Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of OS/2 build instructions

Timestamp:

Mar 4, 2007 10:45:12 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

bird

Comment:

VBoxDrv.sys

OS/2 build instructions

@@ -8 +8 @@
  * GCC 3.3.5 CSD1: [[BR]] ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc-3.3.5-csd1.zip
  * SDL: [[BR]] ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/sdl/sdl-1.2.10-bin-20060602.zip [[BR]] Unpack this into tools/os2.x86/libsdl/v1.2.10-20060602/. If you get compiler errors in the SDL headers, the patch at the bottom of this page will help you.
+ * Checkout of the latest libc trunk.
  * Later: Latest Qt3: [[BR]] ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt3/ [[BR]] Unpack this into tools/os2.x86/qt/v3.x.y/.
  * ...
@@ -20 +21 @@
 }}}
  1. {{{SET VBOX_OSE=1}}}
+ 1. Create symbolic links to the kLdr and os2ddk:
+{{{
+kmk_ln -s <libc trunk>/libc/include/os2ddk src/VBox/Runtime/include/os2ddk
+kmk_ln -s <libc trunk>/kLdr src/VBox/Runtime/kLdr
+}}}
  1. To build type 
 {{{
@@ -28 +34 @@
 == Running !VirtualBox ==
 
-Since this is work in progress there are just testcases and a VBoxBFE with display problems to run at this point. If you like to see the VBoxBFE SDL window and immediatly hit an assertion, do this:
+Since this is work in progress there are just testcases and a VBoxBFE with display problems on some graphics cards at this point. 
+
+You can either run it without loading the driver and therefore without rawmode enabled by executing {{{set VBOX_SUPLIB_FAKE=fake}}} on the command line. The alternative is to copy VBoxDrv.sys from {{{out\os2.x86\release\bin}}} to your boot drive and add a {{{DEVICE=c:\VBoxDrv.sys}}} statement to your config.sys.
+
+If you like to see the VBoxBFE SDL window and immediately hit an assertion, do this:
  1. Change directory to {{{out\os2.x86\release\bin}}}
  1. Add this directory to the {{{BEGINLIBPATH}}} variable (full path, remember).
- 1. Set the env.var.: {{{VBOX_SUPLIB_FAKE=fake}}}
  1. Execute {{{.\VBoxBFE.exe -m 64}}} and you an BIOS error saying it can't read the boot drive. If you happen to have an knoppix iso or simliar around try boot it using the {{{-cdrom}}} and {{{-boot d}}} options.