QEMU/GRUB: No multiboot header found
Massimo Tipaldi
mtipaldi at cgspace.it
Tue Dec 23 11:13:46 UTC 2008
Thomas,
I am using a NTFS File System. How can this be related to this issue?
Massimo
Thomas Doerfler ha scritto:
> Massimo,
>
> just an idea: what kind of File System are you using on your Windows
> machine (disk d:) FAT or NTFS? Maybe the name handling might be an issue
> there.
>
> wkr,
> Thomas.
>
> Massimo Tipaldi wrote:
>> 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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