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641 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Daniel Barlow e3c8ab351e fix sphinx warning 2023-09-28 12:19:48 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 7e13eda490 add hardware device descriptions to doc
most of the text is recycled and follows no particular format
2023-09-28 12:17:30 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 3a2f074199 disable 4k flash erase blocks everywhere 2023-09-27 22:10:17 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 74f4e0a2f3 fiddle with manual layout 2023-09-27 13:44:26 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 9133475103 update tutorial discussion of liminix-rebuild 2023-09-27 11:05:06 +01:00
Daniel Barlow abd01a7809 apply mtdpslit patch only for openwrt kernel
it doesn't apply to mainline because there's no mtdsplit
in mainline
2023-09-26 18:40:22 +01:00
Daniel Barlow d0c2b3b274 explain the "demo" example 2023-09-26 18:24:40 +01:00
Daniel Barlow dfe7228b99 fix jffs2 mtd partition splitting on little-endian CPU 2023-09-26 16:43:03 +01:00
Daniel Barlow ab147abd9b less padding in firmware.bin
we only need to align to erase block size, which may be
less than the 128k previously hard-coded
2023-09-26 16:43:03 +01:00
Daniel Barlow bca0c9b26b gl-mt300a use regular-sized flash erase blocks 2023-09-26 16:43:03 +01:00
Daniel Barlow c59a228955 this is the dhcp6c service we want 2023-09-26 16:43:03 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 1673a71831 WIP third example 2023-09-24 23:11:28 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 94e51db649 tests: use run.sh instead of calling run-liminix-vm directly
this makes it easier to run tests on aarch64 where
qemu wants an Image file instead of a vmlinux
2023-09-24 00:24:48 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 3205a38ac9 mac80211 use correct arch 2023-09-24 00:17:32 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 119d6ad379 pkgconfig is now pkg-config 2023-09-21 12:25:35 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 8d356890b0 add aarch64 to CI 2023-09-21 00:00:21 +01:00
Daniel Barlow be22fbbb0a bootable aarch64 liminux with qemu
I may have broken the run-liminix-vm command a bit for MIPS due to
necessary changes in how we pass the command line.  If CI isn't green
for this commit and youre trying the worked examples, I suggest
reverting to the commit before this one.
2023-09-20 22:55:51 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 9f87fd8625 import arch in qemu device config 2023-09-20 21:31:38 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 3a3ee8bbbd fix CI doc error 2023-09-20 21:31:38 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 381730d081 fix CI flashimage error 2023-09-20 21:31:38 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 57eb55de58 found another mips-vm to rename 2023-09-20 19:13:04 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 4389fa15f7 rename mips-vm as run-liminix-vm 2023-09-20 18:33:20 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 4f29bdd3ed detect arch in kernel and uimage
also move kernel builder to pkgs/

FIXME we need to straighten out the mess in calling
dtb.nix/uimage.nix
2023-09-20 18:26:33 +01:00
Daniel Barlow f1c04c7979 extract mips kernel options to module 2023-09-20 17:50:21 +01:00
Daniel Barlow f75995e895 introduce modules/arch/{mipsel,mipseb}.nix
for settings that are common to all mipse[lb] but would not be shared
with e.g. aarch64 or x86
2023-09-20 17:30:05 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 12b9feb8ee using openwrt mtd command, advide erase before writing 2023-09-18 10:59:55 +01:00
Daniel Barlow b3a7a2246d tutorial: move the warning nearer to the decision point 2023-09-17 21:53:15 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 6674344021 don't end chapter with ellipsis 2023-09-17 21:47:09 +01:00
Daniel Barlow c81ee62374 doc: proofread admin section, add link to TFTP 2023-09-17 21:44:32 +01:00
Daniel Barlow dd0b1734c1 how to write a module 2023-09-17 21:32:22 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 0a2588013a include generated module options 2023-09-17 17:47:04 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 71b583a756 copy "how to flash" from the old docs 2023-09-17 17:36:02 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 98e7536e59 think 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow e72d78ab64 restore intro 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 17035ca3b7 outline of the missing doc sections 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow dece70b336 link to ADR 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 50ea144dec mention service dependencies 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow fc84435985 improve syntax blah 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 06b725cb77 document the module-based-services decision 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow c74543c4ff doc: how to define an s6 service 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 54526c1e11 start writing configuration guide 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow f81aa54444 rename file 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 56261f77b0 add example with real hardware 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 8600dfc8cf proofread v2 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow bb280c6d97 rename qemu example 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow b7e805c97f connecting a client to hellonet 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 9223fa7ec4 first proofreading pass 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 0f31afee2b hellonet: set password for root
otherwise incoming ssh gets a bit fraught
2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow 98c63e7498 hellonet: don't run ntp
it's a bit pointless when there's no connectivity to
any ntp server
2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00
Daniel Barlow c6faf88dd1 doc WIP: build "hello net" example 2023-09-17 17:03:56 +01:00