Building and Deployment for a Specific Kernel and Installation into a Staging Directory

THIS HOWTO IS DEPRECATED

Remark: This is really special. The information below is outdated and only kept for completeness.

Preparation Create a staging directory

cd ~
mkdir staging

If required, get headers/sources of the kernel. The following is an example for the 3.10.101-01_x86_64 (2.6.33.9-01_x86_64) kernel for EL7 (SL6) on the ASL cluster. Log on to an ASL machine.

cd ~                                                                                     //just an example. If you prefer, choose another path
mkdir myKernel
cd myKernel
wget http://packages.acc.gsi.de/opkg/el7/x86_64/linux-scu-source_3.10.101-01_x86_64.opk  //SL6: http://packages.acc.gsi.de/opkg/el6/x86_64/linux-scu-source_2.6.33.9-01_x86_64.opk
opkg-util unpack linux-scu-source_3.10.101-01_x86_64.opk                                 //SL6: linux-scu-source_2.6.33.9-01_x86_64.opk
cd linux-scu-source_3.10.101-01                                                          //SL6: linux-scu-source-2.6.33.9-01
make -j32

Build and Install: Etherbone, Drivers and Tools

cd [FOLDER OF MAIN GIT CHECKOUT]
export STAGING=~/staging                                                                 
export PREFIX=""
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$STAGING/lib/pkgconfig
export KERNELDIR=~/myKernel/linux-scu-source-3.10.101-01                                 //adjust to path where you have installed kernel headers/sources
make etherbone
make tools
make driver
make install

Build and Install: Saftlib

cd [FOLDER OF ETHERBONE_API WITHIN GIT CHECKOUT]
git clean -xfd .
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=$STAGING
make
make install
cd [FOLDER OF SAFTLIB WITHIN GIT CHECKOUT]
git clean -xfd .
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=$STAGING
make
make install

Example: Manual deployment of Etherbone, tools and driver on a SCU (RH6)

[terminate all running programs using the drivers and etherbone]
rm -f /usr/lib/libetherbone*
rm -f /usr/bin/eb-*
rmmod pcie_wb
rmmod vme_wb
rmmod wishbone
[scp your new build to the SCU]
insmod /lib/modules/*/extra/wishbone.ko
insmod /lib/modules/*/extra/pcie_wb.ko
insmod /lib/modules/*/extra/vme_wb.ko (info: not needed for SCU)

Example: Manual deployment of saftlib on a SCU (RH6)

1. scp pre-built dbus environment for RH6 and saftlib.tar.xz to SCU
2. logon to SCU
3. extract .tar.xz files using tar -Jxf
4. make sure /etc/dbus-1/system.d/saftlib.conf has been copied too
5. then, set up dbus accounts, start dbus and saftlib daemon

echo 'dbus:*:100:100:DBus:/:' >> /etc/passwd
echo 'dbus:*:100:' >> /etc/group
/bin/dbus-daemon --system (adjust path, if using a different install directory)
/usr/sbin/saftd NAME:dev/wbm0 >/tmp/saftd.log 2>&1 (adjust path, if using a different install directory)

-- DietrichBeck - 06 Nov 2018