +section. + +You might also want to use the TianoCore toolkit if you have problems with +GNU-EFI or if you want to build rEFInd on a non-Linux platform. +Unfortunately, the TianoCore toolkit is weird by Linux programming +standards. It's also quite large -- it's intended as a means to develop a +complete EFI firmware implementation, so it contains much more code than is +needed to develop standalone EFI applications. I don't know of any Linux +distribution packages for it in RPM, Debian package file, or other formats; +you MUST install the kit from source code using its own unusual compilation +procedure. The installation documentation also omits at least one step and +is a bit unclear about others. Here's how I installed the toolkit: + +1) Download UDK2014.SR1.UP1.P1 from + https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=UDK2014. + +2) Type "mkdir /usr/local/UDK2014". You can use another directory, but the + Makefile for rEFInd's EFI drivers assumes this location. You'll need to + edit the EDK2BASE line in the Make.tiano file if you install somewhere + else. + +3) Type "cd /usr/local/UDK2014". + +4) Unzip the downloaded file (UDK2014.SR1.UP1.P1.Complete.MyWorkSpace.zip) + in the current directory (/usr/local/UDK2014). This creates a handful of + files, including a tarball and a couple of .zip files. + +5) Type "unzip UDK2014.SR1.UP1.MyWorkSpace.zip". This extracts the + platform-neutral portion of the development kit. + +6) Type "cd MyWorkSpace". + +7) Type "tar xvf ../BaseTools\(Unix\).tar". This extracts the + Linux/Unix-specific portions of the toolkit. + +8) Follow the build instructions at + https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=Using_EDK_II_with_Native_GCC_4.4; + however, a few changes are required, as detailed below.... + +9) Type "source edksetup.sh BaseTools". This sets up some environment + variables, so subsequent steps (NOT including compiling the rEFInd EFI + drivers) must be typed in the shell you use for this step. + +10) Edit Conf/target.txt and change the following: + - ACTIVE_PLATFORM = MdePkg/MdePkg.dsc + - TARGET = RELEASE (DEBUG might work, but I've not tested it). + - TARGET_ARCH = X64 (on x86-64; leave this as IA32 on x86). If you plan + to build both architectures on an x86-64 system, you can set this to + "IA32 X64". + - TOOL_CHAIN_TAG = GCC46 (or other value depending on your GCC version; + type "gcc -v" to learn your GCC version number). Note that GCC 4.7 + and 4.8 don't have their own entries, so use GCC46 for them. + The TianoCore Makefiles read some of these variables from this file + and use them when accessing directories, so be sure to type these + entries in the case specified. + +11) The documentation refers to editing Conf/tools_def.txt in addition to + Conf/target.txt, but doesn't specify what to change in + Conf/tools_def.txt. I haven't found it necessary to make any changes in + Conf/tools_def.txt EXCEPT when using GCC 4.7 on a Fedora 17 system. + (I haven't used GCC 4.7 on other platforms, so this may well be + necessary on other systems, too.) With that setup, I found it + necessary to change the following line: + *_GCC46_X64_ASM_FLAGS = DEF(GCC46_ASM_FLAGS) -m64 -melf_x86_64 + to: + *_GCC46_X64_ASM_FLAGS = DEF(GCC46_ASM_FLAGS) -m64 -It's possible that you could use a non-Linux platform to compile rEFInd. To -the best of my knowledge, the rEFInd code doesn't rely on anything -Linux-specific in its build requirements, and GNU-EFI's Sourceforge page -indicates that it works under Windows and OS X, too. Thus, you may be able -to compile it on these platforms, but I've not tested it in this way. Under -Windows, you would need to either create a project or Makefile for your -non-GCC compiler or use a GCC port, such as MinGW (http://www.mingw.org). -You'd probably need to adjust the Makefile in the latter case. +12) Type "make -C /usr/local/UDK2014/MyWorkSpace/BaseTools/Source/C". + (This step is not documented on the EDK Web page.) Note that this + requires the g++ compiler and UUID development libraries. + +13) Type "build" to build the main set of EDK2 files. This process is + likely to take a few minutes. This step requires Python 2; if you have + Python 3 installed, you may need to adjust the default python for this + build (for instance, by typing "eselect python set python2.7" in + Gentoo). + +If you installed in a location other than the one I've specified, you must +edit the EDK2BASE variable in