Building a recent Linux Kernel.

In this directory we include all the necessary files needed to build the kernel in a Ubuntu 16.04 vagrant box. We will guide the reader through the relatively simple task. We assume familiarity with Vagrant.

Vagrantfile

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :


Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  
  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
  config.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh"

  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
    vb.memory = "4096"
    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--ioapic", "on"]
    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "4096"]
    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "4"]
   end

end

Bootstrapping

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# vagrant bootstrapping file

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y emacs24 dbus-x11 
sudo apt-get install -y git
sudo apt-get install -y llvm-5.0 libclang-5.0-dev clang-5.0
sudo apt-get install -y python-pip golang-go
sudo apt-get install -y flex bison bc libncurses5-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libelf-dev libssl-dev

echo ". /vagrant/bash_profile" >> /home/vagrant/.bashrc

Shell Settings

#### /vagrant/bash_profile

####  llvm
export LLVM_HOME=/usr/lib/llvm-5.0
export GOPATH=/vagrant/go

######## gllvm/wllvm configuration #############

export LLVM_COMPILER=clang
export WLLVM_OUTPUT_LEVEL=WARNING
export WLLVM_OUTPUT_FILE=/vagrant/wrapper.log
export PATH=${GOPATH}/bin:${LLVM_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

Configuration stuff.

The file tinyconfig64 is generated ...

The Tarball Build with gllvm

The build process is carried out by running the build_linux_gllvm.sh script.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

### building from a tarball with gllvm

go get github.com/SRI-CSL/gllvm/cmd/...

cd ${HOME}
wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.14.39.tar.xz
tar xvf linux-4.14.39.tar.xz
cd linux-4.14.39

cp /vagrant/tinyconfig64 .config

make CC=gclang HOSTCC=gclang

get-bc -m -b built-in.o
get-bc -m vmlinux

The Tarball Build with wllvm

The build process is carried out by running the build_linux_wllvm.sh script.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

### building from a tarball with wllvm

sudo pip install wllvm

cd ${HOME}
wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.14.39.tar.xz
tar xvf linux-4.14.39.tar.xz
cd linux-4.14.39

cp /vagrant/tinyconfig64 .config


make CC=wllvm HOSTCC=wllvm

extract-bc -m -b built-in.o
extract-bc -m vmlinux

Building from a git clone

You can also build from a git clone using gllvm, or build from a git clone using wllvm. Though using a tarball is faster, and seemingly more reliable.

2.9 KiB Raw Blame History