QEMU/GRUB: No multiboot header found

Tue Dec 23 10:45:49 UTC 2008

Ok, I have followed your suggestions. Lets sort out at first the Rtems 
compilation issue.

I have reinstalled Rtems tools in /d/opt/rtems-4.9 (Rtems tools 4.9 with 
the Autoconf & Automake + target i386).

After that, in the MSYS shell, I have typed the following sequence of 
commands:

export PATH=/d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin:$PATH
mkdir -p /d/opt/src/rtems
cd /d/opt/src/rtems
tar jxf rtems-4.9.1.tar.bz2
cd rtems-4.9.1
./bootstrap
cd ..
mkdir i386
../rtems-4.9.1/configure --target=i386-rtems4.9 --enable-multilib 
--prefix=/d/opt/src/rtems/i386

During the configuration phase, two messages are appeared:
./config.status: 
libnetworking/netinet/.deps/libnetworking_a-if_ether.Po: No such file or 
directory
./config.status: libmisc/mw-fb/.deps/mw_fb.Po: No such file or directory

After the configuration phase, in spite of these two messages, I have 
tried the make:
make RTEMS_BSP="pc386"

After several minutes, the make fails with the following messages:

make[8]: Leaving directory 
`/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/m486/soft-float/cpukit/libfs'
Making preinstall in libnetworking
make[8]: Entering directory 
`/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/m486/soft-float/cpukit/libnetworking'
Makefile:1257: netinet/.deps/libnetworking_a-if_ether.Po: No such file 
or directory
make[8]: *** No rule to make target 
`netinet/.deps/libnetworking_a-if_ether.Po'.  Stop.
make[8]: Leaving directory 
`/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/m486/soft-float/cpukit/libnetworking'
make[7]: *** [preinstall-recursive] Error 1
make[7]: Leaving directory 
`/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/m486/soft-float/cpukit'
make[6]: *** [preinstall-stamp] Error 2
make[6]: Leaving directory 
`/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/m486/soft-float/cpukit'
make[5]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory 
`/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/m486/soft-float/cpukit'
make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory 
`/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/m486/soft-float/cpukit'
make[3]: *** [multi-do] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/cpukit'
make[2]: *** [all-multi] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/cpukit'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/opt/src/rtems/i386/i386-rtems4.9/cpukit'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

At this stage, I have had a mistake related to the file 
libnetworking_a-if_ether.Po.

As you can see, I have followed completely the instuctions of the RTEMS 
wiki without renemaing any files.

