Boot process

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[edit] rationale

we'll describe the boot process in order to make make the process of creating custom images easier

[edit] Boot process

• first the bootloader loads the kenrel that is in the aimage.img
• then the kernel boots and loads linuxrc from the aimage.img

CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=null mem=48M root=/dev/null rootflags=physaddr=0x13000000 init=/linuxrc"

[edit] Linuxrc

here the content of build/fs/rootfs:

build/fs/rootfs $ ls -l
total 72
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2008-01-05 15:35 dev
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   11 2008-01-05 16:05 etc -> openpma/etc
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   11 2008-01-05 16:05 lib -> openpma/lib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 8275 2008-01-05 15:35 linuxrc
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2008-01-05 15:33 live
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2008-01-05 15:35 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 2008-01-05 15:35 openpma
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2008-01-05 15:35 proc
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2008-01-05 15:35 unionfs

then the script starts by exports its path

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/openpma/lib:/openpma/usr/lib PATH=/openpma/bin:/openpma/usr/bin:/openpma/sbin:/openpma/usr/sbin

then it populate /dev

devfsd /dev

then it create the console if it doesn't exist:

if [ ! -e /dev/tty1 ]; then
   mknod /dev/tty1 c 4 1
fi

then it loads the other chip and the framebuffer, both module are proprietary(mabe free drivers exits)

modprobe dm270
modprobe dm270fb

don't know what this is:

. /openpma/etc/functions

then mount proc:

write "Mounting '/proc'..."
mount -t proc none /proc >/dev/null 2>&1
status_done

then load the others modules

write "Loading required modules..."
modprobe unionfs >/dev/null 2>&1
modprobe nls_cp437 >/dev/null 2>&1
modprobe nls_utf8 >/dev/null 2>&1
status_done

i suppose the status_done are the [ DONE ] that apears on the screen

set the date:

date 112312002006 >/dev/null 2>&1

create the second partition if it doesn't exist

if [ ! -e /dev/discs/disc0/part2 ]; then
   NO_PART2="true"
   writeln " Resizing media partition,"
   write   " (this may take a while)..."
   parted -s /dev/discs/disc0/disc resize 1 0% 98% >/dev/null 2>&1

   if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
      status_failed
      writeln "You must have at least 1G free to install openPMA!"
      writeln "Please free some space on the harddisk and reboot."
      writeln ""
      write "$CRED SYSTEM HALTED!"
      exit
   else
      status_done
      write "Adding system partition..."
      parted -s /dev/discs/disc0/disc mkpart primary 98% 100% >/dev/null 2>&1 

      if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
         status_failed
      else
         status_done
         write "Formatting system partition..."
         mke2fs -p -j -F -m0 /dev/discs/disc0/part2 >/dev/null 2>&1
         if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
            status_failed
         else
            tune2fs -c 5 -i 0 /dev/discs/disc0/part2 >/dev/null 2>&1
	    status_done
         fi
      fi
   fi
else
   write "Checking system partition..."
   fsck.ext3 -p /dev/discs/disc0/part2 >/dev/null 2>&1
   status_done
fi

mount the second partition to /live

mount -n -t ext3 -o rw,noatime /dev/discs/disc0/part2 /live >/dev/null 2>&1

TO BE CONTINUED