rename kernel_module to kernel_modules, start README mass factorings

build

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ defaults = {
     'kernel_config': [],
     'kernel_config_fragment': [],
     'kernel_custom_config_file': None,
-    'kernel_module_reconfigure': False,
+    'kernel_modules_reconfigure': False,
     'linux_reconfigure': False,
     'nproc': None,
     'skip_configure': False,
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ def main(args, extra_args=None):
     args = common.resolve_args(defaults, args, extra_args)
     os.makedirs(common.out_dir, exist_ok=True)
     extra_make_args = shlex.split(args.extra_make_args)
-    if args.kernel_module_reconfigure:
+    if args.kernel_modules_reconfigure:
-        extra_make_args.append('kernel_module-reconfigure')
+        extra_make_args.append('kernel_modules-reconfigure')
     if args.linux_reconfigure:
         extra_make_args.append('linux-reconfigure')
     if args.gem5:
@@ -190,13 +190,6 @@ def main(args, extra_args=None):
         os.symlink(variant_dir, custom_dir)
     symlink_buildroot_variant(common.linux_build_dir, common.linux_variant_dir)
 
-    ## Manage gem5 variants.
-    #if "$common_gem5"; then
-    #  if [ ! -e "${common_gem5_src_dir}/.git" ]; then
-    #    git -C "$common_gem5_default_src_dir" worktree add -b "wt/${common_gem5_variant}" "${common_gem5_src_dir}"
-    #  fi
-    #fi
-
     # Do the actual build.
     assert common.run_cmd(
         [
@@ -228,7 +221,7 @@ def main(args, extra_args=None):
 def get_argparse():
     parser = common.get_argparse(argparse_args={'description':'Run Linux on an emulator'})
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-B', '--br2-config', default=defaults['buildroot_config'], action='append',
+        '-B', '--buildroot-config', default=defaults['buildroot_config'], action='append',
         help='''Add a single Buildroot config to the current build.
 Example value: 'BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="512M"'.
 Can be used multiple times to add multiple configs.
@@ -236,7 +229,7 @@ Takes precedence over any Buildroot config files.
 '''
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-b', '--br2-config-fragment', default=defaults['buildroot_config_fragment'], action='append',
+        '-b', '--buildroot-config-fragment', default=defaults['buildroot_config_fragment'], action='append',
         help='''Also use the given Buildroot configuration fragment file.
 Pass multiple times to use multiple fragment files.'''
     )
@@ -274,7 +267,7 @@ but requires you to know what you are doing :-)'''
 Still uses options explicitly passed with `-C` and `-c` on top of it.'''
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-k', '--kernel-module-reconfigure', default=defaults['kernel_module_reconfigure'], action='store_true',
+        '-k', '--kernel-modules-reconfigure', default=defaults['kernel_modules_reconfigure'], action='store_true',
         help='Reconfigure and rebuild the kernel modules'
     )
     parser.add_argument(

build-gem5

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ binaries_dir = os.path.join(common.gem5_system_dir, 'binaries')
 disks_dir = os.path.join(common.gem5_system_dir, 'disks')
 os.makedirs(binaries_dir, exist_ok=True)
 os.makedirs(disks_dir, exist_ok=True)
+if  not os.path.exists(os.path.join(common.gem5_src_dir, '.git')):
+    subprocess.check_call([
+        'git',
+        '-C', common.gem5_default_src_dir,
+        'worktree', 'add',
+        '-b', os.path.join('wt', args.gem5_build_id),
+        common.gem5_src_dir
+    ])
 if args.arch == 'x86_64':
     dummy_img_path = os.path.join(disks_dir, 'linux-bigswap2.img')
     with open(dummy_img_path, 'wb') as dummy_img_file:

buildroot_config/default

@@ -13,25 +13,27 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_FORTRAN=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_WCHAR=y
 
-# # Rootfs
+# Rootfs
-# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=n
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=n
-# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
-# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=n
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=n
-# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="512M"
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="512M"
-#
-# # Host GDB
-# BR2_GDB_VERSION="7.11.1"
-# BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_10=n
-# BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_11=y
-# BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_12=n
-# BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB=y
-# BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB_PYTHON=y
-# BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB_SIM=y
-# BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB_TUI=y
 
