Complete the kernel bootstrap by adding kexec of Linux from Fiwix.

A tiny bootloader bootstrap has been added to compile the builder-hex0 kernel from hex0 source.
The boot compiler is builder-hex0-x86-stage1.hex0 and builder-hex0-x86-stage1.bin.
The builder-hex0 kernel is now named builder-hex0-x86-stage2.hex0.
The inclusion of a binary seed resolves the problem with the previous strategy which used an
architecture-specific hex0 compiler.

If sysb detects a full disk (i.e. DISK=sda) it now partitions the disk unconditionally because
previously fdisk was reporting existing but empty partitions which resulted in no
parititions being created.

e2fsprogs is now built with --disable-tls because musl was built on Fiwix without full threading
support and mkfs.ext4 was crashing without disabling thread local storage.

kexec-linux writes the linux kernel and initramfs to a RAM drive on Fiwix which ensure
a pre-allocated contiguous memory block. The following is written to the ram drive:
a 32-bit number which is the size of the kernel in bytes, a 32-bit number which is the size
of the initramfs in bytes, followed by the Linux kernel image, followed by the initramfs.

kexec-fiwix invokes a sync syscall to ensure all writes are flushed to
the ram drive and then initiates the kexec by shutting down Fiwix with a reboot syscall.
Fiwix knows whether and how to perform the kexec based on kernel parameters passed to it.
This commit is contained in:
rick-masters 2023-05-10 14:33:42 +00:00
parent e86db47b6e
commit a2fcf1ced9
23 changed files with 633 additions and 277 deletions

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@ -25,16 +25,20 @@ create_sysb() {
}
go_sysb() {
# Mount proc for kexec
mkdir /proc /etc
mount -t proc proc /proc
# kexec time
echo "Loading kernel + sysb initramfs using kexec"
kexec -l "/boot/linux-4.9.10" --console-serial \
--initrd="/boot/initramfs-sysb.cpio.gz" \
--append="init=/init console=ttyS0"
echo "kexecing into sysb"
kexec -e
if [ "${KERNEL_BOOTSTRAP}" = True ]; then
kexec-linux "/dev/ram1" "/boot/linux-4.9.10" "/boot/initramfs-sysb.cpio.gz"
else
# Mount proc for kexec
mkdir /proc /etc
mount -t proc proc /proc
# kexec time
echo "Loading kernel + sysb initramfs using kexec"
kexec -l "/boot/linux-4.9.10" --console-serial \
--initrd="/boot/initramfs-sysb.cpio.gz" \
--append="init=/init console=ttyS0"
echo "kexecing into sysb"
kexec -e
fi
}
build automake-1.15.1
@ -96,12 +100,7 @@ build musl-1.2.3 '' no-patches
if [ "${CHROOT}" = False ]; then
create_sysb
if [ "${KERNEL_BOOTSTRAP}" = True ]; then
echo "Kernel bootstrapping successful."
echo "NOTE: Transition to Linux and building remaining packages is under development."
else
go_sysb
fi
go_sysb
else
# In chroot mode transition directly into System C.
SYSC=/sysc_image