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Michael Brown 8afafb6532 [build] Add -fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm to CFLAGS if supported by the gcc in use
gcc 4.4 defaults to using .cfi assembler directives for debugging
information, which causes unneeded .eh_frame sections to be generated.
These sections are already stripped out by our linker script, so don't
affect the final build, but do distort the output of "size" when run
on individual .o files; the .eh_frame size is included within the size
reported for .text.  This makes it difficult to accurately judge the
effects of source code changes upon object code size.

Fix by adding -fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm to CFLAGS if we detect that this
option is supported by the gcc that we are compiling with.

Tested-by: Daniel Verkamp <daniel@drv.nu>
2009-05-27 02:30:46 +01:00
contrib [build] Pad .rom, .dsk, and .hd images to 512-byte boundaries 2009-04-16 03:15:08 +01:00
src [build] Add -fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm to CFLAGS if supported by the gcc in use 2009-05-27 02:30:46 +01:00
COPYING Initial revision 2005-05-17 16:44:57 +00:00
COPYRIGHTS Rename Copyrights to COPYRIGHTS for consistency with other filenames 2008-02-14 16:21:51 -05:00
LOG Update LOG for 0.9.3 release 2008-02-14 16:33:43 -05:00
README Add README file which replaces INSTALL and gives pointers to more information. 2008-02-14 16:17:30 -05:00

gPXE README File

gPXE is an implementation of the PXE specification for network
booting, with extensions to allow additional features such as booting
via HTTP, iSCSI, and AoE.  

In generally, gPXE is compatible with the industry-standard PXE
specification, and also supports Etherboot .nbi file loading and some
additional protocols and features.

For more detailed information about gPXE, please visit our project
website at: http://etherboot.org/

BUILDING gPXE IMAGE FROM SOURCE

If you don't want to install development tools, and have access to the
Web, you can get gPXE and Etherboot ROM images made on demand from
http://rom-o-matic.net/

If you would like to compile gPXE images from source, here are some tips.

We normally compile gPXE images on x86, 32-bit Linux machines. It is
possible to also use x86-64 machines. We use gcc compiler options to
create 32-bit output.

It is important to have the necessary software  packages installed.  A gcc-based
toolchain is required.

The following packages (at least) are required:

  - a gcc tool chain (gcc 3.x or gcc 4.x)
  - binutils
  - perl
  - syslinux
  - mtools
  
To test your environment, cd to the "src" directory and type:

   make

You should see a lot of output, and when it stops, the "bin" directory
should be populated with gPXE images and object files.

To learn more about what to build and how to use gPXE, please visit our
project website at http://etherboot.org/ , particularly the "howto" section.

CONTACTING US

Pointers to our project mailing lists are on http://etherboot.org/

Real-time help is often available on IRC on the #etherboot channel of
irc.freenode.net.