We need a couple of things working on the host machine to get things going. In order to keep things organised, create a new directory (in this case called wgt634U).
~$ mkdir wgt634U
Next, it will be useful later to be able to refer to this path without typing it out. In your .bashrc, add the following lines:
PROJ_ROOT=/home/simon/wgt634u/ export PROJ_ROOT
From now on I'll use $PROJ_ROOT.
I created the following directories under $PROJ_ROOT:
$ cd $PROJ_ROOT $ mkdir boot rootfs archives src $ ls archives boot rootfs src
This will do for now, we'll create some more as we move along.
TFTP is used to transfer a kernel to the router so that it can boot. You'll need a tftp server. I used atftpd. Under Debian you can apt-get it like so:
# apt-get install atftpd tftp
This should add the appropriate entry to your /etc/inetd.conf file. You'll need to edit the path though, mine looks like this:
tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd --tftpd-timeout 300 --retry-timeout 5 /home/simon/wgt634u/boot
And restart inetd:
# /etc/init.d/inetd restart
Now to test it. Create a file in $PROJ_ROOT/boot and then try and retrieve it using tftp.
$ cd /tmp $ echo test > $PROJ_ROOT/boot/test $ tftp tftp> connect localhost tftp> get test Received 6 bytes in 0.0 seconds tftp> quit $ rm test
If you get a "File Not Found" check the permissions on the test file. Make sure as the user nobody you can access the file. If not you'll have to fix permissions.
You'll need a NFS server to export the root filesystem. Under Debian an:
# apt-get install nfs-user-server
ought to do it. Next edit the /etc/exports file and add a line that looks like the following:
/home/simon/wgt634u/rootfs 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0(rw,no_root_squash)
Restart the nfs server (as root)
# /etc/init.d/nfs-user-server restart
If possible check that it mounts from another machine on the network. You can do this with:
# mkdir /mnt/rootfs # mount 192.168.1.10:/home/simon/wgt634u/rootfs /mnt/rootfs
If the following suceeds with no errors it's looking good. Now umount the nfs share:
# unmount /mnt/rootfs
One issue I've been having is that the root filesystem needs to be owned by root (so that everything works on the target side). It would be a good idea to set up sudo so that you don't have to keep su'ing to root to run make install.
You need to be root for this bit. Under debian:
# apt-get install sudo
Then add the following line to /etc/sudoers .
simon ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/make
Replace simon with your username, you can leave "NOPASSWD:" out if you want to be prompted for your password each time you run sudo. I put it in so that I can script the install process.
Next: Build a toolchain