Docker build environment
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2018-08-02, 22:01
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Docker build environment
Hello,
I've created a docker based build envirnment for iPXE. In the past I often had the problem that I've forgotten the requirements to build iPXE. Of course I can find them in the documentation. But I'm not (re)building iPXE that often so I created a dockerized build environment for iPXE. It creates a docker image with hopefully all requirements and builds iPXE with make all. So with only a few commands I can build iPXE without (re)thinking about the build process. Everything is on github: https://github.com/Madic-/ipxe-docker-compile Hopefully someone finds that usefull. PRs or Issues welcome. Kind Regards, Madic |
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2018-08-04, 19:23
Post: #2
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RE: Docker build environment
Nice!
Hopefully it is useful for some. Remember tho that often different build targets is needed: * building for efi * building different drivers * embed script * add DEBUG= Maybe something to consider support for. I have myself tried to build a iPXE bootable iPXE build environment, but getting everything needed into a small-ish image is not always easy. Use GitHub Discussions VRAM bin |
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2018-08-04, 20:53
Post: #3
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RE: Docker build environment
Thank you for your comment.
* building for efi: You're right. I've changed the build command from "make all" to "make everything". * building different drivers At the moment I don't understand the need for this but need to read more the documentation for this. * embed script You mean embedding in the binary? Like documented here http://ipxe.org/embed#embedding_within_the_ipxe_binary ? I will consider this. Maybe implement it in a day or two. * add DEBUG The log of the last build is saved under ./compile/logs/build.log Or do you mean something else? |
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2018-08-04, 21:08
Post: #4
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RE: Docker build environment
All I'm talking about is how to modify the make cmd line
See http://ipxe.org/appnote/buildtargets for different buildtargets - for example they are need for supporting usb nics with ecm--ncm--axge as one example. make everything just in most cases just slow without benefit - since you most likely only want one or 2 binaries in the same build yes EMBED= for scripts DEBUG= as seen at http://ipxe.org/download#debug_builds another tip, use make -j4 or even make -j8 for parallel builds which considerably speeds up things. Use GitHub Discussions VRAM bin |
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2018-08-05, 00:44
Post: #5
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RE: Docker build environment
I've added three environment variables.
One for the build command, one for a path to a script that should be embedded and one for DEBUG objects. Also make now compiles with -j4 by default. Though you can change it via the environment variable. The environment variables ENV_EMBEDD and ENV_DEBUG aren't much tested. In theory they should work. |
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