Petitboot

Crossreference: gitbrew.org::Petitboot

Petitboot

Setup Buildroot

First thing we need to do is setup our buildroot. Most of this is ripped from how-to's around the nets.

1. Install Dependencies:

      $ sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev gawk flex

2. Clone Gits:

      $ mkdir petitboot
      $ cd petitboot
      $ git clone git://foxbrew.org/ps3/ps3linux/petitboot/openwrt
      $ git clone git://foxbrew.org/ps3/ps3linux/petitboot/openwrt_packages

3. Link packages:

      packages to link are in the file ps3_petitboot_howto

4. Copy the configuration:

      $ cp ps3_petitboot_config .config

5. Build:
   The first time you build, a cross-compiling toolchain will be downloaded and built. This takes a very long time. Subsequent builds are much quicker (~10 minutes).

      $ Make V=99

EXTRAS

WIFI(SLIMS)

1. cd into package folder
2. clone my ps3-jupiter fork on github
3. enable wireless-tools, kmod-ps3-jupiter, and wpa-supplicant(if needed see WPA below) as builtin (*) in menuconfig
4. enable wireless-extensions as builtin (*) in kernel_menuconfig

you can use / to search in menuconfig (thanks jevin) (If you choose (M) it will be compiled but not included in the dtbImage. Useful for debugging a module that hangs the kernel :D)

  $ cd package
  $ git clone git://github.com/DirtyJerz/ps3-jupiter.git
  $ make menuconfig
  $ make kernel_menuconfig

WPA

If you use WPA2 as I do, you can apply these patchs to package/base-files to enable a the generation of a wpa_supplicant.conf file. It will also add 2 lines to rc.local to automatically connect to your router on boot.

  Makefile.patch - http://pastie.org/2624949
  image-config.in.patch - http://pastie.org/2624956

put those files in package/base-files and apply the patches with

  $ patch < Makefile.patch
  $ patch < image-config.in.patch

you can now enter your SSID and wpa2 PSK in menuconfig and wpa_supplicant.conf will be added to /etc in petitboot.

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Compiling petitboot (graf's method)

• I use petitboot to install and boot Linux from internal HDD of my PS3.
• With petitboot, you will be able to install/boot a Linux kernel from USB, HDD, BD or network.
• Compiling petitboot takes a very long time ( actually, it take a long time during the very first compilation, because it compile the powerpc64 toolchain too, but after that, is you re-launch another compilation, it's "fast" )
• On my Arch Linux x86 it doesn't build without patches
• I created a new openwrt git repository which contains my patches and PS3 NOR and VFLASH block device drivers

At this moment, the officiel GIT server is down :

$ git clone git://dukio.com/openwrt
$ git clone git://nbd.name/packages.git openwrt_packages

Use this GIT mirror instead :

$ git clone git://git-hacks.com/linux-ps3/openwrt.git
$ git clone git://git-hacks.com/linux-ps3/openwrt_packages.git

$ cd openwrt/package
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/libs/jpeg jpeg
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/libs/libpng libpng
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/libs/libtwin libtwin
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/utils/ps3-utils ps3-utils
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/utils/petitboot petitboot
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/utils/bzip2 bzip2
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/utils/sed sed
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/utils/tar tar
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/utils/less less
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/net/dhcpcd dhcpcd
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/net/wget wget
$ ln -s ../../openwrt_packages/utils/coreutils coreutils

# link here more packages if you want to

$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/utils/bc bc
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/utils/sg3-utils sg3-utils
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/utils/cifsmount cifsmount
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/net/nmap nmap
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/net/ncftp ncftp
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/mail/mutt mutt
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/devel/make make
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/devel/patch patch
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/libs/db47 db47
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/libs/gdbm gdbm
$ ln -sf ../../openwrt_packages/libs/libxml2 libxml2

$ cd ..
$ cp ps3_petitboot_config_minimal .config
$ make menuconfig
$ make kernel_menuconfig
$ make V=99

Source: graf_chokolo @ http://ps3wiki.lan.st/index.php/Petitboot