Massimo

Joel Sherrill ha scritto:
> Chris Johns wrote:
>> Massimo Tipaldi wrote:
>>  
>>> Dear Joel,
>>>
>>> I have followed your suggestions, but unfortunately the same 
>>> behaviour is observed.
>>>
>>>     
> The file hello.ralf should have had bin2boot run on it.
> 
> All of Chris' comments also apply.  Please use 4.9.1
> or the CVS head with matching tools.
>>> In any case, I would like to point out some important points:
>>>
>>> 1) to compile RTEMS, in the directory /d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin, I was 
>>> obliged to rename all the files in order to remove the version number 
>>> (for instance, i386-rtems4.9-g++.exe --> i386-g++.exe).
>>>     
>>
>> This is wrong and should not be done. It usually means you have not 
>> configured RTEMS correctly. The Wiki entry:
>>
>> http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/MinGW_Tools_for_Windows#Building_RTEMS 
>>
>>
>> says:
>>
>>   ../rtems-4.9.0/configure --target=m68k-rtems4.9 --enable-multilib \
>>    --prefix=/c/opt/src/rtems/m68k
>>
>> Please note the version number. Could you please try a configure this 
>> way ?
>>
>>  
>>> 2) to produce my Hello Word, I have updated the Makefile.inc 
>>> (/d/opt/rtems-4.9/build-rtems/i386/c/pc386/make):
>>>
>>> .....
>>>
>>> prefix = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/build-rtems/i386/c/pc386
>>> exec_prefix = /opt/rtems-4.9/i386-rtems
>>>
>>> CC_FOR_TARGET = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin/i386-gcc --pipe 
>>> -I/d/opt/rtems-4.9/build-rtems/i386/pc386/lib/include
>>>
>>> CXX_FOR_TARGET = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin/i386-g++
>>> AS_FOR_TARGET = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin/i386-as
>>> AR_FOR_TARGET = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin/i386-ar
>>> NM_FOR_TARGET = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin/i386-nm
>>> LD_FOR_TARGET = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin/i386-ld
>>> SIZE_FOR_TARGET = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin/i386-size
>>> OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/bin/i386-objcopy
>>>
>>> CC= $(CC_FOR_TARGET)
>>> CXX= $(CXX_FOR_TARGET)
>>> AS= $(AS_FOR_TARGET)
>>> LD= $(LD_FOR_TARGET)
>>> NM= $(NM_FOR_TARGET)
>>> AR= $(AR_FOR_TARGET)
>>> SIZE= $(SIZE_FOR_TARGET)
>>> OBJCOPY= $(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET)
>>>
>>>
>>> PROJECT_TOOLS = /d/opt/rtems-4.9/build-rtems/i386/pc386/build-tools
>>> export PROJECT_TOOLS
>>>
>>>
>>> ......
>>>
>>> 3) inside the MSYS shell, before launching the make command, I have 
>>> carried out the following:
>>> export
>>> RTEMS_MAKEFILE_PATH=/d/opt/rtems-4.9/build-rtems/i386/c/pc386/make
>>> export ARCH=/d/opt/rtems-4.9/examples-4.9.1/hello_world_c
>>>
>>>
>>> After that I have launched the make command in the folder:
>>> /d/opt/rtems-4.9/examples-4.9.1/hello_world_c
>>> My Hello Word is successfully compiled, but it is not correctly 
>>> managed by  QEMU ("No multiboot Header found").
>>> What I can further add, is that the dimension of my Hello Word is 17 
>>> Kb, whereas the dimension of the Hello Word that comes from the RTEMS 
>>> compliation is about 1 Mb.
>>>
>>> Does it sound strange? Should I modify the makefiles further in order 
>>> to produce an executable file in line with the rtems boot loader 
>>> multiboot specification? Can you suggest me something else?
>>>     
>>
>> I would rather you go back and try the correct configure command then 
>> work though the build issues. Lets sort out one problem at a time.
>>
>>  
>>> Thanks in advance and I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> Thanks and to you also.
>>
>> Regards
>> Chris
>>
>>  
>>> Massimo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Joel Sherrill ha scritto:
>>>    
>>>> Massimo Tipaldi wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have installed all the RTEMS tools on Windows, compiled RTEMS 4.9
>>>>> (--target=i386-rtems and bsp=pc386) and installed QEMU as detailed in:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.rtems.com/wiki/index.php/MinGW_Tools_for_Windows
>>>>> http://www.rtems.com/wiki/index.php/QEMU
>>>>>
>>>>> All these operations went well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Therefore, I have tried to launch some RTEMS applications by means of
>>>>> QEMU/GRUB (in this phase I have taken the executable files produced
>>>>> during the RTEMS compilation phase, placed in /testsuites/samples): 
>>>>> this
>>>>> operation was successfull as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> After that I have compiled successfully Hello Word by myself
>>>>> (examples-4.7.99.2.tar.bz2
>>>>> ftp://ftp.rtems.com/pub/rtems/4.7.99.2/examples-4.7.99.2.tar.bz2
>>>>> ) and put my hello.exe in the folder /testsuites/samples/hello).
>>>>> With my Hello Word, the GRUB gives me the message "No multiboot header
>>>>> found".
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Very old examples.  Please use the ones which match 4.9.
>>>>
>>>> This sounds like a bug which was fixed between 4.9.0 and 4.9.1.
>>>>
>>>> 1337/bsps - Stripping .rodata section produces unusable executables 
>>>> for the i386-rtems target.
>>>>      
>>>>> As far as I have understood, my hello.exe does not have a multiboot 
>>>>> header.
>>>>> How can I overcome this issue? Should I modify somehow my source 
>>>>> code or
>>>>> the makefiles in order to create this multiboot header into my .exe?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>
>>>>> Massimo Tipaldi
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>     
> 
> 

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