Solved Building mfslinux on FreeBSD

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balanga

I'm trying to build mfslinux on FreeBSD, which apparently should be possible but in the Makefile it says
Code: 
ifeq ($(BUILD_OS),FreeBSD)

How do I get the Makefile to recognise the build environment?
 
SirDice said:
Maybe read the documentation?

github.com

mfslinux/BUILD.md at master · mmatuska/mfslinux

Minimalist in-memory diskless Linux distribution based on OpenWrt - mmatuska/mfslinux
github.com github.com


Oh, look, line 29 in the Makefile:
Code: 
BUILD_OS?=    $(shell uname)
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So, the Makefile as it stands should be able to handle being built on FreeBSD with any changes/additions?

Nothing seems to get built - can't think why...I get all these errors:-

Code: 
/bin/ash: Can't create 'bin/ash'
./bin/cat: Can't create 'bin/cat'
./bin/chgrp: Can't create 'bin/chgrp'
./bin/chmod: Can't create 'bin/chmod'
./bin/chown: Can't create 'bin/chown'
./bin/cp: Can't create 'bin/cp'
./bin/date: Can't create 'bin/date'
./bin/dd: Can't create 'bin/dd'
./bin/df: Can't create 'bin/df'
 
Code: 
FreeBSD

    git (devel/git), mkisofs (sysutils/cdrtools), opkg-cl (archivers/opkg)
    linux64 module loaded for opkg chroot
 
Yes, I see https://github.com/mmatuska/mfslinux/blob/master/BUILD.md mentions

FreeBSD​

  • git (devel/git), mkisofs (sysutils/cdrtools), opkg-cl (archivers/opkg)
  • linux64 module loaded for opkg chroot

Creating an image​

Simply run make on Linux or gmake on FreeBSD
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... but I'm not sure what this means....

Am I supposed to pkg install-y git mkiisofs opkg-cl linux64 ?

I guess not because I've tried.

Looking at the Makefile, I don't see any of the targets such as bin/ash, bin/cat etc.

How do I find out why the system can't create 'bin/ash'? What is it looking for? I ran gmake VERBOSE=1 but don't see any hints. I see a lot of Can't restore time' but don't know what that refers to.
 
What is the linux64 module and how do I load it for opkg root?

BTW I noticed that I needed to install opkg-openwrt to get hold of opkg-cl...
 
errors are probably output of tar or cpio archive extraction
why it fails i don't know, probably permissions or readonly fs
 
covacat said:
errors are probably output of tar or cpio archive extraction
why it fails i don't know, probably permissions or readonly fs
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If I run tar tf tar-archive I can see the files listed, but can't managed to extract them. Even tried gtar but that made no difference.
 
Using archivers/star I get:
Code: 
star: Operation not supported. Cannot create symbolic link './usr/sbin/ntpd' to '../../bin/busybox'.
star: Operation not supported. Cannot create symbolic link './var' to 'tmp'.
star: Operation not supported. Cannot create symbolic link './www/cgi-bin/cgi-backup' to '../../usr/libexec/cgi-io'.
star: Operation not supported. Cannot create symbolic link './www/cgi-bin/cgi-download' to '../../usr/libexec/cgi-io'.
star: Operation not supported. Cannot create symbolic link './www/cgi-bin/cgi-exec' to '../../usr/libexec/cgi-io'.
star: Operation not supported. Cannot create symbolic link './www/cgi-bin/cgi-upload' to '../../usr/libexec/cgi-io'.
star: Operation not supported. Cannot create symbolic link './www/luci-static/bootstrap-dark' to 'bootstrap'.
star: Operation not supported. Cannot create symbolic link './www/luci-static/bootstrap-light' to 'bootstrap'.
star: 1047 blocks + 0 bytes (total of 10721280 bytes = 10470.00k).
star: The following problems occurred during archive processing:
star: Cannot: stat 0, open 192, read/write 0, chdir 0, iconv 0.
star: Size changed 0.
star: Missing links 0, Name too long 0, File too big 0, Not dumped 0.
star: Skipped for security reason: path name 0, link name 14.
star: See option -secure-links on why some links have been skipped.
star: Processed all possible files, despite earlier errors.
Any ideas on how to overcome this?
 
it extracts without any problem on a 13.1-R box
i just downloaded the Makefile and
gmake download_rootfs_tar extract_rootfs_tar
and it works
it creates the tree under $cwd/work
 
covacat said:
it extracts without any problem on a 13.1-R box
i just downloaded the Makefile and
gmake download_rootfs_tar extract_rootfs_tar
and it works
it creates the tree under $cwd/work
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It's good to know that someone has it working.
 
covacat said:
it extracts without any problem on a 13.1-R box
i just downloaded the Makefile and
gmake download_rootfs_tar extract_rootfs_tar
and it works
it creates the tree under $cwd/work
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Since you said you have it working, could you tell me if you needed to do anything special to achieve that.

