OpenPOWER Firmware Build Environment

The OpenPOWER firmware build process uses Buildroot to create a toolchain and build the various components of the PNOR firmware, including Hostboot, Skiboot, OCC, Petitboot etc.

Development

Issues, Milestones, pull requests and code hosting is on GitHub: https://github.com/open-power/op-build

Mailing list: openpower-firmware@lists.ozlabs.org
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Archives: https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/openpower-firmware/

Building an image

To build an image for a Palmetto system:

git clone --recursive git@github.com:open-power/op-build.git
cd op-build
. op-build-env
op-build palmetto_defconfig && op-build

There are also default configurations for other platforms in openpower/configs/ such as Habanero and Firestone.

Buildroot/op-build supports both native and cross-compilation - it will automatically download and build an appropriate toolchain as part of the build process, so you don't need to worry about setting up a cross-compiler. Cross-compiling from a x86-64 host is officially supported.

Dependencies for 64-bit Ubuntu/Debian systems

1. Install Ubuntu (>= 14.04) or Debian (>= 7.5) 64-bit.

2. Enable Universe (Ubuntu only):

    sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
    sudo add-apt-repository universe
   

3. Install the packages necessary for the build:

    sudo apt-get install cscope ctags libz-dev libexpat-dev \
      python language-pack-en texinfo \
      build-essential g++ git bison flex unzip \
      libssl-dev libxml-simple-perl libxml-sax-perl libxml2-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc \
      wget bc
   

Dependencies for 64-bit Fedora systems

1. Install Fedora 25 64-bit (older Fedora should also work).

2. Install the packages necessary for the build:

    sudo dnf install gcc-c++ flex bison git ctags cscope expat-devel patch \
      zlib-devel zlib-static texinfo perl-bignum "perl(XML::Simple)" \
      "perl(YAML)" "perl(XML::SAX)" "perl(Fatal)" "perl(Thread::Queue)" \
      "perl(Env)" "perl(XML::LibXML)" "perl(Digest::SHA1)" libxml2-devel \
      which wget unzip tar cpio python bzip2 bc findutils ncurses-devel