the Make.tiano and filesystems/Make.tiano +files in the rEFInd source package. Once the toolkit is installed, you can +build the filesystem drivers or rEFInd, as described below. Compiling rEFInd @@ -66,33 +166,156 @@ With your development system set up, you can compile rEFInd as follows: 3) Change into the archive's main directory. You should see several files including this BUILDING.txt file and several subdirectories such as - "refind", "libeg", and "include". + "refind", "libeg", "mok", "filesystems", and "include". + +4) Type "make gnuefi" to build with GNU-EFI, or either "make" alone or + "make tiano" to build with TianoCore EDK2. With any luck, rEFInd will + compile without error, leaving the "refind_ia32.efi" or "refind_x64.efi" + file, depending on your platform, in the "refind" subdirectory. This same + step builds the "gptsync_x64.efi" or "gptsync_ia32.efi" program file, in + the "gptsync" subdirectory. If you want to build IA32 binaries on an + x86-64 (X64) system, type "ARCH=ia32 make". This works only if you're + using the TianoCore build kit, and only if you set TARGET_ARCH to either + "IA32" or "IA32 X64" in target.txt when you set up the TianoCore toolkit. + If you plan to build both architectures, be sure to copy the .efi file + for the first build out of the refind subdirectory before building the + second architecture. -4) Type "make". With any luck, rEFInd will compile without error, leaving - the "refind.efi" file in the "refind" subdirectory. +5) The default build process does NOT build the filesystem drivers. If you + want to build them, you must type "make fs" in the main rEFInd source + directory to build with the TianoCore EDK2, or "make fs_gnuefi" to build + with GNU-EFI. (Typing "ARCH=ia32 make fs" builds IA32 filesystem drivers + on an x86-64 system, provided TianoCore is properly configured, as + described earlier.) The result is filesystem drivers in the filesystems + subdirectory, and also copies placed in the drivers_{arch} subdirectory. If rEFInd doesn't compile correctly, you'll need to track down the source of the problem. Double-check that you've got all the necessary development -tools installed, including GCC, make, and GNU-EFI. You may also need to -adjust the Makefile or Make.common file for your system. For instance, on -Fedora, you must change the following variables in Make.common as shown: +tools installed, including GCC, make, and either GNU-EFI or TianoCore EDK2. +You may also need to adjust the Makefile, Make.common file, or Make.tiano +file for your system. (The main Makefile controls the process for both +toolkits, while Make.common holds GNU-EFI options and Make.tiano holds +TianoCore options.) The most likely thing you'll need to change is the path +to the various GNU-EFI include files and libraries. Since rEFInd 0.6.2, the +default Make.common file includes the following definitions: + +EFIINC = /usr/include/efi +GNUEFILIB = /usr/lib +EFILIB = /usr/lib +EFICRT0 = /usr/lib + +If you've installed GNU-EFI from source code, you may need to add "local" +to those paths, as in "/usr/local/include/efi". You might need to change +references to "lib" to "lib32" or "lib64" on some systems. Recall that you +need at least GNU-EFI version 3.0l to build rEFInd, and until very +recently, most distributions provided out-of-date versions of this package. + +If you're using TianoCore's EDK2, as noted earlier, you may need to adjust +the EDK2BASE variable in Make.tiano and filesystems/Make.tiano. + +When I tried to compile rEFInd under Ubuntu 12.04 (i386) using GNU-EFI, +even with a locally-compiled GNU-EFI 3.0p or 3.0q, I got errors like this: -GNUEFILIB = /usr/lib64 -EFILIB = /usr/lib64 -EFICRT0 = /usr/lib64/gnuefi +main.o: In function `StartLegacy.isra.0': +main.c:(.text+0x8b1): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail_local' +lib.o: In function `ScanVolumeBootcode.part.3': +lib.c:(.text+0xf2f): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail_local' +lib.o: In function `ScanExtendedPartition.isra.4': + +The solution was to recompile GNU-EFI with the -fno-stack-protector GCC +flag. In GNU-EFI, this can be added to the CFLAGS line in Make.defaults. Installing rEFInd ================= -With rEFInd compiled, you can install it. On a UEFI-based system, you'll -want to copy files on the ESP as follows: +With rEFInd compiled, you can install it. The easiest way to do this is +with the refind-install script, which works