I have now overcome the earlier problem by installing a pristine 13.1-R system and have created a jail in which to build mfslinux in an isolated environment. The only pkgs I've installed are devel/git and devel/gmake and have achieved favourable results, but the build fails with this error:-

Script started on Thu Nov 10 01:36:21 2022
Command: gmake
Removing packages
env: --chroot: No such file or directory
gmake: *** [Makefile:152: /mnt/projects/mfslinux/workdir/mfslinux/work/.remove_packages_done] Error 127

Command exit status: 2
Script done on Thu Nov 10 01:36:21 2022
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Any idea about what is missing from the environment? I notice that linux64 is not loaded. Is it required?
 
balanga said:
Since you said you have it working, could you tell me if you needed to do anything special to achieve that.

I have now overcome the earlier problem by installing a pristine 13.1-R system and have created a jail in which to build mfslinux in an isolated environment. The only pkgs I've installed are devel/git and devel/gmake and have achieved favourable results, but the build fails with this error:-


Any idea about what is missing from the environment? I notice that linux64 is not loaded. Is it required?
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i did not test it properly, just the fetch / extract part of it
in fact i only downloaded the Makefile from github, had a look at the targets and made
gmake download_rootfs_tar extract_rootfs_tar
it displayed some errors that the working directory is not a git repository but it still fetched / extracted the tar.gs file
 
covacat said:
i did not test it properly, just the fetch / extract part of it
in fact i only downloaded the Makefile from github, had a look at the targets and made
gmake download_rootfs_tar extract_rootfs_tar
it displayed some errors that the working directory is not a git repository but it still fetched / extracted the tar.gs file
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Yes I got that bit to work. No idea why the extract didn't work before but it does now under 13.1-R.

Did you run gmake with the provided Makefile? Did it run to the end without errors?
 
balanga said:
It looks like I can't kldload linux64 in a jail. Does that sound right?
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Yes, that's right. Load it on the host system.

Furthermore
balanga said:
have created a jail in which to build mfslinux in an isolated environment. The only pkgs I've installed are devel/git and devel/gmake
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The mfslinux BUILD.md clearly states:

Requirements​

FreeBSD​

  • git (devel/git), mkisofs (sysutils/cdrtools), opkg-cl (archivers/opkg)
  • linux64 module loaded for opkg chroot
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Also, it's not necessary to build in a isolated environment (jail), a temporary directory will do.
 
T-Daemon said:
Yes, that's right. Load it on the host system.

Furthermore

The mfslinux BUILD.md clearly states:


Also, it's not necessary to build in a isolated environment (jail), a temporary directory will do.
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I only installed devel/git and devel/gmake to see how far things went.
I have now added sysutils/cdrtools and archivers/opkg-openwrt.
Note - error in docs.

This time things proceed much further and only stops with this:-

Downloading: base/libreadline8_8.1-1_x86_64.ipk
Downloading: base/zlib_1.2.11-4_x86_64.ipk
fetch: http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.2/packages/x86_64//base/zlib_1.2.11-4_x86_64.ipk: Not Found
gmake: *** [Makefile:162: download_packages] Error 1

Command exit status: 2
Script done on Thu Nov 10 10:27:33 2022
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This looks like an extra '/' has been substituted somewhere in the Makefile... Not sure exactly where yet..
 
balanga said:
This looks like an extra '/' has been substituted somewhere in the Makefile...
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The extra " / " can be ignored.

The real cause is zlib_1.2.11-4_x86_64.ipk does not exist in https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.2/packages/x86_64/base/
balanga said:
fetch: http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.2/packages/x86_64//base/zlib_1.2.11-4_x86_64.ipk: Not Found
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Try copy config/default/openwrt_packages_add to config/ and edit openwrt_packages_add base/zlib_1.2.11-4_x86_64.ipk to zlib_1.2.11-6_x86_64.ipk (or edit directly the config/default/openwrt_packages_add file).

mfslinux build instructions​

Configuration​


Read hints in the default configuration files in the config/default directory. You may copy these files to the config directory and make modifications to suit your needs.
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Thanks to your suggestion I added the missing file and continued to build, but there were over a dozen such changes to be made. I was wondering if there was some way to generate a list of the packages from the generic name rather than the specific version.

After all this effort, I now have my own version which will PXE boot, but what I'm specifically lacking is a driver for my NIC.

How would I add that?
 
balanga said:
I added the missing file and continued to build, but there were over a dozen such changes to be made. I was wondering if there was some way to generate a list of the packages from the generic name rather than the specific version.
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Apparently not, otherwise the mfslinux project author would have taken it into count.

balanga said:
what I'm specifically lacking is a driver for my NIC.

How would I add that?
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Investigate the NICs controller chip and which driver it needs, check OpenWrt kmod packages if there is a package available . I recognize for example kmod-igb_5.4.179-1_x86_64.ipk for Intel gigabit ethernet adapters (igb(4)).

If there is a package which could be appropriate for the NIC, add it to file config/default/openwrt_target_packages_add, rebuild mfslinux. If you are unsure ask in OpenWrt forums.
 
T-Daemon said:
Apparently not, otherwise the mfslinux project author would have taken it into count.
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After looking around the openwrt site it looks like I should be able to come up with something based on the following instructions:-

sed s/_.*$// /tmp/mfslinux/workdir/mfslinux/config/default/openwrt_packages_add >required-packages
fetch https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.2/packages/x86_64/base/Packages
fetch https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.2/packages/x86_64/packages/Packages
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It will probably take me a while to extract the correct filenames, but I'll just make a note here for myself for some task to do in the future...
 
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