-# # Custom packages
+# Host GDB
-# BR2_PACKAGE_KERNEL_MODULE=y
+BR2_GDB_VERSION="7.11.1"
-# BR2_SAMPLE_PACKAGE=y
+BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_10=n
+BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_11=y
+BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_12=n
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB_PYTHON=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB_SIM=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB_TUI=y
+
+# Custom packages
+# Keepding those in because we control them fully
+# and know for sure that are small.
+BR2_PACKAGE_KERNEL_MODULES=y
+BR2_SAMPLE_PACKAGE=y
 
 # We were tempted to do this to disable S40network neatly,
 # but that package also creates extra configuration files

common.py

@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ common_dir = os.path.join(out_dir, 'common')
 submodules_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, 'submodules')
 buildroot_src_dir = os.path.join(submodules_dir, 'buildroot')
 gem5_default_src_dir = os.path.join(submodules_dir, 'gem5')
+linux_src_dir = os.path.join(submodules_dir, 'linux')
 qemu_src_dir = os.path.join(submodules_dir, 'qemu')
 
 # Other default variables.

packages/gem5/Config.in

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GEM5
 	bool "gem5"
 	help
-	  gem5 system simulator. Only builds the m5 guest instrumentation
+	  Only for the m5 guest instrumentation tool of the gem5 system simulator,
-	  tool for now, not the simulator itself.
+	  does not build the simulator itself.
 
 	  http://gem5.org

packages/kernel_module/external.desc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-name: KERNEL_MODULE

packages/kernel_modules/Config.in

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_KERNEL_MODULE
+config BR2_PACKAGE_KERNEL_MODULES
-	bool "kernel_module"
+	bool "kernel_modules"
 	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
 	help
 		Linux Kernel Module Cheat.

packages/kernel_modules/Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-obj-m += $(addsuffix .o, $(notdir $(basename $(filter-out %.mod.c, $(wildcard $(BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULE_PATH)/*.c)))))
+obj-m += $(addsuffix .o, $(notdir $(basename $(filter-out %.mod.c, $(wildcard $(BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULES_PATH)/*.c)))))
 ccflags-y := -DDEBUG -g -std=gnu99 -Werror -Wno-declaration-after-statement -Wframe-larger-than=1000000000
 
 .PHONY: all clean

packages/kernel_modules/external.desc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+name: KERNEL_MODULES

packages/kernel_modules/external.mk

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
-# kernel_module
+# kernel_modules
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-KERNEL_MODULE_VERSION = 1.0
+KERNEL_MODULES_VERSION = 1.0
-KERNEL_MODULE_SITE = $(BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULE_PATH)
+KERNEL_MODULES_SITE = $(BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULES_PATH)
-KERNEL_MODULE_SITE_METHOD = local
+KERNEL_MODULES_SITE_METHOD = local
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EIGEN),y)
-	KERNEL_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES += eigen
+	KERNEL_MODULES_DEPENDENCIES += eigen
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM),y)
-	KERNEL_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES += libdrm
+	KERNEL_MODULES_DEPENDENCIES += libdrm
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENBLAS),y)
-	KERNEL_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES += openblas
+	KERNEL_MODULES_DEPENDENCIES += openblas
 endif
 
-define KERNEL_MODULE_BUILD_CMDS
+define KERNEL_MODULES_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C '$(@D)/user' $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 	  BR2_PACKAGE_EIGEN="$(BR2_PACKAGE_EIGEN)" \
 	  BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM="$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM)" \
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ define KERNEL_MODULE_BUILD_CMDS
 	;
 endef
 
-define KERNEL_MODULE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+define KERNEL_MODULES_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	# The modules are already installed by the kernel-module package type
 	# under /lib/modules/**, but let's also copy the modules to the root
 	# for insmod convenience.

packages/kernel_modules/make-host.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # We can almost do everything from the Makefile itself by using default values for
 #
 #    LINUX_DIR ?= "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build"
-#    BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULE_PATH="$(pwd)"
+#    BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULES_PATH="$(pwd)"
 #
 # The problem with that is that if you define those variables in your environment,
 # the build breaks, so this is more portable.
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ while getopts j: OPT; do
   esac
 done
 shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
-make -j "$j" KERNEL_MODULE_PATH="$(pwd)" LINUX_DIR="/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build" "$@"
+make -j "$j" KERNEL_MODULES_PATH="$(pwd)" LINUX_DIR="/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build" "$@"
 make -C user/ -j "$j" "$@"