Build Steps

The main build script in the OpenXT repo is do_build.sh. This script is written to execute a series of build STEPS that in the end result in an ISO file that is the OpenXT installer. By default do_build.sh will execute a default set of STEPS that are defined within the script.

If you want to override this variable you can do so by redefining it on the .config file at the root of your build script directory. You can also execute a single or series of build steps using do_build.sh directly on the command line:

do_build.sh -S step1,step2,step3

The rest of this page documents the steps that do_build.sh can execute.

Required Steps

setupoe

Clones all of the git repos needed to build OpenXT and processes .config to make OE's local.conf.

initramfs

The initial ram file system of OpenXT. This contains all the device drivers necessary to mount the actual file system.

stubinitramfs

The initramfs of the stub domains in which VMs run.

dom0

OpenXT control domain.

uivm

OpenXT service VM that runs the user interface.

ndvm

OpenXT service VM that runs the networking domain.

syncvm

OpenXT synchronizer service VM, responsible for remote image/policy management.

sysroot

TODO

syncui

OpenXT synchronizer UI.

installer

OpenXT installer.

installer2

OpenXT installer program.

ship

Pull everything together and create the ISOs and other packages.

Optional Steps

copy

Copy the build out to a central location. This is really only used in automated build scenarios. The default location is /master unless the build script is passed a -d option. e.g. do_build.sh -d "~/some_path".

xctools

Pulls together the various xen tools into an ISO. Requires "WIN_BUILD_OUTPUT" to be specified in .config or the path passed to do_build.sh via the -w switch. Calls debian step.

debian

Builds the Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, and RedHat tools. Requires "rpm" package to be installed (apt-get install rpm). Called by xctools step.

source

TODO

sdk

TODO

license

TODO

sourceinfo

TODO

extra_pkgs

Builds a bunch of extra OpenEmbedded packages, that will be installable separately.

packages_tree

Adds the built packages to an OpenEmbedded repository pool, that uses hardlinks to save disk space.

Minimum Required Steps

To create a minimum build the easiest way to specify the steps across multiple builds is to use the line below in your .config file.

STEPS="initramfs,stubinitramfs,dom0,uivm,ndvm,syncvm,installer,installer2,ship"