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diff --git a/docs/git/index.md b/docs/git/index.md index ec1cfb04..c820bc69 100644 --- a/docs/git/index.md +++ b/docs/git/index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: Instructions for compiling from the source code +x-toc-enable: true ... Depthcharge is currently not documented, since it is in the new build @@ -9,15 +10,7 @@ included in the BUILD\_HOWTO file in libreboot.git or \_src. This section relates to building libreboot from source, and working with the git repository. -- [Install build dependencies](#build_dependencies) -- [Get the full source code from metadata (git clone)](#build_meta) -- [How to build "bucts" (for LenovoBIOS - X60/X60S/X60T/T60)](#build_bucts) - -- [How to build "flashrom"](#build_flashrom) -- [How to build the ROM images](#build) - -Install build dependencies {#build_dependencies} +Install build dependencies ========================== Before doing anything, you need the dependencies first. This is true if @@ -28,17 +21,22 @@ statically compiled executables for the utilities are included.** For Debian Stretch (may also work on Debian Jessie), you can run the following command: + $ sudo ./oldbuild dependencies debian + (this will also work in Devuan) For Parabola, you can run the following command: + $ sudo ./oldbuild dependencies parabola\ + or: + # ./oldbuild dependencies parabola For other GNU+Linux distributions, you can adapt the existing scripts. -Get the full source code from metadata (git clone) {#build_meta} +Get the full source code from metadata (git clone) ================================================== If you downloaded libreboot from git, then there are some steps to @@ -57,6 +55,7 @@ requirement is: $ git config --global user.name "Your Name" $ git config --global user.email your@emailaddress.com + This is what will also appear in git logs if you ever commit your own changes to a given repository. For more information, see <http://git-scm.com/doc>. @@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ them. Read the script in a text editor to learn more. To build the ROM images, see [\#build](#build). -How to build "bucts" (for LenovoBIOS X60/X60S/X60T/T60) {#build_bucts} +How to build "bucts" (for LenovoBIOS X60/X60S/X60T/T60) ========================================================= **This is for Lenovo BIOS users on the ThinkPad X60/X60S, X60 Tablet and @@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ To statically compile it, do this: The "builddeps" script in libreboot\_src also makes use of builddeps-bucts. -How to build "flashrom" {#build_flashrom} +How to build "flashrom" ========================= Flashrom is the utility for flashing/dumping ROM images. This is what @@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ executables: The "builddeps" script in libreboot\_src also makes use of builddeps-flashrom. -How to build the ROM images {#build} +How to build the ROM images =========================== You don't need to do much, as there are scripts already written for you @@ -211,12 +210,14 @@ modulename*. To see the possible values for *modulename*, use: After that, build the ROM images (for all boards): $ ./oldbuild roms withgrub + Alternatively, you can build for a specific board or set of boards. For example: $ ./oldbuild roms withgrub x60 $ ./oldbuild roms withgrub x200\_8mb $ ./oldbuild roms withgrub x60 x200\_8mb + The list of board options can be found by looking at the directory names in **resources/libreboot/config/grub/**. @@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ The command that you used for generating the release archives will also run the following command: $ ./oldbuild release tobuild + The archive **tobuild.tar.xz** will have been created under **release/oldbuildsystem/**, containing bucts, flashrom and all other required resources for building them. @@ -326,4 +328,9 @@ The ROM images will be stored in separate archives for each system, under **release/oldbuildsystem/rom/**. Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>\ -This page is available under the [CC BY SA 4.0](../cc-by-sa-4.0.txt) + +Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.3 or any later +version published by the Free Software Foundation +with no Invariant Sections, no Front Cover Texts, and no Back Cover Texts. +A copy of this license is found in [../fdl-1.3.md](../fdl-1.3.md) |