on both Linux and Mac OS X. +Alternatively, you can type "make install" to install using this script. +Note that this script copies files to the ESP and uses "efibootmgr" (on +Linux) or "bless" (on OS X) to add rEFInd to the firmware's boot loader +list. The docs/refind/installing.html file provides more details on this +script and its use. + +If refind-install doesn't work for you or if you prefer to do the job +manually, you may. On a UEFI-based system, you'll want to copy files on the +ESP as follows: * Create a directory for rEFInd, such as EFI/refind. -* Copy refind/refind.efi to the ESP's EFI/refind directory. +* Copy refind/refind_ia32.efi or refind_x64.efi to the ESP's EFI/refind + directory. * Copy refind.conf-sample to the EFI/refind directory as refind.conf. * Copy the icons subdirectory, including all its files, to EFI/refind. You'll then need to activate rEFInd in your EFI. This can be done with tools such as "efibootmgr" under Linux or "bless" under OS X. See the -docs/installing.html file for details. +docs/refind/installing.html file for details. + + +Note to Distribution Maintainers +================================ + +The refind-install script, and therefore the "install" target in the +Makefile, installs the program directly to the ESP and it modifies the +*CURRENT COMPUTER's* NVRAM. Thus, you should *NOT* use this target as part +of the build process for your binary packages (RPMs, Debian packages, +etc.). (Gentoo could use it in an ebuild, though....) You COULD, however, +install the files to a directory somewhere (/usr/share/refind or whatever) +and then call refind-install as part of the binary package installation +process. Placing the files directly in /boot/efi/EFI/{distname}/refind and +then having a post-install script call efibootmgr is probably the better +way to go, but this assumes that the ESP is mounted at /boot/efi. + + +Compiling the EFI Filesystem Drivers +==================================== + +To build all the drivers, you can type "make fs" or "make fs_gnuefi" from +the main directory, which builds the drivers and places copies in both the +filesystems and drivers_{arch} subdirectories. If you want to build just +one driver, you can change into the "filesystems" directory and type "make +{fsname}" or "make {fsname}_gnuefi", where {fsname} is a filesystem name -- +"ext2", "ext4", "reiserfs", "iso9660", or "hfs". In all cases, the build +target that appends "_gnuefi" builds with GNU-EFI and the one that doesn't +builds with TianoCore. + +To install drivers, you can type "make install" in the "filesystems" +directory. This copies all the drivers to the +"/boot/efi/EFI/refind/drivers" directory. Alternatively, you can copy the +files you want manually. The refind-install script includes an optional +"--drivers" option that will install the drivers along with the main rEFInd +program, but to the drivers_{arch} subdirectory of the main rEFInd +installation directory. + +*CAUTION:* Install drivers for your system's architecture *ONLY*. +Installing drivers for the wrong architecture causes some systems to hang +at boot time. This risk can be minimized by including the architecture code +in the drivers subdirectory name (drivers_x64 or drivers_ia32). + +The drivers all rely on filesystem wrapper code created by rEFIt's author, +Christoph Pfisterer. Most of the drivers seem to have passed through +Oracle's VirtualBox project (https://www.virtualbox.org) and the Clover +boot loader project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/), +which I used as the source for this build. + +Adding Support for Network Boot +=============================== + +rEFInd provides EXPERIMENTAL support for booting over the network using +iPXE (http://ipxe.org) as a means to receive the payload. In order to +enable this feature you'll want to follow these instructions: + +* cd net/ +* make source +* make netboot +* copy bin/ipxe.efi and bin/ipxe_discover.efi to the EFI volume at EFI/tools/ + +Note that you may need to install additional development packages, such as +libiberty-dev and binutils-dev, in addition to those needed to build rEFInd +itself. + +My own tests show this support to work under optimal conditions; however, +architecture (EFI vs. BIOS) detection may not work, and some computers will +hang or won't retrieve boot files from the network. For these reasons, this +support is disabled by default in rEFInd, and I do not provide iPXE +binaries.